2017 American Transplant Congress
Polypharmacy and Frailty in Kidney Transplant Recipients.
Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins Medicine Institute, Baltimore, MD
Frailty is common in kidney transplant (KT) recipients with a prevalence of 20%, and is associated with post-KT adverse events including mortality, DGF, early hospital…2017 American Transplant Congress
Prescription Opioid Use Before and After Kidney Transplant: Implications for Post-Transplant Outcomes.
We previously identified associations of opioid use before kidney transplant (KTx) with post-KTx complications.To confirm and extend these findings, we examined a novel database wherein…2017 American Transplant Congress
Incidence and Risk Factors for Cervical Dysplasia Associated to Human Papillomavirus Infection in Women with Kidney Transplant.
Introduction: Women with kidney transplant (KT) have an increased risk for Human Papillomavirus (HPV) infection, which is related to cervical cancer, reaching an incidence of…2017 American Transplant Congress
Urinary Concentration Ability in Kidney Transplant Patients as Predictor for CKD.
Urinary concentration is the result of a complex glomerulotubular mechanism, which culpits with the stimulation of aquaporins at the collector tubule, in response to vasopressin…2017 American Transplant Congress
Factors Predicting 30-Day Hospital Readmission After Kidney Transplant.
Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL
Background: Hospital readmissions after kidney transplant have been associated with increased morbidity, mortality, decreased quality of life, and increased healthcare costs. The objective of this…2017 American Transplant Congress
Does Histologic Grade in BK Polyoma Nephropathy Associate with Viral Load, Allograft Dysfunction or Allograft Loss? A Single Center Experience.
1Nephrology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA; 2Pathology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
Purpose: BK polyoma nephropathy (BKPyN) is a well-recognized cause of allograft dysfunction and loss after kidney transplant. Despite increased recognition, it is unclear if changes…2017 American Transplant Congress
Simultaneous Pancreas and Kidney Transplant (SPK) – The New Standard of Care for Uremic Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM).
Surgery, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY
Introduction: While a SPK is now considered standard of care for uremic T1 DM patients, it is not for T2DM (despite similar medical issues). The…2017 American Transplant Congress
Apolipoprotein L1 & Chronic Kidney Disease Risk in Young Potential Living Kidney Donors.
Background: Living kidney donor selection practices have evolved from examining individual risk factors to a risk calculator incorporating multiple characteristics. Due to limited long-term data…2017 American Transplant Congress
Living Kidney Transplant: The Influence of Intraoperative Hemodynamics on Delayed Graft Function.
Despite advantages of living donor kidneys, intraoperative insults may subject these kidneys to poor outcomes. Therefore, we investigated whether intraoperative fluid volumes and hemodynamics in…2017 American Transplant Congress
Neurogenic Orthostatic Hypotension: An Iatrogenic Complication of Successful Pancreas Transplantation?
1Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX; 2Veloxis Pharmaceuticals, Cary, NC
Abrupt improvement in glycemic control is known to cause treatment-induced neuoropathies in poorly-controlled diabetes (DM).1 Similarly, neurogenic orthostatic hypotension (OH) is a well-known complication of…
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