2013 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Waitlist Body Mass Index Changes on the Outcome after Liver Transplantation, The
Visceral and Transplant Surgery, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland
Background: Obesity is associated with poor health outcomes in the general population, but the evidence surrounding the effect of body mass index (BMI) on post-liver…2013 American Transplant Congress
Preemptive Desensitization among Sensitized Renal Recipients Improves Graft Survival Despite Posttransplant DSA Persistance
Surgery, Virginia Commonwealth University Hospitals, Richmond, VA
Background. We have shown 70% of DSA+ patients lose all DSAs within 12 months and rarely have chronic rejection whereas the remaining 30% show DSA…2013 American Transplant Congress
Use of Proton Pump Inhibitors Does Not Increase the Risk of Acute Rejection after Renal Transplantation, The
Nephrology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, Netherlands
Background: Mycophenolate mofetil (MMF), is the pro-drug of mycophenolic acid (MPA), which is formed after de-esterification. Adequate exposure to MPA is associated with a decreased…2013 American Transplant Congress
Simultaneous Liver-Kidney Transplantation Using Donors with Standard and Extended Criteria Kidneys
Piedmont Transplant Institute, Atlanta, GA
Introduction:The advent of MELD scoring resulted in an increase in the number of simultaneous liver-kidney transplants (SLKT) being performed due to the higher priority weighting…2013 American Transplant Congress
Partial Grafts Are Associated with an Increased Risk of Graft Failure in Liver Transplantation for Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Surgery, Children's Hospital, Boston, MA
Liver transplantation for Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC) using living donor grafts has been shown to be associated with an increased risk of disease recurrence when compared…2013 American Transplant Congress
Risk Factors to Non-Adherence in Kidney Transplantation Patients Applying Triangulation Methodology in a Universal Access Medication Health System
Background: Brazil is the second in total number of kidney transplant (KTx) in the world, and it also the world biggest universal public health system.…2013 American Transplant Congress
Evaluation of Sexual Functions in Females Receiving Renal Replacement Therapies
Introduction & objectives:We aimed to determine the factors affecting changes in sexual function by comparing the sexual functions of a female kidney transplant recipient (KTR)…2013 American Transplant Congress
Psychosocial Outcomes 3 to 9 Years after Living Liver Donation in the Adult to Adult Living Donor Liver Transplantation Cohort Study (A2ALL)
U. of Pittsburgh; Northwestern U; Lahey Clinic
Background: Psychosocial outcomes data come primarily from the first few years post liver donation and are based largely on generic quality of life measures that…2013 American Transplant Congress
Potential Contributions to the Direct Pathway by Donor Dendritic Cells at Vascularized Graft
It is widely known that resident dendritic cells (DC) in tissue, or donor DC (dDC), are able to traffic to the secondary lymphoid tissues of…2013 American Transplant Congress
Complement-Activating DSA: Which Assay in Which Setting?
Imperial College Renal & Transplant Centre, Hammersmith Hospital, London, United Kingdom
The presence of pre-formed and de novo donor specific antibodies [DSA] are associated with an increased incidence of antibody mediated rejection [AMR] and graft loss…
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