2016 American Transplant Congress
Functional Capacity Pre-Transplantation Measured by 6 Minute Walk Test and Clinical Outcomes.
Background:The 6 minute walk is an inexpensive, low-technology test for measuring a patient's functional capacity and overall fitness. The utility of 6 minute walk test…2016 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes for Liver Transplantation Using Organs from Donation After Cardiac Death Donors: A Single Center Experience.
Transplantation, University of Tennessee/Methodist University Transplant Institute, Memphis, TN.
Purpose: The use of donation after cardiac death (DCD) donors provides opportunity to help meet the demand for allografts needed for liver transplantation. However, concern…2016 American Transplant Congress
Share35 Liver Allocation Is Associated with Increased Early Graft Failure Rate.
Background: The implementation of Share35 liver allocation policy in June 2013 facilitated the increase in number of transplanted livers with less organ discards. Early analysis…2016 American Transplant Congress
Natural History of Response to Wounding in Human Kidney Transplants.
In both primary kidney diseases and kidney transplants, the extent of fibrosis is a key indicator of stage, progression, and prognosis. Much debate focuses, however,…2016 American Transplant Congress
A 30% Decrease in Post-kidney Transplant Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate (eGFR) from 6 Mo-2 Y Is a Surrogate for 5 Y eGFR: Results from Clinical Trials in Organ Transplantation-(CTOT)-17.
Predicting long-term kidney allograft outcomes using early clinical/biomarker data could guide individualized therapy. Emerging evidence in progressive native kidney disease indicates >30% decrease in eGFR…2016 American Transplant Congress
Treatment of Late Antibody-Mediated Rejection: Observations from Clinical Practice.
Antibody-mediated rejection (AMR) is a major cause of late renal allograft failure. The benefit of treatment of chronic ABMR is unknown. Currently there is no…2016 American Transplant Congress
Using Predictive Modeling to Manage Cardiovascular Risk and Improve Kidney Transplant Outcomes.
Objective: We aimed to improve post-kidney transplant (tx) outcomes through predictive analytics and natural language processing (NLP) integrated into the electronic health record (EHR). The…2016 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Machine Perfusion on Long-Term Kidney Transplant Outcomes.
1MUHC, Montreal, Canada; 2JHU, Baltimore.
Machine perfusion (MP) has been shown to decrease DGF rates in kidney transplant (KT) recipients when compared with static cold storage (CS). However, there is…2016 American Transplant Congress
Sequential and Long-Term Protocol Biopsy Is Useful for the Detection of Subclinical Lesions of Clinical Interest in Kidney Allografts.
Objectives: Detection of subclinical lesions is important to overcome the obstacles to improve long-term graft survival after kidney transplantation. The aim of this study was…2016 American Transplant Congress
Development of an Integrated Transplant Data Mart for Customized Data Reporting.
Background: Transplant centers have a large amount of clinical data from multiple data sources that are utilized for quality tracking of clinical outcomes, regulatory reports,…
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