2015 American Transplant Congress
Patients Referred to an OPO: Analysis of Potential for Additional DCD Donors
New York Organ Donor Network, New York, NY.
Performance improvement at our organ procurement organization (OPO) includes retrospective analysis of the triage process for newly referred patients to identify missed opportunities for donation…2015 American Transplant Congress
A Novel DSA Flow Cytometer Crossmatch (DSA-FXM) to Eliminate Ambiguous Auto- and Allo-FXM Results
Pathology, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA.
Introduction:Though usually rejected on theoretical grounds, a positive Auto-FXM could result from either or both auto-reactive non-HLA or HLA-antibodies (Ab). Furthermore, a positive Auto-FXM serum…2015 American Transplant Congress
High Prevalence of Allograft Rejection in Kidney Recipients With a Mild Increase in Serum Creatinine: Interim Report of the ANIDAR Study
The long-term prognosis of kidney transplants may be impacted by delayed diagnosis of rejection. Guidelines suggest that recipients with an increase of serum creatinine (Scr)…2015 American Transplant Congress
Number of Antigen Targets: A Key Parameter for Accurate Flow Cytometry Crossmatch Interpretation of Weak DSA
BACKGROUND: Flow cytometry crossmatch (FCXM) results are used to assess the safety of a transplant across pre-existing DSA. The number of targets on donor cells…2015 American Transplant Congress
The Benefit of Hepatitis C Donor Kidney Transplantation Is Limited to Hepatitis C Positive Patients Over 50 Years of Age
Division of Nephrology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
The purpose of this analysis was to provide information regarding the use and survival benefit of kidney transplantation from a hepatitis C positive deceased donor…2015 American Transplant Congress
Efficacy and Safety of Induction Therapy With Monoclonal Versus Polyclonal Antibodies in Kidney Transplant Recipients in the Last Five Years (2008-2013) in Our Institution
Nephrology, La Paz Hospital, Madrid, Spain.
Induction immunosuppression in renal transplantation is not clearly defined. We analyze the efficacy and safety of the used regimens at our institution in the last…2015 American Transplant Congress
Conditioning of Mesenchymal Stromal Cells With mTOR Inhibitor Enhances Regenerative Properties of Secretome and Attenuates Vascular Calcification
Similar to patients with chronic kidney disease, recipients of kidney transplants are a high-risk population for cardiovascular events due to arterial media calcification in particular…2015 American Transplant Congress
Relations Among Hyperuricemia, Inflammation, Oxidative Stress and Arterial Stiffness in Renal Transplant Recipients
Purpose: Uric acid is the end product of purine metabolism and has well known anti-oxidant effects. Superoxide dismutase (SOD) and malondialdehyde (MDA) are well-known antioxidant…2015 American Transplant Congress
Forty-Seven Consecutive Simultaneous Liver-Kidney Transplants With Steroid Free Immunosuppression After Rabbit Antithymocyte Globulin Induction
Introduction: Utilization of rabbit antithymocyte globulin (RATG) induction as part of a steroid free immunosuppression protocol in orthotopic liver transplantation has gained wide acceptance in…2015 American Transplant Congress
The Effects of Change in Body Mass Index on Morbidity and Mortality After Liver Transplantation
AIM: Typically, a large BMI (body mass index) is associated with poor health as it can lead to a variety of diseases; we investigate frequency…
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