2018 American Transplant Congress
Monitoring of Small Bowel Allografts with Kynurenine Serum Levels
Long-term success in intestinal transplantation could be significantly improved by the development of a reliable noninvasive marker of rejection, allowing early diagnosis and treatment without…2018 American Transplant Congress
Evaluation of Hepatitis B Vaccination in Transplant Candidates
Background:Hepatitis B virus (HBV) vaccine series is recommended for all organ transplant candidates; high doses of vaccine are generally given to those with renal disease;…2018 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Fluconazole Prophylaxis on Fungal Infections in Liver Transplant Recipients
1Lahey Hospital and Medical Center, Burlington, MA; 2Emory University Hospital, Atlanta, GA.
The purpose of this study was to assess if utilizing fluconazole for prophylaxis of invasive fungal infections (IFIs) in high risk liver transplant recipients is…2018 American Transplant Congress
Circulating T Follicular Helper Cells Expand Following Transplantation and Exhibit a CD44hi Phenotype That Correlates with Peak Germinal Center Alloreactivity
Emory Transplant Center, Atlanta.
It is increasingly well-recognized that donor-specific antibodies (DSA) play a significant role in the development of chronic rejection and fibrosis that contribute to late renal…2018 American Transplant Congress
Clinical Impacts of Deceased Donor Oxygenation Status in Liver Transplant
Background: PaO2/FiO2 (P/F) ratio of > 300 mmHg in donors is a criterion of standard lung donors, while several studies demonstrated that the utilization of…2018 American Transplant Congress
A Natural Herb Danshen Suppresses Allospecific Memory CD8+ T Cell Generation and Murine Allograft Rejection
Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China.
Inducing long-term transplant survival or tolerance without continuous global immunosuppression is a highly desired goal in transplantation given that conventional immunosuppressive drugs may cause side…2018 American Transplant Congress
A Cost Analysis on Normothermic Machine Perfusion at a Single Center
General Surgery, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH.
INTRODUCTION: Normothermic machine perfusion (NMP) for liver transplantation is a novel and promising technique.One of the concerns related to its usage is the high cost.The…2018 American Transplant Congress
High Calcineurin Inhibitor Intra Patient Variability is Associated with Early Renal Allograft Inflammation, Chronicity and Loss
High CNI IPV has been associated with poor kidney allograft outcomes, albeit in small limited studies. We evaluated effect of CNI IPV (the degree of…2018 American Transplant Congress
Assessing Fibrosis Burden in Renal Allograft with Chronic Damage Using Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Background: Renal allograft fibrosis burden is a strong prognosticator for chronic damage and can only be accurately measured through transplant biopsy at present. We hypothesized…2018 American Transplant Congress
Predicting Early and Late eGFR Variability in Kidney Transplant Recipients
Department of Medicine and Department of Surgery, MUSC, Charleston, SC.
Introduction: eGFR variability is a known risk factor for graft loss. It is unclear what modifiable factors are significantly associated with this variability and if…
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