2015 American Transplant Congress
Clinical Utility of Allospecific CD154+T-Cells in Children With Liver Or Intestine Transplantation (LTx, ITx)
Background: Allospecific CD154+T-cytotoxic memory (CD154+TcM) have completed investigational evaluation as predictors of acute cellular rejection in children with LTx or ITx.Purpose: To evaluate CD154+TcM** as…2015 American Transplant Congress
Mechanisms Underlying Treg Dysfunction in DAIH- Role for PD-L1?
Background: we have previously shown that ex vivo Tregs from patients with DAIH demonstrate differentiation plasticity towards TH17. To understand the mechanisms underlying this we…2015 American Transplant Congress
Pubertal Development in Pediatric Kidney Transplant Patients Receiving Everolimus Or Conventional Immunosuppression
TOR inhibitors (mTORi) have been discussed to eventually influence pubertal development after pediatric kidney transplantation (Tx).This is the first trial to compare pubertal development in…2015 American Transplant Congress
Effective Long-Term Prophylaxis against De Novo Hepatitis B With Hepatitis B Vaccination in Pediatric Recipients of HbcAb-Positive Liver Grafts
Department of Surgery, Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, Korea.
Background) Controversy still exists concerning the use of livers from hepatitis B surface antigen-negative (HBsAg-)/hepatitis B core antibody-positive (HBcAb+) donors for liver transplantation (LT). We…2015 American Transplant Congress
Assessment of Actual Pediatric Organ Donation Potential: Neurologic and Circulatory Determination of Death at a Children's Hospital
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Organ donation after circulatory determination of death (DCDD) is increasing. DCDD offers potential for additional abdominal organ donation. We evaluated all dying…2015 American Transplant Congress
An Orchestrated Sequence of Innate and Adaptive Immune Responses Is Associated With Rejection After Pediatric Liver Transplantation
The concept of a coordinated immune response initiated by innate and sustained by adaptive immune cells and their soluble mediators is well established for infection…2015 American Transplant Congress
High Incidence of Masked Hypertension in Pediatric Recipients of Stem Cell Transplantation
Purpose: Different from recipients of a solid organ transplant, stem cell transplantation (SCT) recipients do not receive long term immunosuppressive treatment that may cause renal…2015 American Transplant Congress
Standardizing Quality Improvement Practices in Pediatric Liver Transplantation: The SPLIT A3 Project
Quality improvement (QI) programs are key drivers of continual reform in process and patient safety, but at present, there are no pediatric liver transplant (PLT)-specific…2015 American Transplant Congress
The Use of Inhaled Tobramycin in Pediatric Transplant Patients Without Cystic Fibrosis
Purpose:To evaluate dosing strategies used and systemic levels achieved of inhaled tobramycin in pediatric patients without cystic fibrosis (CF)Methods:A retrospective single-center chart review was performed…2015 American Transplant Congress
Does Higher Cost Improve Outcome in Pediatric Liver Transplantation?
Surgery, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA.
Examine the relationship between transplant-related total cost and 1-year graft failure and patient mortality rate for liver transplantation at freestanding children's hospitals.Using the Pediatric Health…
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