2018 American Transplant Congress
Transplant Cost Reduction in a Developing Country: “The Case of Guatemala”
Background: Guatemala, south-west of Mexico has a population of approximately 16 million people of which 60% are younger than 20 years. As any other developing…2018 American Transplant Congress
Improved Renal Allograft Survival for Pre-Emptive Paediatric Renal Transplant Recipients in the United Kingdom
OBJECTIVESThe aim of this study was to investigate whether being on dialysis at the time of renal transplantation affected renal allograft survival in paediatric renal…2018 American Transplant Congress
Immune Phenotyping in a Pediatric Multicenter Transplant Study: Suitability of a Pre-Formulated Dry Antibody Panel System
Background:Flow cytometric immune-phenotyping is influenced by cryopreservation and inter-laboratory variability limiting comparability in multi center studies. The Duraclone™ system (DC) provides optimized pre-mixed dry antibody…2018 American Transplant Congress
Long-Term Efficacy and Safety of Prolonged-Release Tacrolimus in Stable Pediatric Allograft Recipients Converted from Immediate-Release Tacrolimus
Study assessed long-term efficacy/safety of prolonged-release tacrolimus (PR-T) in stable solid organ allograft recipients (aged 5–16 yrs) who participated in a multicenter, Phase II pharmacokinetics…2018 American Transplant Congress
Long-Term Outcome of Pediatric Kidney Transplantation: A Single-Center Experience over the past Three Decades in Japan
Purpose: Kidney transplantation (KTx) is the preferred treatment for children with ESRD. Although the steady advances in immunosuppression have enabled control of early acute rejection…2018 American Transplant Congress
Comparison of No Kasai Portoenterstomy to Failed Kasai: Analysis of UNOS Database
Texas Children's Hospital/Baylor College of Medicine, Houston.
IntroductionInfants with biliary atresia (BA) identified “later” (typically after 90 days of life) present a management challenge, as late Kasai portoenterostomy (KP) has high failure…2018 American Transplant Congress
Circulating Exosomes with Lung Self-Antigens, Kα1Tubulin and Collagen V, and Immunoregulatory Molecules Are Present in Bronchiolitis Obliterans Syndrome Following Pediatric Lung Transplantation
Exosomes containing mismatched donor HLA and lung restricted self-antigens (SAgs), Kα1 Tubulin (Kα1T) and Collagen V (Col-V), have demonstrated in sera and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid…2018 American Transplant Congress
Increasing Use of Exceptions after Changes to Pediatric Heart Allocation
Purpose: Pediatric heart allocation in the United States was changed in 2016. The primary goal was to better align candidate status with waitlist mortality. Whether…2018 American Transplant Congress
The Impact of Childhood Solid Organ Transplantation on B-Cell Maturation
Background:The developing immune system of childhood promotes better graft acceptance and longevity but also higher risk for infections and post-transplant (Tx) lymphoproliferative disorders. This may…2018 American Transplant Congress
Patient and Graft Survival in Pediatric Renal Transplant Recipients Compared to Adult Multi-Organ (Kidney-Pancreas, Simultaneous Liver-Kidney, or Heart-Kidney) Transplant Recipients: An Analysis of OPTN Data
Under the current kidney allocation system (KAS), pediatric (PED) renal transplant (RTx) candidates have a priority to kidneys from donors with KDPI <35%. However, multi-organ…
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