2015 American Transplant Congress
Detriemental Impact of DGF and CIT On Longterm Survival After Kidney Transplantation in Elderly Recipients
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
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…2015 American Transplant Congress
Recovery After Living Donor Laparoscopic Nephrectomy
Living donors (LDs) require time away from daily activities and work for the surgery and recovery. In general, LDs are counselled that they should be…2015 American Transplant Congress
Risk of End-Stage Renal Disease After Living Donor Liver Transplantation: Overall Incidence and Comparisons to Deceased Donor Recipients
Introduction: Since initiation of MELD-based allocation for liver transplants, the risk of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) post-liver transplantation has increased. Recent US data demonstrated comparable,…2015 American Transplant Congress
Medication Non-Adherence in Those Waiting for a Transplant
Purpose: Though poor medication adherence among adult kidney transplant patients is alarmingly high with distressing consequences, no one has systematically examined medication non-adherence in those…2015 American Transplant Congress
Concerted T-Cell Activity Against Early and Late BKV-Antigens Is Necessary for Viral Clearance
Polyomavirus-BK (BKV) associated nephropathy is a known cause of graft failure. No specific therapy is established so far and viral load monitoring accompanied by adjustment…2015 American Transplant Congress
Pre-Liver Transplant Urinary Proteome Analysis Does Not Predict Development of Chronic Kidney Disease After Transplantation
Background and aims: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a common complication after liver transplantation. Kidney biopsies cannot be easily performed before liver transplantation to predict…2015 American Transplant Congress
Recreational Marijuana Use Is Not Associated With Worse Kidney Allograft Outcomes
Background: As marijuana (MJ) legalization is ongoing, kidney transplant programs need to develop listing criteria for MJ users. No data exist on whether recreational MJ…2015 American Transplant Congress
Is Electron Microscopy Adding a Diagnostic Advantage in the Evaluation of Renal Allograft Biopsies for Antibody Mediated Rejection (AMR)?
Pathology and Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
Some electron microscopy (EM) findings have been consistently associated with antibody mediated microvascular injury; however, no large studies have been performed examining the concrete advantage…2015 American Transplant Congress
APOL1 Risk Alleles in Live and Deceased Kidney Donors Are Associated With Shorter Renal Allograft Survival
Kidneys from African American (AA) donors with two Apolipoprotein L1 (APOL1) risk alleles may be at higher risk of allograft loss after transplant. We sought…