2017 American Transplant Congress
Predictors of Graft Loss in an Urban Predominantly Minority Cohort of Kidney Transplant Recipients.
Monterfiore/Einstein Center for Transplantation, Bronx, NY
BackgroundWe aimed to determine the demographic and clinical characteristics associated with graft loss in a cohort of kidney transplant recipients with a high African-American and…2017 American Transplant Congress
Substance Abuse in Acute Liver Failure: Time to Talk About Opiates.
Transplant Institute, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit
Purpose: Prescription opiate utilization is on the rise. Research on acute liver failure (ALF) has focused on acetaminophen (APAP) overdose or other medical etiologies but…2017 American Transplant Congress
Provision of Highly Specialized Aftercare by the Transplant Center Strongly Improves Patient and Allograft Survival in Long-Term Follow-Up After Kidney Transplantation.
Despite rapid medical advancements in the field of transplantation, mean kidney allograft survival remained at a standstill. If and to what extent a highly specialized…2017 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes of Hand Assisted Laparoscopic Right Donor Nephrectomy, Single Center Experience.
Transplant Surgery, The Ohio State Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH
Right donor nephrectomy,especially when conducted laparoscopically,has not been accepted by most transplant surgeons because of the consequent short right renal vein and the possible increased…2017 American Transplant Congress
Three Year Outcomes Following Positive Crossmatch Renal Transplantation Despite Failure to Convert to Negative Flow Crossmatch After Desensitization.
Purpose: To determine outcomes of positive crossmatch (PXM) renal transplant recipients that failed to convert to a negative flow cytometry crossmatch (FCXM) despite desensitization. Methods:…2017 American Transplant Congress
Incidence and Clinical Outcomes of Active Tuberculosis in Transplant Recipients from a Low Prevalence Region.
Multi-Organ Transplant Program, UHN, Toronto, Canada
Background: Tuberculosis (TB) is a significant opportunistic infection in solid organ transplant recipients (SOTR). Therapy for TB is complex in this population due to drug…2017 American Transplant Congress
The Impact of Insurance Status on Waiting List and Post-Lung Transplant Survival in Patients with Cystic Fibrosis.
1Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH; 2Scientific Reg of Transplant Recipients, Minneapolis, MN
Studies show that insurance status at the time of wait-listing affects waitlist and posttransplant survival after lung transplant. No studies have analyzed the effect of…2017 American Transplant Congress
Evaluation of Outcomes in Renal Transplantation Using Machine Perfusion for the Preservation of Kidneys from Expanded Criteria Donor.
Agence de la Biomedecine, Saint Denis La Plaine, France
Introduction:The shortage of kidney grafts led to retrieve organs from old donors with one or more co-morbidities, considered as “expanded criteria donors” (ECD). In France,…2017 American Transplant Congress
Multidisciplinary Psychosocial Liver Transplant Evaluation in Patients with Alcoholic Liver Disease – Moving Beyond the Six-Month Rule.
Background: For patients with alcoholic liver disease (ALD), many transplant programs and payers have a mandatory six-month sobriety interval prior to transplant eligibility. However, the…2017 American Transplant Congress
Clinic-Based Medication Education Pilot Program.
1Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI; 2University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
Purpose: Adherence to medications is crucial for transplant patients as missing medications can result in increased risk of rejection and graft loss. Augmented education may…
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