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  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Strategies to Promote Pediatric Kidney Transplant Program in China – A Coming Opportunity with Development of Pediatric Deceased Donation.

    L. Liu,1 H. Wang,2 J. Ding,3 B. Shi,4 X. Zhong,3 W. Jiang,2 L. Chen,4 H. Zhang,1 C. Wang.1

    1Organ Transplant Center, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China; 2China Organ Transplant Response System Research Center, Shenzhen, China; 3Department of Pediatrics, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China; 4Data Center of Chinese Scientic Registry of Kidney Transplantation, Beijing, China

    Introduction This article demonstrates the opportunity and challenges of current pediatric kidney transplant program in China, based on the analysis study of the national registry…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Impact of a Pharmacist-Led Vaccine Recommendation Program for Pediatric Kidney Transplant Candidates.

    C. Carthon,1 R. Hall,2 P. Maxwell,2 B. Crowther.2

    1Department of Pharmacy, Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, MO; 2University Transplant Center, University Health System, San Antonio, TX

    Pediatric transplant recipients commonly have a deficient immunization status at the time of transplantation. Utilizing transplant pharmacists to improve these immunization rates has not previously…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Disease Progression on Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy Is a Strong Predictor of Recurrence for Pediatric Hepatoblastoma.

    M. Kueht,1 S. Commander,1 T.-A. Ha,1 A. Rana,1,2 Y. Shi,1 S. Vasudevan,1,2 J. Goss.1,2

    1Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston; 2Surgery, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston

    Purpose. In addition to peri-operative chemotherapy, proper triage between orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) and partial hepatectomy (PH) is critical to limiting disease recurrence in pediatric…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Achieving Ideal Outcome After Intestinal Transplantation: How Close Are We?

    A. Ganoza,1 N. Celik,1 G. Bond,1 K. Soltys,1 J. Rudolph,2 R. Sindhi,1 G. Mazariegos.1

    1Hillman Center for Pediatric Transplantation, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA; 2Intestinal Care and Rehabilitation Center, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA

    Aim:To determine the incidence of factors affecting ideal outcome after pediatric intestinal transplantation (ITx).Methods: Children that underwent primary ITx with intact grafts at one year…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Ornithine Transcarbamylase Deficiency (OTC) in the Donor Liver, the Importance of Ascertaining the Cause of Death in the Brain Dead Donor.

    M. George,1 G. Thomas,1 A. Shun,1 M. Stormon.2

    1Paediatric Surgery and Transplant Surgery, Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, NSW, Australia; 2Paediatric Gastroenterology, Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, NSW, Australia

    The importance of ascertaining the cause of brain death in the donor is vital . We present a case of cadaveric liver donation (seg 2…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    mTOR Inhibitor and Low-Dose Tacrolimus in Pediatric Kidney Transplant (PKT): 9-Years Data of a Bi-Therapy Treatment.

    R. Vilalta, E. Lara, A. Madrid, M. Muñoz, S. Chocron, G. Ariceta.

    Pediatric Nephrology, Hosptal Vall d´Hebron, Barcelona, Spain

    INTRODUCTIONNephrotoxicity , serious infectious, or malignancy risk , curtails tacrolimus use in PKT . However, based on potential antiviral and antitumoral actions of mTOR inhibitor…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Urinary Proteomics to Diagnose Chronic-Antibody-Mediated Rejection in Pediatric Kidney Transplantation.

    N. Kanzelmeyer, P. Zürbig, H. Mischack, K. Heindl Ruszai, T. Seemann, M. Hansen, M. Henn, A. Fichtner, B. Toenshoff, A. Melk, L. Pape.

    Pediatric Nephrology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany; Mosaiques Diagnostics, Hannover, Germany; Pediatric Nephrology, University Hospital of Vienna, Vienna, Austria; Pediatric Nephrology, University Hospital of Prague, Prague, Czech Republic; KfH Center for Pediatric Nephrology, Leipzig, Germany; Pediatrics I, University Hospital of Heidleberg, Heidleberg, Germany

    Chronic antibody-mediated rejection (cAMR) is the main cause of long-term graft loss and presents a diagnostic challenge in renal transplantation medicine. Late-stage diagnosis is made…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Personalizing Immunosuppression with Molecular Phenotyping in Pediatric Liver Transplantation.

    M. Ningappa, C. Ashokkumar, Q. Sun, B. Higgs, K. Soltys, G. Bond, G. Mazariegos, R. Sindhi.

    Pediatric Abdominal Transplant, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, Pittsburgh

    Background: Optimizing immunosuppression requires selecting an agent which can inhibit the dominant anti-rejection mechanism in individual children with liver transplantation (LTx). Extended use of steroids,…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Describing the Effects of the Antibiotic Regimen Immediate Post Multi-Visceral Transplant in the Pediatric Population on the Time to First Serious Bacterial Infection.

    B. Chatani,1 J. Garcia,2 C. Biaggi,2 T. Beduschi,3 A. Tekin,3 R. Vianna,4 I. Gonzalez.5

    1Pediatrics, Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, FL; 2Pediatric Gastroenterology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL; 3Miami Transplant Institute, Miami, FL; 4Surgery, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL; 5Pediatric Infectious Diseases, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL

    This study is designed to elucidate the effect a tailored antibiotic regimen administered immediately post multi visceral transplantation may have on the duration until first…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Rapid Regression of Xanthomata After Orthotopic Liver Tranplantation for Alagille Syndrome.

    N. Galvan,1 P. Nguyen,1 S. Koohmaraie,2 R. Cotton,1 A. Rana,1 C. O'Mahony,1 J. Goss.1

    1Division of Abdominal Transplant, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX; 2Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX

    Arteriohepatic dysplasia, or Alagille syndrome, is a genetic disorder characterized by chronic cholestasis in the setting of multiple congenital abnormalities of different organ systems, including…
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