Articles tagged "Kidney"

2015 American Transplant Congress
Detriemental Impact of DGF and CIT On Longterm Survival After Kidney Transplantation in Elderly Recipients
C. Denecke,^1,2 M. Biebl,^1,2 C. Bösmüller,² F. Aigner,^1,2 T. Dziodzio,^1,2 R. Sucher,^1,2 S. Weiss,² J. Pratschke,^1,2 R. öllinger.^1,2
¹Allgemein, Viszeral – und Transplantationschirurgie, Charite Virchow Klinikum, Berlin, Germany; ²Viszeral, Transplantations – und Thoraxchirurgie, Medizinische Universität Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria.
Background: In kidney transplantation, the association of cold ischemia time (CIT) and delayed graft function (DGF) is particularly detriemental in grafts from marginal donors. In…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Identifying Predictors for 30-Day Readmission in Renal Transplant Recipients
J. Weber,¹ B. Astor,² D. Cray,³ A. Djamali,² D. Kaufman,⁴ D. Mandelbrot,² S. Parajuli,² M. Schanning,³ E. Snyder,¹ M. Mohamed.²
¹Surgical Nursing, UW Hospital & Clinics, Madison, WI; ²Department of Medicine, UW School of Medicine & Public Health, Madison, WI; ³Business Planning & Analysis Department, UW Hospital & Clinics, Madison, WI; ⁴Department of Surgery, UW School of Medicine & Public Health, Madison, WI.
Purpose: The aim of this study is to determine risk factors associated with 30-day hospital readmissions in renal transplant recipients.Methods: This single center longitudinal study…