2017 American Transplant Congress
Post-Transplant Reduction in Pre-Existing Donor-Specific Antibody Levels After Belatacept- vs Cyclosporine-Based Immunosuppression.
1Emory University, Atlanta, GA; 2Bristol-Myers Squibb, Lawrenceville, NJ
Purpose: We explored the effect of belatacept (bela)- and cyclosporine (CsA)-based immunosuppression (IS) on pre-existing donor-specific antibody (DSA) levels by mean fluorescence intensity (MFI) in…2017 American Transplant Congress
Dementia and Alzheimer's Disease Among Older Kidney Transplant Recipients.
Background: Kidney transplantation (KT) is a growing treatment option for older ESRD patients. Older recipients may develop post-KT dementia and Alzheimer's disease (AD) associated with…2017 American Transplant Congress
The Impact of the New Kidney Allocation System on Length of Dialysis Prior to Transplantation.
1Emory University, Atlanta; 2Columbia University, New York
Introduction: The Kidney Allocation System (KAS) changed the starting point for calculating waiting time for patients on the kidney transplant (KTx) waitlist from the time…2017 American Transplant Congress
Gene Expression During Development of Chronic Antibody-Mediated Rejection in Renal Allografts from Non-Human Primates: Validation of Markers Used in Humans and Sequential Changes in Protocol Biopsies.
Background: RNA transcript measurement is a promising adjunct for the diagnosis and classification of antibody-mediated rejection (ABMR), however most technologies require specially processed biopsy samples.…2017 American Transplant Congress
Gut Microbiota-Urinary Tract Infection Axis in Kidney Transplant Recipients.
Introduction. The gut microbiota has recently been identified as a risk factor for development of infectious complications like bacteremia; herein, we evaluated the relationship between…2017 American Transplant Congress
Stable Deceased Donor Transplantation Rates Among Pediatric Candidates Post-KAS Implementation.
1University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham; 2University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Background: The Kidney Allocation System (KAS) was implemented in December 2014 and increased access to deceased donor kidney transplant (DDKT) for highly sensitized candidates. Concerns…2017 American Transplant Congress
Temporal Trends and Variation in BMI Thresholds for Living Donation Across the US.
1U Michigan, Ann Arbor; 2Mayo Clinic, Rochester; 3St. Louis U, St Louis
The acceptable BMI threshold for living kidney donation is controversial. We examined the variability in center acceptance of living donors with high Body Mass Index…2017 American Transplant Congress
Robotic Kidney Transplantation: Bakirkoy Experience.
INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES: As minimal invasive treatments develop, most urologists have preferred minimally invasive methods in recent years. There is a great shift through laparoscopic…2017 American Transplant Congress
Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy Improves Renal Transplant Candidacy and Posttransplant Outcomes in Morbidly Obese Patients.
Surgery, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
BACKGROUND: Morbid obesity remains a barrier to kidney transplantation (KT) and is associated with increased delayed graft function (DGF), graft loss, and wound complications. Laparoscopic…2017 American Transplant Congress
Can Pre-Treatment CDC Titres Predict Graft Outcomes in HLA Incompatible Transplants?
Introduction: Complement Dependent Cytotoxic (CDC) (non-augmented) cross matching and Flow cytometric (FC) cross matching are two commonly used techniques to identify anti- Human Leucocyte Antigen…
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