2013 American Transplant Congress
Safety Risks in Living Donor Liver Transplantation
OBJECTIVE/BACKGROUND:According to the 2010 U.S. Office of the Inspector General’s Report, adverse events (AE) are common in the care of patients. In Living Donor Liver…2013 American Transplant Congress
Three Genotypically Distinct Strains of Pneumocystis Jirovecii Caused an Outbreak of Pneumocystis Pneumonia in Renal and Liver Transplant Recipients
Background: Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PCP) is a serious and possibly lethal opportunistic infection in immunocompromised patients. An outbreak of 29 PCP cases occurred among renal…2013 American Transplant Congress
Time on Waiting List for Patients with High MELD Does Not Influence Graft or Patient Survival after Liver Transplantation
Northwestern University, Chicago
BACKGROUND: With the decreased donor availability, even patients with high MELD scores can have prolonged wait times for liver transplantation (LT). However, it is unknown…2013 American Transplant Congress
Injected Allogeneic CD4+CD25+ Tregs Regulate the Neonatal Immune System and Prolong Heart Allograft Survival
University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
Introduction/Methods: Semi-allogeneic (F1; H-2k/b) splenocytes (SC) injected into newborn mice (H-2k) induce immunological tolerance whereas allogeneic SC (H-2b) lead to graft-vs-host disease (GVHD). Here we…2013 American Transplant Congress
Obesity Negatively Impacts Access to Transplantation in Women but Not Men
Nephrology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
It is known that obese wait-listed patients are less likely to undergo deceased donor transplantation compared to non-obese patients. Using Cox multivariate regression analyses and…2013 American Transplant Congress
Mismatched VCA Transplantation without the Need for Donor Cell Chimerism: A Model To Achieve Tolerance While Eliminating Chronic Immunosuppression and the Risks of GVHD
Introduction: The application of Vascularized Composite Allograft (VCA) transplantation is limited by the need for immunosuppression. Tolerance induction protocols using stem cell transplantation can eliminate…2013 American Transplant Congress
Challenges in Safety Managing the Pain in Living Liver Donors
BACKGROUND: Living Liver Donation (LD) is a highly complex major surgical procedure associated with pain. However, managing pain after LD is difficult, as opioid pharmacokinetics…2013 American Transplant Congress
Esophageal Eosinophilia after Intestinal Transplantation
Transplantation, MedStar Gerogetown University Hospital, Washington, DC
Background: The prevalence of eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) has been increasing, with estimates up to 0.1% of children. We examined esophageal eosinophilia in children after intestinal…2013 American Transplant Congress
Clinical Presentation and Outcomes of Transplant Glomerulopathy in Hepatitis C Positive Compared to Hepatitis C Negative Patients after Renal Transplantation
It has been recently reported that transplant glomerulopathy (TG) is a pattern of pathological injury. Also, hepatitis C virus infection (HCV) has been associated with…2013 American Transplant Congress
BK Polyoma Virus Infection and Efficacy of Leflunomide in Pediatric Renal Transplant Recipients
Purpose: To characterize BK virus infection and assess the efficacy of treatment strategies in pediatric renal transplant recipients.Methods: Retrospective chart review of renal transplant patients…
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