2015 American Transplant Congress
African American Race Is an Independent Risk Factor for Cytomegalovirus Infection in Renal Transplant Recipients on Low-Dose Valganciclovir Prophylaxis
Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX.
Safe and effective use of low-dose (450 mg/day) valganciclovir (VGC) for cytomegalovirus (CMV) prophylaxis in renal transplant recipients (RTRs) has been reported. However, it is…2015 American Transplant Congress
Safety and Efficacy of Pegylated Interferon and Ribavirin for Chronic Hepatitis C Following Renal Transplantation
Objective We sought to investigate the safety and efficacy of pegylated Interferon (PEG-IFN) and ribavirin for chronic hepatitis C (HCV) following renal transplantation.Methods Ten adult…2015 American Transplant Congress
Do CMS Oversight and the Systems Improvement Agreement Really Change Institutional Behavior?
Center for Transplantation and Organ Failure, University of kentucky, Lexington, KY.
In 2010 the pulmonary transplant program at the University of Kentucky entered a Systems Improvement Agreement (SIA) with CMS as a consequence of poor performance…2015 American Transplant Congress
Why Are Pancreas Transplant Volumes Declining?
Background: Pancreas transplant volumes have been decreasing in the US since the mid-2000s. It has been conjectured that poor utilization of deceased donor pancreata (as…2015 American Transplant Congress
The Effect of Influenza Vaccination on Hospital Admission in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients
Emory University Hospital, Atlanta, GA.
Purpose: The current study has two objectives. First, compare clinical outcomes between solid organ transplant (SOT) recipients who receive influenza vaccination and those who do…2015 American Transplant Congress
Disparities in Death and Delisting on the Waitlist for Renal Transplant in the United States
Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA.
Waiting time to kidney transplant varies dramatically among organ procurement organizations (OPOs) in the US. We sought to evaluate the association between death and delisting…2015 American Transplant Congress
Correlation of Serum Creatinine-Based Equations With Radionuclide GFR in Candidates for Liver Transplantation
McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada.
Background: Renal dysfunction is common prior to liver transplantation (LTx); however, the best way to determine the glomerular filtration rate (GFR) pre-LTx is unclear. Our…2015 American Transplant Congress
Antibody-Mediated Rejection of Renal Allografts by CCR5-/- Mice Does Not Require CD8 T Cells
Antibody-mediated acute and chronic graft injury remains a major cause of renal allograft loss. Mechanisms underlying these injuries remain unclear due in part to the…2015 American Transplant Congress
De Novo DSA Would Not Necessarily Cause Graft Rejection After Renal Transplantation: Characteristics of DSA Developing Biopsy-Proven Chronic Antibody-Mediated Rejection
Kidney Center, Nagoya Daini Red Cross Hospital, Nagoya, Japan.
Introduction:De novo donor-specific HLA antibodies (dn DSA) production after renal transplantation has been reported to be associated with chronic antibody mediated rejection (CAMR), which leads…2015 American Transplant Congress
Post-Liver Transplant Delirium Is Associated With Increased Mortality and Prolonged Length of Stay
Delirium after liver transplantation (LT) has been reported to increase ICU and hospital length of stay, but limited information is available regarding the incidence, potential…
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