2015 American Transplant Congress
Arterial Hypertension and the Use of Antihypertensive Medication in Pediatric Renal Transplant Patients: An Analysis of the CERTAIN Registry
BackgroundOur study aimed to describe the prevalence of hypertension, blood pressure (BP) control and the use of antihypertensive (AH) drugs in pediatric renal transplant patients.MethodsCasual…2015 American Transplant Congress
Broader Geographic Sharing of Adolescent Lung Donors Improves Allocation Efficiency
Allocating pediatric donor lungs to pediatric lung transplant (TXP) candidates results in better graft function. However, 87% of adolescent (ADL) donor lungs are allocated to…2015 American Transplant Congress
Gene Expression Monitoring in Pediatric Heart Transplant Recipients
Allomap® gene expression testing is a non-invasive screening tool approved for use in heart transplant recipients age 15 and older. Experience with Allomap® in pediatric…2015 American Transplant Congress
Suboptimal Vaccination Coverage After Liver Transplantation: Opportunity for Improvement
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH.
Elimination of vaccine-preventable disease after solid organ transplantation (SOT) has the potential to improve outcomes. We evaluated immunization rates and the impact of directed recommendations…2015 American Transplant Congress
Vitamin D Deficiency and Hypertension in Pediatric Kidney Transplant Patients: Could We Be Doing More?
Introduction and Objective: 50-80% of pediatric kidney transplant patients have hypertension (HTN). HTN is a known risk factor for decreased allograft function and survival in…2015 American Transplant Congress
Results of Broader Sharing of Young Pediatric Donor Lungs and Priority Allocation System for Young Pediatric Lung Candidates
Background. Two major changes for allocation of young pediatric (ped) lung (LU) donors and young ped candidates were implemented on 9/12/10. LUs from 0-11 year…2015 American Transplant Congress
Prevalence and Outcomes of Heart Transplantation in Children With Intellectual Disability
Background:Heart transplantation in children with intellectual disability (ID) is a controversial issue. Previous research on this population has been limited to small case reports.Objective:To describe…2015 American Transplant Congress
Age-Specific Graft Failure Rates in Pediatric Liver Transplant Recipients
Graft failure risk peaks during emerging adulthood (18-25 y) in kidney transplant recipients. The association between age and graft failure risk in liver transplant recipients…2015 American Transplant Congress
Immunomonitoring By Virus-Specific T Cells After Pediatric Kidney Transplantation (IVIST01-Trial): Study Design and Status
After kidney transplantation (Tx) immunosuppressive therapy causes an impaired cellular immune defense with an increased risk of viral complications. Virus-specific T cells (Tvis) correlate with…2015 American Transplant Congress
Post Transplant De Novo Donor Specific Antibodies Correlate With the Development of Bronchiolitis Obliterans Syndrome Following Pediatric Lung Transplantation
Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX; Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX.
HLA donor specific antibodies (DSA) have been associated with poor allograft survival following adult solid organ transplantation (Tx). However, there is little evidence implicating post-Tx…
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