2018 American Transplant Congress
The Efficacy of Laser Speckle Flowgraphy Device for Intraoperative Evaluation of Renal Blood Flow after Reperfusion
Purpose:Laser speckle flowgraphy (LSFG) is a device to monitor cutaneous and ocular fundus blood flow. However, there is no report that the device was used…2018 American Transplant Congress
Preoperative Anemia in Transfusion Free Patients Undergoing Kidney Transplant May Be Associated with Poor Outcome
Department of Surgery, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA.
Background: Preoperative anemia can contribute to poor outcomes in transfusion-free (TF) kidney transplants (KT). There are no established guidelines on the acceptable degree of anemia.…2018 American Transplant Congress
Multiplexed Immunofluorescence to Investigate the Immune Response to BK Virus in Pediatric Kidney Transplant Recipients
Background: BK virus-associated nephropathy (BKVN) is a significant complication in renal transplantation that leads to allograft dysfunction or failure. BKV is thought to reactivate as…2018 American Transplant Congress
De Novo Use of Extended Released Tacrolimus (Meltdose, EnvasusR)) after OLT – Does the Colonic Resorption Influences the Outcome?
Department of Transplantation, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Introduction: Immunosuppression after OLT has reached a quite high standard with an excellent evidence base. However, there is still a lack of data for the…2018 American Transplant Congress
First-Time Simultaneous vs. Sequential Liver-Kidney Transplantation in Polycystic Kidney Disease: A Review of the UNOS Database
1Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX; 2Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX.
Introduction. Polycystic disease (PKD) may necessitate the need for liver and/or kidney transplantation. The long-term outcomes of simultaneous liver-kidney transplantation (SLK) and kidney-after-liver (KAL) or…2018 American Transplant Congress
Poverty, End Stage Liver Disease, and Transplantation in Georgia
1Surgery, Emory University, Atlanta, GA; 2Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, GA.
Background: Though discussions of equity in liver transplantation remain focused primarily on relative availability of allografts as a measure of access, differences in disease burden…2018 American Transplant Congress
Pattern of Respiratory Virus Infection (RVI) and Chronic Lung Allograft Dysfunction (CLAD) in Lung Transplant Recipients (LTR)
University of ALberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
Background: The indirect effects of RVI in LTR are controversial. We aimed to define patterns of RVI in LTR and the impact on CLAD and…2018 American Transplant Congress
Incidence of Atrial Arrhythmia after Lung Transplantation with a Universal Prophylaxis Strategy
PurposePostoperative atrial arrhythmias (AA) occur in 19-39% of patients after lung transplantation and are associated with increased mortality, hospital length of stay, and risk of…2018 American Transplant Congress
Evaluation of Clinical and Safety Outcomes Following Uncontrolled Tacrolimus Conversion in Adult Transplant Recipients
Background: Long-term studies with control groups are required to assess tacrolimus (TAC) conversion. The purpose of this study was to compare clinical and safety outcomes…2018 American Transplant Congress
Monitoring of Small Bowel Allografts with Kynurenine Serum Levels
Long-term success in intestinal transplantation could be significantly improved by the development of a reliable noninvasive marker of rejection, allowing early diagnosis and treatment without…
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