2018 American Transplant Congress
A Decade of Dual Kidney Transplantation Reveals Excellent Patient Outcomes from Otherwise Discarded Organs
Department of Organ Transplantation, St. James's University Hospital, Leeds, United Kingdom.
IntroductionBridging the disparity between the kidney waiting list and donor pool remains challenging. For highly sensitised patients and older recipients the wait is contributing to…2018 American Transplant Congress
Should Kidneys from Donation after Cardiac Death Expanded Criteria Donors Be Transplanted?
Surgery, Medicine, Pathology, Pharmacy, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, NC.
Introduction: Expanded criteria donor (ECD) kidneys increase the organ pool but their discard rate remains high, especially in the setting of donation after cardiac death…2018 American Transplant Congress
Early Allograft Biopsy in Kidney Transplant Recipients with DGF – Call for an Individualized Approach
Transplant Surgery, Medstar Georgetown Transplant Institute, Washington, DC.
Introduction:With the use of potent induction and maintenance immunosuppressive therapy, routine early/protocol biopsy in DGF patients is questionable.AimThis study aimed to determine the incidence of…2018 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Overseas Organ Transplantation on Outcome of Kidney Transplant Patients
Background.Kidney transplantation is an effective treatment option for patients with end stage renal disease (ESRD). Although there is a trend to decrease in overseas transplantation…2018 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Psychosocial Variables on Renal Allograft Rejection Risk: A Multivariate Analysis
Transplant Surgery, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA.
Transplant-specific risk factors for rejection are well documented, yet psychosocial variable correlation with rejection risk is not; this analysis seeks to determine the relationship between…2018 American Transplant Congress
FSGS Recurrence and Graft Survival in Pediatric Renal Transplants: A NAPRTCS Registry Analysis
IntroductionPrevious studies have raised concern of adverse outcome of living donor (LD) grafts in children transplanted for FSGS. This study reassesses impact of donor source,…2018 American Transplant Congress
Large Volume Intraoperative Fluid Use in Small (<20kg) Renal Recipients is Safe
INTRODUCTION: With advances in surgical and medical transplantation, progressively younger children are being transplanted. There is no consensus and little evidence on the optimal intraoperative…2018 American Transplant Congress
Comparative Cost Analysis of ABO-Incompatible Living Kidney Transplantation
BackgroundABO-incompatible living kidney transplantation (ABO-I) has been accepted as a valid alternative therapy for patients with end-stage kidney disease. The number of ABO-I has been…2018 American Transplant Congress
Functional Fc Gamma Receptor Gene Polymorphisms and Donor-Specific Antibody-Triggered Transplant Injury
Fc-dependent effector mechanisms may play an important role in antibody-mediated rejection (ABMR). Distinct gene polymorphisms may determine the function of Fc gamma receptors (FcγR), potentially…2018 American Transplant Congress
Immunogenic HLA Mismatches and Evidence That Belatacept May Be the First Therapy Able to Prevent DQ De Novo DSA: An Analysis of the BENEFIT and BENEFIT-EXT Trial Cohorts
The use of belatacept over cyclosporine is associated with lower rates of DSA development in adult kidney transplantation. However, the effect of belatacept on the…
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