2015 American Transplant Congress
Emerging Strategies to Screen Kidney Offers Based on the Kidney Donor Profile Index (KDPI)
Background: In the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network's (OPTN) new kidney allocation system, kidney offers are screened by setting for each candidate a maximum acceptable…2015 American Transplant Congress
Identifying Predictors for 30-Day Readmission in Renal Transplant Recipients
Purpose: The aim of this study is to determine risk factors associated with 30-day hospital readmissions in renal transplant recipients.Methods: This single center longitudinal study…2015 American Transplant Congress
Medication Non-Adherence in Those Waiting for a Transplant
Purpose: Though poor medication adherence among adult kidney transplant patients is alarmingly high with distressing consequences, no one has systematically examined medication non-adherence in those…2015 American Transplant Congress
Mesenchymal Stem Cells (MSCs) Transfusion for Desensitization of Positive Lymphocyte Cross Match (LCM) or Panel Reactive Antibodies (PRA) Before Kidney Transplantation – Outcome of 16 Cases
Immunomodulatory function of MSCs may correct positive PRA or LCM in highly-sensitized patients. We evaluate donor specific or 3rd party MSCs transfusion in 16 patients…2015 American Transplant Congress
HLA Matching Affects Patient Survival, Graft Survival, and Incidence of Rejection Episodes in Largest Analysis to Date
Introduction: Though human leukocyte antigen (HLA) matching between donor and recipient affects both graft and patient survival after kidney and heart transplantation, prior analysis has…2015 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes of Living and Deceased Donor Liver Transplant Recipients According to the MELD Score
Department of Surgery, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
BackgroundLiving donor liver transplantation (LDLT) has developed as an alternative to decease donor liver transplantation (DDLT) to overcome the critical shortage of deceased organ donations.…2015 American Transplant Congress
Results from the Use of Aortohepatic Conduit in Orthotopic Liver Transplantation: A Single Centre 12-Year Experience
Department of Surgery, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
Our study investigates the outcomes of the use of aortohepatic conduits in OLT.Methods: This is a retrospective single centre analysis of prospectively collected data from…2015 American Transplant Congress
Kidneys from Living Donors With High Body Mass Index Do Not Have Inferior Outcomes
Imperial College Kidney and Transplant Centre, Hammersmith Hospital, London, United Kingdom.
The disparity between donor kidney availability and demand has increased utilization of kidneys from marginal living donors. Data regarding outcome of transplantation from living donors…2015 American Transplant Congress
Live Kidney Donor Evaluation: Association of Race With Ineligibility
Background: African American (AA) waitlist candidates face many barriers to identifying LKDs. However, even if AA candidates identify a potential donor, it is unclear whether…2015 American Transplant Congress
The Impact of Center Size on Outcome of Pancreas Transplants
Introduction: The number of pancreas transplants (PxTx) has continuously declined over the last decade. Since the number of transplant centers that perform pancreas transplants has…
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