2016 American Transplant Congress
Increased Waitlist Death and Removal in Pediatric Liver Transplant Recipients Denied Exception Requests.
Purpose: Over 30% of children listed for liver transplant (LT) have exceptions filed to increase their PELD/MELD. Non-standard exception requests (NSER) are granted by regional…2016 American Transplant Congress
Predictors of Early Rejection and Allograft Failure in Pediatric Kidney Transplantation: Impact of Histology and Behavior.
University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine, Birmingham.
Background: Early inflammatory events that lead to allograft dysfunction are often missed by creatinine-based estimates in children. Surveillance biopsies can detect early allograft dysfunction due…2016 American Transplant Congress
Life-Years Saved After Pediatric Liver Transplantation.
SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY.
Introduction: Transplantation has provided tremendous progress for pediatric patients with liver failure.We determined the survival benefit for pediatric patients as reported to UNOS.Methods: In this…2016 American Transplant Congress
Differences in Reported Barriers to Immunosuppression Adherence Among a Cohort of Pediatric Renal Transplant Recipients from the United States and Canada.
Aim: The purpose of this study was to examine differences in reported barriers to immunosuppressant adherence (IA) between a cohort of pediatric renal transplant recipients…2016 American Transplant Congress
Portal Venous Flow Volume Measurements May Aid Intraoperative Management of Large Portosystemic Shunts During Pediatric Liver Transplantation.
PURPOSE: In pediatric patients undergoing liver transplantation, portal hypoperfusion can result in irreversible portal vein thrombosis and early graft loss. Intraoperative hepatic hemodynamic studies have…2016 American Transplant Congress
Long-Term Outcomes After Pediatric Liver Transplantation for Malignant Liver Tumors: Effects of Era and Age.
Background: Hepatoblastoma (HB), hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), along with hemangioendothelioma, hemangiosarcoma, and angiosarcoma (HHA) are rare tumors in children that are treated with orthotopic liver transplantation…2016 American Transplant Congress
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) Associated with Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) in Paediatric Non-Kidney Transplant Recipients.
Background: Kidney dysfunction is common after solid organ transplantation; however, rates of post-transplant AKI and CKD in children are unknown.Objective: Determine rates of AKI and…2016 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes with the Use of Pediatric Donor Livers in Adult Recipients: Review of the UNOS Database.
Transplant, Mayo Clinic Florida, Jacksonville, FL.
Background: While there is an agreement that pediatric donor (PD) livers should ideally be used for pediatric recipients, there remain some situations where these livers…2016 American Transplant Congress
Donor-Specific Antibodies in a Single-Center Pediatric Kidney Transplant Population – Incidence and Risk Factors.
In mid-2015, we implemented donor-specific antibody (DSA) monitoring in our pediatric kidney transplant recipient (pKTR) population as recommended (Transplantation 2013;95:19-). We now cross-sectionally analyzed our…2016 American Transplant Congress
Living Donor Liver Transplantation for Children With Biliary Atresia in the Pediatric End-Stage Liver Disease Era: The Role of Age and Insurance Status.
Lower socioeconomic status has been linked to inferior health outcomes. We have previously shown that children with biliary atresia (BA) who have public insurance (PU)…
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