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  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Alemtuzumab Induction is Effective and Safe in Elderly Kidney Transplant Recipients

    A. Toledo, K. Szempruch, P. Serrano, K. Andreoni, T. Kozlowski.

    University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

    Purpose of this study is to determine safety of Alemtuzumab (Ab) in elderly kidney recipients.MethodsThis is a retrospective single center cohort analysis concerning kidney transplant…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Development of a Screening Tool to Predict Chronic Kidney Disease Risk in Post-Nephrectomy Living Kidney Donors

    J. Na,1 J. Park,1 M-.G. Yoon,1 H. Lee,2 Y. Yoon,3 K. Huh,4 M. Kim,4 S. Kim,4 Y. Kim,4 W. Han.1

    1Department of Urology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Urological Science Institute, Seoul, Korea; 2Department of Urology, National Health Insurance Service Ilsan Hospital, Goyang-si, Korea; 3Department of Urology, Hanyang University Medical Center, Seoul, Korea; 4Department of Surgery-Transplantation, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

    Purpose: We aimed to develop a prediction models of chronic kidney disease (CKD) for the 1-year period after donor nephrectomy in living donors.Materials and Methods:…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Non-Medical Factors Predict Receipt and Type of Kidney Transplant

    H. Wesselman,1 X. Li,1 J. Chang,1 K. Kendall,1 J. Pleis,1 E. Croswell,1 M. Dew,1 R. Shapiro,2 L. Myaskovsky.3

    1University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA; 2Recanati/Miller Transplantation Institute, New York, NY; 3University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM.

    African Americans have a higher incidence of end-stage kidney disease but lower rates of both deceased and living donor kidney transplant (DDKT and LDKT) compared…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    The Incidence and Risk Factors for Non – Adherence to Medical Treatment among Patients after Kidney Transplantation

    T. Mashraki,1,2,3 B. Rozen-Zvi,1,4 E. Mor,2,4 A. Yussim,1,2 C. Avry,1,4 R. Rahamimov.1,2,3

    1Nephrology and Hypertension, Rabin Medical Center, Petach Tikva, Israel; 2Transplantation, Rabin Medical Center, Petach Tikva, Israel; 3Faculty of Health Science, Ariel University Center of Samaria, Ariel, Israel; 4Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel- Aviv University, Tel- Aviv, Israel.

    Background: Nonadherence to medical treatment is an important risk factor for acute rejection and graft loss. In this study we sought to determine the prevalence…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Greater Susceptibility for Metabolic Syndrome in Pediatric Transplant Recipients – A Case-Control Study

    R. Bloete,1 N. Memaran,1 B. Borchert-Mörlins,1 D. Thurn,1 E. Bauer,1 R. Büscher,2 J. Oh,3 B. Schmidt,4 A. Melk.1

    1Department of Pediatric Kidney, Liver and Metabolic Diseases, Hannover Medical School, Hanover, Germany; 2Department of Pediatric Nephrology, University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany; 3Department of Pediatric Nephrology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany; 4Department of Nephrology, Hannover Medical School, Hanover, Germany.

    Introduction. Metabolic syndrome not only contributes to an increased risk for cardiovascular sequelae but is also associated with impaired graft function and lower graft survival…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Disparities in Re-Transplantation among Pediatric Renal Transplant Recipients with Graft Failure

    M. Basu,1 R. Patzer,1 R. George.1,2

    1Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA; 2Pediatric Nephrology, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA.

    Background: While gender and racial disparities in access to transplantation have been reported among pediatric patients, few studies have investigated if these disparities exist in…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Immunoglobulin Replacement Therapy in Pediatric Renal Transplant Patients

    A. Lewis, M. Fasano, D. Zepeda-Orozco.

    University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA.

    Immunoglobulin replacement therapy decreases infection frequency in patients with primary immunodeficiency; however, there is limited data regarding the use of intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) or subcutaneous…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Prediction of Hepatocellular Carcinoma Recurrence Following Liver Transplantation Using Combined Differential Gene Expression, Copy Number Variation and Somatic Mutation Analysis

    A. Humar,1 P. Liu,2 J. Luo,3 M. Nalesnik,3 A. Singhi,3 G. Tseng,2 G. Michalopoulos.3

    1Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA; 2Biostatistics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA; 3Pathology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA.

    Liver allocation for transplant candidates with hepatocellular carcinoma is limited by OPTN policy to patients whose tumors remain within size limits defined by Milan criteria.…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Comparison of No Kasai Portoenterstomy to Failed Kasai: Analysis of UNOS Database

    T. Miloh, K. Hosek, S. Harpavath.

    Texas Children's Hospital/Baylor College of Medicine, Houston.

    IntroductionInfants with biliary atresia (BA) identified “later” (typically after 90 days of life) present a management challenge, as late Kasai portoenterostomy (KP) has high failure…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Efficacy and Safety of Immediate- and Prolonged-Release Tacrolimus in De Novo Pediatric Transplantation: Randomized Study

    K. Vondrak,1 F. Parisi,2 A. Dhawan,3 R. Grenda,4 N. Webb,5 S. Marks,6 D. Debray,7 R. Holt,8 A. Lachaux,9 D. Kelly,10 G. Kazeem,11 N. Undre.11

    1University Hospital Motol, Prague, Czech Republic; 2Osp Pediatrico Bambino Ges[ugrave], Rome, Italy; 3King's College Hospital, London, United Kingdom; 4The Children's Memorial Health Institute, Warsaw, Poland; 5Manchester University Foundation Trust, Manchester, United Kingdom; 6Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom; 7APHP-Hôpital Universitaire Necker, Paris, France; 8Alder Hey Children's Hospital, Liverpool, United Kingdom; 9Université Lyon 1 et Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon, France; 10Birmingham Children's Hospital, Birmingham, United Kingdom; 11Astellas Pharma Europe Ltd, Chertsey, United Kingdom.

    This study assessed long-term efficacy/safety of prolonged-release tacrolimus (PR-T) vs immediate-release tacrolimus (IR-T) in de novo pediatric transplant pts. Phase II, parallel-group, multicenter, open-label study…
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