2018 American Transplant Congress
Equivalent Post-Donation eGFR after Robotic Assisted versus Laparoscopic Living Donor Nephrectomy
Piedmont Transplant Institute, Atlanta, GA.
Robotic assisted donor nephrectomy (RADN) has gained popularity in recent years as a minimally invasive alternative to traditional laparoscopic donor nephrectomy (LDN). RADN offers advantages…2018 American Transplant Congress
Experiences, Perceptions, and Concerns about Successful Aging among KT Candidates and Recipients
Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD.
Background: In the context of a growing number of older ESRD patients, we aimed to understand experiences, perceptions, and concerns about successful aging (SA) among…2018 American Transplant Congress
A Mobile App to Improve Medication Adherence in Kidney Transplant Recipients – Analysis of a Prospective Interventional Study
Department of Nephrology and Medical Intensive Care, Charité University Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Background: Non-adherence to medication is one of the leading problems for poor long-term outcome in kidney transplant recipients (KTR). Here we analyze the impact of…2018 American Transplant Congress
Patient and Graft Survival in Pediatric Renal Transplant Recipients Compared to Adult Multi-Organ (Kidney-Pancreas, Simultaneous Liver-Kidney, or Heart-Kidney) Transplant Recipients: An Analysis of OPTN Data
Under the current kidney allocation system (KAS), pediatric (PED) renal transplant (RTx) candidates have a priority to kidneys from donors with KDPI <35%. However, multi-organ…2018 American Transplant Congress
Age Difference between Donor and Recipient Predisposes to Early Interstitial Fibrosis and Tubular Atrophy in Pediatric Kidney Transplantation
Pediatric Nephrology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA.
Introduction: Previous studies in adult kidney transplant recipients (KTRs) have shown that an increased age difference between donor and recipient increases the risk of arterial…2018 American Transplant Congress
Using Distal Abdominal Aorta as an Outflow Tract for En Bloc Kidney Transplantation from Infant Donors with Extremely Low Body Weight
Pediatric kidney donors are underutilized due to high risk of postoperative thrombosis and other complications. To address these problems, we develop a novel en bloc…2018 American Transplant Congress
Neutrophil to Lymphocyte Ratio (NLR) Does Not Predict Outcomes after Liver Transplant (LT) for Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC)
Hepatology, UCSF, San Francisco.
Background: A high preoperative NLR ≥5 has been reported to predict poor outcomes following LT for HCC, and NLR has been incorporated into several prognostic…2018 American Transplant Congress
Predicting Pediatric Liver Transplant Rejection with Peripheral Blood Leukocyte (PBL) Transcripts-Considerations and Design Limitations
Pediatric Abdominal Transplant, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA.
Background: Optimizing immunosuppression requires individualized rejection-risk assessment in children with liver transplantation (LTx). PBL transcripts are a desirable non-invasive solution. Purpose: To characterize PBL transcriptome…2018 American Transplant Congress
Program-Specific Transplant Rate Ratios: Association with Allocation Priority at Listing and Posttransplant Outcomes
The Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients (SRTR) has updated the transplant rate and waitlist mortality risk-adjustment models to include a wider range of candidate characteristics…2018 American Transplant Congress
Overcoming Barriers to Transplant: An A2 to B Program Need Not Be Difficult, Expensive, or Time Consuming Even for Large Centers
Medstar Georgetown Transplant Institute, Medstar Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC.
Introduction. Since the implementation of the new Kidney Allocation System (KAS) few centers have implemented the use of A2 donor kidneys into B recipients. Centers…
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