2018 American Transplant Congress
Participation in Paid Work across the Transplant Trajectory from the Perspective of End-Stage-Kidney-Disease Patients
Psychology, University of Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada.
Purpose: To explore end-stage-kidney-disease patients' experiences of labour participation, from the kidney failure diagnosis to the post-transplant recovery period.Methods: A qualitative research design was adopted.…2018 American Transplant Congress
Evaluation of a Change in CMV Prevention Strategy Following Pediatric SOT
Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH.
Optimal cytomegalovirus(CMV) prevention strategy following solid organ transplantation(SOT) is uncertain. We report on CMV disease with implementation of prophylaxis-based prevention with intensive monitoring.We retrospectively evaluated…2018 American Transplant Congress
Evaluation of Risk Factors for Vancomycin Resistant Enterococcus (VRE) Infection in Adult Liver Transplant Recipients
Aurora St Luke's Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI.
Background: VRE infections are associated with higher morbidity and mortality among patients undergoing liver transplantation.Objective: The primary outcome is to examine the association between Endoscopic…2018 American Transplant Congress
Evaluation of Risk Factors for Progression of Low Level CMV Viremia in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients
Background: Low level CMV viremia is common, and may either progress to higher viral loads that require therapy, or may spontaneously resolve. The clinical predictors…2018 American Transplant Congress
Geographic Variation in Drug Overdose as Donor Cause of Death
Numbers of deceased organ donors have increased steadily since 2012, with large increases 2015-2016. The opioid epidemic has been speculated to drive these increases, differentially…2018 American Transplant Congress
Humoral Immunity to CMV Remains Intact after Dual Targeting Desensitization in Allosensitized Nonhuman Primates
Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC.
Desensitization to remove donor specific antibody (DSA) is a way to expand the pool of potential donors for sensitized patients. This study compared the effects…2018 American Transplant Congress
Evaluation of a Marine OXYgen Carrier (Hemo2Life®) for Organ Preservation: First Use in Kidney Transplantation in Humans
Preventing ischemia/reperfusion injuries (IRIs) is a major issue in organ transplantation. At present, grafts are preserved at 4[deg]C in preservation solution in order to reduce…2018 American Transplant Congress
Survival in Deceased Donor Kidney Transplant by Kidney Donor Profile Index versus Intensive Home Hemodialysis
In an era of donor scarcity, high Kidney Donor Profile Index (KDPI) >85% organs can serve as a pathway to timely transplant. We previously reported…2018 American Transplant Congress
Does DGF Result in Worse Outcomes in a Second Transplant?
Delayed graft function (DGF) is a risk factor for patient death, kidney allograft loss, reduced allograft function and acute rejection after kidney transplantation. Prior transplant…2018 American Transplant Congress
Competing Risk Analysis in Renal Allograft Survival: A New Perspective to an Old Problem
1Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; 2Biostatistics, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.
Background:Patient and graft survival after kidney transplant (KTX) is often estimated by Kaplan-Meier censoring for competing factors, e.g.death-censored graft survival. However when the competing factor…
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