2018 American Transplant Congress
Neutrophil to Lymphocyte Ratio (NLR) Does Not Predict Outcomes after Liver Transplant (LT) for Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC)
Hepatology, UCSF, San Francisco.
Background: A high preoperative NLR ≥5 has been reported to predict poor outcomes following LT for HCC, and NLR has been incorporated into several prognostic…2018 American Transplant Congress
Predicting Pediatric Liver Transplant Rejection with Peripheral Blood Leukocyte (PBL) Transcripts-Considerations and Design Limitations
Pediatric Abdominal Transplant, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA.
Background: Optimizing immunosuppression requires individualized rejection-risk assessment in children with liver transplantation (LTx). PBL transcripts are a desirable non-invasive solution. Purpose: To characterize PBL transcriptome…2018 American Transplant Congress
Program-Specific Transplant Rate Ratios: Association with Allocation Priority at Listing and Posttransplant Outcomes
The Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients (SRTR) has updated the transplant rate and waitlist mortality risk-adjustment models to include a wider range of candidate characteristics…2018 American Transplant Congress
Overcoming Barriers to Transplant: An A2 to B Program Need Not Be Difficult, Expensive, or Time Consuming Even for Large Centers
Medstar Georgetown Transplant Institute, Medstar Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC.
Introduction. Since the implementation of the new Kidney Allocation System (KAS) few centers have implemented the use of A2 donor kidneys into B recipients. Centers…2018 American Transplant Congress
Organ Transplant Abuse in China (3): Transplants Conducted on Demand
PurposeBased on allegations that China has been harvesting organs from prisoners of conscience in extrajudicial killings on a large scale, this report examines the extent…2018 American Transplant Congress
Hispanics' Perceptions of Shared Decision Making in the Transplant Context: A Mixed Methods Study
1Northwestern University, Chicago, IL; 2Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX.
Background: Shared decision making (SDM) has been advocated by health researchers and policy-makers as a model to provide patient-centered care and increase patient knowledge, satisfaction,…2018 American Transplant Congress
Mayo Clinic's First Face Transplant: 17 Months On
Mayo Clinic established a reconstructive transplant program as an extension of clinical practice in 2010. A 31-year-old Caucasian male had significant functional limitations and disfigurement…2018 American Transplant Congress
Regulatory Dendritic Cell (DCreg) Cell Infusion in Living Donor Liver Transplantation
Starzl Transplantation Institute, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA.
Purpose: We have embarked on a first-in-human phase I/II safety and preliminary efficacy trial of donor-derived regulatory dendritic cells (DCreg) in living donor liver transplantation…2018 American Transplant Congress
Intravenous Immunoglobulins and Methylprednisolone Stabilizes Renal Allograft Function in the Majority of Patients with C-aABMR
Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
BackgroundChronic active antibody mediated rejection (c-aABMR) leads to progressive decline in allograft function and is a major contributor to long-term kidney allograft loss. To date,…2018 American Transplant Congress
Alemtuzumab Induction as a Mediator of Nonadherence in Renal Transplantation
University of Toledo College of Medicine, Toledo, OH.
Introduction: “Non-adherent” (NA) is defined as chronic follow-up absenteeism or medication nonadherence. We aimed to determine whether the single-dosing schedule of Alemtuzumab (Ale) may limit…
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