2015 American Transplant Congress
Paired Match Power and Challenges for O-Patients in Kidney Paired Donation
Stanford University, Stanford, CA.
Introduction: In kidney paired donation (KPD), Paired Match Power (PMP), defined as Probability{Donor Compatible}×Probability{Patient Compatible}, can be used to prioritize difficult to match pairs. However,…2015 American Transplant Congress
Psychological Benefit After Living Kidney Donation: Is It a Myth?
Renal Transplantation, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom.
Introduction: The moral and ethical justification for living donation is provided by an assumed psychological benefit to the donor after donation. However, there are no…2015 American Transplant Congress
CO2 Angiography Provides a Safe Alternative to Iodinated Contrast Agents in the Diagnosis and Endovascular Treatment of Transplant Renal Artery Stenosis
Background: Transplant Renal Artery Stenosis (TRAS) is a recognized complication resulting in graft dysfunction and post-transplant hypertension. Non-nephrotoxic imaging modalities such as ultrasonography are effective…2015 American Transplant Congress
The Use of Systems Biology to Identify Mitochondrial Dysfunction and Metabolic Dysregulation as Targets for Intervention in the Brain Dead Organ Donor
Oxford Transplant Centre, University of Oxford, Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom.
Introduction: Due to the persistent donor shortage many centres accept older, higher risk organs which have inferior outcomes. Understanding how kidneys are injured during brain…2015 American Transplant Congress
Estimated Prevalence of HIV in Kidney Transplant Candidates
Surgery, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD.
The passage of the HOPE Act in November 2013 mandated research into HIV+ to HIV+ organ transplantation. To date, the prevalence of HIV in the…2015 American Transplant Congress
Validating Outcomes Reported to the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network for Deceased Donor Kidney Recipients
Data reported to the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) is used in kidney transplant research, quality metrics and in policy development, but the accuracy…2015 American Transplant Congress
Toxicity Driven Conversion to Belatacept in Kidney Transplant Recipients
Yale-New Haven Transplantation Center, New Haven, CT.
Purpose: Evaluate the result of conversion to belatacept from calcineurin inhibitor (CNI) or TOR inhibitor based regimens due to toxicities in kidney transplant recipients (KTR).Methods:…2015 American Transplant Congress
Efforts to Improve Living Kidney Donor Follow-Up Reporting Have Been Successful
1UNOS, Richmond; 2U of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh; 3U of Iowa, Iowa City.
Follow-up reporting for living kidney donors (LKDs) provides important information about short-term risks. On 2/1/13, the OPTN implemented reporting thresholds for clinical data (60% of…2015 American Transplant Congress
Matching of Recipient and Donor Age Is the Most Powerful Risk Factor Affecting to Long-Term Graft Survival and Function
Recipient age and donor age were typical non-immunologic parameters affecting to graft survival rate (GSR). Using more than 3,000 cases of living donor transplantation database…2015 American Transplant Congress
Kidney Retransplantation in the Ipsilateral Iliac Fossa; a Surgical Challenge
Introduction: The aim of this study is to review the surgical outcome of kidney retransplantation in the ipsilateral iliac fossa in comparison to first kidney…
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