2016 American Transplant Congress
Continuous Antithymocyte Globulin (rATG) for Treatment of Renal Allograft Rejection: Preliminary Analysis of a Prospective, Randomized Trial.
Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX.
Intravenous (IV) rATG for acute rejection (AR) is primarily given on an inpatient basis due to its daily administration, IV access requirement, and monitoring. The…2016 American Transplant Congress
Torque Teno Virus – Inverse Association with Late Silent Antibody Mediated Kidney Allograft Rejection.
Clinical Problem and hypothesis: Antibody mediated rejection (ABMR) is a cardinal cause of late graft failure after kidney transplantation (KTX). A promising predictive diagnostic tool…2016 American Transplant Congress
Is Ketorolac Really Safe for Donor Nephrectomy?
Transplant and Hepatobiliary Surgery, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI.
Background. Ketorolac is a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug used for postoperative pain management. The purpose of this study is to assess the impact of ketorolac after…2016 American Transplant Congress
United States versus Australia: Is "Percentage Decline in Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate" Truly a Surrogate Outcome in Graft Survival?
Purpose: A previous study conducted in Australia and New Zealand examined the utility of estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) decline as a surrogate marker for…2016 American Transplant Congress
High Concentrations of CXCL9 and CXCL10 Chemokines but Not CXCL8 (IL-8), IL-6, TNF-a or IFN-g in Biopsy Tissue Are Associated with Pathological Staging of Rejection After Kidney Transplantation.
Background: Extensive expression profiling efforts of biopsy tissue after kidney transplantation indicate that rejection, especially antibody-mediated rejection (AMR) can be defined by distinct signatures. Thus,…2016 American Transplant Congress
Implicit Bias in Dialysis Providers' Transplant Education Practices for Low-Income and Racial/Ethnic Minority Patients.
Low-income or racial/ethnic minority dialysis patients (low-income/minority) are less likely to receive transplant education and, ultimately, kidney transplant. We conducted a mixed-methods study with 4…2016 American Transplant Congress
Pediatric Patients Benifit from Steroids Free Regimen After Kidney Transplantation: A Meta-Analysis.
Organ Transplant Center, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.
Objective: To evaluate the effect of steroids avoidance or withdrawal (SAW) protocol on pediatric recipients by performing a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (RCTs).Method: A…2016 American Transplant Congress
Survival After Second Kidney Transplant: Are We Being Good Stewards?
University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio.
BACKGROUND: Primary kidney transplant is associated with increased life years compared with dialysis. Comparable patient survival between primary (1KT) and second kidney transplants (2KT) has…2016 American Transplant Congress
A Successful Approach to Kidney Transplantation in Patients with Secondary Hyperoxaluria.
Chronic oxalate nephropathy is observed secondary to enteric hyperoxaluria that is associated with malabsorption e.g. in short bowel syndrome. Kidney transplantation can be challenging given…2016 American Transplant Congress
Tacrolimus as a Tool for Intracellular Assessment of von Willebrand Factor Production by Activated Human Glomerular Endothelial Cells.
Renal Division, University Health Center (CHU) of Quebec, Laval University, Quebec, QC, Canada.
Background: Von Willebrand factor (vWF) is a prothrombotic mediator stored in intracytoplasmic granules within endothelial cells and is released by endothelial exocytosis, leading to microangiopathic…
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