2018 American Transplant Congress
Early Life Stress Exposure and Cardio-Renal Outcomes in Pediatric Kidney Transplantation
UAB School of Medicine, Birmingham.
Purpose: Early life stress (ELS) has emerged as an important cardiovascular risk factor in adulthood, and can be characterized by exposure to adverse childhood experiences…2018 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes from 194 Consecutive Split Left Liver Transplants: Comparison of Living versus Deceased Donors
Recanati/Miller Transplant Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York.
Methods:Analysis of long term outcomes of 194 consecutive left lateral segment grafts (LLS) including 94 living (LD) and 99 deceased (DD) donor grafts (1992 -…2018 American Transplant Congress
Using a Data Analytics Platform to Improve Patient Care in Pediatric Lung Transplantation
PurposeLung transplantation in children remains challenging, requiring extensive infrastructure and expertise. At our institution, we have performed 191 pediatric lung transplants since 2002. We hypothesized…2018 American Transplant Congress
Prospective Analysis of EBV+ PTLD Incidence in Pediatric Transplant Recipients in the Modern Era
Post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder (PTLD) remains a serious problem in the pediatric transplant population. The Clinical Trials of Organ Transplantation in Children (CTOTC)-06 is an NIAID-sponsored…2018 American Transplant Congress
A Single Center Transition of Care Model from Pediatric Heart Recipients to Adult Services Ongoing Study Model
Heart Transplant, Vanderbilt Medical Center, Nashville, TN.
This is an ongoing look at designing a pediatric to adult transition model and lessons learned over time. It has been shown that the first…2018 American Transplant Congress
Long Term IVIG Infusions for Treatment of Chronic Antibody Mediated Rejection in Pediatric Kidney Transplant Recipients
Objectives: The emergence of donor specific antibodies (DSA) after kidney transplantation (Tx) is associated with lower graft survival. The benefit of using intravenous gamma globulin…2018 American Transplant Congress
Re-Hospitalization after Pediatric Kidney Transplantation in Steroid Avoidance Protocols
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.
Data on re-hospitalization rates in steroid avoidance protocols is limited. We performed a single-center, retrospective cohort study of pediatric kidney transplant recipients between 2006 and…2018 American Transplant Congress
Predicting Pediatric Liver Transplant Rejection with Peripheral Blood Leukocyte (PBL) Transcripts-Considerations and Design Limitations
Pediatric Abdominal Transplant, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA.
Background: Optimizing immunosuppression requires individualized rejection-risk assessment in children with liver transplantation (LTx). PBL transcripts are a desirable non-invasive solution. Purpose: To characterize PBL transcriptome…2018 American Transplant Congress
Preparation for Transfer to Adult Kidney Transplant Care: Impacts of Providing Written Guidance
Objective: Survey youth and parents in a pediatric kidney transplant clinic with the following aims: 1) Compare pre- and post-intervention experiences with the transition process;…2018 American Transplant Congress
Programmed Cell Death Ligand 1 (PD-L1) Expression is Associated with Subtypes of Post-Transplant Lymphoproliferative Disorders (PTLD)
Introduction: PD-L1 expression on select tumor cells engages the PD-1 receptor on T cells, inhibiting anti-tumor immune responses. PD-L1 has been detected in cases of…
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