2018 American Transplant Congress
Preoperative Patient Education to Improve the Inpatient Experience for Living Donors
Transplant Department, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
Purpose: Although the number of living organ donors is small, their altruistic sacrifice requires a dedicated approach to meet their unique needs. Living donors (LD)…2018 American Transplant Congress
Re-Hospitalization after Pediatric Kidney Transplantation in Steroid Avoidance Protocols
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.
Data on re-hospitalization rates in steroid avoidance protocols is limited. We performed a single-center, retrospective cohort study of pediatric kidney transplant recipients between 2006 and…2018 American Transplant Congress
An Initial Experience with the Endowrist Robotic Endostapling Device for Renal Donor Nephrectomy
Piedmont Transplant Institute, Atlanta.
Introduction:Robot assisted donor nephrectomy has been used an advancement to standard laparoscopic techniques. However, limitations in available instrumentation reduce the efficiency of the procedure especially…2018 American Transplant Congress
Multi-Center Examination of the Reliability and Validity of the Live Donor Assessment Tool (LDAT) as an Enhancement to the Psychosocial Evaluation of Living Donors
Purpose: The LDAT is the first psychosocial assessment tool developed to standardize live donor (LD) psychosocial evaluations (PsychE). It assesses motivation, LD knowledge/expectations, support, closeness…2018 American Transplant Congress
Simultaneous versus Pretransplant Native Nephrectomy in Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease Patients
Introduction: 50% of autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) patients will develop ESRD. For those patients who undergo renal transplantation (RT) and require a native…2018 American Transplant Congress
Tacrolimus Pharmacokinetics (PK) at Low, Medium, and High Trough Levels in Patients Converted from Twice-Daily Immediate-Release Tacrolimus (TacBID) to Once-Daily Extended-Release Tacrolimus (LCPT)
LCPT (Envarsus XR®) is a once-daily, extended-release formulation of tacrolimus which has demonstrated greater bioavailability and a smoother PK profile compared to TacBID. This post-hoc…2018 American Transplant Congress
The Providers Can't Let Go! An Analysis of an RN Driven Tacrolimus Dose Adjustment Protocol
Introduction: Tacrolimus (FK) dose adjustment is frequently performed by non-MD staff. Standard protocols to evaluate the ability of non-providers to maintain pts within a goal…2018 American Transplant Congress
Increasing Obesity Prevalence in the United States Pediatric End-Stage Renal Disease Population
Background: Obesity prevalence among children in the United States (US) is high, but the rate of increase has slowed over time. Among pediatric end-stage renal…2018 American Transplant Congress
Krüppel-Like Factor 15 is a Key Suppressor of the Glomerular Epithelial Cell Fibrosis under Centrifugal Force Driven Pressure
Hypertension is known to be responsible for a reduction in the number of functional nephrons of glomeruli due to fibrosis, which develops into a chronic…2018 American Transplant Congress
Liver Transplants from Older Donors Have Worse Outcomes in Elderly Recipients with Renal Dysfunction
Background: Most end stage liver disease patients suffer from concomitant renal insufficiency. We aimed to study influence of donor age on outcomes in elderly liver…
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