2019 American Transplant Congress
Osmotic Demyelination Syndrome after Liver Transplantation- Etiology and Treatment Options
*Purpose: Orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) is the only effective therapy for patients with end stage liver failure that increases long-term survival, but is not without…2019 American Transplant Congress
Postoperative Telemonitoring Following Kidney Transplantation: Effects on Early Hospital Readmissions and Graft Outcomes
University hospitals of Cleveland, Cleveland, OH
*Purpose: Telemonitoring has been recently shown to improve outcomes and reduce hospital admission rate in cardiac patients. We sought to study the effect of telemonitoring…2019 American Transplant Congress
Pregnancy in Renal Transplant Recipients A Single Center Retrospective Study
*Purpose: Pregnancies after renal transplantation (RT) are classified as high risk and are reported to generate maternal and foetal complications. The aim of this study…2019 American Transplant Congress
Efficacy And Safety Of Febuxostat In Renal Transplant Recipients With Hyperuricemia
*Purpose: To assess the efficacy and safety of febuxostat in the treatment of hyperuricemia in renal transplant recipients.*Methods: A total number of 124 renal transplant…2019 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Glomerulitis at 4-Month Biopsy on Long Term Kidney Allograft Outcomes
*Purpose: Antibody mediated rejection (AMR) is diagnosed based on combination of elevated creatinine, histopathological findings defined as glomerulitis (g), and peritubular capillaritis (ptc), with or…2019 American Transplant Congress
The More You Wait, the More You Lose: Prostatectomy and Kidney Transplant Waiting Time in End Stage Renal Disease
1University Hospitals of Cleveland, Cleveland, OH, 2Case Western Researve University, Cleveland, OH
*Purpose: Optimal treatment and waiting time for patients with prostate cancer awaiting kidney transplant is unclear.*Methods: We studied male patients, 40 years or older, with…2019 American Transplant Congress
Predicting Transplant Rejection by a Composite Urinary Injury Score
Department of Surgery, UCSF, San Francisco, CA
*Purpose: While sequencing or SNP-based methods of quantifying donor-derived cell-free DNA (dd-cfDNA) from plasma have been used to detect allograft rejection, they remain expensive and…2019 American Transplant Congress
Successful Weaning Of Parenteral Nutrition After Serial Transverse Enteroplasty: The Largest Series Of Adult Short Gut Syndrome Patients
Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH
*Purpose: Serial Transverse Enteroplasty Procedure (STEP) is an effective procedure to restore nutritional autonomy, but with limited experience especially in adult patients. The aims of…2019 American Transplant Congress
Gut Microbiome And Acute Rejection After Kidney Transplantation
*Purpose: Acute rejection (AR) is a common complication in kidney transplantation (KT) and associated with reduced patient-graft survival. Recent studies have shown that the gut…2019 American Transplant Congress
A Randomized Pilot Trial of Home-Based Physical Activity Plus Dietary Intervention to Improve Physical Function in Patients with Advanced Liver Disease
*Purpose: Deconditioning and frailty are prevalent among liver transplant (LTx) candidates and prehabilitation programs have been proposed in order to improve clinical outcomes. However, few…
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