2018 American Transplant Congress
Transplant Hospitals Increase Volumes and Acceptance Rates under the COIIN Project
United Network for Organ Sharing, Richmond.
Introduction. Transplant center performance monitoring is based on one-year patient and graft survival. Through the OPTN contract with HRSA, UNOS created the Collaborative Innovation and…2018 American Transplant Congress
Impacts of HBsAg Seropositive Status on Patient and Graft Survival after Kidney Transplantation in the Era of New Antiviral Therapy: A Meta-Analysis
BACKGROUND: An association between HBsAg seropositive status and increased mortality after kidney transplantation has been demonstrated in previous studies over the past decade. Although chronic…2018 American Transplant Congress
Thirty-Six Consecutive Kidney Transplants in Recipients with Atypical Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome: A Single-Centre Experience
Background. Due to high recurrence rate, poor kidney transplant (KTx) survival has been reported for recipients with atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome (aHUS). More recently, prophylaxis…2018 American Transplant Congress
Is Age a Potential Barrier to Pursuing Living Donor Kidney Transplant (LDKT)?
BackgroundThe incidence of end stage kidney disease (ESKD) among older adults (65+) is increasing. Living Donor Kidney Transplant (LDKT) may provide improved outcome even for…2018 American Transplant Congress
Combination Proteasome Inhibition and Anti-BAFF Therapy Permits Highly Sensitized Rhesus Kidney Transplantation
Duke Transplant Center, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC.
Purpose:HLA-sensitization is a significant immunologic barrier to successful kidney transplantation (KT). We have shown that proteasome inhibition (PI) in insolation reduces plasma cells (PCs), but…2018 American Transplant Congress
Inflammation in Scarred Areas (I-IFTA) is a Reflection of Parenchymal Injury (Response to Wounding) Not T Cell-Mediated Rejection
Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
Inflammation in fibrotic renal parenchyma (i-IFTA) is associated with decreased graft survival but by Banff rules is not diagnostic for rejection. Some researchers believe that…2018 American Transplant Congress
Quality of Social Support Network and Access to Transplant: What Matters?
Recovery after kidney transplant (KT) requires adequate social support. Caregivers are asked to attend transplant evaluation and complete a caregiver contract. Little is known about…2018 American Transplant Congress
Burden of Infectious Complications after Upper Extremity Allotransplantation: A Matched Cohort Study
This study aimed to assess the infectious risk after upper extremity allotransplantation (UEA), a non-vital transplantation procedure requiring lifelong immunosuppression. A matched cohort study was…2018 American Transplant Congress
Thrombotic Microangiopathy after Renal Transplantation: A Clinicopathological Study and Identification of Prognostic Factors
IntroductionThrombotic microangiopathy (TMA), whether de novo or recurrent, is a serious complication after renal transplantation, but prognostic factors and the role of complement inhibitors in…2018 American Transplant Congress
Kidney Transplantation and Progression of Peripheral Arterial Disease in the Ipsilateral Lower Extremity
Objectives:We aimed to investigate whether receiving a kidney transplant allograft graft increases the risk of ipsilateral lower limb amputation in patients with pre-existing peripheral arterial…
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