2017 American Transplant Congress
Electronic Patient Portal Functionality Among Kidney and Liver Transplant Recipients.
Surgery, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
IntroductionIn January 2014, all public and private healthcare providers were required to adopt electronic medical records (EMR) into their standard of care. However, little is…2017 American Transplant Congress
Prognostic Histopathologic Characteristics in Recurrent IgA Nephropathy: The Clinical Significance of Vascular Change.
Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea
Background Although recurrent IgA nephropathy (IgAN) after kidney transplantation is known to cause lgraft failure, the clinical significance of histopathologic parameters in allografts needs further…2017 American Transplant Congress
The Innate Immune-System May Play an Enhanced Role in Acute Cellular Rejection in Patients on Belatacept-Based Immunosuppression.
Purpose. The incidence of acute cellular rejection (ACR) in kidney transplant patients on Belatacept (Bela-ACR) is higher than in those with CNI-based regimens (CNI-ACR). However,…2017 American Transplant Congress
Is Reluctance to Accept Younger Kidney Donors Justified?
1U of MN, Mpls; 2M Health, Mpls
Transplant centers are often reluctant to accept young kidney donors because of long-term concerns regarding reduced renal mass and because they have not yet reached…2017 American Transplant Congress
OPO Performance Metrics: Relationship with Kidney Transplant Program Performance Metrics and Kidney Utilization.
Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients, Minneapolis, MN
Organ procurement organization (OPO) performance metrics have been scrutinized due to the perceived disincentives of the regulatory system. In kidney transplantation, OPOs are evaluated on…2017 American Transplant Congress
A Study on Gene Expression of the Protective Effect of Nitric Oxide Releasing Nanofiber in Rat Renal Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury.
1Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Korea; 2Kwanwoon University, Seoul, Korea
Objective: Renal ischemia-reperfusion injury (IRI) is very important issue in kidney transplantation. Nitric oxide (NO) was well known to be a protector of IRI. The…2017 American Transplant Congress
Pilot Study on Acupuncture in Living Liver and Kidney Donors.
Transplant Institute, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit
Pain is an important concern in living donation. The purpose of this study was to test feasibility of integrating an acupuncture intervention pre/post-living donation and…2017 American Transplant Congress
A Novel KPD Mechanism to Increase Transplants When Some Candidates Have Multiple Willing Donors.
1Carnegie Mellon U, Pittsburgh; 2U of Maryland, College Park; 3UNOS, Richmond; 4Yale U, New Haven
Purpose: Current kidney exchanges such as the OPTN Kidney Paired Donation (KPD) program allow candidates to list multiple willing donors, but only one will donate…2017 American Transplant Congress
Genomic Analysis of Gene Expression in Human Kidney Transplants Identifies Moxd1 as a Key Driver for Renal Fibrosis.
Chronic allograft injury (CAI), characterized histologically by high chronic allograft dysfunction index (CADI) score on biopsy, is known to be a major determinant of graft…2017 American Transplant Congress
Time to Kidney Transplantation Following Live Donor Candidate Referral.
Surgery, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
Kidney transplant candidates have utilized novel methods to identify and refer willing donors; however, delays or barriers to actually achieving live donor kidney transplantation are…
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