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Articles tagged "African-American"

  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Racial Disparities in Living Donor Liver Transplantation

    Y. Nobel,1 K. Forde,2 L. Wood,3 P. Yoo,4 P. Abt,3 D. Goldberg.2

    1Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA; 2Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA; 3Division of Transplant Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA; 4Department of Surgery, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT.

    Purpose: Living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) is an alternative to deceased donor transplantation (DDLT), and can mitigate the risk of dying while waiting for transplant.…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Pregnancy Outcomes in Female Kidney Transplant Recipients: Does Ethnicity Have an Influence?

    S. Constantinescu,1,2 L. Coscia,2 D. Armenti,2 P. Axelrod,1 M. Ghanta,1 S. Rao,1 M. Moritz.2,3

    1Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia; 2National Transplantation Pregnancy Registry, Gift of Life Institute, Philadelphia; 3Lehigh Valley Health Network, Allentown.

    The purpose of this study was to analyze pregnancy outcomes in female kidney transplant recipients by ethnicity. Data were collected by the National Transplantation Pregnancy…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Landscape of Non-Directed Live Donors

    K. Kumar, X. Luo, A. Massie, T. Purnell, J. Tonascia, E. King, D. Segev.

    Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD.

    Background: The use of kidneys from Non-directed live donors (NDLD) among transplant centers in the US is unknown and the recipient selection remains varied. We…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Blood Gene Expression Profiling in a Randomized Controlled Trial of rATG Vs. IL2RA Induction Reveals the Differences in Immune Impact and Mechanisms

    K. Chavin,1 D. Taber,1 S. Kurian,2 T. Gelbart,2 N. Pilch,1 S. Nadig,1 J. McGillicuddy,1 T. Srinivas,1 C. Bratton,1 P. Baliga,1 D. Salomon.2

    1MUSC, Charleston, SC; 2Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA.

    We performed global gene expression profiling using microarrays on samples from a prospective, RCT designed to study the safety & efficacy of induction with antithymocyte…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Identification of Strategies to Facilitate Organ Donation Among African Americans

    J. Locke,1 H. Qu,2 R. Shewchuk,2 D. Segev,3 M. Martin.4

    1Surgery/Transplantation, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL; 2Health Services Administration, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL; 3Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD; 4Medicine/Preventive Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL.

    Background: African Americans (AA) are disproportionately affected by renal disease, yet few receive a kidney transplant. Surveys assessing attitude toward donation have demonstrated that AAs…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Emotional Bonding in Recipients of Deceased Donor Kidney Transplants (DDRT): Associated Factors and Effect on Medication Adherence

    A. Cerrato, M. Salifu, M. Markell.

    Division of Nephrology, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY.

    The feelings of the kidney recipient towards his or her donor are complex and may affect behavior in the post-transplant period. We studied 152 DDRT…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Attenuating Racial Disparities in Kidney Transplantation Through the Use of Potent Immunosuppression Regimens

    D. Taber, M. Gebregziabher, N. Pilch, T. Srinivas, K. Chavin, P. Baliga, L. Egede.

    Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC.

    African-American (AA) kidney transplant (KTX) recipients have higher rates of graft loss, which may be partially attributed to higher immunologic risk. The aim of this…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Assessing Transplant Attitudes: Understanding Minority Men's Perspectives on the Multifarious Barriers to Organ Donation

    B. Hinck, B. Naelitz, B. Jackson, M. Howard, A. Nowacki, C. Modlin.

    Glickman Urologic and Kidney Institute - Minority Men's Health Center, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH.

    African-Americans comprise 13% of the US population; yet compose 34% of the kidney transplant waiting list and only 14% of cadaveric donors and 11% of…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    African American Race Is an Independent Risk Factor for Cytomegalovirus Infection in Renal Transplant Recipients on Low-Dose Valganciclovir Prophylaxis

    S. Patel, S. Kuten, J. Loucks-DeVos, R. Knight, A. Gaber.

    Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX.

    Safe and effective use of low-dose (450 mg/day) valganciclovir (VGC) for cytomegalovirus (CMV) prophylaxis in renal transplant recipients (RTRs) has been reported. However, it is…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Effect of Antibody Mediated Rejection on Long-Term Renal Allograft Function

    M. John, A. Smith, I. Dortonne, A. Paramesh, M. Killackey, B. Lee, R. Zhang, J. Buell.

    Transplant Institute, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA.

    Historically we had poor understanding of chronic rejection attributing it to hypertension and non-compliance. However in the last decade we have begun to understand the…
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