2018 American Transplant Congress
Race and Socioeconomic Disparities in Organ Type, Recovery and Readmission in Kidney Transplant Recipients
Glickman Urology and Nephrology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland.
Objectives: Racial and socioeconomic disparities are prevalent in healthcare, including for kidney transplant recipients. Post-transplant, patients are faced with many challenges that contribute to high…2018 American Transplant Congress
Obesity is Associated with Increased Risk of Mortality among Living Kidney Donors
Background: Living kidney donor (LKD) demographics have changed, and transplant centers have relaxed selection criteria to include LKDs with obesity. Recently, it has been shown…2018 American Transplant Congress
Preemptive Plasma Therapy and Eculizumab (ECU) Rescue for Atypical Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome (aHUS) Relapse Following Kidney Transplantation (KTX)
Introduction: KTX in aHUS patients is associated with a high rate of relapse and graft loss. Here, we report on seven aHUS cases with end-stage…2018 American Transplant Congress
Attitudes of African Canadian Patients with End Stage Kidney Disease toward Living Donor Kidney Transplantation
University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Background:African Canadian patients with end stage kidney disease (ESKD) are less likely to receive a living donor kidney transplant (LDKT) compared to Caucasian Canadians. We…2018 American Transplant Congress
Torsion and Inversion of Intraperitoneal Kidneys Manifesting as Acute Allograft Dysfunction – A Case Series
Saint Barnabas Medical Center, Livingston, NJ.
Torsion (rotation of kidney allograft around its vascular pedicle) or inversion (rotation of kidney graft around ureter) of intraperitoneal transplant kidney is a rare complication.…2018 American Transplant Congress
Factors Associated with the Development of Chronic Kidney Disease after Liver Transplantation
Liver Unit, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, United Kingdom.
BackgroundRenal dysfunction is a common complication after liver transplantation. The increased use of DCD livers has been associated with postoperative acute kidney injury (AKI). However,…2018 American Transplant Congress
Activation Requirements of Costimulation Blockade-Resistant CD4 T Cells
T cells lose costimulation dependence following primary activation and many phenotypes of terminally differentiated cells have been identified as contributing to costimulation blockade (CoB)-resistant rejection…2018 American Transplant Congress
Kidney Quality Influences Patient and Graft Survival in Liver Transplant Recipients with End Stage Renal Disease
Surgery, University of Wisconsin, Madison.
Background: Recent changes in the allocation policy established by UNOS created a competitive algorithm that facilitates the placement of kidneys in liver transplant recipients that…2018 American Transplant Congress
Participation in Paid Work across the Transplant Trajectory from the Perspective of End-Stage-Kidney-Disease Patients
Psychology, University of Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada.
Purpose: To explore end-stage-kidney-disease patients' experiences of labour participation, from the kidney failure diagnosis to the post-transplant recovery period.Methods: A qualitative research design was adopted.…2018 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Pre-Transplant Dialysis on ESRD-Free and Patient Survival in Heart Transplant Alone and in Simultaneous Heart/Kidney Transplant Recipients: UNOS Data Analysis
Medicine, Loyola University, Maywood, IL.
It is well known that chronic kidney disease has significant negative impact on post-transplant survival in heart transplant (HTx) recipients. Here we wanted to evaluate…
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