2017 American Transplant Congress
KDPI Obscures Trends in Absolute Donor Risk.
Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients, Minneapolis, MN
The kidney donor profile index (KDPI) is commonly used to measure deceased donor kidney quality based on the kidney donor risk index (KDRI) (Rao, et…2017 American Transplant Congress
Induction Immunotherapy in ECD and DGF Kidneys: Does ECD Equal Diminishing Induction Returns?
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
The benefit of induction immunotherapy to prevent DGF or mitigate its effects in recipients of marginal kidneys is not well understood and practices vary. We…2017 American Transplant Congress
Post-Transplant Reduction in Pre-Existing Donor-Specific Antibody Levels After Belatacept- vs Cyclosporine-Based Immunosuppression.
1Emory University, Atlanta, GA; 2Bristol-Myers Squibb, Lawrenceville, NJ
Purpose: We explored the effect of belatacept (bela)- and cyclosporine (CsA)-based immunosuppression (IS) on pre-existing donor-specific antibody (DSA) levels by mean fluorescence intensity (MFI) in…2017 American Transplant Congress
Lack of Utility of KDPI in Dual Kidneys from Donors at the Extremes of Age.
Transplant, Wake Forest Baptist Health, Winston-Salem, NC
The study purpose was to analyze outcomes in recipients of pediatric dual en bloc (EB) kidneys from small pediatric donors (SPDs, age ≤ 3 years)…2017 American Transplant Congress
Donor Smoking History Associated with Increased Risk of Death Following Lung Transplantation, but Lower Risk of Bronchiolitis Obliterans Syndrome.
Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
Purpose: The impact of donor smoking history on long term mortality, causes of mortality and the development of bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome (BOS) following lung transplantation…2017 American Transplant Congress
Assessment and Transplantation of Declined Human Kidneys Using Ex-Vivo Normothermic Kidney Perfusion.
PurposeThe aim of this study was to make more kidneys available for transplantation by using ex-vivo normothermic kidney perfusion (EVKP) technology to assess the quality…2017 American Transplant Congress
Outcome of Kidney Transplantation from Deceased Octogenarian Donors.
Kidney and Pancreas Transplantation Uniti, Padua University Hospital, Padua, Italy
In order to expand the donor pool, the utilization of kidneys otherwise discarded because of extremely old age or comorbidities has been evaluated.We retrospectively analyzed…2017 American Transplant Congress
A Single Center's Experience of Direct Acting Anti-Viral Agents in HCV Positive Patients Receiving an HCV Positive Kidney.
Background: Nearly 8% of patients in the U.S. undergoing hemodialysis are Hepatitis C (HCV) positive. There is a survival benefit in HCV positive patients who…2016 American Transplant Congress
The Use of Kidney Donors Older Than 80 Years Does Not Affect Graft Survival in the Medium Term.
1Nephrology, Hospital Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Spain; 2Nephrology, Hospital de León, Leon, Spain.
INTRODUCTION:Kidney transplantation is the best option for renal replacement therapy. One of its main limitations is the organs shortage. We analyzed the results in kidney…2016 American Transplant Congress
Dual Kidney Transplants as Policy to Optimize the Allocation of Marginal Donor Kidneys: Analysis of the French Cohort Since 2002.
The aim of this national multicentre cohort study was to assess the safety of dual kidney transplantation (DKT) in terms of patient and graft survival…
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