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Bladder Drainage of Pancreas Transplants Alone: Friend or Foe?
Introduction: Immunological monitoring of Pancreas Transplants Alone (PTA) remains a challenge and bladder drainage is thought to facilitate early detection of rejection but may lead…2015 American Transplant Congress
Campath Induction With Triple Maintenance Therapy in African American Kidney Transplant Recipients: Less Infections But Worse Graft Survival
University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD.
Introduction:African American (AA) kidney transplant recipients (KTR) are at a higher risk for worse clinical outcomes vs non-AA. Strategies to improve outcomes in AA KTR…2015 American Transplant Congress
Impact of CXCR4/CXCL12 Blockade on Normal Plasma Cells In Vivo
Receptor/ligand interactions in stromal microenvironments play important roles in the localization, development and survival of normal antibody-secreting plasma cells. The goal of the current study…2015 American Transplant Congress
A Critical Analysis of the Impact of Socioeconomic Status on Racial Disparities in Kidney Transplantation
Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC.
Socioeconomic status (SES) is a significant determinant of health outcomes and may be an important component of racial disparities in kidney transplantation (KTX). While the…2015 American Transplant Congress
Parameters of Machine Perfusion Evaluating Quality of Kidneys from DCD/ECD Donors
Background Donors from donation after cardiac death(DCD) and expanded criteria donors(ECD) have poorer outcomes compared to standard deceased donors(SCD). It is important to evaluate quality…2015 American Transplant Congress
Socioeconomic Factors and Early Hospital Readmission After Kidney Transplant at a Single Center
Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore.
Early hospital readmission (EHR) is a key negative outcome in kidney transplantation (KT). Socioeconomic (SE) factors are associated with EHR in other contexts, but have…2015 American Transplant Congress
Recreational Marijuana Use Is Not Associated With Worse Kidney Allograft Outcomes
Background: As marijuana (MJ) legalization is ongoing, kidney transplant programs need to develop listing criteria for MJ users. No data exist on whether recreational MJ…2015 American Transplant Congress
Comparison of One-Year Outcomes in High Risk Kidney Transplantation: ABO Incompatible and DSA Positive/CDC-AHG Negative
Back ground: Both donor specific anti-HLA antibody (DSA) and anti-ABO are the major barriers in kidney transplantation. We evaluated the outcomes of desensitization protocols in…2015 American Transplant Congress
The Donor Risk Index Does Not Accurately Classify Patients With or Without Graft Failure
In liver transplantation assessing risk of donor is paramount to graft survival. The donor risk index (DRI) was introduced as a predictor of graft failure…2015 American Transplant Congress
Single-Center Analysis of Adult, Combined Heart-Liver Transplant (CHLT) Recipients
Background: Combined heart-liver transplantation (CHLT) is life-saving for patients with end-stage heart-liver diseases. This is a review of patients who underwent CHLT at a single-center.Methods:…
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