2016 American Transplant Congress
Use of Integrated National Registry and Pharmacy Claims Data to Identify Diabetes Mellitus After Live Pancreas Donation.
Living donor pancreas transplant is a potential treatment for diabetic patients with end-organ complications. Early post-donation surgical risks of living pancreas donation have been reported,…2016 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes of Small-for-Size Grafts in Adult Living Donor Liver Transplantation.
1Columbia University Medical Center, New York; 2Weill Cornell Medical College, New York.
Lower limit of graft size in adult Living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) is not well established. This study examines the outcomes with use of small-for-size…2016 American Transplant Congress
Validation of the Newly Developed North America Islet Donor Scoring System in the Medium Volume Islet Transplant Center.
Background.North America Islet Donor Scoring (NAIDS) system has been recently developed for selection of the optimal pancreas donor based on analysis of the results from…2016 American Transplant Congress
Improving Donor Comfort: Perioperative Dexamethasone Decreases Nausea, Vomiting, and Pain After Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy.
Introduction: Postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) and pain are common adverse events after laparoscopic surgery. Perioperative dexamethasone (8-10mg) has been reported to decrease PONV and…2016 American Transplant Congress
Preimplant Donor Histology Does Not Improve Discrimination of 5 Year Kidney Allograft Outcomes.
1Nephrology, Duke University Hospital, Durham, NC; 2Nephrology, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.
Kidney transplantation remains the best treatment option for End-Stage Kidney Disease (ESKD) and the most cost efficient method of renal replacement therapy. However, there is…2016 American Transplant Congress
Financial Burdens and Coping Mechanisms of Living Kidney Donors.
1Yale U, New Haven; 2Northwestern U, Chicago; 3U Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
BackgroundFinancial disincentives remain a major barrier to increasing rates of living kidney donation. A recent study found that 96% of living kidney donors (LKD) reported…2016 American Transplant Congress
Association of Neighborhood Poverty and Living Donor Kidney Transplant Rates by Donor Relationship to Recipient.
Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA.
Background: Living donor (LD) kidney transplant is associated with increased access to transplant and improved patient and allograft outcomes. Despite the known benefits, LD rates…2016 American Transplant Congress
What Is the Decline Rate of Pancreata Attributed to Donation After Cardiac Death When the Accompanied Kidney Is Transplanted?
1Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis; 2Saint Louis University, St. Louis.
Background:Pancreas transplantation in the U.S. has declined steadily in the U.S. over the past decade despite international growth of the practice. Reasons for this decline…2016 American Transplant Congress
Is Ketorolac Really Safe for Donor Nephrectomy?
Transplant and Hepatobiliary Surgery, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI.
Background. Ketorolac is a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug used for postoperative pain management. The purpose of this study is to assess the impact of ketorolac after…2016 American Transplant Congress
Donor Smoking Increases Kidney Allograft Recipient Mortality in a National Population Cohort Analysis.
Introduction: Current evidence from single-centre analyses suggest cigarette smoking in living donors is associated with worse patient but not graft survival in kidney allograft recipients.…
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