2015 American Transplant Congress
Elderly Transplant Recipients Have Improved Graft Survival
Background: The upper age limit to receive a kidney transplant has progressively risen, but the outcomes of elderly (ages > 70) transplant recipients remain understudied.…2015 American Transplant Congress
Improving the Predictive Value of the Virtual Crossmatch: Is the C1Q Assay Needed?
The criteria for reporting unacceptable HLA antigens of renal transplant candidates differ greatly between transplant centers. In the attempt to refine these criteria, the experience…2015 American Transplant Congress
The Association of Basiliximab and Antithymocyte Globulin Induction With Delayed Graft Function
The impact of selection of induction immunosuppression agent on incidence of delayed graft function (DGF) remains unclear. A total of 1,980 deceased donor kidney transplant…2015 American Transplant Congress
Influence of Cold Ischemia Time in Combination With Donor Ischemic Events on Kidney Transplant Outcomes
Transplantation, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY.
Deceased-donor kidneys may be exposed to various ischemic events either from donor instability as evidenced by acute kidney injury (AKI) or donation after circulatory death…2015 American Transplant Congress
Risks for Readmission Post-Renal Transplant: A Co-Morbid Condition
Transplant Institute, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA.
Background: Recently CMS addressed “excessive” readmission rates with a punitive 5% cut in reimbursement. For decades renal transplantation has been highly regulated with published outcomes…2015 American Transplant Congress
Infectious Complications in ABO Incompatible Kidney Transplantation Recipient According to the Rituximab Dose
BackgroundDesensitization with rituximab and intravenous immunoglobulin improves ABO incompatible (ABOi) kidney transplantation (KT) outcomes. However, infections have been noted in association with rituximab administration. In…2015 American Transplant Congress
Age Should Not Be Considered a Contraindication for Living Kidney Donation
Imperial College Renal and Transplant Centre, Hammersmith Hospital, London, United Kingdom.
The increasing numbers of patients with ESRD on the transplant waiting list has been the main driving force for expanding the donor pool. Acceptance of…2015 American Transplant Congress
The Potential of E-Health to Improve Adherence: Exploring the Patients' View
Introduction. Transplant outcomes can be negatively influenced by medication nonadherence. Therefore, there is a need for effective interventions to improve adherence. In recent years due…2015 American Transplant Congress
A Non-Invasive Urinary Common Rejection Module (uCRM) Gene Expression Score Enables Accurate Discrimination of Acute Rejection in Kidney Transplant Patients
A common rejection module (CRM) consisting of 11 genes expressed on allograft biopsies was recently shown to be highly accurate to discriminate patients undergoing acute…2015 American Transplant Congress
Pre-Transplant Levels of TFH cell-Inducing Pro-Inflammatory Cytokines Correlate With DSA Formation After Kidney Transplantation
Donor-specific anti-HLA antibodies (DSA) represent an important biomarker for acute rejection and are a major cause of long-term graft failure after kidney transplantation (KTx). The…
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