2018 American Transplant Congress
Association between Donor/Recipient BK Viral Serostatus and Risk of BK Viraemia Post-Transplantation
IntroductionThe development of BK viraemia, and subsequently, BK nephropathy is a potentially devastating event associated with kidney transplant loss. In contrast to other clinically important…2018 American Transplant Congress
Effects of the Addition of Mycophenolate Mofetil on Renal Outcomes in Liver Transplant Recipients: A Single Center Review
Purpose: To evaluate the use of mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) and its effects on renal outcomes in liver transplant recipientsMethods: Adult liver transplant recipients from September…2018 American Transplant Congress
Cannabis Use in Liver Transplant Recipients: A Single Center Experience
Division of Liver and Pancreas Transplant, David Geffen School of Medicine, LA, CA.
Introduction: Cannabis is one of the most commonly used illicit drugs worldwide. In the US, cannabis has gained wider social and political acceptance. Liver transplant…2018 American Transplant Congress
Frailty and Liver Transplantation
Frailty is a phenotype of decreased physiologic reserve in response to stressors. Fried frailty was developed in community dwelling older adults. Among LT waitlist patients,…2018 American Transplant Congress
Evaluation of Immunosuppression and Infection after Desensitization in Lung Transplantation
University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore.
Purpose: To reduce waitlist time for sensitized lung transplant recipients (LTR), our center used peri-operative desensitization for LTR with a positive virtual crossmatch (P-VXM). We…2018 American Transplant Congress
Characteristics and Outcomes among Patients with Failed Extubation after Lung Transplantation
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX.
Background: Previous studies have reported an association of worse outcomes among critically ill patients with failed extubation. However there is lack of data on characteristics…2018 American Transplant Congress
Development of a Classification of Immunosuppressant Medication Nonadherence Tool to Enable the Objective Measurement of Immunosuppressant Medication Nonadherence in Kidney Transplant Patients
Imperial College Renal and Transplant Centre, London.
IntroductionKDIGO define nonadherence to immunosuppression as a 'deviation from the prescribed medication regimen sufficient to adversely influence the regimen's intended effect'. There is however, no…2018 American Transplant Congress
National Landscape of HIV+ Liver Transplant Candidates
1JHU, Baltimore; 2SRTR, Minneapolis; 3UAB, Birmingham.
The annual number of HIV+ liver transplant (LT) recipients has increased >10-fold since 2002. However, candidate HIV-status is not collected by UNOS, and the national…2018 American Transplant Congress
Characterization of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Memory T Cell Subsets in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients with Previously Treated Active Tuberculosis
Introduction:Cell-mediated immune (CMI) responses including CD4+ and CD8+ T-cells contribute to control of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTb) infection. There are no data on long term TB-specific…2018 American Transplant Congress
Infection Outcomes in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients Receiving Trimethoprim-Sulfamethoxazole as Opposed to Atovaquone for Prophylaxis
Background: Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia (PJP) is an important illness amongst solid organ transplant (SOT) recipients. Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (TMP-SMX) is the prophylaxis of choice based on efficacy…
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