2016 American Transplant Congress
A Nationwide Analysis of Reoperation After kidney Transplant.
Surgery, Division of Transplant Surgery, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, FL.
ObjectivesWe aim to report the rate and short-term outcomes of patients undergoing reoperation following kidney transplant in the United States.MethodsThe NIS database was used to…2016 American Transplant Congress
Primary Outcome of iWITH: A Multi-Center Clinical Trial of Complete Immunosuppression Withdrawal (ISW) in Stable Pediatric Liver Transplant (LT) Recipients.
AIM: Test the hypothesis that a selected cohort of pediatric LT recipients can safely undergo complete ISW followed by assessment for operational tolerance (OT)METHODS: 88…2016 American Transplant Congress
Factors Associated with Mortality Among a Large Population of Patients with Cirrhosis and a Low MELD (<15).
Northwestern University, Chicago.
AimStudies suggest that certain patients with liver cirrhosis and a low MELD score (<15) remain at high risk for mortality. Current data is largely limited…2016 American Transplant Congress
Impact on Renal Function of Stepwise Withdrawal of Tacrolimus Combined with Everolimus and EC-MPS vs Standard Treatment Combining Tacrolimus and EC-MPS in De Novo Liver Transplant Recipients: Results of the SIMCER Study.
Introduction: Long-term post-liver transplant (LTx) complications, particularly impaired renal function (RF) and its consequences, remain a concern. Presented here are the results of the SIMCER…2016 American Transplant Congress
Center Level Analysis of Changes in Living Donor Transplant Rates in the United States.
Medicine, Division of Nephrology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA.
Rates of living donor kidney transplantation have been declining in the United States since 2003. Tremendous variation exists in the rate of living donor transplantation…2016 American Transplant Congress
Arterial Hypertension After Renal Transplantation in Pediatric Patients: An Analysis of CERTAIN Registry.
BackgroundOur study aimed to describe the prevalence of hypertension & blood pressure (BP) control as well as influencing factors in pediatric renal transplant patients.MethodCasual BP…2016 American Transplant Congress
Vascular Composite Allotransplantation Collaborative Initiative Biobank: Bringing the Power Back to Research.
Surgery, Duke University, Durham, NC.
Refining Vascular Composite Allotransplantation (VCA) into a useful therapeutic option for patients in need of tissue reconstruction depends on the availability of biological specimens and…2016 American Transplant Congress
Hospital Readmissions Following Incompatible Kidney Transplantation: A Multi-Center Study.
Desensitization and incompatible live donor kidney transplantation (ILDKT) has improved survival vs. forgoing transplant or waiting for a compatible one. It is unknown if increased…2016 American Transplant Congress
Young, Caucasian, Better Educated and Less Socially Deprived Patients Are More Likely to Be Transplanted with a Living Donor Kidney in the UK.
IntroductionLiving donor kidney transplantation (LDKT) has significant benefits over deceased donor kidney transplantation (DDKT) in terms of improved survival and timely access to transplant. There…2016 American Transplant Congress
NanoString Detection of Gene Signatures in Urine During Acute Cellular Rejection of Kidney Grafts.
1Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland; 2UAB, Birmingham; 3Emory, Atlanta; 4MSSM, New York.
Considerable effort has focused on identification of gene expression patterns that may assist in diagnosis of acute cellular rejection. The NanoString platform offers a novel…
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