2018 American Transplant Congress
Liver Transplantation Using Pediatric versus Adult Donor Grafts in Adult Recipients
Organ Transplant Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Background and Aim: The reported outcomes of adult liver transplantation using pediatric allografts are largely controversial based on single center studies. We aimed to compare…2018 American Transplant Congress
Frailty and Kidney Transplantation: AST-KPCOP Survey of Center Practices
Kidney Pancreas COP, AST, Mt. Laurel.
Background: Frailty is a clinical phenotype of decreased physiologic reserve and resistance to stressors. Given the potential utility of frailty evaluation as prognosticator of kidney…2018 American Transplant Congress
Multiple Factors Contribute to an Expanded Immune Risk Profile in Pre Renal Transplant Candidates
1Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA; 2Viracor-Eurofins, Lee's Summmit, MO.
Introduction: Older renal transplant recipients have a lower risk of rejection, but are at increased risk for infectious complications. An immune risk profile (IRP) has…2018 American Transplant Congress
Medical Contraindications to Solid Organ Transplant Listing: A Survey of Heart, Liver, Lung and Kidney Programs
Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA.
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the influence of advanced age, obesity and HIV seropositivity on solid organ transplant listing across liver,…2018 American Transplant Congress
What's Normal? An Evaluation of Pediatric T Cell Markers in Healthy Controls
INTRODUCTION: Studying pediatric patients includes challenges such as difficulty obtaining samples, limited normal controls and small volumes. Standardized flow cytometry (FC) lymphocyte immunophenotyping panels are…2018 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Age and Race on BK Viremia among Kidney Transplant Recipients
Background: Older age has been described as a potential risk factor for BK virus infection after kidney transplantation. The purpose of this study is to…2018 American Transplant Congress
Early Infectious Outcomes of Older Adults Undergoing Kidney Transplantation (KT). A Case Control Study
Study Purpose: Our aim was to investigate if among older KT recipient, the types of infections, number of rejections, graft and patient survival in the…2018 American Transplant Congress
Ethnic and Age Disparities in Outcomes among Liver Transplant Waitlist Candidates
1University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham; 2Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington DC.
Background: Despite the increasing prevalence of end-stage liver disease (ESLD) in older adults, there is no consensus to determine suitability for liver transplantation (LT) in…2018 American Transplant Congress
Functional Assessment of Kidney Transplant Candidates with the 6 Minute Walk Test and Hand Grip Strength
1Transplant Nephrology, Intermountain Healthcare, Murray; 2University of Utah, Murray, UT.
Background: The 6 minute walk test distance (6MWT) and Isometric hand grand grip strength (HGS) have been studied in various settings as objective measures of…2018 American Transplant Congress
Age-Specific Effects of Tacrolimus Are Associated to Specific Changes of T Cell Metabolism
Transplant Surgery Research Lab, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston.
Background: Energy metabolism of immune cells has been identified as critical in driving alloimmunity. While metabolic capacities change with aging, aspects linking age, immunosuppression, and…
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