2017 American Transplant Congress
Predictors of Renal Function Compensation in Live Donor Nephrectomy.
Introduction: Renal transplantation is the preferred option for patients with end stage renal disease (ESRD). It provides better quality of life and lower mortality rates…2017 American Transplant Congress
The Cumulative United States Experience with Transplants (Txs) from Living Donors (LDs): 140,156 LD Txs in 28 Years.
Background/Purpose: Solid organ txs from LDs provide better outcome results than from DDs. We analyzed the cumulative US LD tx experience since UNOS inception. The…2017 American Transplant Congress
When Does the Learning Curve End? A High-Volume Single Center Experience with Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy Over 16 Years.
Purpose: No studies for any type of surgery have examined learning curves beyond a decade or 100 cases because surgeon turnover and lack of complete…2017 American Transplant Congress
Influence of an Enhanced Recovery Protocol in Laparoscopic Living Donor Nephrectomy.
Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
Background/Introduction: Enhanced recovery programs (ERPs) in colorectal surgery have decreased the duration of postoperative ileus and hospital stay while showing equivalent morbidity, mortality and readmission…2017 American Transplant Congress
Implementing a New Specialist Requester Role to the United Kingdom to Address Consent Rates.
Organ Donation and Transplantation, NHSBT, Bristol, United Kingdom
Organ donation consent rates in the UK have been stagnant over the last 10 years or more, despite the implementation of the taskforce recommendations, a…2017 American Transplant Congress
Evaluation of Graft Functional Recovery After Simultaneously Pancreas and Kidney Transplantation with Donation After Cardiac Death in China (16 Cases of Report).
The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
Purpose: In recent rears, a pilot program of organ donation after cardiac death (DCD) was initiated in China from general citizens. We describe the first…2017 American Transplant Congress
The Impact of Tacrolimus and MPA Derivative Immunosuppression on Acheived GFR in Recipients without Rejection: A Comparison of GFR of Living Donor Recipient Pairs at Six Months Post-Transplant.
Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Sacred Heart Hospital, Pensacola, FL
Analysis of the difference in estimated GFR (eGFR) of living donor recipient pairs at six months post-transplant showed that increased use of tacrolimus and MPA…2017 American Transplant Congress
High Mortality in Transplant Recipients Associated with Coccidioidomycosis Derived from Organ Donors.
Purpose Coccidioidomycosis (CI) occurs in 4-9% of solid organ recipients in endemic areas, resulting in 30-63% mortality. CI can be transmitted directly via transplantation, but…2017 American Transplant Congress
How to Improve Pre-Kidney Transplant Education for Hispanics: Preferences and Perceptions of Northwestern Memorial Hospital's Hispanic Transplant Program.
Context: Pre-Transplant educational sessions improve access to transplantation. Currently, however, there is lack of culturally competent approaches to improve living kidney donation for Hispanics Americans.…2017 American Transplant Congress
Non-Directed Donors (NDD) Less Than 25 Years.
Many transplant centers will not accept NDDs less than 25 because of: a) concerns about maturity; and b) they potentially have decades during which they…
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