2016 American Transplant Congress
Predictors of Postoperative Cardiovascular Complications Until Three Months After Kidney Transplantation.
Purpose: To identify factors involved in cardiac events within three months after renal transplantation.Methods: We conducted a chart review for all renal transplants (RT) performed…2016 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes of Hispanic Kidney Transplant Recipients Under a Cyclosporine versus Tacrolimus Based Immunosuppression Protocol.
University of Illinois, Chicago.
Purpose: In 2005, an internal retrospective study at our institution showed a higher incidence of post transplant diabetes mellitus (PTDM) in our Hispanic kidney transplant…2016 American Transplant Congress
LACE Index Risk Assessment Tool Predicts Liver Transplant Readmissions.
Background:One-fifth of Medicare patients are readmitted to the hospital an annual cost of $17.4 billion. The LACE Index (Length of stay, Acuity of the admission,…2016 American Transplant Congress
Stratifying Skin Versus Non-Skin Cancer Risk Post-Kidney Transplantation According to Patient Characteristics.
Introduction Cancer is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality after kidney transplantation but risk differs e.g. non-melanoma skin cancers have a better prognosis compared…2016 American Transplant Congress
Prediction of Patient Survival After Kidney Transplantation: Construction, Validation and Evaluation of Decision Models Using Data Mining Approaches.
Understanding the risk factors that predispose to death is important in order to deliver the most appropriate therapy to patients (pts) with kidney transplantation (Tx).…2016 American Transplant Congress
Clostridium difficile Infection in Patients with a Continuous Flow, Durable Left Ventricular Assist Device.
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia University, New York.
Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) increases morbidity and mortality in hospitalized patients. Patients with a ventricular assist device (VAD) are exposed to known risk factors for…2016 American Transplant Congress
Ineligible: Attitudes and Follow-Up of Individuals Ruled Out of Living Kidney Donation.
1Yale U, New Haven; 2Northwestern U, Chicago; 3U Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
Background: Little is known about the experiences of individuals who begin living kidney donor (LKD) evaluation but are turned down due to ineligibility. We assessed…2016 American Transplant Congress
Anti-Thymocyte Globulin Induced Thrombocytopenia and Bleeding After Kidney Transplantation.
Background: Bleeding is a significant challenge after renal transplantation. Anti-thymocyte globulin (ATG) induced thrombocytopenia may increase bleeding after kidney transplantation (KTx), but this association has…2016 American Transplant Congress
Risk Factors for Early Readmission After Total Pancreatectomy with Islet Auto Transplantation.
Introduction: Readmission after Total Pancreatectomy with Islet Auto Transplantation (TPIAT) is common, but no data is available on reasons for readmission and islet graft function.Aims:…2016 American Transplant Congress
Air Pollution – An Additional Risk Factor for Developing Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy.
Cardiothoracic, Transplantation and Vascular Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.
Purpose:Cardiac allograft vasculopathy (CAV) remains one of the primary causes of death in long-term follow-up after heart transplantation (HTx) and is the most limiting factor…
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