2017 American Transplant Congress
Improved Creatinine Immediately Post-LVAD Predicts Lower AKI Risk After Heart Transplant.
Background-Left ventricular assist device(LVAD) placement often improves renal function in patients with advanced heart failure. In those bridged to transplant with LVAD support it is…2017 American Transplant Congress
Sequential Liver-Kidney Transplantation Is Equivalent to Simultaneous Liver–Kidney Transplantation in Candidates Requiring Dialysis Pre-Transplant.
Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
Introduction: Liver transplant is the optimal therapy for patients with end-stage liver disease (ESLD). Appropriately-selected candidates with renal impairment benefit from transplantation of liver and…2017 American Transplant Congress
Kidney Re-Transplant Rate in Simultaneous Kidney Pancreas Transplant Recipients.
Transplant, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
Bladder drainage, although no longer the most commonly performed method for exocrine drainage of the pancreas, remains an option for patients undergoing simultaneous pancreas- kidney…2017 American Transplant Congress
Serum Phosphorus and Cardiovascular Disease Outcomes, Graft Failure, or Total Mortality in Chronic Kidney Transplant Recipients.
Mild hyperphosphatemia may be present in chronic kidney transplant recipients [KTRs]. Limited data are available from large, multicenter KTR cohorts assessing the potential relationships between…2017 American Transplant Congress
A Decade of Paediatric Kidney Transplantation in Children Weighing <20kg.
Introduction: Renal transplantation is the gold standard treatment for end-stage kidney disease. There are increased challenges in paediatric renal transplant recipients under 20kg, especially when…2017 American Transplant Congress
Does Simultaneous Liver Kidney Transplant in Patients with MELD ≥35 on Renal Replacement Therapy at the Time of Transplant Improve Outcome?
Transplant Hepatology, Univ. of Tennessee, Memphis, TN
Background: A significant proportion of patients with MELD ≥35 have renal failure requiring renal replacement therapy (RRT) at the time of transplant, and receive either…2017 American Transplant Congress
Podocyte Participates in the ST2 Related Renal Fibrosis.
Objective Soluble ST2 (sST2) which is the receptor of IL-33 is involved in renal inflammation and it is also correlated with disease severity in chronic…2017 American Transplant Congress
Incidence and Outcomes of Immediate Post-Operative Dialysis in Liver Transplantation.
Transplant and Hepatobiliary Surgery, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI
Aim: Although kidney dysfunction secondary to hepatorenal syndrome is expected to recover with liver transplant alone (LTA), patients with pre-transplant marginal kidney function may be…2017 American Transplant Congress
Benefits of Induction in Recipients of Acute Renal Failure Donor Kidneys.
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Kidneys from donors with acute renal failure (ARF) are often discarded due to concerns for DGF and graft failure. Induction immunosuppression can be used to…2017 American Transplant Congress
Predictors of Renal Function Compensation in Live Donor Nephrectomy.
Introduction: Renal transplantation is the preferred option for patients with end stage renal disease (ESRD). It provides better quality of life and lower mortality rates…
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