2018 American Transplant Congress
Excellent Long-Term Outcomes with Kidney Transplants from Deceased Donors with Acute Kidney Injury
Medicine, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY.
Kidney transplants (KT) from donors with acute kidney injury (AKI; terminal creatinine ≥ 2.0) are increasingly performed and have similar short-term outcomes compared with KT…2018 American Transplant Congress
Validation of Genetic Variants Identified in GWAS for Tacrolimus Troughs
Purpose: Tacrolimus (TAC) is a substrate for CYP3A4/5 enzymes. It is well-known that variants in these genes are associated with variability in TAC trough concentrations.…2018 American Transplant Congress
Transplant Cost Reduction in a Developing Country: “The Case of Guatemala”
Background: Guatemala, south-west of Mexico has a population of approximately 16 million people of which 60% are younger than 20 years. As any other developing…2018 American Transplant Congress
Estimated GFR for Living Kidney Donor Evaluation before and after Donor Nephrectomy
BackgroundKidney transplantation from living donors is an important treatment for patients with kidney failure. An accurate evaluation of renal function must be conducted before and…2018 American Transplant Congress
The Efficacy of Laser Speckle Flowgraphy Device for Intraoperative Evaluation of Renal Blood Flow after Reperfusion
Purpose:Laser speckle flowgraphy (LSFG) is a device to monitor cutaneous and ocular fundus blood flow. However, there is no report that the device was used…2018 American Transplant Congress
Single versus Bilateral Simultaneous Nephrectomy during Kidney Transplantation in Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease
PurposeAlthough there are some controversies about nephrectomy in patient with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD), simultaneous nephrectomy has done selectively. There are few report…2018 American Transplant Congress
Early Association of Low Doses of Tacrolimus and a mTOR Inhibitor in BK Polyomavirus Infection in Kidney Transplant Recipients
Introduction: BK polyomavirus (BKV) replication can be detected in up to 60% of kidney transplant recipients, with an incidence of nephropathy of 5-10%, leading to…2018 American Transplant Congress
Prevalence and Infection-Related Outcomes Associated with Transplant Tourism
Transplant Infectious Diseases, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Background:Patients who receive organ transplants via transplant tourism may have a greater risk of complications. We sought to describe the infectious risks associated with this…2018 American Transplant Congress
Differences in Preservation Solution Formulas and Its Effects on Early Graft Function
Introduction: Machine perfusion has proven benefits and is common practice among transplant centers. However, the formulas of preservation solutions vary between organ procurement organizations (OPOs).…2018 American Transplant Congress
Urine Pellet Podocyte mRNAs Correlate Closely with Late Kidney Allograft Loss-of-Function
1Univ Michigan, Ann Arbor; 2Univ Kansas, Kansas City.
10-year surveillance biopsy studies (Nankivell,2003 & Stegall,2017) and podometric studies are compatible with progressive glomerulosclerosis (GS) contributing to long-term allograft loss-of-function.Thus one would expect to…
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