2015 American Transplant Congress
Inflammation in Regions of Tubular Atrophy (IATR) Predicts Adverse Graft Outcome in Patients With Late Graft Dysfunction: A Multicenter Study
Purpose: Inflammation in regions of tubular atrophy (IATR) is a risk factor for late graft loss. However, IATR is associated with inflammation in non-atrophic regions…2015 American Transplant Congress
Interstitial Fibrosis Is the Critical Determinant of Impaired Renal Function in Transplant Glomerulopathy
PURPOSE: Transplant glomerulopathy (TGP) represents chronic antibody-mediated injury in the glomerular capillaries after renal transplantation, and is the main cause of graft failure. TGP is…2015 American Transplant Congress
A Retrospective Review of a Renal Sparing Protocol in Orthotopic Liver Transplantation
Liver transplant recipients with pre-existing renal insufficiency are placed on a renal sparing protocol (RSP) consisting of delayed initiation of low-dose tacrolimus in addition to…2015 American Transplant Congress
The Product of Donor Age and Preoperative MELD, D-MELD, Predicts Surgical Outcomes After LDLT, When Using Small Graft
Background:Donor-recipient match is recognized as the factor well predicting recipient outcome in deceased donor liver transplantation. The aim of the present study is to evaluate…2015 American Transplant Congress
Hispanic/Latino Disparities in Living Donor Kidney Transplantation – Role of a Culturally Competent Transplant Program
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL.
Background and objectives: Hispanic Americans face disparities in access to kidney transplantation, particularly living donor kidney transplantation (LDKT).Design, setting, participants, and measurements: Northwestern Medicine's® (NM)…2015 American Transplant Congress
A Comparative Analysis of Histological Scoring in Living Donor Renal Transplants from Donors Above and Below 60 Years of Age
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: World Health Organisation estimates that the absolute number of people aged 60yrs and over will increase from 605-million to 2-billion over the…2015 American Transplant Congress
Outcome of Kidney Transplantation from Obese Living Donors: Histological Evaluation Using Zero-Time Biopsy Specimens
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: The relationship between preimplantation biopsy and graft outcome in kidney transplantation from obese living donors has not been studied. We reviewed graft…2015 American Transplant Congress
Lung Transplantation (LTx) in Patients on Extracorporeal Support – Is It a Bridge Too Far? A Single Centre Cohort Analysis
Objective: LTx in patients remaining on extracorporeal support is still controversial approach despite good results published by leading transplant centres. In this study we evaluate…2015 American Transplant Congress
Change in Frailty Between Evaluation for Kidney Transplantation and Transplantation
BACKGROUND: Frailty prevalence is high and predicts early hospital readmission, length of stay and mortality in adults of all ages undergoing kidney transplantation (KT). The…2015 American Transplant Congress
Are DQA Antibodies Real?
Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
Antibodies specific for HLA-DQ antigens appear to be increasing in frequency in the post-transplant period and are difficult to reduce effectively with desensitization protocols using…
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