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  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Identifying Social Barriers to Health Literacy in ESRD Patients Undergoing Kidney Transplant Evaluation.

    K. Leick,1 J. Jones,1 S. Witte,2 L. Hunsicker,3 Z. Stewart.1

    1Dept of Surgery, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA; 2Dept of Social Work, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA; 3Dept of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA.

    Background: Low health literacy is associated with increased hospitalizations and mortality. ESRD patients have reduced health literacy as ESRD disproportionately affects the elderly and individuals…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Clostridium difficile Infection in Patients with a Continuous Flow, Durable Left Ventricular Assist Device.

    J. Glick Frasiolas, I. Li, H. Kim, D. Tsapepas.

    NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia University, New York.

    Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) increases morbidity and mortality in hospitalized patients. Patients with a ventricular assist device (VAD) are exposed to known risk factors for…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    A Successful Approach to Kidney Transplantation in Patients with Secondary Hyperoxaluria.

    J. Roodnat,1 A. Mik-van Egmond,2 W. Visser,2 S. Berger,3 W. van der Meijden,4 F. Knauf,5 M. Agteren van,1 M. Betjes,1 E. Hoorn.1

    1Internal Medicine, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, Netherlands; 2Dietetics, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, Netherlands; 3Internal Medicine, University Hospital, Groningen, Netherlands; 4Internal Medicine, Radboud University, Nijmegen, Netherlands; 5Nephrology and Hypertension, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität, Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany.

    Chronic oxalate nephropathy is observed secondary to enteric hyperoxaluria that is associated with malabsorption e.g. in short bowel syndrome. Kidney transplantation can be challenging given…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Prospective Randomized Controlled Study Evaluating the Relationship Between Electronic Adherence Data and Tacrolimus Concentration Data.

    B. Kane,1 M. Lockwood,1 L. Potter,1 L. Lourenco,1 A. Bodzin,1 D. Covington,2 K. Mayer,3 J. Millis.1

    1University of Chicago Transplant Center, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL; 2Clinical Research, Innovation Clinical Research, LLC, Tucson, AZ; 3R&D, SIMpill, LLC, Madison, WI.

    Purpose: The SIMpill® Medication Adherence System (MAS) is being evaluated in transplant recipients in a prospective 3-year study. The MAS captures patient medication adherence data…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    The Fine-Tuning of CXCL8 Protects Kidney Against Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury in Mice Lacking MicroRNA-146a.

    L. Amrouche,1,2 G. Desbuissons,1 M. Rabant,1,2 C. Legendre,1,2 F. Terzi,2 D. Anglicheau.1,2

    1U1151, INSERM, Paris, France, Metropolitan; 2Department of Kidney Transplantation, Necker hospital, Paris, France, Metropolitan.

    Acute kidney injury leads to the development of tubular injury and interstitial inflammation that need to be controlled to avoid fibrosis development. We hypothesized that…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Subnormothermic Machine Perfusion (SNMP) with a Hemoglobin Based Oxygen Carrier (HBOC) Solution Reprograms Dynamic Inflammation Networks When Compared to Cold Storage (CS) in a Porcine Liver Allograft Model.

    D. Sadowsky, R. Zamora, B. Banan, D. Barclay, J. Yin, Y. Vodovotz, P. Fontes.

    University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh.

    Introduction: Inflammatory markers have been mostly studied by standard statistical analysis focused on single component variations. This study aimed to compare SNMP with CS regarding…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    A Pilot Study of Donor: A Smart Phone Application for Identifying Live Kidney and Liver Donors.

    K. Kumar,1 E. King,1 A. Muzaale,1 J. Konel,1 G. Segal,3 J. Arnold,3 K. Bramstedt,4 D. Segev,1,2 A. Cameron.1

    1Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD; 2Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD; 3ORGANIZE, New York, NY; 4Bond University School of Medicine, Gold Coast, QLD, Australia.

    Background: With over 100,000 candidates waiting, rates of deceased donation stagnant, and only 17,000 Kidney and liver transplants a year, live donor transplantation may represent…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Novel Effect of miR-26a:Mdm2:p53 Pathway on Mouse Liver Regeneration.

    J. Zhou, W. Ju, X. Yuan, X. Jiao, D. Wang, X. Zhu, X. He.

    Organ Transplant Center, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.

    BACKGROUND: The deficiency of liver regeneration needs to be addressed in the fields of liver surgery, split liver transplantation and living donor liver transplantation. Researches…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Novel Approaches to Medication Teaching in Solid Organ Transplantation.

    D. Tsapepas, N. Jandovitz, S. Dulanya, D. Salerno, S. Hammad, P. Jordan.

    NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia University, New York.

    Technology has become a fundamental part of our daily lives; mobile application (app) technologies enhance a healthcare providers ability to deliver patient-centered care. Solid organ…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Long-Term Renal Allograft Outcome After Parathyroidectomy.

    M. Patecki, I. Scheffner, H. Haller, W. Gwinner.

    Medical School Hannover, Hannover, Germany.

    Parathyroidectomy (PTx) after kidney transplantation (Tx) has been reported to have adverse effects on the allograft. In this study, we analyzed the course of patients…
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