2019 American Transplant Congress
Donor And Recipient Age Matching Versus Mismatching In Expanded Criteria Donor Kidney Transplants: Does It Make A Difference?
Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, NC
*Purpose: The critical shortage of donor organs challenges the transplant community to optimize the use of organs from all consented deceased donors (DD). The purpose…2019 American Transplant Congress
Race-Sex Effects on Immune Response Potential during Tacrolimus Minimization Therapy in Stable Renal Allograft Recipients
*Purpose: African American renal transplant recipients (RTR) exhibit more immunoreactivity to allografts which may contribute to chronic rejection. This study investigated race-sex influences on ex…2019 American Transplant Congress
Clinical Impact of Race and Timing of Acute Rejection on Recipients of Kidney Transplant on Early Steroid Withdrawal Protocol
Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN
*Purpose: There has been conflicting reports on the impacts of the timing of acute rejection (AR) (early vs late) on the overall outcome of a…2019 American Transplant Congress
Adverse Effect Differences between Tacrolimus-IR and LCP-Tacrolimus
*Purpose: Extended-release tacrolimus (Envarsus XR®, LCP-Tac) was approved in 2015 as conversion from tacrolimus immediate-release (Tac-IR) as part of the maintenance immunosuppression regiment post-kidney transplant.…2019 American Transplant Congress
Early Renal Allograft Failure after Simultaneous Liver-Kidney Transplantation: Evidence for Utilization of the Safety Net
*Purpose: Utilization of simultaneous liver-kidney transplant (SLKT) has increased dramatically during the Model for End-Stage Liver Disease (MELD) era. Prior studies have demonstrated a modest…2019 American Transplant Congress
Incidence and Predictors of Post-Kidney Biopsy (KBx) Bleeding in Liver Transplant (LT) Candidates with Renal Dysfunction
*Purpose: Pre-LT kidney biopsy is seldom performed in LT candidates with renal dysfunction and/or proteinuria partially due to the limited information regarding KBx bleeding. We…2019 American Transplant Congress
Preoperative Risk Factor-based Cardiac Catheterization Is Associated With Low Cardiac Morbidity And Mortality In Liver Transplant Patients
*Purpose: Mortality post-liver transplant historically was largely attributed to coronary artery disease (CAD). Current guidelines recommend screening with non-invasive modalities in patients with risk factors.…2019 American Transplant Congress
Experience With Letermovir Use For The Management Of Cytomegalovirus In Solid Organ Transplant Recipients
*Purpose: Letermovir is a new antiviral recently approved for cytomegalovirus (CMV) prophylaxis in CMV-seropositive hematopoietic-cell transplant recipients. Its off-label use in solid organ transplant (SOT)…2019 American Transplant Congress
CCR5-Mediated Recruitment of NK Cells to the Kidney is a Critical Step for Host Defense to Candida albicans Infection
*Purpose: Candida albicans infection causes a high rate of mortality in immunocompromised or transplant patients. In this study, we investigated the role of CCR5 that…2019 American Transplant Congress
Impact of a Short Duration, Narrow Spectrum Perioperative Antibiotic Prophylaxis Regimen on Multi-Drug Resistant Surgical Site Infections in Adult Orthotopic Liver Transplantation
*Purpose: There is a paucity of data defining the optimal agent and timing of peri-operative antimicrobial prophylaxis in orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT). The purpose of…
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