2019 American Transplant Congress
Prophylactic Use of Eculizumab in Patients at High Risk of Post-Transplant aHUS Recurrence Improves Graft Outcomes
On behalf of the French aHUS Group, France, France
*Purpose: Eculizumab has revolutionized the management of atypical Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome (aHUS). In 2012, the French aHUS Study Group issued recommendations to advocate the prophylactic…2019 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Early Borderline Histological Changes on Subsequent Events in Renal Transplant Recipients
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA
*Purpose: The significance of borderline changes suspicious for rejection noted on early renal allograft biopsies on subsequent events in renal transplant recipients is unclear.*Methods: Between…2019 American Transplant Congress
Center-Level Variation in HLA-Incompatible Living Donor Kidney Transplantation Outcomes
1Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, 2University of Alabama School of Medicine, Birmingham, AL
*Purpose: Desensitization protocols for HLA-incompatible living donor kidney transplantation (ILDKT) vary across centers. The impact of these variations, as well as other practice variations, on…2019 American Transplant Congress
Vaccine Response as a Predictor of Kidney Transplant Rejection and Serious Infection
Department of Nephrology, Monash Health, Clayton, Australia
*Purpose: Vaccination generates immune memory, including antibodies against harmful pathogens. Transplant immunosuppression prevents similar processes occurring against alloantigens. Transplant recipients have significantly reduced seroresponses to…2019 American Transplant Congress
The Impact of Transplant Hospital Organ Procurement on Medicare Cost Report Reimbursement
*Purpose: Medicare organ acquisition reimbursement from the Medicare Cost Report includes costs associated with transplant hospitals acquiring an organ for Medicare transplant patients and the…2019 American Transplant Congress
Use of Marginal Liver Donors in Pediatric Transplantation: Diverse Profiles of Use in Major Transplant Centers
*Purpose: Pediatric liver transplantation is highly specialized only a small number of centers have consistent large volume experience. We tested the hypothesis that large volume…2019 American Transplant Congress
Compatible Pairs in Paired Kidney Exchange – Are There Winners and Loosers?
*Purpose: To understand patterns of participation for compatible pairs and their impact in increasing paired donation in a national registry.*Methods: Favorable pairs (FP) are defined…2019 American Transplant Congress
Patient Centered AUC-Monitoring of Tacrolimus Using Capillary Microsampling
Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet, Oslo, Norway
*Purpose: To reduce unwanted side effects of Tacrolimus (Tac), improvement of dosing is warranted. Therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) of Tac based on trough concentrations (C0)…2019 American Transplant Congress
Protocol Cardiac Cathaterization in Renal Transplant Candidates
*Purpose: Appropriate cardiac evaluation prior to kidney transplantation is controversial. The following retrospective analysis was performed to evaluate the value of performing cardiac catheterization on…2019 American Transplant Congress
Effect of ATG on Monocytic Myeloid-Derived Suppressor Cells and Its Associated Mechanisms in Kidney Transplantation Recipients
Beijing Chao-yang Hospital, Beijing, China
*Purpose: Myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSCs) consist of heterogeneous myeloid progenitors and precursors that was first defined in cancer patients and are characterized by a immunoregulatory…
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