2017 American Transplant Congress
Patient Outcomes Following the Disappearance of Donor Specific Antibody in Crossmatch Positive Simultaneous Liver-Kidney Transplant Recipients.
Background: Simultaneous liver and kidney transplantation (SLKT) remains as the gold standard for patients with chronic renal and liver diseases. Pre-transplant donor-specific antibody (DSA) to…2017 American Transplant Congress
Increasing Liver Transplant Waitlist Dropout for Hepatocellular Carcinoma with Widening Geographical Disparities: Implications for Organ Allocation.
Given the increasing incidence of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and regional differences in liver transplant (LT) rates for HCC, we used the United Network for Organ…2017 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Cognitive Impairment on Kidney Transplantation Listing Between Sexes.
1Surgery, JHU, Baltimore; 2Epidemiology, JHU, Baltimore
Cognitive impairment (CI) is common in end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients and is associated with greater mortality. Despite this, cognitive function is not routinely measured…2017 American Transplant Congress
Beyond the Bones – The Association Between Vitamin D, Graft Outcomes, Malignancy and Vascular Disease.
1Renal Unit, St James's Hospital, Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom; 2UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA
Introduction: Vitamin D deficiency in kidney transplant recipients (KTRs) is an emerging theme. The purported associations between Vitamin D deficiency and various metabolic, cardiovascular and…2017 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes Following Cholecystectomy in Kidney Transplant Recipients.
Cholecystectomy is one of the most common general surgical procedures. Given the need for lifelong immunosuppression and the physiologic impact of years of renal replacement,…2017 American Transplant Congress
Course and Outcome of Renal Transplant Recipients Admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU): Long Term Follow-Up.
Background. The goal of this study was to evaluate the course and outcome of renal transplant recipients admitted to ICU and to analyze factors determining…2017 American Transplant Congress
Optimal Induction Therapy for Kidney Transplantation in Previous Heart Transplant Recipients: Analysis of OPTN/UNOS Registry.
Nephrology, Internal Medicine, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA
It is unclear as to which induction agent is optimal for kidney transplant (KT) in prior heart transplant (HT) recipients who are already immunocompromised from…2017 American Transplant Congress
Liver Transplantation for Adolescents with Biliary Atresia in the PELD/MELD Era: An Analysis of the UNOS Database.
While poor bile drainage after a Kasai hepatoportoenterostomy (KPE) is the primary driver for liver transplantation (LT) for Biliary Atresia (BA) in infancy, the data…2017 American Transplant Congress
Pregnandy During Kidney Trasplantation in a Low Income Population.
Renal Transplant Unit, CRAI Sur - CUCAIBA, La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Background: The possibility of having a successful pregnancy in stage V chornic kidney failure improves after transplant, although the fertility rate is lower than in…2017 American Transplant Congress
Simultaneous Pancreas/Kidney Transplant Recipients Are Predisposed to Symptomatic CMV-Infection and Concomitant Infectious Complications.
Infections have increased in simultaneous pancreas/kidney transplant recipients (SPKTRs) with CMV-infection being the most important viral infection with adverse impact on patient and allograft outcomes.…
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