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…2016 American Transplant Congress
The Association of Life Expectancy by Resident Zip Code and Kidney Transplant Outcomes – What Is True Baseline Risk?
Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH.
Many factors beyond traditional clinical risk factors and demographics are associated with outcomes in the general population. These include behavioral, economic, genetic and environmental risks…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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