2013 American Transplant Congress
Risk Factors for Early Hospital Readmission Following Kidney Transplant
Early hospital readmissions (EHR) are an indicator of quality care, and are associated with increased costs. Changes in health care policy will decrease reimbursement to…2013 American Transplant Congress
Prognostic Utility of Hypothermic Machine Perfusion Parameters: Do They Improve Predictive Value of KDRI in Deceased Donor Kidney Transplantation?
Introduction: Vascular renal resistance (VRR) and flow rate derived from hypothermic machine perfusion (HMP) appear to predict delayed graft function (DGF) and 1-year graft survival.…2013 American Transplant Congress
Visceral Transplantation for Intraabdominal Desmoid Tumors: Survival Outcome and Tumor Recurrence
Thomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA
Introduction: Intra-abdominal desmoid tumors are one of the leading causes of death in patints with Gardner's syndrome. Surgical resection of the desmoid tumor with or…2013 American Transplant Congress
Prognostic Utility of Hypothermic Machine Perfusion Correlates with the Kidney Donor Risk Index (KDRI) in Kidney Transplantation, The
Aim: Hypothermic machine perfusion (MP) improves graft function after kidney transplantation (KT) in both ECD and DCD kidneys. The KDRI incorporates factors that help define…2013 American Transplant Congress
Renal Outcomes in Prediabetic Living Kidney Donors Are Very Similar to Normoglycemic Donors at 10 Years Post-Donation
BackgroundPotential living kidney donors with prediabetes are often excluded due to concerns about the development of diabetes and progression to ESRD. This strategy may be…2013 American Transplant Congress
Higher KDPI Predicts Lower Renal Allograft Function and Higher Interstitial Fibrosis and Tubular Atrophy at 6 Months
BackgroundThe Kidney Donor Profile Index (KDPI) estimates the risk of graft failure relative to all donors from the previous year, expressed as a cumulative percentage…2013 American Transplant Congress
Early Hospital Readmissions Following Kidney Transplant Are Associated with Inferior Patient Survival
Early hospital readmissions (EHR) are considered an indicator of quality care. EHR are costly and frequent, and have been associated with increased morbidity and mortality…2013 American Transplant Congress
Frequency of Blood Transfusion Episodes after Kidney Transplantation Is Associated with Development of Class II Donor Specific Antibodies
Background: The risk of blood transfusions after kidney transplantation for development of DSA is understudied and has generally been evaluated in terms of the total…2013 American Transplant Congress
Human Adipose Tissue Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells Aggravate Chronic Cyclosporin Nephrotoxicity by the Induction of Oxidative Stress
Internal Medicine, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, Seoul, Korea
Cyclosporine (CsA) induced nephrotoxicity is an important complications to limit the long term allograft outcome in kidney transplantation. The aim of this study was to…2013 American Transplant Congress
Addition of Anti-CMV Ig to Routine CMV Prophylaxis in EBV High Risk Kidney Transplant Recipients Is Associated with Reduced PTLD Incidence
Transplant, University of Cincinnati; Transplant, The Christ Hospital
Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) seronegative patients (pts) who receive a kidney from an EBV seropositive donor carry the highest risk for EBV-related PTLD. We report our…
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