2015 American Transplant Congress
Kidney Transplant Outcomes in Recipients Older Than 70: A Single Center Experience
Indiana University Health, Indianapolis, IN.
Age is no longer considered a contraindication to renal transplantation. To date, little is known in regards to the grafts and patients outcomes in elderly…2015 American Transplant Congress
Analysis of Patient Refusals for Transplantation
Disparities in access to the kidney transplant wait list have been described for women, African Americans (AAs), and the elderly. However, few data are available…2015 American Transplant Congress
Local Expansion in DCD Kidney Transplant Activity Improves Waiting List Outcomes and Addresses Inequities of Access to Transplantation
1Cambridge University, Cambridge, United Kingdom; 2NHSBT, Bristol, United Kingdom.
Introduction: Following expansion in our circulatory death (DCD) transplant program, our center now performs twice as many DCD as brain-death (DBD) kidney transplants. Here, we…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…2015 American Transplant Congress
HLA-DR Matching Improves Immunologic Outcomes in Elderly Kidney Transplant Recipients
Nephrology, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
BACKGROUND: The Eurotransplant senior program (ESP) neglects HLA matching for elderly (>65y) KTR. Only few data exist regarding the influence of HLA-DR-matching on immunologic outcomes.PATIENTS…2015 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Delayed Graft Function and Number of Dialysis Sessions on Graft Outcome After Kidney Transplantation
Dep.of Nephrology Charité Campus Mitte, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
IntroductionDelayed graft function (DGF), defined as dialysis within the first week after kidney transplantation, is a common and known risk factor for impaired renal graft…
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