2013 American Transplant Congress
Nonadherence Related to Psychosocial Issues Predominates in the Majority of Acute Rejections during Early Posttransplant Period
Kidney Transplantation, St. Vincent Hospital, Indianapolis, IN
BACKGROUND: Nonadherence (NA) is a known cause of acute rejection (AR) and graft loss in this modern era of immunosuppression. However, extent of contribution of…2013 American Transplant Congress
Sarcopenia of Cirrhosis Does Not Reverse after Liver Transplantation
Sarcopenia (loss of muscle mass) is common in patients with end stage liver disease (ESLD). Sarcopenia is potentially reversible after liver transplantation (LT) but no…2013 American Transplant Congress
Persistent Asymptomatic C4d Staining in the First-Year after Heart Transplantation Is a Marker for Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy
Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute, Los Angeles, CA
BACKGROUND: Antibody-mediated rejection (AMR) after heart transplantation has recently been defined as a pathological diagnosis. This would include immunopathology which includes C4d staining and histologic…2013 American Transplant Congress
Residual Renal Function in Living Kidney Donors: Does Remaining Kidney Volume Matter?
Ohio State University, Columbus; IUH Transplant, Indiana University Health, Indianapolis
Background:It is generally accepted that in living kidney donor nephrectomy for transplantation, the donor should remain with the larger kidney volume if possible. It has…2013 American Transplant Congress
Psychiatric Outcomes of Liver Transplantation after Acetaminophen Overdose
Psychiatry and Psychology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Acetaminophen overdose is the leading cause of acute liver failure in the United States. A substantial proportion of these patients survive with conservative treatment. Liver…2013 American Transplant Congress
Risk Factors for Graft Loss Due to BK Nephropathy: A Paired Kidney Analysis
The purpose of this case control study was to identify risk factors for transplant failure due to BK Nephropathy (BK).Using SRTR data from 1987-2011, we…2013 American Transplant Congress
Long-Term Impact of Recipient and Donor Weight on Simultaneous Pancreas / Kidney (SPK) Graft Function
Introduction: Increased body weight in transplant patients has become a huge problem over the last years. Over the last decade only 52% of recipients and…2013 American Transplant Congress
Incidence, Risk Factors and Outcomes of BK Viremia and Nephropathy Following Kidney, Simultaneous Kidney-Pancreas or Pancreas after Kidney Transplant
University of Wisconsin Hospital, Madison, WI
We examined the incidence and risk factors for BK viremia and nephropathy (BKV and BKN) and their impact on graft survival in kidney, simultaneous kidney-pancreas…2013 American Transplant Congress
Mice, Men and Math: Finding Novel Drugs for Organ Transplantation
To ensure long term allograft function and reduce non-tolerable side effects, novel immunosuppressive drugs are needed in Transplantation. In a novel bioinformatics driven drug discovery…2013 American Transplant Congress
High Creatinine and Advanced Chronic Rejection (CR) Predicts Graft Loss in Non Adherent Kidney Transplant Recipients
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
The risk factors for graft loss in kidney transplant recipients (KTR) with non-adherence (NA) to immunosupression who present with rejection are not known.We analyzed 208…
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