2018 American Transplant Congress
Effect of Kidney Allocation System on a Solitary, Isolated, Rural Transplant Program
The new kidney allocation system (KAS) was expected to create an impact on smaller, rural and geographically isolated centers.Methods. We examined the changes by the…2018 American Transplant Congress
Transplantation of Restored Kidneys from Living Related Donors after Small Renal Tumor Resection: Report of 5 Cases
Purpose: We launched a clinical trial registered at ClinicalTrials.gov that aimed to study the utility and safety of restored kidney transplantation between family members using…2018 American Transplant Congress
High Kidney Donor Profile Index (KDPI) Donor Kidneys: Use Them, Don't Lose Them!
Surgery, Medicine, Pathology, Pharmacy, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, NC.
Introduction: With the development of the Kidney Donor Profile Index (KDPI) and a new Kidney Allocation System (KAS) implemented on 12/4/14, the expanded criteria donor…2018 American Transplant Congress
Multi-Center Examination of the Reliability and Validity of the Live Donor Assessment Tool (LDAT) as an Enhancement to the Psychosocial Evaluation of Living Donors
Purpose: The LDAT is the first psychosocial assessment tool developed to standardize live donor (LD) psychosocial evaluations (PsychE). It assesses motivation, LD knowledge/expectations, support, closeness…2018 American Transplant Congress
Use of Hepatitis-C Treatments after Kidney Transplantation: Impact of the Direct-Acting Antiviral Era
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in kidney transplant (KTx) donors or recipients has correlated with adverse outcomes, partly due to limited treatment options. Development of…2018 American Transplant Congress
Livers from Donation after Circulatory Death Donors Can Be Safely Used for Retransplantation
Introduction: After donation after circulatory death (DCD) liver transplantation (LT), non-anastomotic biliary strictures (NAS) and early allograft dysfunction (EAD) are more frequently observed than after…2018 American Transplant Congress
Hard-To-Place Kidney Offers: System- Level Predictors of Discard
Background: Deceased-donor kidney discard rates remain high. Inefficiencies in the allocation of hard-to-place kidneys may be contributing to discard suggesting that system-level factors represent opportunities…2018 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Donation after Cardiac Death Allografts on Outcome Following Liver Transplantation for Fulminant Hepatic Failure: An Analysis of the UNOS Database
Scarcity of donor organs in liver transplantation (LT) has necessitated consideration of extended criteria donors (ECDs), including donation after cardiac death (DCD) donors. The narrow…2018 American Transplant Congress
Human Atrial Natriuretic Peptide (hANP) in Cold Storage of Donation after Cardiac Death Livers: A New Tool for Protecting Vascular Endothelia?
Aim: Current critical shortage of donor organs has led to acceptance of donation after cardiac death (DCD) livers for transplantation. Human atrial natriuretic peptide (hANP)…2018 American Transplant Congress
Lack of Efficacy of Eculizumab for Prevention of Delayed Graft Function (DGF) in Deceased Donor Kidney Transplant Recipients
DGF portends poor short- and long-term renal function, increases cost, and may reduce graft survival. We studied the safety/efficacy of eculizumab (ECU), a C5 convertase…
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