2018 American Transplant Congress
Evaluation of Transplant Kidneys Using a Novel Point of Care 3D Ultrasound System
1Duke University, Durham, NC; 2Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA.
Purpose: The clinical utility of two-dimensional (2D) ultrasound (US) in the evaluation of renal transplant patients is limited by user dependence and restricted planar image…2018 American Transplant Congress
Artificial Graft Extension of Renal Vein in Living Kidney Transplantation
Background. The recovered kidney sometimes has a renal vein short in length for a satisfactory anastomosis or in some cases the vein can be damaged…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…
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