2018 American Transplant Congress
Liver Transplant Recipients with End-Stage Renal Disease Largely Benefit from Kidney Transplantation
Background: The incidence of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) following liver transplant (LT) has increased. The actual benefit of kidney transplantation (KT) is not completely understood…2018 American Transplant Congress
The Impact of Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis on Patient Outcomes after Liver Transplantation Using the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipient (SRTR) Database
Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) is associated with abdominal inflammation and increased morbidity in patients with end-stage liver disease. However, SBP has generally not been associated…2018 American Transplant Congress
Characterization of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Memory T Cell Subsets in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients with Previously Treated Active Tuberculosis
Introduction:Cell-mediated immune (CMI) responses including CD4+ and CD8+ T-cells contribute to control of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTb) infection. There are no data on long term TB-specific…2018 American Transplant Congress
Donor Acute Kidney Injury Does Not Affect Fibrosis on 1 Year Post-Transplant Kidney Biopsy
Thomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA.
PurposeThe use of kidneys from deceased donors with acute kidney injury (AKI) at the time of donation is a potential method by which to expand…2018 American Transplant Congress
Complications and QoL after Living Donor Hepatectomy: Analysis of 176 Cases at a Single Center
Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.
Background: Living liver donation is one of the most selfless and humane acts a person can perform. Few single-center reports have been published specifically evaluating…2018 American Transplant Congress
Secular Trends in the Medical Complexity and Outcomes of Medicare-Insured Patients Undergoing Kidney Transplant
1Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA; 2Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX.
Graft and patient survival following kidney transplant (KT) are improving. The reasons for this trend are unclear. We set out to examine concurrent changes in…2018 American Transplant Congress
Post‐Donation eGFR Levels Predicts New‐Onset Antihypertensive Medication Use after Living Kidney Donation
Limited data are available on the outcome implications of renal function after living kidney donation.We constructed a novel database linking SRTR registry identifiers, serum creatinine…2018 American Transplant Congress
A Novel Peripheral Blood mRNA Biomarker Predicts Subclinical Rejection and Kidney Transplant Outcomes
BACKGROUNDSub-clinical acute rejection (subAR) in kidney transplant recipients (KTR), defined as histological rejection on surveillance biopsy (Bx) in a patient with stable renal function, signals…2018 American Transplant Congress
Tuberculosis among Kidney Transplant Patients Compared to Dialysis and Non-Dialysis CKD Patients over a Decade Period
USRDS showed that 1.2% & 1.6% incidences of tuberculosis-TB in patients on peritoneal dialysis and hemodialysis-HD, respectively. Kidney transplant-KTX patients have higher rates.We studied the…2018 American Transplant Congress
Liver Allocation: One OPO's Experience with Expedited versus Non-Expedited Placement
LifeShare Transplant Donor Services of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, OK.
Background: One organ procurement organization (OPO) sought to study expedited versus non-expedited livers recovered/transplanted after local/regional centers declined. The OPO sought to determine relative recipient…
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