2015 American Transplant Congress
The Impact of Alemtuzumab and Basiliximab Induction On Patient and Graft Survival in Single Lung Transplant Recipients
PurposeTo evaluate the impact of alemtuzumab, basiliximab and no induction therapy on patient survival and chronic rejection.Methods3242 adult single lung transplantation from 2006 to 2013…2015 American Transplant Congress
Cross-Linking of MHC Class I Induces Unique Transcriptional Profiles Associated With Regulation of Both T and B Cells That Precedes Induction of Allo- and Auto-Immunity Leading to Obliterative Airway Disease
Surgery, Washington Univ Sch of Med, St. Louis, MO.
Background: Incidences of chronic rejection, bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome (BOS), remain a major challenge to lung transplantation and development of allo- and auto-immunity has been proposed…2015 American Transplant Congress
Lung Transplant Patients With Elevated Baseline Pulmonary Arterial Pressures Are More Likely to Recover from Post-Transplant Acute Kidney Injury
Purpose: Elevated pre-operative pulmonary arterial pressures predict acute kidney injury (AKI) after lung transplant. It is unknown if the elevated pulmonary pressures predict recovery from…2015 American Transplant Congress
Do CMS Oversight and the Systems Improvement Agreement Really Change Institutional Behavior?
Center for Transplantation and Organ Failure, University of kentucky, Lexington, KY.
In 2010 the pulmonary transplant program at the University of Kentucky entered a Systems Improvement Agreement (SIA) with CMS as a consequence of poor performance…2015 American Transplant Congress
Acute Kidney Injury After Lung Transplantation – Incidence, Risk Factors and Mechanisms
Background: Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a frequent and severe complication after solid organ transplantation. In a retrospective analysis and afterwards in a prospective clinical…2015 American Transplant Congress
Lung Transplantation from Donors With Kidney Disease
Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC.
Background:Various donor characteristics are associated with decreased survival following single (SLT) or bilateral (BLT) lung transplantation. No current studies exist regarding use of lungs from…2015 American Transplant Congress
The Impact of High-Risk Lung Donors on the Survival of Lung Recipients With Interstitial Pulmonary Fibrosis
Matching donors and recipients is largely based on experience. With the implementation of the LAS, IPF candidates have the highest provability of being transplanted after…2015 American Transplant Congress
Pre-Existing Coronary Artery Disease in Lung Transplantat Recipients: Does It Impact Outcomes?
INTRODUCTION:In patients undergoing lung transplantation (LTx), the impact of pre-existing coronary artery disease (CAD) on long-term outcomes is not well understood. This study examines the…2015 American Transplant Congress
Broader Geographic Sharing of Adolescent Lung Donors Improves Allocation Efficiency
Allocating pediatric donor lungs to pediatric lung transplant (TXP) candidates results in better graft function. However, 87% of adolescent (ADL) donor lungs are allocated to…2015 American Transplant Congress
High Atherosclerotic Burden in Pediatric Lung Transplant Recipients
Purpose: Pediatric lung transplant patients have been reported to have an increased incidence of hypertension. This incidence might be caused by the treatment with calcineurin…
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