2017 American Transplant Congress
Predicting Residual Renal Compensation in Living Kidney Donors Post-Donation.
Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH
In living kidney donors it is well established that post-donation the remaining kidney undergoes functional hypertrophy; resulting in a 20% – 40% in increase in…2017 American Transplant Congress
Single-Center Initial Experience in Treating Chronic Hepatitis C in Kidney Transplant Recipients.
Nephrology and Kidney Transplant Department, ISCMPA, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
Chronic hepatitis C (HCV) infection is a prevalent condition in end-stage renal disease and presents an important clinical challenge in kidney transplant recipients (KTR). Interferon-based…2017 American Transplant Congress
Kidney Recipients with 10 Year Belatacept-Treatment Display an Altered T Cell Subset Composition and Low Plasma Cytokine Levels Compared to Matched Patients with CNI-Based Immunosuppression.
Introduction/BackgroundMore than 10 years ago, Belatacept (Bela)-based immunosuppression was investigated in the BENEFIT trial of kidney transplantation (KTx) compared to CNI-based immunosuppression. Bela inhibits T…2017 American Transplant Congress
Characterization of De Novo Donor-Specific HLA Antibodies and Correlations with C4d+ Antibody-Mediated Rejection of Kidney Transplants.
Aim: Characteristics of de novo donor-specific HLA antibodies (dnDSA) that are associated with C4d positive antibody-mediated rejection (C4d+ AMR) in kidney transplants have not been…2017 American Transplant Congress
Effect of Blood Pressure Just Before Release of the Vascular Clamps on the Renal Function of Kidney Transplantation Recipients: A Retrospective Study.
OBJECTIVE: To assess the effect of blood pressure just before release of the vascular clamps on the renal function of kidney transplantation (KTx) recipients.METHODS: We…2017 American Transplant Congress
Long-Term Immunosuppression Adherence After Kidney Transplant and Relationship to Allograft Histology.
Background: Loss of Medicare coverage for immunosuppression 3 years after kidney transplant may be associated with increased nonadherence. The goal of this study was to…2017 American Transplant Congress
Induction Immunotherapy in ECD and DGF Kidneys: Does ECD Equal Diminishing Induction Returns?
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
The benefit of induction immunotherapy to prevent DGF or mitigate its effects in recipients of marginal kidneys is not well understood and practices vary. We…2017 American Transplant Congress
Positive Flow Crossmatch After Negative Virtual Crossmatch -A Single Center Experience.
Pathology and Lab Medicine, London Health Sciences Center, London, ON, Canada
Aims: To determine causes of Flow Cytometry crossmatch (FCXM) after a negative virtual crossmatch (VirXM), even with sensitive solid-phase antibody assay and complete HLA typings…2017 American Transplant Congress
Awareness of Change in the Kidney Allocation System Among Dialysis Providers from Facilities with Low Waitlisting.
Background: In December 2014, the new kidney allocation system (KAS) was implemented and is expected to particularly benefit patients who have spent an extended time…2017 American Transplant Congress
HLA Alloimmunization According to the Different Immunization Events and Consequences on Access to Kidney Transplantation.
Patients awaiting solid organ transplantation may develop anti-HLA antibodies after sensitization events such as transfusions, pregnancies or previous transplantations. The aim of our work was…
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