2015 American Transplant Congress
The Impact of Critical Illness and Pre-Transplant Hospitalization on Cost of Liver Transplantation
Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA.
In order to understand the cost impact of hospitalization and ICU admission immediately prior to liver transplantation (LT), we obtained all hospital costs associated with…2015 American Transplant Congress
Evaluation of a Three-Dose Basiliximab Induction Immunosuppression Regimen in Adult Heart Transplant Recipients
University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA.
Background: Calcineurin inhibitors (CNI) are essential agents in most orthotopic heart transplantation (OHT) anti-rejection regimens. However, nephrotoxicity limits their use in the immediate post-OHT period,…2015 American Transplant Congress
Racial Differences in Transplant and Waitlist Mortality Rates Among HIV+ Kidney Transplant Candidates
Kidney transplant (KT) is now a viable option for select HIV+ end-stage renal disease patients. As OPTN does not collect HIV status at waitlisting, no…2015 American Transplant Congress
Tolerant Kidney Transplant Patients Display B Cells With Regulatory Properties
Whereas a B cell transcriptional profile has been recorded for operationally tolerant kidney graft patients, the role that B cells may play in this process…2015 American Transplant Congress
Screening Recipients of Increased Risk Donor Organs: A Multicenter Study
Purpose: Policy mandates post-transplant (tx) evaluation of recipients of increased risk donor organs (ROIRDO). PHS guidelines recommend that screening include HIV & hepatitis C virus…2015 American Transplant Congress
Non-Invasive Panel of MicroRNAs Predict Long-Term Outcomes Post-Kidney Transplantation
1Surgery and Pathology, UVA, Charlottesville, VA; 2VCU, Richmond, VA.
Background. Currently available methods for evaluating kidney graft function post-transplantation (KT) are either ineffective or inaccurate (e.g., serum creatinine) or highly invasive (e.g., biopsies). We…2015 American Transplant Congress
Changes in Health Related Quality of Life (HRQOL) in Pediatric Liver Transplant (LT) Recipients During Protocolized Immunosuppression Withdrawal (ISW): The iWITH Trial
ISW may limit medication-related comorbidities but intensive monitoring and unexpected rejection episodes may compromise HRQOL. We studied longitudinal HRQOL in pediatric LT recipients undergoing ISW…2015 American Transplant Congress
The Selection Process for Total Artificial Heart
Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute, Los Angeles, CA.
Purpose: Heart failure patients with severe biventricular failure who are candidates for heart transplant are considered for Total Artificial Heart (TAH) support. These patients may…2015 American Transplant Congress
Failure to Account for Critical Candidate Characteristics Significantly Biases Kidney Transplant Center Report Cards Measuring Time to Transplant
1Surgery, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY; 2Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH.
Kidney transplant rate is proposed to be integrated into the new composite metric to evaluate center performance. Current methods adjust for PRA, blood type, re-transplantation,…2015 American Transplant Congress
Matching Strategies in Kidney Paired Donation: A 7-Year Analysis of a Multi-Institutional Registry
1University of Toledo Medical Center, Toledo, OH; 2Alliance for Paired Donation, Maumee, OH.
Failure to convert computer-identified possible Kidney Paired Donation (KPD) exchanges into transplants has prevented KPD from reaching its full potential. The purpose of this study…
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