2015 American Transplant Congress
Invasive CMV-Infection of the Duodenal Cuff – An Underestimated Entity of CMV Infection and Its Potential Impact On Outcome After Pancreas Transplantation
IntroductionWe present data on the incidence of focal invasive CMV-infection of the duodenal cuff and its potential impact on clinical outcome after pancreas transplantation (PT).Material…2015 American Transplant Congress
Angiotensin Receptor Antibody IgG1 Subclass Predicts Accelerated Graft Loss in Those Kidney Transplant Recipients Who Develop Biopsy Proven Transplant Glomerulopathy Irrespective of the Presence Or Absence of Donor Specific Anti HLA Antibodies
We assessed the presence or absence of angiotensin receptor antibodies (ATRab) in all those Kidney Transplant Patients who have had biopsy proven transplant glomerulopathy (TG)…2015 American Transplant Congress
Absence of Low-Grade Proteinuria Is Associated With Improved Outcomes in Patients With Worse 3 Month Graft Function in Renal Transplantation
1Leeds Teaching Hospitals, Leeds, United Kingdom; 2University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh.
Low-grade proteinuria has been shown to be associated with adverse outcomes after renal transplantation. However most patients with proteinuria have worse eGFR and this interaction…2015 American Transplant Congress
Allograft Pancreatectomy: Indications and Outcomes
Transplant Surgery, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN.
Background: Indications for allograft pancreatectomy have not been clearly established, but cause and timing of graft loss, clinical symptoms and candidacy for pancreas retransplantation are…2015 American Transplant Congress
Histology and Not Donor Specific Antibody Helps Predict 5-Year Kidney Transplant Failure Using 1 Year Post-Transplant Data
Introduction: The objective of this study was to validate the RISK score (Am J Kid D 2014; 63[4]:643) for renal allograft failure using a different…2015 American Transplant Congress
Delayed Graft Function in Patients Receiving Alemtuzumab Induction Therapy
1The University of Toledo Medical Center, Toledo, OH; 2The Alliance for Paired Donation, Maumee, OH.
Alemtuzumab (Campath 1-H) is a humanized monoclonal antibody directed at the CD52 glycoprotein that is becoming more prevalent as a choice for induction. Delayed graft…2015 American Transplant Congress
Pretransplant Hepatitis B Viral Infection Increased Risk of Death After Kidney Transplantation
Clinical outcomes have not been well evaluated in kidney transplant recipients (KTRs) with hepatitis B virus (HBV). Here, we aimed to investigate the recent posttransplant…2015 American Transplant Congress
Right-Sided Kidney Transplants Are Associated With Early Graft Failure in the Setting of Delayed Graft Function
Yale University, New Haven, CT.
Anatomical differences between right and left kidneys may affect transplant outcomes. We sought to determine if the right kidney (RK) tends to have worse graft…2015 American Transplant Congress
Avoiding Futility in Simultaneous Liver-Kidney Transplantation (SLKT): Analysis of 331 Consecutively Listed Patients
Without well-established listing guidelines for SLKT, MELD prioritization of liver recipients with renal dysfunction potentially risks scarce renal allografts. We sought to evaluate short-term predictors…2015 American Transplant Congress
Weight Loss, But Not Weight Gain Is a Risk Factor for Graft Loss After Kidney Transplantation
Division of Nephrology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
Weight gain is common after kidney transplantation. In this analysis of n=92,688 adult 1st kidney transplant recipients with graft survival of ≥ 1 year between…
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