2018 American Transplant Congress
National Survey of Living Donor Program Educational Components and Resources
Purpose: Education about living donation (LD) has been identified as a significant barrier to increasing living donation. Little is known about how donors and transplant…2018 American Transplant Congress
Transplantation of Restored Kidneys from Living Related Donors after Small Renal Tumor Resection: Report of 5 Cases
Purpose: We launched a clinical trial registered at ClinicalTrials.gov that aimed to study the utility and safety of restored kidney transplantation between family members using…2018 American Transplant Congress
Continuous and Single-Shot Transverse Abdominis Plane (TAP) Block vs. Conventional Analgesia after Kidney Transplant Surgery
Surgery, University of California Davis, Sacramento, CA.
BACKGROUND: Appropriate pain control by a multimodal analgesic regimen has been shown to accelerate post-operative recovery in non-transplant surgery. However, the effectiveness of TAP block…2018 American Transplant Congress
Genes with Housekeeping Function (GHF) in Renal Allograft Tissue: An RNA-Seq Analysis
RNA-sequencing (RNA-seq) is poised to play a major role in the management of kidney transplant patients. It is very desirable to develop a set of…2018 American Transplant Congress
Long-Term Prognosis of BK Virus Associated Nephropathy in Kidney Transplant Recipients
Background: BK virus-associated nephropathy (BKVAN) is an important risk factor that results in an allograft loss in kidney transplant recipients (KTRs). The short-term prognosis of…2018 American Transplant Congress
The Efficacy of Low Dose Steroid Therapy for Postoperative Hyperbilirubinemia in Liver Transplant Recipients: A Prospective Randomized Controlled Trial
Organ Transplant Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.
Background: Hyperbilirubinemia is a common but reversible event after liver transplantation . Steroids is a widely used anti-inflammatory agent, which may help improve allograft function,…2018 American Transplant Congress
Excellent Outcomes for HCV-Viremic Recipients of Simultaneous Liver-Kidney Transplant in the Direct Anti-Viral Era
Piedmont Transplant Institute, Piedmont Healthcare, Atlanta, GA.
Before the era of direct anti-viral agents (DAAs), outcomes for HCV-viremic recipients of simultaneous liver kidney transplant (SLKT) were inferior to HCV-negative recipients. PURPOSE: To…2018 American Transplant Congress
Portal Vein Flow as an Indicator of Liver Transplantation for Acute Liver Failure
Background: Liver transplantation is the most effective treatment for acute liver failure. Timing of liver transplantation is important to rescue the dying patients. This study…2018 American Transplant Congress
Gastroparesis after Lung Transplantation: A Single-Center Experience
Objective: Gastroparesis (GP), common in patients undergoing lung transplantation (LTx) for end-stage lung disease, can affect quality of life and absorbency of immunosuppressants. In this…2018 American Transplant Congress
Identifying Specificity Groups in the CMV IE-1 T Cell Receptor Repertoire
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) continues to be a major problem for organ transplant recipients. T cells specific to the CMV antigens immediate-early (IE-1) and pp65 CMV govern…
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