2013 American Transplant Congress
Revisiting the Second Kidney Transplant in Children
Purpose: To describe the path of children after primary transplant (tpx) failure and determine factors influencing the probability and wait times for second tpx.Methods: Retrospective…2013 American Transplant Congress
Does CKD Epidemiology Collaboration (CKD-EPI) Equation Have Stronger Predictive Power for Long-Term Kidney Graft Survival?
Background: eGFR measured by the CKD-EPI (Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Collaboration) equation is well-known to be more accurate than MDRD equation in chronic renal disease…2013 American Transplant Congress
Prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome in Renal Transplant Patients: Comparison of Two Diagnostic Criteria
Renal Transplantation Service, Hospital das Clinicas - FMUSP, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Metabolic syndrome (MS) is now recognized as a risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CV), the leading cause of death with a functioning graft in renal…2013 American Transplant Congress
Transitions of Care To Reduce Early Readmissions Following Kidney Transplantation
Pharmacy, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, MI
Background: Hospital readmission became an important metric for measuring quality of patient care. Although transitions of care interventions prevented readmission in various settings, they have…2013 American Transplant Congress
Threatened Kidney Allograft: Use of mTOR- Inhibitor Increases All Cause Mortality
Nephrology, UMMC, Baltimore, MD
Background:Acute allograft dysfunction due to IFTA is often attributed to cumulative exposure to tacrolimus. Can replacement of CNI with m-TOR inhibitor prevent progression in IF/TA…2013 American Transplant Congress
Increasing Living Donor (LD) Kidney Transplants by Streamlining the Evaluation Process
UNC Center for Transplant Care, Chapel Hill; UNC Department of Surgery, Chapel Hill
While the organ waiting list in the US keeps growing, number of donors stays the same increasing the gap between recipients and donors. One of…2013 American Transplant Congress
Levothyroxine Therapy Prior to Brain Death Declaration Increases the Number of Solid Organ Donations
Department of Surgery, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
INTRODUCTION: Protocols call for the start of hormonal therapy with Levothyroxine after declaration of brain death. As the hormonal perturbations occur during the process of…2013 American Transplant Congress
Adjunctive Bortezomib Therapy for Treatment of Antibody Mediated Rejection in Kidney Transplant Recipients
Transplant Med, NYPH-Weill Cornell
Background: Antibody mediated rejection (AMR) is associated with poor graft survival. Targeted treatment with bortezomib has been shown to reduce donor specific antibodies (DSA), but…2013 American Transplant Congress
Associations of Nephrosclerosis with Kidney Function and Size in Living Kidney Donors (LKD)
Despite their selection on health, LKD have been found to have subclinical nephrosclerosis. Identifying pre-donation characteristics that predict nephrosclerosis is of critical importance. We evaluated…2013 American Transplant Congress
Clostridium difficile Infection in Lung Transplant Recipients during the Modern Era of PCR Testing
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY
Background: Solid organ transplant (SOT) recipients are at risk for Clostridium difficile infections (CDI) which occurs in up to 31% of lung transplant (LT) patients.…
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