2016 American Transplant Congress
Elderly Kidney Transplant Recipients Need Optimized Immunosuppression According to Comorbidity and Infection.
Backgrounds: The numbers of elderly kidney transplantation is increasing, but there are limited studies about the use of immunosuppressant in this group. We investigated the…2016 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes of Sequential and En Bloc Transplants in the Elderly: 10 Year Review of UNOS Data.
To evaluate the outcome of sequential and en bloc transplants in the elderly.Method: Retrospective review UNOS data 2004-2014 kidney transplant alone patients >65 years. Patient…2016 American Transplant Congress
Hospitalizations, Survival, and Complications: 1-Year Outcomes for Elderly Lung Transplant Recipients.
Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX.
Purpose: In 2014, The International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation published consensus guidelines listing age greater than 65 years as a relative contraindication to…2016 American Transplant Congress
Alemtuzumab Induction Therapy in Elderly Kidney Transplant Recipients.
Background: In descriptive studies, alemtuzumab has been associated with an escalating risk of death and graft loss in elderly (≥65 years) kidney transplant recipients. However,…2016 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes in Elderly Renal Transplant Recipients Using Thymoglobulin or Interleukin-2 Receptor Antagonist Induction.
1Pharmacy, University of Illinois, Chicago; 2Transplant Surgery, University of Illinois, Chicago.
Background: Approximately 20% of all renal transplants performed in the US in 2014 occurred in elderly patients. Elderly patients are known to be at higher…2015 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Donor Specific Antibodies in the Older Kidney Transplant Recipient
Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston.
Recent evidence suggests that renal transplant recipients (RTR) with both rejection and donor specific antibodies (DSA) are at high risk of graft loss. Concurrently, the…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
Protecting Older Patients from Dialysis: The Survival Benefit of Preemptive Transplant With High KDPI Allografts
BACKGROUND: Mortality on dialysis remain markedly elevated in patients over 60 years old. Preemptive kidney transplantation (PreKT) represents a means of avoiding the risks of…2015 American Transplant Congress
Medication Adherence and Treatment Satisfaction in Liver Transplant Recipients
Background: Research has indicated that adherence to medication in patients with liver transplant is poor and considered as one of the main barriers to the…2015 American Transplant Congress
Retransplantation of the Elderly Diabetic: To Do Or Not to Do?
Division of Nephrology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.
INTRODUCTION: An increasingly common cause of transplantation is retransplantation. Often, a dilemma exists as to which patients should be considered for retransplantation especially when the…
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