2018 American Transplant Congress
Latent Tuberculosis Diagnosis Prior to Kidney Transplantation in a High Burden Country: Improvement with Serological Tests
Nephrology and Kidney Transplant Department, ISCMPA, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
Introduction: Diagnosing and treating tuberculosis after kidney transplantation is challenging, and mortality is high. In an epidemiological study performed at our Center, there was an…2018 American Transplant Congress
Diagnostic Performance of Blood Pressure Measurement Modality in Prospective Living Kidney Donors
Nephrology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH.
Background: Precise blood pressure (BP) measurement to exclude hypertension (HTN) is critical in evaluating living kidney donors (LKDs). 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM) is…2018 American Transplant Congress
Diagnosis of Acute Renal Rejection Using Saliva Metabolome Analysis
(Objective) Wide variety of biomarker discoveries have been conducted to realize low-invasive detection of rejection after renal transplantation. Metabolomics, an omics technology to enable simultaneous…2018 American Transplant Congress
Single-Dose Basiliximab Induction in Liver Transplant Recipients with Delayed CNI Initiation
Liver transplant recipients (LTR) with peri-operative renal injury benefit from a delayed CNI protocol using basiliximab (IL2RA) induction to reduce early CNI exposure. Existing literature…2018 American Transplant Congress
Single-Center Experience of Biliary Reconstruction for Multiple Bile Duct in Right Lobe Living Donor Liver Transplantation
Department of Surgery, Catholic University of Daegu College of Medicine, Daegu, Korea.
Biliary anastomosis stricture (BAS) is still major concerns especially for living donor liver transplantation (LDLT). Recent studies have described multiple duct and multiple anastomoses as…2018 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes of Antiviral Treatment (AVT) in Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) Liver Transplant (LT) Patients off Immunosuppression (IS) in Direct Acting Antivirals (DAA) Era
Background: Clearance of HCV under AVT, including DAAs, has been associated with higher risk of rejection, possibly due to the changing immunological environment within the…2018 American Transplant Congress
Sequential Percutaneous Insertion of Two Plastic Biliary Stents through One Percutaneous Access for Biliary Anastomotic Strictures after Liver Transplantation
Introduction: Our purpose was to evaluate the management of biliary anastomotic strictures with simultaneous multiple percutaneous plastic stents for liver transplantsMaterials and Methods: Between 2007…2018 American Transplant Congress
Organ Donation and Transplantation in US States and Europe – Is There a Benefit to Opting Out?
European reports suggest improved transplant rates in countries with Opt-out or presumed consent donation. Legislation to adopt Opt-out donation has been introduced in several US…2018 American Transplant Congress
Barriers and Disparities in Listing for Pediatric Solid Organ Transplant
Purpose The WHO recommends equitable access to transplant, yet disparities in listing based on gender, race, and education exist in adults. There is little research…2018 American Transplant Congress
DAP12 and Its Triggering Co-Receptor TREM2 Play Key Roles in Regulation of Mouse and Human Liver DC Function and Control of Liver Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury
Background: Liver interstitial dendritic cells (DCs) have been implicated in the control of liver ischemia/reperfusion injury (IRI) and in the induction of liver transplant tolerance.…
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