2017 American Transplant Congress
A Novel Method for Detecting and Monitoring Chimerism in Patients with Graft versus Host Disease After Liver Transplantation.
Background Graft versus host disease (GVHD) after orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) is a rare but lethal complication. Early diagnosis and treatment is critical for a…2017 American Transplant Congress
Liver Transplantation for Adolescents with Biliary Atresia in the PELD/MELD Era: An Analysis of the UNOS Database.
While poor bile drainage after a Kasai hepatoportoenterostomy (KPE) is the primary driver for liver transplantation (LT) for Biliary Atresia (BA) in infancy, the data…2017 American Transplant Congress
Racial Disparities in Self-Care Among Liver Transplant Candidates.
Background: Liver transplantation evaluation is demanding on liver transplant candidates. Self-care skills are essential for successful progression through the transplantation process. Self-care difference may explain…2017 American Transplant Congress
Polycystic Liver Disease Patients May Not Be Appropriately Represented by MELD Exception Policy.
Purpose: Polycystic liver disease (PCLD) is a rare, but important disease whose mortality is not fully predicted by MELD score. Most patients with PCLD maintain…2017 American Transplant Congress
An Argument for Expanding the Simultaneous Liver and Kidney Transplant Criteria: Validity of the New UNOS Allocation Policy.
Aim: According to the latest simultaneous liver-kidney transplant (SLK) allocation policy by UNOS, allocation of kidney is dependent on duration of low glomerular filtration rate…2017 American Transplant Congress
Course of Inflammatory Bowel Disease Activity in Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis Patients Undergoing Liver Transplantation.
Aim: Primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) is associated with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). We aimed to review disease activity of IBD in patients with PSC undergoing…2017 American Transplant Congress
Personalizing Immunosuppression with Molecular Phenotyping in Pediatric Liver Transplantation.
Pediatric Abdominal Transplant, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, Pittsburgh
Background: Optimizing immunosuppression requires selecting an agent which can inhibit the dominant anti-rejection mechanism in individual children with liver transplantation (LTx). Extended use of steroids,…2017 American Transplant Congress
Induction of Mixed Chimerism to Prolong Liver Allograft Survival in Cynomolgus Monkeys.
CCTI, Columbia University, New York, NY
Purpose: Spontaneous liver tolerance occurs in highly selected patients with stable liver function. There is an unmet need for a safe and reliable regimen allowing…2017 American Transplant Congress
Effect of Academic Detailing with Prescribers as an Antimicrobial Stewardship Intervention in Solid Organ Transplant Patients.
1University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada; 2Sinai Health System, Toronto, ON, Canada
IntroductionThe role of academic detailing (AD) as an antimicrobial stewardship intervention, where the steward meets the prescribers in their practice setting to provide personal educational…2017 American Transplant Congress
Prolonged Survival with Co-Stimulatory Blockade Based Immunosuppression in Pig-to-Primate Liver Xenotransplantation.
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
Background: Since the first attempt in 1968, survival following pig-to-baboon liver xenotransplantation (LXT) has been limited to <9-days due to a lethal coagulopathy. To improve…
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