2015 American Transplant Congress
Prediction of Long-Term Prognosis of the Kidney Transplantation Using Comorbidity Score
Background: Comorbidity assessment is important to the informed interpretation of kidney allograft outcomes. Weights assigned to comorbidities to predict survival may vary based on the…2015 American Transplant Congress
Microcirculation Inflammation in Early Surveillance Renal Biopsy in Sensitized Patients Did Not Correlate With Graft Outcome
1Renal Transplant Unit, HC - FMUSP, S Paulo, SP, Brazil; 2Lab de HLA, InCor, S Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Introduction: Microcirculation inflammation (MI) at 3-month renal biopsies and preformed donor-specific antibodies (DSA) are considered predictors of bad outcome in sensitized patients. Earlier biopsies and…2015 American Transplant Congress
Longitudinal eGFR Modelling to Understand Rates of eGFR Decline in Renal Transplantation in the United Kingdom
Background: The rate of decline in eGFR (slope) has been independently associated with a higher risk of cardiovascular events and all cause mortality in kidney…2015 American Transplant Congress
Long Term Outcomes With Alemtuzumab Induction Therapy for Deceased and Living Renal Transplant Recipients. A Single Center Experience
Ochsner Clinic Foundation, New Orleans, LA.
Background:Antibody induction therapy has been used for induction in up to 80% kidney transplant recipients according to United Network for Organ Sharing. It has been…2015 American Transplant Congress
Serum Uric Acid Is Associated With Hypertension in Kidney Donors
Introduction:Uric acid has been linked to the development of hypertension and possibly CKD. Moreover, some preliminary data suggests that lowering uric acid maybe associated with…2015 American Transplant Congress
Prophylaxis of Post-Renal Transplant Urinary Tract Infection With Fosfomycin Trometamol. A Controlled, Randomized Clinical Trial. (Intermediate Analysis)
Background: Urinary tract infection (UTI) is the most frequent infection during post-transplant (pTR) follow-up. Aim: To compare the incidence of UTI during the first 6…2015 American Transplant Congress
Integrated Clinical-Histological (ICH) Score System for the Evaluation of “Marginal” Donors in Kidney Transplantation
INTRODUCTION: The organ shortage has led to increase the procurement of kidney from “marginal” donors and to improve the strategies to better evaluate the quality…2015 American Transplant Congress
Post-Kidney Allograft Nephrectomy Anti-HLA Immunization Is Not Due to a Release of Anti-HLA Antibodies from the Failed Kidney
Background and aims: The reasons for the increased incidence of de novo anti-HLA donor specific antibodies (DSAs) that is observed after kidney allograft nephrectomy (NTx)…2015 American Transplant Congress
How Long Is Too Long? The Impact of Bridge Donor Waiting Time on Paired Donation Transplants
1University of Toledo Medical Center, Toledo, OH; 2Alliance for Paired Donation, Maumee, OH.
Non-simultaneous Extended Altruistic Donor (NEAD) chains and bridge donors (BD) are increasingly utilized in the field of Kidney Paired Donation (KPD), but remain controversial due…2015 American Transplant Congress
Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy of Multiple Renal Artery Kidneys: Single Center Experience
Multi-Organ Transplant Center, King Fahad Specialist Hospital, Dammam, Saudi Arabia.
Introduction:Laparoscopic donor nephrectomy (LDN) is the preferred procedure to procure kidneys from most living donors (LDs). However, transplant surgeons might shy away from LDN when…
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