2015 American Transplant Congress
Transplanting Pediatric Livers Into Adult Recipients Is Associated With Increased Rejection and Decreased Survival
General Surgery, Division of Transplantation, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL.
Introduction: Transplantation of pediatric livers to adult recipients, a measure which places the graft at higher risk of hepatic artery thrombosis (HA), is frequently necessitated…2015 American Transplant Congress
Age Should Not Be Considered a Contraindication for Living Kidney Donation
Imperial College Renal and Transplant Centre, Hammersmith Hospital, London, United Kingdom.
The increasing numbers of patients with ESRD on the transplant waiting list has been the main driving force for expanding the donor pool. Acceptance of…2015 American Transplant Congress
The Losing Trifecta: Age ≥70, Deceased Donor Transplant, and Delayed Graft Function
Columbia University, New York.
INTRO: Patients ≥70 are the fastest growing part of the ESRD population. Although historically patients ≥70 have had acceptable renal transplant outcomes, in our own…2015 American Transplant Congress
Matching of Recipient and Donor Age Is the Most Powerful Risk Factor Affecting to Long-Term Graft Survival and Function
Recipient age and donor age were typical non-immunologic parameters affecting to graft survival rate (GSR). Using more than 3,000 cases of living donor transplantation database…2015 American Transplant Congress
Patient Outcomes After Listing for Kidney Alone Transplantation in Potential Recipients Aged Over 70 Years
BackgroundLow likelihood of listing and subsequent deceased donor transplantation has previously been reported for the elderly with additional concerns about patient frailty, morbidity and mortality…2015 American Transplant Congress
Reconsideration of Age Limits for Pancreas Transplantation
Div. of Transplantation, Dept. of Surgery, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI.
Introduction: Pancreas transplantation (PTx) remains the only strategy for reinstitution of long-term insulin production and outcomes have progressively improved. Yet, historically, centers have employed age-limits…2015 American Transplant Congress
Risk of ESRD Attributable to Live Kidney Donation in Various Subgroups of Donors
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD.
Risk of ESRD attributable to live donation in male, older, obese, related donors, and donors with high predonation eGFR remains uncharacterized.Methods: Various subgroups of individuals…2015 American Transplant Congress
Education and Employment After Renal Transplantation in Young Adults: An International Study
Purpose: Young adults who have received a kidney transplantation (KT) have significant obstacles in achieving educational goals and finding employment. The purpose of this study…2015 American Transplant Congress
Age-Dependent Decline in Glomerular Filtration Rate: A US Population-Based Study
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA.
Background and aim: Reduced renal function is nearly a universal complication experienced by organ transplant recipients, in part related to nephrotoxicity of calcineurin inhibitors. With…2015 American Transplant Congress
Renal Transplantation in Aged Over 60 Years Demonstrates Compatible Clinical Outcomes to Younger Recipients
Introduction: The aim of this study was comparing clinical outcomes of kidney transplantation between aged over 60 years and younger recipientsMethods: From 1993 to 2013,…
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