2016 American Transplant Congress
Single Center Experience with Robotic Kidney Transplantation for Recipients with BMI >40 kg/m2: A Comparison with the UNOS Registry.
Surgery, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL.
Introduction:Obesity represents a barrier to kidney transplantation, but the increasing prevalence amongst renal failure patients has forced some centers to carefully consider such candidates. Morbidly…2016 American Transplant Congress
Influence of Country-Associated Geographical Variables in the Ouctomes of Kidney Transplantation in Patients with HIV-Infection.
Objective: To evaluate effects of geographical factors on demography, clinical management and evolution of two cohorts of HIV-infected KT recipients.Methods: Observational, retrospective cohort study including…2016 American Transplant Congress
Assessing Vaccination Status in Transplant Candidates and Recipients: Current Status and Challenges to Successful Implementation.
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL.
Background: Vaccines are safety and efficacy of vaccines in transplant candidates and recipients. Several studies have demonstrated significant underutilization of vaccines which increases the risk…2016 American Transplant Congress
A Multidisciplinary Approach to Reviewing Patient Care in Abdominal Transplantation.
Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY.
Purpose: Unbiased review of patient care in solid organ transplantation is difficult but essential for improving patient safety. In October 2013 we created a process…2016 American Transplant Congress
Early Steroid Withdrawal in African American Kidney Transplant Recipients: A Propensity Score Matching Analysis.
Objective: The aim of this study was to assess the safety of steroid withdrawal in African American (AA) kidney transplant (KTX) recipients.Methods: Longitudinal cohort study…2016 American Transplant Congress
Donors with Isolated Anti-HBc (“HBcAb Only”) Antibodies: True Evidence for Past Infection or Laboratory Artifact? Toward a Simple Confirmatory Test for HBcAb.
Use of organs from donors positive for hepatitis B virus (HBV) markers may safely expand the donor pool. Recently the American Society of Transplantation expert…2016 American Transplant Congress
Everolimus Decline Anti-ABO Blood Type Antibody Titer in Desensitization for ABO Incompatible Kidney Transplantation.
Kidney Transplantation Surgery, Sapporo City General Hospital, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan.
INTRODUCTION: The immoderate donor shortage and sophisticated desensitization protocols resulted in the explosive increase and great success of the ABO blood type incompatible kidney transplantation…2016 American Transplant Congress
The Impact of Graft Thin Upper Pole Arterial Branch Ligation on Adult Living Donor Kidney Transplantation.
Transplant and Endocrine Surgery, Nagoya Daini Red Cross Hospital, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan.
ObjectiveIn kidney transplanation, some upper pole branches are too thin to be reconstructed. The impact of graft thin upper pole arterial branch ligation on adult…2016 American Transplant Congress
A Multi-Center Study of Factors That Increase Cognitive Load in Living Donor Liver Transplants.
Background: Studies have shown that distractions in the operating room (such as phones/pagers, irrelevant conversations, ins and outs) can negatively affect concentration and performance, and…2016 American Transplant Congress
Assessment of Transplant Health Literacy of Liver Transplant Candidates and Their Caregivers.
Purpose: All transplant programs provide education sessions and instructional material to their patients to improve health literacy. However, their efficacy is unknown. We piloted a…
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