2017 American Transplant Congress
Potential Living Kidney Donors (LKD) Concerns About Opting Out and Preferences for an 'Alibi'.
1Yale U, New Haven; 2Northwestern U, Chicago; 3U Pennyslvania, Philadelphia
PurposeTo evaluate potential LKDs comfort discussing opting out with their intended recipient (IR) and preferences for alibisMethodsWe conducted a prospective, longitudinal study of potential LKDs…2017 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Dialysis During the Transplant Admission on Transplant and Post-Transplant Cost of Care.
This study examines the impact of dialysis during the transplant admission on total cost of transplant and one year post-transplant care for kidney, liver, and…2017 American Transplant Congress
Long-Term Liver and Kidney Survival Following Combined Liver-Kidney Transplantation, with or without Preformed Donor-Specific Antibodies.
Introduction: Successful kidney transplantation despite a positive crossmatch is well known after combined liver-kidney transplantation (CLKT). However, recently, concerns regarding the impact of preformed anti-HLA…2017 American Transplant Congress
Hispanic Paradox in Patients with Liver Cirrhosis.
Northwestern University Transplant Research Collaborative, Chicago
IntroductionA paradoxical survival advantage for Hispanics compared to non-Hispanic whites (NHW) has been well described for many clinical conditions e.g diabetes however, with respect to…2017 American Transplant Congress
Innate Lymphoid Cells Play a Critical Role in Regulating Allograft Homeostasis in Human Intestinal Transplantation.
Transplant, MedStar Georgetown Transplant Institute, Washington, DC
A. The role of recently discovered innate lymphoid cells (ILCs) in intestinal transplant (ITx) patients is poorly understood. Here, we postulate that intestinal ILC subsets…2017 American Transplant Congress
Zero HLA Mismatch Matters in ABO Incompatible Kidney Transplant.
1Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis; 2Saint Louis University, St. Louis
Transplantation across blood group incompatibilities (ABOi) after preconditioning has emerged as an acceptable option for expanding live donor kidney transplantation (LKDT) to more patients who…2017 American Transplant Congress
De Novo Low-Dose Sirolimus versus Mycophenolate Mofetil in Combination with Extended-Release Tacrolimus in Kidney Transplant Recipients.
Previous studies reported that tacrolimus (TAC) with high-dose sirolimus (SRL) was associated with worse outcomes in kidney transplantation, compared to TAC with mycophenolate mofetil (MMF.).…2017 American Transplant Congress
A Universal Strategy to Characterize Allograft Infiltrating Cells by Bioinformatics Deconvolution of Next Generation Sequencing Data.
1Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar, Doha, Qatar; 2Weill Cornell Medicine, New York
RNA sequencing characterizes mRNA transcriptome at an unprecedented level of precision. Because organ transplantation is a unique situation of mRNAs encoded by two (donor and…2017 American Transplant Congress
Even with National Sharing, the Prospects of a 100% Sensitized Patient Receiving a Transplant Vary Dramatically Depending on the Precise CPRA Value.
1UNOS, Richmond, VA; 2Stanford Univ, Palo Alto, CA; 3Emory Univ Hosp, Atlanta, GA
Background: In the Kidney Allocation System (KAS), CPRA of 99% & 100% candidates receive regional and national priority. This broader sharing, along with adoption of…2017 American Transplant Congress
Geographic Disparity in Kidney Transplantation After KAS.
1JHU, Baltimore; 2USNA, Annapolis; 3CDRG, Minneapolis
The Kidney Allocation System (KAS), implemented in 12/2014, increased regional and national sharing of kidneys. Ideally, broader sharing would also reduce some of the stark…
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