2016 American Transplant Congress
Survey Results Show Strong Support for Allowing Patients Undergoing Desensitization to Keep Their Pre-Desensitization CPRA Allocation Priority.
1UNOS, Richmond; 2Emory Univ Hosp, Atlanta; 3Stanford Univ, Palo Alto.
Background: On the waitlist, highly sensitized kidney (KI) candidates who undergo desensitization (DS) lose allocation priority associated with pre-DS CPRA value if some unacceptable antigens…2016 American Transplant Congress
Characteristics Independently Associated with Kidney Candidates Having CPRA of 99-100%.
Background: The new Kidney Allocation System (KAS) implemented on 12/4/14 included an increased allocation priority for candidates with CPRA 99-100%. On 11/30/14, just days prior…2016 American Transplant Congress
After Alemtuzumab Induction, Tac+MMF Is Superior to CsA+MMF in Pediatric Kidney Transplantation.
1Boris Petrovsky SCS, Moscow, Russian Federation; 2Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY.
Introduction: Recipient parenchymal lymphatic cells are crucial for direct and indirect pathways of allorecognition. We proposed that administering alemtuzumab several weeks pretransplantation could eradicate peripheral…2016 American Transplant Congress
A Pilot Study of Donor: A Smart Phone Application for Identifying Live Kidney and Liver Donors.
Background: With over 100,000 candidates waiting, rates of deceased donation stagnant, and only 17,000 Kidney and liver transplants a year, live donor transplantation may represent…2016 American Transplant Congress
Barriers to Living Donor Kidney Transplant in the Pediatric Population.
Objective:A shift from living donor transplants to deceased donor transplants has been noted nationwide and is more prominent at some centers than others. Our objective…2016 American Transplant Congress
Risk Prediction of End-Stage Renal Disease in Living Kidney Donors.
Recent studies have shown inreased risk of end stage renal disease (ESRD) in living kidney donors compared to healthy nondonors. Donors must understand the risk…2016 American Transplant Congress
The Prevailing Preference for Left Nephrectomy in Living Donor Transplantation Does Not Adversely Affect Long Term Donor Outcome.
Background: There is a world-wide prevailing clinical bias for removing the left kidney for living donor renal transplant. Both the retrieval and implantation of the…2016 American Transplant Congress
Live Related Kidney Transplant Experience in Abuja, Nigeria – First Eight Cases Ever.
Background;Renal transplantation is the treatment of choice for individuals with end stage renal disease (ESRD).Method; This is a retrospective review of eight live related renal…2016 American Transplant Congress
Quality Assessment and Process Improvement of Thymoglobulin Dosing.
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.
Thymoglobulin (Thymo) induction is given to prevent early rejection while initiating maintenance immunosuppression. Modification of dosing is common for multiple reasons. Our center recently underwent…2016 American Transplant Congress
Retroperitoneal versus Intraperitoneal Hand Assisted Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy: A Case Matched Study.
Abdominal Transplant Unit, Guy's Hospital, London, United Kingdom.
Although hand assisted laparoscopic donor nephrectomy (HALDN) has become a standard of care for living kidney procurement in most centres it is not clear if…
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