2015 American Transplant Congress
Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis as Indication for Liver Transplantation in Europe. Do We Choose the Right Organs for the Right Recipients?
Background:Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) has emerged to become the third leading cause for liver transplantation (LT) in the US and since 2002, it has increased constantly.Methods:We…2015 American Transplant Congress
Prediction of Post-Operative Length of Stay and Unplanned Reoperation in Patients Transplanted for Alcoholic Liver Disease: An Artificial Neural Network Approach
Surgery, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN.
Purpose:Using artificial neural network (ANN) modeling, this study aims to optimize the prediction of prolonged length of stay (LOS) and need for unplanned reoperation (UR)…2015 American Transplant Congress
The Burden of Caregiving for Living Kidney Donors
Renal Transplantation, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom.
Introduction: A large number of kidney donors are also primary caregivers for their recipients. Whilst primary caregiver status is a well-established cause of psychopathology, it…2015 American Transplant Congress
Can We Use MDRD or CKD-EPI Equation for Donor Selection?
Renal Transplantation Service, Hospital das Clínicas-FMUSP, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
INTRODUCTION: Determination of the glomerular filtration rate (GFR) is critical for the selection of a potential living kidney donor. Since July 2008 our center has…2015 American Transplant Congress
Assessment of Hospital Readmissions After Mechanical Circulatory Support
Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute, Los Angeles, CA.
Purpose: Hospital readmission is viewed as one of the benchmarks for success following mechanical circulatory support (MCS) placement. It is not clear whether there is…2015 American Transplant Congress
Donors at Age Extremes for Simultaneous Pancreas-Kidney Transplant (SPKT)
Background:Shortage of optimal pancreatic donors stimulates a search for options to expand the donor pool. Extreme age donors ( <13 yrs or > 50 yrs…2015 American Transplant Congress
The Potential of E-Health to Improve Adherence: Exploring the Patients' View
Introduction. Transplant outcomes can be negatively influenced by medication nonadherence. Therefore, there is a need for effective interventions to improve adherence. In recent years due…2015 American Transplant Congress
Investigating Role of Early VTE Chemoprophylaxis in Kidney Transplant
Objective: Our objective was to determine whether the rate of venothromboembolic events (VTE) varied with early versus delayed prophylaxis administration. Associated bleeding complications were also…2015 American Transplant Congress
Biomarker for Calcineurin Inhibitors Nephrotoxicity in Solid Organ Transplantation: Validation of a Urine Gene Expression Panel
Background: We previously described a gene expression signature as biomarker of calcineurin inhibitor nephrotoxicity (CNIT) post renal transplantation. Herein, we aimed to validate the same…2015 American Transplant Congress
Donor Serum and Urine Proteomic Signatures Differentiate Between Immediate and Delayed Graft Function in Kidney Transplantation
IntroductionDespite the persistent shortage of donor organs, paradoxically, many organs obtained from older higher risk donors are deemed unsuitable for transplantation and discarded. The ability…
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