2015 American Transplant Congress
Identifying Barriers Specific to Xenoislets by Direct Comparison to Alloislets in a Dual Transplant Model
Purpose:The xenotransplantation of neonatal porcine islets (NPIs) may alleviate the shortage of islets currently limiting islet allotransplantation. However, successful implementation requires understanding of the immune…2015 American Transplant Congress
Eculizumab as a Rescue Therapy for Rhinovirus-Induced Antibody Mediated Rejection After Incompatible Kidney Transplantation
Northwestern University, Chicago, IL.
Background: Despite being an effective strategy for overcoming ABO and HLA incompatibilities, desensitized kidney transplantation still has limitations. Early antibody mediated rejection (ABMR) may be…2015 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Machine Perfusion After Long Static Cold Storage On Delayed Graft Function Incidence and Duration and Time to Hospital Discharge
Our transplant center is not involved in organ harvesting and usually we receive a kidney for transplant with more then 20 hours of static cold…2015 American Transplant Congress
Comparison of Markers of Inflammation Between Dialysis Patients With and Without Failed Kidney Allograft
BACKGROUND: The rates of morbidity and mortality in patients with a failed kidney transplant are higher than dialysis patients who had never been transplanted. The…2015 American Transplant Congress
Spironolactone Prevents Calcineurin Inhibitors Toxicity in Renal Allografts. Preliminary Report
Nephrology, Hospital General "Dr Miguel Silva", Morelia, Michoacan, Mexico.
Introduction: Calcineurin inhibitors (CI) introduction was a transcendental event in the transplant medicine history. Actually, CI are considered the cornerstone in the immunosuppression treatment because…2015 American Transplant Congress
Pre-Liver Transplant Urinary Proteome Analysis Does Not Predict Development of Chronic Kidney Disease After Transplantation
Background and aims: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a common complication after liver transplantation. Kidney biopsies cannot be easily performed before liver transplantation to predict…2015 American Transplant Congress
Long-Term Impact of Live Liver Donation: A Self Report of the Donation Experience
Introduction: Recipient outcomes of LDLT are well reported, however outcomes for adult to adult living liver donors (LD) are based on short term data. Much…2015 American Transplant Congress
Blood Pressure Evaluation by Three Different Modalities in Living Kidney Donors
Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH.
Screening for hypertension (HTN) is an important element of the living kidney donor (LKD) evaluation process. Since there are no general consensus about the blood…2015 American Transplant Congress
Predictive Value of Postoperative CRP and Procalctonin in Kidney Donors Experiencing Surgical Complications
Renal and Pancreatic Transplantation, Guy's Hospital, London, United Kingdom.
Introduction: Patients undergoing donor nephrectomy are fit and well individuals. Despite this, 1 in 5 will suffer a perioperative complication causing significant morbidity. Recent published…2015 American Transplant Congress
The Impact of Alemtuzumab and Basiliximab Induction On Patient and Graft Survival in Single Lung Transplant Recipients
PurposeTo evaluate the impact of alemtuzumab, basiliximab and no induction therapy on patient survival and chronic rejection.Methods3242 adult single lung transplantation from 2006 to 2013…
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