2015 American Transplant Congress
Descriptive Analysis of Patients Who Travel Away from Home for Orthotopic Liver Transplantation
Aim: Given the current geographic disparities in access to liver transplantation (OLT), there is a segment of the population that may travel to different areas…2015 American Transplant Congress
Evaluation of the Effects of N-Acetylcysteine Treatment in Adult Liver Transplant Recipients
Aurora St Luke's Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI.
Background: N-acetylcysteine (NAC) has been used in post-orthotopic liver transplant (OLT) patients for the proposed mechanism of preventing tissue damage of the newly transplanted organ…2015 American Transplant Congress
ABO-Incompatible Liver Transplantation for Severe Hepatitis B Patients
Objectives: Effect of ABO-incompatible liver transplantation on severe hepatitis B (SHB) patients is still unclear. Herein, we described 22 successful cases of patients with SHB…2015 American Transplant Congress
A Tool for Predicting Long Term Risks of Kidney Donation
Background:The evidence linking kidney donation to a slightly increased risk of ESRD has now been accepted. The underlying causes of ESRD majority of donors who…2015 American Transplant Congress
The Effects of Various Cardiac Preservation Solutions on Survival After Heart Transplantation
Purpose: The optimal cardiac preservation solution is still debated. The purpose of this study is to determine whether the type of cardiac preservation solution has…2015 American Transplant Congress
Increased Use of Donors After Cardiac Death (DCD) in Pancreas Transplantation: A Safe and Effective Way to Increase a Single Center Program Activity
Multi-Organ Transplant, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada.
The SRTR database shows that DCD donors are rarely used for pancreas transplantation in the USA (< 3% in 2010 -2012). This low rate likely…2015 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Donor Hemoglobin A1c On Pancreas Graft Survival
A goal in selection of ideal donor pancreata is to avoid grafts with a predisposition to type-two diabetes. The HgA1c assay is a validated estimate…2015 American Transplant Congress
End-To-End Ureteropyelostomy With Ligation of the Native Ureter in Kidney Transplantation: Is It a Safe Procedure?
INTRODUCTION:Ureteropyelostomy is an alternative for urinary tract reconstruction in kidney transplantation in cases where the graft ureter is not available or the recipient bladder is…2015 American Transplant Congress
Blood Gene Expression at 3 Months Post-Transplantation Predicts 1-Year Histological Features in Renal Transplantation
Histological analysis of biopsy at one year is proposed as a reliable tool for assessing renal allograft status, however, a non-invasive method for early prediction…2015 American Transplant Congress
Molecular Marker Strategies Supporting the Novartis US92 Study- A Discovery Study of Protein Biomarkers for Kidney Function (eGFR) and Acute Rejection in Serum from Renal Transplant Patients
Purpose. Protein biomarkers have the potential to allow for earlier and more specific diagnosis of kidney injury in kidney transplant patients than established clinical markers…
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