2015 American Transplant Congress
Membranoproliferative Glomerulonephritis After Kidney Transplantation: A Single Center Experience
The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD.
Introduction: Membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis (MPGN) is a glomerular disease that frequently leads to ESRD requiring dialysis or kidney transplantation. MPGN recurrence after transplant (rMPGN) often happens…2015 American Transplant Congress
Center-Level Variation of Simultaneous Liver-Kidney Utilization
Liver waitlist registrants with kidney disease may receive simultaneous liver-kidney (SLK) transplant, or liver-only (LT). Patient characteristics associated with SLK, and center-level variation in SLK…2015 American Transplant Congress
Sex Differences in Mortality Rate Among Patients Waiting for Liver Transplantation
1Columbia University, New York; 2Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore.
Livers are allocated according to MELD score without regard to patient demographics. However, MELD-adjusted risk of death may vary by sex, since serum creatinine level…2015 American Transplant Congress
Discrepancies Between the U.S. Transplant Registry and Cancer Registries Regarding Cancer Diagnoses in Transplant Recipients
1National Cancer Institute, Bethesda; 2Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore; 3SRTR, Minneapolis.
Background: Transplant recipients have elevated cancer risk. US transplant centers report incident cancer diagnoses to the transplant network at yearly intervals, and these data are…2015 American Transplant Congress
Deep Surgical Site Infections (dSSI) After Liver Transplantation (LTx): Emergence of Multiple-Drug Resistant (MDR) Pathogens
Purpose: We described the epidemiology, microbiology and outcomes of dSSI after LTx.Methods: We performed a single center retrospective study of 332 consecutive patients undergoing LTX…2015 American Transplant Congress
Predictive Value of Cardiovascular Risk Assessment Tools in Kidney Transplantation
Surgery, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY.
Cardiovascular disease is a major cause of morbidity and mortality following kidney transplantation. Many cardiovascular risk screening tools have been developed, but they have never…2015 American Transplant Congress
Prehypertension and Abnormal Fasting Glucose Are the Main Factors Associated With Progressive Deterioration of Renal Function in Kidney Donors
Background: For reasons unclarified, some kidney donors (KD) are patients (pts) that throughout its evolution remain with the same renal function (RF) or even continue…2015 American Transplant Congress
Vitamin D Deficiency in Liver Transplant Recipients: Prevalence, Risk Factors, and Outcomes
Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY.
Vitamin D is known to be immunomodulatory, and its deficiency is associated with multiple chronic health problems in the general population. The objective of this…2015 American Transplant Congress
The Effects of Dialysis Vintage and Hypertensive Renal Failure on Colonoscopy Findings During Kidney Transplant Evaluation
Colonoscopy as a screening modality starting at age 50 has recently undergone scrutiny due to concerns over the risks and benefits. We sought to identify…2015 American Transplant Congress
Predicting and Preventing 30-Day Readmission Following Kidney Transplantation: A Single Center Study
Purpose: Readmissions are a major morbidity following kidney transplantation (KT). Prior studies report a 30-day readmission rate of 30%. Limited data exist on risk facotors…
American Transplant Congress abstracts