2021 American Transplant Congress
Management of Asymptomatic Bacteriuria in Kidney Transplant Recipients
Pharmacy, Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
*Purpose: Asymptomatic bacteriuria (ASB) is the presence of bacteriuria with no symptoms. Recent guidelines recommend against treatment of ASB in kidney transplant (KT) recipients more…2021 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Cytomegalovirus Prophylaxis on Herpes Simplex and Varicella Zoster Virus Infections in Kidney Transplant Recipients
*Purpose: To assess the impact of cytomegalovirus (CMV) targeted antiviral prophylaxis on the development of herpes simplex (HSV) and varicella zoster (VZV) infections after kidney…2021 American Transplant Congress
Impact of the Kidney Allocation System on Kidney Transplant Outcomes in Patients with Long Dialysis Treatment (> 10 Years)
Medicine, Division of Nephrology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
*Purpose: Prior to the new kidney allocation system (KAS), patients treated with dialysis for > 10 years before transplantation were shown to derive a survival…2021 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes in Older Recipients Receiving Kidneys from Donors with Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)
*Purpose: Older patients are perceived to tolerate delayed graft function (DGF) poorly and there is a reluctance to transplant a kidney from an AKI donor…2021 American Transplant Congress
Attitudes of Obese Kidney Transplant Candidates Towards Bariatric Surgery
Surgery, University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: Obesity is an epidemic in the US and increasingly prevalent in kidney transplant candidates. Surgical weight-loss interventions are effective and reduce transplant-related complications. They…2021 American Transplant Congress
Screening, Management and Acceptance of Patients with Aortoiliac Vascular Disease for Kidney Transplantation: An International Survey Among Transplant Surgeons
*Purpose: Aortoiliac vascular disease (AVD) is frequently observed during the work-up for kidney transplantation, but recommendations on its screening and management are lacking. We aimed…2021 American Transplant Congress
A Comparison of Belatacept Conversion Regimens from Calcineurin Inhibitor-Based Immunosuppression
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: Outcomes with varying belatacept conversion protocols from calcineurin inhibitor (CNI)-based immunosuppression have been published but no standard protocol has been established. Beginning in 2012,…2021 American Transplant Congress
Very Long-Term Patient and Kidney Allograft Outcomes in Kidney Transplant Recipients More Than 20 Years After Transplantation:
University Hospital Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland
*Purpose: Despite rapid medical advancements in the field of transplantation over the last decades, long-term kidney allograft survival only slowly improves. Especially little is known…2021 American Transplant Congress
Anterior Rectus Sheath versus Gibson Incision for Kidney Transplantation – University of Chicago Experience
Surgery, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: The advantages of Anterior Rectus Sheath (ARS) incision over traditional Gibson (GB) incision have been described for kidney transplantation. Therefore, we decided to compare…2021 American Transplant Congress
Predictors of Prolonged Length of Stay in Pediatric Kidney Transplantation: Changes Over the Last Three Decades
Department of Abdominal Transplantation, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
*Purpose: Hospital length of stay (LOS) following kidney transplantation, particularly prolonged LOS, has not shown much improvement since the early 2000s. This study explores changes…
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