2018 American Transplant Congress
Mid-Term Outcome of Donor Specific Antibody Positive Deceased Donor Kidney Transplantation with Peri-Transplant Desensitization
Donor specific HLA-antibodies (DSA) remain a large barrier to successful kidney transplantation and there is a limited knowledge about desensitization strategies in deceased donor programs.Anti…2018 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Pneumocystis Prophylaxis on Incidence of Treated Urinary Tract Infections Following Kidney Transplantation
Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL.
Background: Urinary tract infection (UTI) is the most common infectious complication after kidney transplantation resulting in increased morbidity and mortality. Sulfamethoxazole[mdash]trimethoprim (SMX-TMP) is commonly used…2018 American Transplant Congress
Single-Center Experience with Sofosbuvir-Based HCV Treatment after Kidney Transplantation
Nephrology and Kidney Transplant Department, ISCMPA, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
Chronic hepatitis C (HCV) infection is an important clinical challenge after kidney transplantation. This is the initial report of a single-center experience with sofosbuvir-based HCV…2018 American Transplant Congress
Evaluation of Salt Intake by 24-h Urinary Sodium Excretion in Kidney Transplant Patients
Background: Dietary recommendations for chronic kidney disease advise 3 to 6 g/day of dietary salt intake. We evaluated current adherence to dietary recommendations for CKD…2018 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Balanced Solutions on Acid Base Disorders during and after Kidney Transplantation
Fluid management of peri operative period of kidney transplantation is crucial to drive volemia, acid/base and electrolyte balance, as renal function is usually absent or…2018 American Transplant Congress
Waiting List Outcomes for Patients Registered for Simultaneous Pancreas and Kidney Transplantation
IntroductionSimultaneous pancreas and kidney transplantation (SPK) offers a survival advantage to diabetic kidney patients over deceased donor renal transplantation alone. Whereas outcomes for SPK transplantation…2018 American Transplant Congress
Targeting Histone Deacetylase in Renal Tubular Epithelial Cells Inhibits Amplification of TH1 Cell-Mediated Inflammation
Inje University, Busan, Korea.
Background: Objective: More studies are focusing on renal tubular epithelial cells (RTECs) as a new target to restore inflammatory environment as clarifying their immune regulatory…2018 American Transplant Congress
Does Prolonged Cold Ischemia Affect Outcomes in Donation after Cardiac Death Kidney Transplants?
Surgery, Medicine, Pathology, Pharmacy, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, NC.
Introduction: Prolonged cold ischemia time (CIT) in the setting of donation after cardiac death (DCD), with requisite warm ischemia time (WIT), produces a 'dual hit'…2018 American Transplant Congress
External Validation of Hennepin Transplant Risk Score for Prediction of Short-Term Mortality and Morbidity after Deceased Kidney Transplantation
Introduction: The additive or synergistic effects of multiple co-morbidities at the time of listing on transplant survival is still unclear. Objective scoring systems predicting post-transplant…2018 American Transplant Congress
Comparison of De Novo Rapamune versus Everolimus Maintenance Immunosuppression; an Interim Analysis
General Surgery, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH.
This is a 1 year interim analysis of the results of a 3 year, single center, randomized, prospective, open-label study comparing the efficacy and tolerability…
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