2019 American Transplant Congress
Compatible Pairs And Non-directed Living Donors Enhance Paired Exchange Kidney Transplantation: Single-center Experience
California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco, CA
*Purpose: Compatible donor (CD) and living non-directed (altruistic) donor (NDD) participation in kidney paired exchange programs has been known to increase the transplantation possibilities for…2019 American Transplant Congress
Living Kidney Donor Time Zero Biopsy Findings Predict Graft Loss in the Recipient
*Purpose: Recipient outcomes with living donor kidney grafts are superior to those achieved from deceased donors. However, there may still be variability in the quality…2019 American Transplant Congress
The Role of Recipient Weight in Renal Transplantation Revisited; Not Quite the Obesity Paradox
Cardiff Transplant Unit, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, United Kingdom
*Purpose: Studies conflict whether obesity is associated with higher risk of failure and death among kidney transplant recipients. ESRF patients show the obesity paradox where…2019 American Transplant Congress
Pre-Kidney Transplant Patient Education: Information Retention is Associated with Improved Waitlist Outcomes
Transplant Nephrology, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL
*Purpose: Patients who present for a kidney transplant (KT) evaluation undergo extensive education in a short period of time in the form of a one…2019 American Transplant Congress
Perioperative Blood Transfusion and Risk for Post-Transplant Sensitization and Rejection
*Purpose: Pre-transplant blood transfusion is a well-established risk factor for sensitization to human leukocyte antigens (HLA). HLA sensitization is associated with increased wait-list time, risk…2019 American Transplant Congress
Use of GLP-1 Receptor Agonists in Kidney Transplant Recipients with Type 2 Diabetes
*Purpose: GLP-1 receptor agonists have been shown to improve glucose control and diabetes-related comorbidities, including obesity, cardiovascular disease and chronic kidney disease, in non-transplant patients.…2019 American Transplant Congress
Diastolic Blood Pressure Derived from Twenty Four Hour Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring Predicts Survival after Kidney Transplantation
Transplant, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL
*Purpose: Cardiac events remain the leading, long term, cause of death after kidney transplantation. In the general population, 50% of cardiac events are attributed to…2019 American Transplant Congress
Prevalence of Diabetes after Transplant in a Single Center
*Purpose: The investigators aim to study the prevalence of post kidney transplant diabetes (NODAT) in a single Asian pediatric centre and to identify clinical factors…2019 American Transplant Congress
Surgical Site Complications in Kidney Transplant Recipients: Incidence and Outcomes in the Modern Era
Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
*Purpose: Post-transplant immunosuppressive regimens may compromise wound healing, including at the surgical site. Transplant recipients are therefore especially susceptible to surgical site complications (SSC), such…2019 American Transplant Congress
Reduced Intensity Induction Therapy in Patients Undergoing Repeat Kidney Transplants
Hospital do Rim, Nephrology Division, EPM - UNIFESP, São Paulo, Brazil
*Purpose: We hypothesized that patients without donor-specific antibodies (DSA) undergoing repeat transplants could receive lower doses of antithymocyte globulin induction (rATG), without compromising efficacy and…
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