2017 American Transplant Congress
Superior Long-Term Hypertension Management in Pediatric Kidney Transplant Recipients with Bilateral Native Nephrectomies.
Introduction: Native nephrectomy in pediatric kidney transplant recipients is performed for congenital anomalies, proteinuria, intractable hypertension, malignancy, and chronic infection. Post-transplant hypertension requiring medical management…2017 American Transplant Congress
Shared Decision Aid to Decipher Long-Term Treatment Risks for End Stage Renal Disease Patients.
Kidney transplantation is the preferred treatment for end stage renal disease (ESRD) compared to dialysis. The incidence of ESRD continues to increase while the gap…2017 American Transplant Congress
Recurrence of IgA Nephropathy After Kidney Transplantation in Maintenance Steroids versus Steroid Avoidance Regimens: A UNOS/OPTN Analysis.
Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA
Background: There has been an increase in the use of steroid-avoidance regimens. However, there is some evidence to suggest that steroid avoidance may be associated…2017 American Transplant Congress
Inferior 10-Year Graft and Patient Survival After End-to-Side Reconstruction for Two Renal Arteries in Living Donor Renal Transplantation.
Purpose: Living donor kidneys with two arteries can be revascularized using various techniques depending on anatomy and surgeon preference. We hypothesized that the revascularization technique…2017 American Transplant Congress
The Forgotten Element of KAS: A2 to B Transplantation Reduces Waiting Time for Blood Group B Patients by 20%.
Medstar Georgetown Transplant Institute, Washington, DC
Introduction Since the implementation of the Kidney Allocation System (KAS) in 2014 blood group B patients have been able to receive priority for blood group…2017 American Transplant Congress
Prospective Randomized Trial for Predicting CMV Infection According to Baseline CMV-Specific T-Cell Immunity in Kidney Transplant Patients.
Background: Despite the use of either anti-viral prophylaxis (PF) or preemptive (PE) therapy given based on donor/recipient IgG-serostatus, Cytomegalovirus (CMV) reactivation persists after kidney transplantation…2017 American Transplant Congress
Inflammatory Cytokines Are Associated with Angiotensin II Type 1 Receptor Antibodies and Vascular Inflammation in Pediatric Renal Transplantation.
1University of California, Los Angeles, CA; 2Duke University, Durham, NC
Background: We recently found that angiotensin II type 1 receptor antibody (AT1R-Ab) was associated with decreased renal function in pediatric renal transplant recipients independent of…2017 American Transplant Congress
Educational Strategies for Increased Wait-Listing Rates: Opportunities for Dialysis Center Intervention.
1UCLA, Los Angeles, CA; 2SLU, St. Louis, MO
Dialysis centers vary in how well they educate patients about kidney transplant (KT). This study categorized common groups of educational strategies used by dialysis staff;…2017 American Transplant Congress
Knowledge and Attitudes Associated with Willingness to Accept HIV+ Organs Among Persons Living with HIV.
Surgery, Johns Hopkins, Baltimore
HIV-to-HIV organ transplants are a novel treatment for organ failure in HIV-positive (HIV+) individuals. However, attitudes of potential HIV+ recipients regarding HIV+ donors remain unknown.Methods:…2017 American Transplant Congress
Resumption of Standard Dose Immunosuppression Following Resolution of BK Viremia Does Not Lead to Viremia Recurrence.
Medicine, Nephrology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
Introduction: Reduction of immunosuppression (IS) in response to BK viremia following kidney transplantation prevents the development of BK virus nephropathy, with no apparent increase in…
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