2018 American Transplant Congress
Economic Evaluation of Contemporary Kidney Transplant Practice
Kidney transplantation (KTx) has been established as the optimal therapy for medically suitable patients with end-stage renal disease, prolonging survival and reducing health care spending.…2018 American Transplant Congress
Reducing Discards for Deceased Kidney Donors over Age 50 by Restricting Biopsy Criteria
Clinical Division, Gift of Life Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.
The placement of kidneys from deceased organ donors of advanced age is an ongoing challenge. An Organ Procurement Organization (OPO) evaluated its discard rate for…2018 American Transplant Congress
Major Adverse Cardiovascular Events Following Simultaneous Pancreas and Kidney Transplantation. A Study of the United Kingdom Transplant Registry
BackgroundPatients with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) and end-stage renal disease (ESRD) suffer increased cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Simultaneous pancreas and kidney transplantation (SPKT) improves…2018 American Transplant Congress
Val-Ganciclovir Prophylaxis Delays Onset of EBV Viremia in the First Year Post-Solid Organ Transplantation in High-Risk Patients
1University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada; 2University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada.
Introduction: Donor-derived primary Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection poses serious risks to EBV naïve children post-solid organ transplantation, including development of EBV-related PTLD. Currently, there is…2018 American Transplant Congress
Clinical Response to Salvage Bortezomib Therapy for Antibody Mediated Rejection and Mixed Acute Rejection in a High Immunologic Risk Renal Transplant Population
University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL.
Background: Proteasome inhibitor (PI) containing regimens treat antibody mediated rejection (AMR) and mixed acute rejection (MAR) due to elimination of donor specific antibody (DSA). Commonly,…2018 American Transplant Congress
Early versus Late Cytomegalovirus Prophylaxis after Kidney Transplant
Duke University Hospital, Durham, NC.
Background: Prophylaxis against cytomegalovirus (CMV) is recommended in high-risk patients (CMV D+/R-) and those who are CMVR+ and getting T-cell depletional therapy. It is unclear…2018 American Transplant Congress
Using Machine Learning and Simulation to Compare High Risk Kidney Transplant Survival to Waiting for a Non High Risk Organ
The purpose of this study is to help patients decide whether to accept a kidney from a donor with a potential disease. We consider infectious…2018 American Transplant Congress
Functional Assessment of Kidney Transplant Candidates with the 6 Minute Walk Test and Hand Grip Strength
1Transplant Nephrology, Intermountain Healthcare, Murray; 2University of Utah, Murray, UT.
Background: The 6 minute walk test distance (6MWT) and Isometric hand grand grip strength (HGS) have been studied in various settings as objective measures of…2018 American Transplant Congress
Measures of Physical Frailty, Cardiac Function and Cardiac Biomarkers among Kidney Transplant Candidates
1Intermountain Medical Center, Murray, UT; 2University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT.
Background: Elevated troponin T at transplant evaluation has been reported to confer risk of cardiovascular mortality among renal transplants. We use troponin T along with…2018 American Transplant Congress
Do High-Risk Categories Convey the Wrong Message to Waitlisted Patients – Is It Time to Reconsider the Absolute Risk of Graft Loss?
Transplant Surgery, UCSF, San Francisco, CA.
Many waitlisted patients (pts) do not consent to accept livers from “high-risk” donors (HRD), possibly due to lack of understanding of the absolute risk (AR)…
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