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…2018 American Transplant Congress
Kidney Transplantation (KTx) Using Kidneys from Deceased Donors (DD) with AKIN Stage 2 and 3 Are Associated with Excellent Graft Outcomes
BackgroundKTx from DD with AKI can be a good source of kidneys however these kidneys are underutilized. The aim of this study is to determine…2018 American Transplant Congress
Peri-Operative Hemoglobin, Blood Transfusion and Delayed Graft Function in Kidney Transplant Recipients
Background: Studies in the non-kidney transplant (KT) literature support an absolute hemoglobin concentration (Hb) threshold of 70 g/L for transfusion, unless otherwise indicated. Some reports…2018 American Transplant Congress
Elbasvir-Grazoprevir (Zepatier) is Effective and Safe for the Treatment of Chronic Hepatitis C (HCV) Genotype 1 Virus in the Post Kidney Transplant Patient
Objective: Limited real world data exists regarding the use of direct acting antivirals (DAA) for HCV viremia in renal transplant patients, particularly those with marked…2018 American Transplant Congress
Oral Vancomycin Monotherapy versus Combination Therapy in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients with Uncomplicated Clostridium difficile Infection: A Retrospective Cohort Study
Introduction:Solid organ transplant (SOT) recipients are at high risk of Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) and CDI recurrence. A combination of metronidazole and oral vancomycin is…2018 American Transplant Congress
Early Sub-Clinical and Clinical TCMR Are Associated with Progressive Renal Allograft Dysfunction
Background: The clinical course and significance of early sub-clinical (SCR) and clinical TCMR (ACR) vs. no rejection (NR) is unclear. In this prospective study, we…
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