2018 American Transplant Congress
De Novo or Early Conversion to Everolimus and the Risk of Skin Cancers in Kidney Transplant Recipients: A Trial-Based Linkage Study
Introduction: Non-melanoma skin cancers (NMSC) are a significant cause of morbidity in kidney transplant (KT) recipients. Choice of immunosuppressive regimen may modify the risk of…2018 American Transplant Congress
Target Tacrolimus Troughs and CYP3A5 Polymorphisms Do Not Predict Therapeutic Drug Exposure in African American and Caucasian Renal Transplant Recipients
Background: African American(AA) renal transplant recipients(RTR) require larger tacrolimus(TAC) doses to achieve similar troughs to Caucasians which may be due to CYP3A5 polymorphisms. TAC pharmacokinetics…2018 American Transplant Congress
Efficacy of Current Educational Interventions in Improving Living Donor Kidney Transplantation Rates
McGill Unversity Health Center, Montreal, Canada.
IntroductionLack of knowledge and discomfort approaching a donor are two of the most common recognized, recipient-level barriers to living donor kidney transplantation (LDKT). To address…2018 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Lymphoceles after Kidney Transplantation on Long-Term Outcomes
Dept. of Nephrology and Medical Intensive Care, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Introduction: Despite preventive methods, lymphoceles are common complications occurring in up to a third of kidney transplant recipients (KTR). A variety of risk factors (surgical,…2018 American Transplant Congress
Genes with Housekeeping Function (GHF) in Renal Allograft Tissue: An RNA-Seq Analysis
RNA-sequencing (RNA-seq) is poised to play a major role in the management of kidney transplant patients. It is very desirable to develop a set of…2018 American Transplant Congress
Treatment of BK Viremia: Single-Center Experience
Nephrology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY.
INTRODUCTION:BK viremia (BKV) and BK virus nephropathy (BKVN) is recognized as an emerging problem in renal transplant recipients. Only reduction of immunosuppressants had shown efficacy…2018 American Transplant Congress
Clostridium difficile Recurrence in Abdominal Organ Transplant Recipients: Metronidazole versus Oral Vancomycin
Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) is one of the most common hospital-acquired infections among the general inpatient population with recurrence rates of 20-30% despite appropriate treatment.…2018 American Transplant Congress
Targeting Calcium Release-Activated Calcium (CRAC) Channel in Non-Human Primate Kidney Transplantation
[Background] Long-term administration of calcineurin inhibitors (CNIs) successfully controls rejection of transplanted organs. However, the chronic use of these drugs causes organ damage often resulting…2018 American Transplant Congress
Timeline and Histopathological Characteristics of Graft Failure after Kidney Transplantation: What is Preventable and What is Not?
University of Wisconsin, Madison.
Background: There is limited information on the histopathological characteristics of kidney transplant recipients (KTRs) with graft failure at different post-transplant time intervals. Methods:We addressed this…2018 American Transplant Congress
Characteristics and Outcomes of Kidney Transplant Recipients with More Than 25 Years of a Functioning Graft
University of Wisconsin, Madison.
Background: There is limited information on clinical characteristics and outcomes of kidney transplant recipients (KTRs) with more than 25 years of graft survival.Methods: We addressed…
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