2013 American Transplant Congress
Time in the Operating Room Independently Predicts Blood Utilization, Charges, and a Cost Efficient Practice
Center for Transplantation, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS
BACKGROUND: In an era of economic reform we see clinical practice under increasing performance oversight. To date few studies that have looked specifically at clinical…2013 American Transplant Congress
Comparison of Histamine Receptor Antagonists Versus Proton Pump Inhibitor Stress Ulcer Prophylaxis in Kidney Transplant Recipients, A
Purpose: Histamine-2 receptor antagonists (H2RA) or proton pump inhibitors (PPI) are often utilized for stress ulcer prophylaxis in kidney transplant (KTx) recipients. The purpose of…2013 American Transplant Congress
IL21 Plays a Critical Role in Chronic Rejection but Not in Acute or Accelerated Allograft Rejection
University of Toledo College of Medicine, Toledo
There is mounting evidence that IL21 may be a specialized cytokine that controls chronic rather than acute immune responses. Herein, we evaluated the role of…
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