2018 American Transplant Congress
APOL1 Long-Term Kidney Transplantation Outcomes Network (APOLLO)
Two renal-risk variants in the apolipoprotein L1 gene (APOL1) are powerfully associated with a spectrum of non-diabetic chronic kidney diseases in populations with recent African…2018 American Transplant Congress
Variation in Hypothermic Machine Perfusion Utilization and Clinical Outcomes for Deceased-Donor Kidneys
Introduction:Hypothermic machine perfusion (HMP) has been shown to be an effective method for preserving kidney allografts from deceased donors (1), but data suggests that low-risk…2018 American Transplant Congress
Mortality and Kidney Transplantation Outcomes among Chronic Dialysis Patients Who Are Seropositive for Hepatitis C Virus
1Univ of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA; 2Univ of Alabama, Birmingham, AL; 3DaVita, Minneapolis, MN.
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is common among patients receiving chronic dialysis. However, few studies have examined both survival on dialysis as well as transplantation…2018 American Transplant Congress
Worsening Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Pediatric Kidney Transplant Outcomes in the US
Purpose: We recently demonstrated narrowed racial/ethnic disparities in adult kidney transplant (KT) outcomes in the US. The goal of this study was to examine twenty-year…2018 American Transplant Congress
A Novel Dropout Risk Score in Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC) Patients Listed for Liver Transplant (LT) – Identifying a Threshold That Predicts Worse Post-LT Survival in Short Wait Regions
Background: Short wait time to LT for HCC patients may result in transplanting aggressive tumors at high risk for HCC recurrence who otherwise would have…2018 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Center Volume on Kidney Transplant Outcomes in Contemporary U.S. Transplant Practice
With the significant organ shortage, transplant professionals have expanded use of higher-risk deceased donor organs. The use of such organs requires surgical expertise and multidisciplinary…2018 American Transplant Congress
Clinical Outcomes of Kidney Transplant Recipients Infected with Hepatitis C Virus and Treated with Direct-Acting Antiviral Therapy
Introduction:Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection has negative impact on patient and graft survival in kidney transplant recipients. In the past, treatment of HCV infection post…2018 American Transplant Congress
Racial Disparities in Post-Liver Transplant Survival before and after Share 35 Implementation
Background: The Share 35 policy was intended to improve equity in access to liver transplantation by broadening regional sharing of livers for the sickest patients…2018 American Transplant Congress
BK Viremia in Simultaneous Kidney Pancreas Recipients: Single Center Experience
Introduction: The impact of BK viremia in recipients of simultaneous pancreas and kidney transplantation (SPK) is not well known. We therefore studied the incidence and…2018 American Transplant Congress
Short-Term Outcome Prediction Model in Deceased Donor Kidney Transplant Recipients
1OSU, Columbus; 2UVA, Charlottesville; 3Montefiore, New York; 4NWU, Chicago.
Background: Lack of accurate outcome prediction models may be a reason for the increase in organ discard rate that further burdens the growing kidney transplant…
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