2015 American Transplant Congress
Controlled Hemodilution in Infant Liver Transplants: A Single Center Experience
Introduction: Hepatic artery thrombosis (HAT) remains a major comorbidity in pediatric liver transplants often resulting in graft loss and mortality. Controlled hemodilution decreases blood viscosity…2015 American Transplant Congress
Preliminary Results of a Novel Induction Regimen Using Anti-Thymocyte Globulin (Rabbit) (rATG) Plus Basiliximab in a Pediatric Patient Population Undergoing Kidney Transplantation
Purpose: We report the outcomes from single center experience with the novel induction regimen using rATG (3 mg/kg) in divided doses given on operative day…2015 American Transplant Congress
Outcome of Adult Kidney Transplant Candidates With Previous Malignancy: Analysis of 14-Year Waiting List Data in the United States
College of Medicine, Univ. of Florida, Gainesville, FL.
Purpose: We aimed to study the difference in patient survival and transplantation probability rates of adult kidney transplant (KT) candidates with and without history of…2015 American Transplant Congress
Development of a Post-Graduate Year 2 Solid Organ Transplant Pharmacy Residency Program at an Academic Medical Center
Department of Pharmacy, University of Alabama at Birmingham Hospital, Birmingham, AL.
The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Hospital performs a high volume of solid organ transplants each year, allowing for residents and students from many…2015 American Transplant Congress
Cytomegalovirus and BK Infections in Sensitized Kidney Transplant Recipients
Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Pubic Health, Madison.
Background:There is little information on the incidence, risk factors and outcomes associated with cytomegalovirus (CMV) and BK infections in sensitized patientsMethods:We examined 254 kidney transplant…2015 American Transplant Congress
Incidence of Hepatitis B Virus Reactivation in Kidney Transplant Patients Who Received Rituximab Administration
Department of Urology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan.
OBJECTIVE:The efficacy of antiviral prophylaxis for rituximab (RIT)-associated hepatitis B virus (HBV) reactivation in patients with lymphoma has been recently reported. However, the immunological effect…2015 American Transplant Congress
The Impact of Duration of Brain Death on Outcomes in Abdominal Organ Transplantation: Rush and Retrieve or Rather Relax and Repair?
Background: Brain death (BD) induces a progressive systemic pro-inflammatory and coagulatory response affecting function of the grafts-to-be and survival. With longer BD duration more injury…2015 American Transplant Congress
Differential Role of PI3K Subunits Gamma and Delta in Regulatory T Cells Homeostasis in Allotransplantation
Renal/Transplant Research Center, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA.
Targeting survival pathways that differentially suppress effector T cells (Teff) while sparing regulatory T cells (Tregs) is key in devising novel tolerogenic protocols in transplantation.…2015 American Transplant Congress
Infections After Transplant Tourism in Organ Transplant Recipients
Background:Transplant tourism is defined as travel abroad for the express purpose of receiving or donating an organ. Post-operative complications including infections after transplant tourism may…2015 American Transplant Congress
Does a History of Diabetes in Deceased Donors Modify the Outcomes of Kidney Transplant Recipients With Diabetes?
Background: The outcomes of kidneys from deceased donors with diabetes mellitus (dDM+) transplanted into recipients with DM (rDM+) have not been well studied.Methods: A cohort…
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