Am J Transplant, Volume 18, Suppl 3 Archives - Page 179 of 211 - ATC Abstracts

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Outcomes of Hispanic Kidney Transplant Recipients under a Cyclosporine versus Tacrolimus Based Immunosuppression Protocol
P. West-Thielke, M. Campara, I. Tang, E. Benedetti.
University of Illinois, Chicago.
Purpose: In 2005, an internal retrospective review of kidney transplant recipients (KTx) showed a higher incidence of post transplant diabetes mellitus (PTDM) for Hispanic patients…
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Kidney Related Issues Leads the Medical Reasons to Exclude Potential Living Kidney Donors from Donation ; Prospective Study
H. Al-Eid, N. Sadaqah, I. Ibrahim, S. Aleid, A. Abdulbaki, S. Raza, I. Alahmadi, T. Ali, J. Brockman, D. Broring.
Kidney and Pancreas Transplantation, King Faisal Specialist Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Living kidney donors provide the best therapeutic option for patients with kidney failure going for kidney transplantation; however significant numbers of them are out for…
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Subclinical Borderline Rejection: More Than Meets the Eye?
M. Bernard, G. Agarwal, H. Fatima, B. Julian, C. Kew, V. Kumar, S. Mehta, S. Ong, A. Patel, G. Towns, M. Seifert, R. Mannon.
UAB School of Medicine, Birmingham.
Purpose: Surveillance biopsies can detect subclinical T cell mediated rejection (SC-TCMR) or subclinical borderline rejection (SC-B-TCMR) in patients with normal/stable creatinine, but the impact on…
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Persistent Progressive Acute Kidney Injury and Graft Failure Post Liver Transplantation
T. Hussaini,^1,4 N. Partovi,^1,4 E. Yoshida,^2,4 S. Erb,^2,4 C. Scudammore,^3,4 S. Chung,^3,4 V. Marquez.^2,4
¹Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada; ²Faculty of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada; ³Faculty of Medicine, Division of Surgery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada; ⁴Liver Transplant Program, Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Background:Acute kidney injury (AKI) in the setting of liver transplantation (LT) is a common and multifaceted complication. Recently, with the widespread adaptation of Acute Kidney…
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Living Donor Liver Transplant (LDLT) at a Single Center- Intraoperative Technical Modifications and Optimization of Flow Dynamics to Improve Outcomes
A. Humar, S. Ganesh, A. Tevar, M. Molinari, C. Hughes.
Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh.
Objectives: While LDLT represents the dominant method of LTx in the East, it remains an underutilized procedure in the US, accounting for <5% of all…
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Complications and QoL after Living Donor Hepatectomy: Analysis of 176 Cases at a Single Center
S. Chinnakotla, V. Kirchner, S. Mongin, D. Berglund, O. Serrano, T. Pruett.
Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.
Background: Living liver donation is one of the most selfless and humane acts a person can perform. Few single-center reports have been published specifically evaluating…
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Postoperative Renal Function Predicts Length of Stay for Incisional Hernia Repair after Liver Transplantation
J. Butler, D. O'Brien, J. Kays, C. Kubal, B. Ekser, J. Fridell, R. Mangus, J. Powelson.
Transplant Surgery, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN.
Background: Incisional hernia repair (IHR) is the most frequently performed general surgery procedure after orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT). Although enhanced recovery protocols for general surgery…
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Living Donor Liver Transplantation for Hepatocellular Carcinoma beyond UCSF Criteria: Can We Achieve a Modest Long-Term Survival? A Single Center Retrospective Analysis of Using Extended Criteria
A. Thorat, L.-B. Jeng, S.-C. Hsu, C.-C. Yeh, T.-H. Chen, H.-R. Yang, K.-S. Poon, P.-C. Li.
Organ Transplantation Center, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan.
Milan's criteria were universally validated for LT in HCC patients and, were accepted as allocation criteria of UNOS in 2001 & Eurotransplantation in 2006. However,…
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Delivery of Culturally-Competent Transplant Care among Hmong Kidney Transplant Recipients: Outcomes from a Single Institution
M. Odegard,¹ O. Serrano,¹ K. Peterson,¹ S. Mongin,² D. Berglund,³ D. Vock,⁴ S. Chinnakotla,¹ T. Dunn,¹ E. Finger,¹ R. Kandaswamy,¹ T. Pruett,¹ A. Matas.¹
¹Division of Transplantation, Division of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN; ²Biostatistical Design and Analysis Center, Clinical and Translational Science Institute, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN; ³Informatics Services for Research and Reporting, Fairview, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN; ⁴Division of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN.
OBJECTIVE: Kidney transplantation (KT) entails delivery of complex, well-coordinated, multidisciplinary care. Cultural and linguistic discordance among transplant providers and patients can lead to healthcare disparities.…
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How Early is Too Early for a Preemptive Kidney Transplant? A Markov Decision Process-Based Retrospective Analysis
M. Kurt,¹ A. Khojandi,² M. Barah,² B. Tanriover.³
¹Economic and Data Sciences, Merck Research Labs, North Wales, PA; ²Industrial and Systems Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN; ³Division of Nephrology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX.
Purpose: Living-donor preemptive kidney transplantation (PKT) provides survival and financial benefits. However there is no guidelines to assist with PKT timing.Method: We considered the transplant…