2018 American Transplant Congress
Predictors of Early Graft Loss in Older Kidney Transplant Recipients
Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC.
Older kidney transplant recipients are vulnerable to early graft loss likely due to frailty and burden of comorbidities. Other factors not inherent to the recipient…2018 American Transplant Congress
Analysis of Cost Effectiveness of Treatment for Acute Antibody-Mediated Rejection
Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA.
Purpose: Because AMR can be a risk factor for graft loss, the expense created by AMR treatment may be subject to scrutiny in patients who…2018 American Transplant Congress
Urinary Sulfate Excretion and Late Graft Failure in Renal Transplant Recipients
BackgroundHydrogen sulfide (H2S), produced from the metabolism of dietary sulfur-containing amino acids, is allegedly a potential renoprotective compound. High 24h urinary excretion of pathway intermediate…2018 American Transplant Congress
Redo Kidney Transplant in FSGS
Kidney and Pancreas Transplant Program, MedStar Georgetown Transplant Institute, Washington, DC.
Objective: Analyze risk of graft failure due to recurrent FSGS in patients with prior failed kidney transplants under consideration for a subsequent transplant.Results: We identified…2018 American Transplant Congress
Two Trajectories of Post-DSA eGFR after Kidney Transplant
A clearer understanding of the patterns of glomerular filtration rate (GFR) decline following donor-specific antibody (DSA) development and the factors that might be associated with…2018 American Transplant Congress
Impact of a Steroid Free Immunosuppressive Regimen on Patient and Graft Outcomes in Pancreas Transplant Recipients
Steroids have been an important component of maintenance immunosuppression in solid organ transplant, but their adverse effect profile has led to the development of steroid…2018 American Transplant Congress
Hospital Readmission Patterns in the First Year after Kidney Transplantation: A Twelve-Year, Single-Center Experience
Transplant Surgery, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH.
Purpose: The majority of studies examining hospital readmissions (HR) after kidney transplantation (KT) focus on 30-day HR rates using multi-institutional data with non-uniform clinical protocols.…2018 American Transplant Congress
Long-Term Outcomes of Primary Kidney Transplant from Expanded Criteria Maastricht Category 3 DCD Donors: A Single-Centre Observational Study
Background. Kidney transplants (KTx) from standard (STD) DCD donors have higher rates of primary non function (PNF) and delayed graft function (DGF) than DBD but…2018 American Transplant Congress
Belatacept Maintenance Immunosuppression Use and Outcomes in the Real-World Clinical Setting Using OPTN/UNOS Kidney Transplant Registry
1Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC; 2CTI Consulting, Raleigh, NC.
Introduction:Belatacept (BEL) was FDA approved for Kidney Transplantation (KTx) June 2011. It has largely been evaluated in two controlled trials (N Engl J Med 2016;374:333-43).…2018 American Transplant Congress
Outcome of Second Kidney Transplantation According to Previous Pediatric Donor Type: A Retrospective Cohort Analysis
Medicine-Nephrology, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA.
Background: With the prioritization of age ≤ 18 years old at the time of registration on the kidney transplant waiting list in the United States,…
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