2013 American Transplant Congress
Implications of the Statewide Sharing Variance on Kidney Transplantation Geographic Inequity and Allocation Efficiency
Purpose: The Statewide Sharing (SS) local allocation variance offers non-locally allocated kidneys to patients listed in other Donor Service Areas (DSA) within the state of…2013 American Transplant Congress
Extent and Drivers of Geographic Inequity in Kidney Transplantation in the United States, The
Northwestern University, Chicago
Purpose: The waiting time for a deceased donor kidney transplant (DDKT) varies greatly across the United States (US), having a significant impact on outcomes pre-…2013 American Transplant Congress
Cardiac Surgery in Cirrhotic Patients: Should It Be Done Simultaneously or after Liver Transplantation?
Univ of Miami, Miami; CCF, Cleveland; Guanxi Medical University, Nanning, China
Background: Patients with end stage liver disease may have coexisting cardiac disease which requires surgical correction which is associated with high morbidity and mortality unless…2013 American Transplant Congress
Predictors of Serum Uric Acid and Its Impact on Kidney Structure and Function: A Five Year Prospective Study
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Introduction: Elevated uric acid has been linked to the development of hypertension and also progression of kidney disease. Whether this is true in kidney transplant…2013 American Transplant Congress
Clinical Results of Combined and Sequential Liver-Kidney Transplantation: A Single Center Experience
Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation Unit, Molinette Hospital, Turin, Italy
Since 2002, when the end-stage liver disease model (MELD) score was adopted, the number of combined liver-kidney transplantations increased.Between January 1995 and December 2011 we…2013 American Transplant Congress
Developing a Prognostic Score for Early Prediction of Graft and Patient Survival after Orthotopic Liver Transplantation
Hepatopancreatobiliary and Transplant Surgery, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
Purpose:The objective of that study was to develop a novel prognostic score predicting graft and patient survival after orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT).Methods:Prospectively collected data for…2013 American Transplant Congress
Evidence for Chronic Rejection of the Skin and Adnexal Structures in a Hand Transplant Recipient at Six Years Post Transplant without Significant Graft Vasculopathy
In solid organ transplantation, all organs are afflicted to some level with chronic rejection, albeit towards different targets. Although a young field, chronic rejection in…2013 American Transplant Congress
Uncontrolled Donors after Circulatory Death (uDCD) for Kidney Transplantation: Marginal or Optimal Donor?
The national protocol for the uDCD program restricts the no flow period to <30 min and the total warm ischemia time (WIT) to <150 min.…2013 American Transplant Congress
Deteriorating Quality of Organ Donors, The
PurposeWith the rising disparity between the number of transplants needed and the number of organ donors available, there is an increasing trend of procuring organs…2013 American Transplant Congress
Generic Switch of Tacrolimus in Prevalent Kidney Transplant Recipients
Sheffield Kidney Institute, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Introduction:There are limited data on outcomes when switching between tacrolimus brands in prevalent transplant recipients. We have undertaken a monitored switch from Prograf to Adoport…
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