2020 American Transplant Congress
Delayed Graft Function Adversely Affects Long-Term Survival for Kidney Recipients after Non-Renal Solid-Organ Transplantation
Surgery, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
*Purpose: End-stage renal disease (ESRD) frequently develops after nonrenal solid-organ transplantation, increasing the number of patients with a prior heart, liver or lung transplant on…2020 American Transplant Congress
Long-Term Outcomes in Recipients of Allografts from Living Kidney Donors with Hypertension
1Medicine, Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD, 2Surgery, Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: Allografts from living kidney donors may “carry” subclinical pathological abnormalities to the recipient and thus lead to adverse clinical outcomes. Because one mechanism underlying…2020 American Transplant Congress
The Safety and Efficacy of 6-Month Steroid Reduction Strategy after Kidney Transplantation: A Prospective Cohort Study
Department of Surgery, Ajou University Medical School, Suwon, Korea, Republic of
*Purpose: In kidney transplantation, immunosuppressive regimens almost always contain corticosteroids for preventing acute rejection and graft loss. However, long-term maintenance of corticosteroids has been associated…2020 American Transplant Congress
Renal Safety of Entecavir and Tenofovir with Hepatitis B Immunoglobulin in Liver Transplant Patients
*Purpose: Combination of potent nucleos(t)ide analougues (NAs) and hepatitis B immunoglobulin is recommended after liver transplantation for the prevention of hepatitis B virus (HBV) recurrence.…2020 American Transplant Congress
New-Onset Diabetes after Adult Liver Transplantation in the Korean Organ Transplantation Registry Study
*Purpose: New-onset diabetes after transplantation (NODAT) is a serious complication following liver transplantation (LT). The present study aimed to investigate the incidence of and risk…2020 American Transplant Congress
A Liver Transplant Candidate with Above Average Conscientiousness is More Likely to Receive a Liver Transplant
1Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, 2UCSF, San Francisco, CA
*Purpose: Liver transplant (LT) candidates are currently assessed in terms of their physical, social and mental capacity to take care of themselves and their grafts.…2020 American Transplant Congress
Statin Use May Be Associated with Lower Risk of Invasive Aspergillosis in Lung Transplant Recipients
University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada
*Purpose: Statins are competitive inhibitors of HMG-CoA reductase, that catalyses the conversion of HMG-CoA to mevalonate, which is involved in the synthesis of cholesterol in…2020 American Transplant Congress
Solid Organ Transplantation Using Hepatitis C Virus Positive Donor Organs for Hepatitis C Virus Negative Recipients
New York Medical College/ Westchester Medical Center, Valhalla, NY
*Purpose: To determine the effects of transplanting an HCV-positive solid organ to an uninfected patient who is on the transplant waiting list and might otherwise…2020 American Transplant Congress
Waitlisted Patients’ Preferences for Accepting and Consenting to Transplantation with Experimentally Manipulated Organs
*Purpose: Organ donor intervention research (“intervention research”) aims to increase organ quality and quantity for transplantation by protecting against organ injury and enhancing functionality. Given…2020 American Transplant Congress
RN Specialty Practice to Optimize Enteric Hyperoxaluria Management – A Qi Project
*Purpose: Optimal management of enteric hyperoxaluria (EH) requires institution of a strict low-fat, low oxalate diet and use of oral calcium supplements as oxalate binders.…
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