2015 American Transplant Congress
Educating Hispanic ESRD Patients About Living Donation: Impact of a Brief Intervention
Purpose: This study was designed to enhance Hispanic ESRD patient knowledge, norm perceptions, and efficacy regarding discussions of living kidney donation.Methods: The study was a…2015 American Transplant Congress
A Relative Survival Model to Compare the Risk of Mortality in Patients Awaiting Kidney Transplantation Versus Already Transplanted Patients
Introduction: It would be useful for physicians in some specific cases to identify whom patients could not benefit of kidney transplantations.Patients and method: To answer…2015 American Transplant Congress
Graft-Versus-Host Disease After Orthotopic Liver Transplantation: Multivariate Analysis of Risk Factors
Introduction:Acute graft versus host disease (GVHD) is a rare fatal complication following orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT). It involves activation of donor T lymphocytes by antigen…2015 American Transplant Congress
Transplant Center Quality Assessment: Correlation Between Early Graft Outcomes and Patient-Centered Assessments of Hospital Care
1Surgery, Mayo Clinic Arizona, Phoenix, AZ; 2Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.
Background: Patients selecting a transplant center use public reports of outcomes to empower their decision-making. Patient-focused quality measures are lacking in transplantation, but are a…2015 American Transplant Congress
Center-Level Variation of Simultaneous Liver-Kidney Utilization
Liver waitlist registrants with kidney disease may receive simultaneous liver-kidney (SLK) transplant, or liver-only (LT). Patient characteristics associated with SLK, and center-level variation in SLK…2015 American Transplant Congress
Incisional Herniation Following Hand Assisted Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy: Incidence, Impact and Aetiology
Renal and Pancreatic Transplantation, Guy's Hospital, London, United Kingdom.
Introduction: Living kidney donor demographics, perioperative outcomes and data on renal function is recorded by national mandate. However other longer term and potentially significant surgical…2015 American Transplant Congress
Factors Affecting Efficacy Outcomes at 12 and 24-Months After Kidney Transplantation in Patients from the A2309 Study
1Novartis, Basel, Switzerland; 2A2309 Study Group, Basel, Switzerland; 3Novartis, East Hanover, NJ.
Purpose: Efficacy outcomes post-transplantation are influenced by donor and recipient variables and interactions between them. Here, we present data from a multivariate analysis of risk…2015 American Transplant Congress
Avoiding Futility in Simultaneous Liver-Kidney Transplantation (SLKT): Analysis of 331 Consecutively Listed Patients
Without well-established listing guidelines for SLKT, MELD prioritization of liver recipients with renal dysfunction potentially risks scarce renal allografts. We sought to evaluate short-term predictors…2015 American Transplant Congress
Preservation Solution Impacts Short- and Long-Term Survival in Orthotopic Heart Transplant Recipients
Objectives: To examine the effect of three commonly used preservation solutions on short- and long-term survival after orthotopic heart transplantation (OHT) using a large national…2015 American Transplant Congress
Examining Long-Term Survivors in Combined Heart-Lung Transplantation
The goal of this study was to determine variables associated with mortality in combined heart-lung transplantation (HLT).The United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) database was…
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