2017 American Transplant Congress
A Multistate Modeling Analysis of Time-Varying CPRA States and Its Impact on Kidney Transplant: A Focus on KAS Implementation.
Background: Highly sensitized kidney transplant candidates are at higher risk of death on the waiting list(WL). OPTN policy change 8(Kidney Allocation System(KAS)) aimed to improve…2017 American Transplant Congress
False-Positive Flow Cytometric Crossmatch Results and the Utility of the Virtual Crossmatch.
Pathology, University of Chicago Medicine, Chicago, IL
Introduction: A negative crossmatch (XM) is critical for solid organ allocation. Flow cytometric XM (FCXM) is more sensitive than complement-dependent cytotoxicity XM (CDC-XM), and has…2017 American Transplant Congress
Pancreas Organ Underutilization: 15-Year Analysis.
Department of Surgery, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL
Pancreas recovery has declined by 32% over 15yrs. We analyzed national pancreas utilization rates for donors with suitable criteria for pancreas retrieval to understand this…2017 American Transplant Congress
Waitlist Desensitization and the Rate of Deceased Donor Kidney Transplantation After Implementation of the Kidney Allocation System.
Comprehensive Transplant Center, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
Background:At Cedars Sinai Medical Center (CSMC), candidates with calculated panel reactive antibodies (cPRA) ≥30% (based on unacceptable antigens with MFI≥15,000) are desensitized while awaiting transplant.…2017 American Transplant Congress
Improved Outcome of Kidney Transplants by Donor Recipient Matching Based on Predicted Indirectly Recognizable HLA Epitopes.
Introduction: De novo donor-specific HLA antibodies (dnDSA) are recognized as a risk factor for graft loss. Determinants of DSA specificity are generated via the indirect…2017 American Transplant Congress
Facing Unintended Challenges of Increased Risk Donor Kidneys in a New Kidney Allocation Era.
Background: In 2014, the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) approved a new kidney allocation system (KAS). One of the intended goals of this system…2017 American Transplant Congress
Awareness of Change in the Kidney Allocation System Among Dialysis Providers from Facilities with Low Waitlisting.
Background: In December 2014, the new kidney allocation system (KAS) was implemented and is expected to particularly benefit patients who have spent an extended time…2017 American Transplant Congress
Strategies to Promote Pediatric Kidney Transplant Program in China – A Coming Opportunity with Development of Pediatric Deceased Donation.
Introduction This article demonstrates the opportunity and challenges of current pediatric kidney transplant program in China, based on the analysis study of the national registry…2017 American Transplant Congress
Harnessing Scientific and Technological Advances to Improve Equity in Kidney Allocation Policies.
To increase the likelihood of finding a compatible donor, kidney allocation systems prioritize highly sensitized patients to counterbalance the impact of HLA allo-sensitization and preclude…2017 American Transplant Congress
Absence of Independent and Additional Predictive Ability of Preimplantation Kidney Allograft Biopsies for Long-Term Outcome: Population Based Study.
Paris Translational Research Center for Organ Transplantation, Paris, France
BackgroundA significant number of kidneys are discarded worldwide due to the suboptimal use of large kidney resources. The mean cause is the result of the…
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