2016 American Transplant Congress
Changes in Fatigue After Kidney Transplantation.
Surgery, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
Previous research suggests that 60 to 97% of patients on dialysis experience fatigue, or a feeling of persistent tiredness or exhaustion. ESRD patients with fatigue…2016 American Transplant Congress
Characteristics of Human Rhinovirus (HRV) Infections in Transplant Recipients.
Introduction:Although HRV is a common cause of benign upper respiratory infection, there are reports of HRV resulting in lower respiratory tract infection (LRTI) in HSCT…2016 American Transplant Congress
The Epidemiology of Clostridium difficile Infection in a National Kidney Transplant Center.
BackgroundKidney transplant recipients (KTRs) are at increased risk of Clostridium difficile infection (CDI). We aimed to retrospectively describe the epidemiology of CDI in a national…2016 American Transplant Congress
Significance of Preservation Fluid Cultures in Solid Organ Transplantation.
University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago.
Introduction. The study aim was to determine microbiological characteristics of preservation fluid (PF) cultures in solid organ transplant (SOT) patients and to evaluate their impact…2016 American Transplant Congress
Short Term Changes in HRQOL Following Kidney Transplantation.
Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQOL) is a patient-centered outcome that measures the impact of a disease and its treatment. This is particularly relevant to those…2016 American Transplant Congress
Risk of Peritoneal Dialysis Catheter-Associated Peritonitis Following Kidney Transplant.
While peritoneal dialysis (PD) has become more common, PD catheter management at the time of kidney transplant varies widely by transplant center. We sought to…2015 American Transplant Congress
Correlation of Serum Creatinine-Based Equations With Radionuclide GFR in Candidates for Liver Transplantation
McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada.
Background: Renal dysfunction is common prior to liver transplantation (LTx); however, the best way to determine the glomerular filtration rate (GFR) pre-LTx is unclear. Our…2015 American Transplant Congress
The Economic Impact of Nonimmune Complications in Contemporary Kidney Transplantation
The clinical burden and economic impacts of nonimmune complications after kidney transplant (KT) are incompletely defined.We examined United States Renal System Registry Data for Medicare-insured…2015 American Transplant Congress
Surgical Site Infections After Intestinal and Multivisceral Transplantation
Transplant Institute, MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC.
Aim:Intestinal transplant (ITx) recipients harbor risk factors implicated in surgical site infections (SSI): multiple prior abdominal surgeries, complex operative course, grafts with significant microbial load,…2015 American Transplant Congress
Analytic Morphomics May Identify Risk Factors for New Onset Diabetes After Kidney Transplantation
Intro:We have previously shown that analytic morphomics can predict risk of new-onset diabetes after liver transplantation (NODAT). We hypothesize that these methods may be able…
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