2016 American Transplant Congress
Risk of ESRD in Potential HIV+ Live Kidney Donors.
1Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore; 2University of Alabama, Birmingham.
The HOPE Act allows HIV+ individuals to be live kidney donors; however, candidacy for donation is poorly understood given the potential additional risk of ESRD…2016 American Transplant Congress
Evaluating Associations Between Clinical and Psychosocial Risk Factors and Adverse Post-Transplant Events in High Risk Renal Transplant Recipients.
Kidney/Pancreas Transplant, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN.
Kidney transplant recipients (KTRs) require a complex medical regimen in the post-transplant period that can be difficult to navigate and if not followed, significant complications…2016 American Transplant Congress
Muscle Density Is Associated with Mortality Among Kidney Waitlist Candidates.
Background: Morphometric assessments, such as muscle density and body fat distribution, have emerged as strong predictors of cardiovascular risk and post-operative morbidity and mortality. To…2016 American Transplant Congress
Risk Factors for the Development of CMV Viremia in a Cohort of Morbidly Obese Kidney Transplant Recipients Under Low Dose Valganciclovir Prophylaxis.
Background: The rate of Cytomegalovirus infections in kidney transplant recipients drastically diminished with the advent of oral ganciclovir and subsequently valganciclovir. However it continues to…2015 American Transplant Congress
Patient and Process-Level Factors Associated With Kidney Transplant Readmissions
Readmissions following kidney transplantation (KTX) are common, with complex etiologies. There is a lack of research exploring the potential of optimizing post-transplant processes to reduce…2015 American Transplant Congress
Diabetes Mellitus and Prediabetes On Kidney Transplant Waiting List – Prevalence, Metabolic Phenotyping and Risk Stratification Approach
Purpose: Diabetes mellitus (DM), the most common cause of ESRD, limits access to transplantation and impairs patient and allograft outcome. Prediabetes is an independent risk…2015 American Transplant Congress
Obesity: A Major Risk Factor for Wound and Parietal Complications in Renal Transplantation
Division of Urology, Renal Transplantation Unit, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Purpose: The increase of obesity among patients with end-stage renal disease poses a major challenge for urologists and nephrologists. Many centers set an upper limit…2015 American Transplant Congress
Early Hospital Readmission After Simultaneous Pancreas-Kidney Transplantation
Background: Early hospital readmission (EHR) is associated with increased morbidity and mortality after kidney transplantation. However, following simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplantation (SPK), EHR rates are unknown,…2015 American Transplant Congress
Pre-Transplant Cardiac Troponin T (cTT) Is a Strong Predictor of Post Kidney Transplant Hospitalizations
Identifying patients at risk of re-hospitalization will permit improved monitoring and may decrease morbidity.We examined nine objective variables at the time of transplant and their…2015 American Transplant Congress
Everolimus-Based Immunosuppression Is Associated With a Reduced Risk of New-Onset Malignancies After Liver Transplantation
Background and aim: The inhibitor of the mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) everolimus (EVR) has shown anti-proliferative effects in experimental and clinical models. We investigated…
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