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Articles tagged "Screening"

  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Negative Exercise Myocardial Perfusion Scintigraphy Discards Silent Coronary Artery Disease in High Cardiovascular Risk Patients Awaiting for Kidney Transplantation

    E. Melilli,1 V. Navarro,2 O. Bestard,1 A. Gomez,3 J. Cruzado.1

    1Kidney Transplantation Unit, Hospital de Bellvitge, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain; 2Nephrology Service, Hospital San Juan de Dios, San Jose, Costa Rica; 3Cardiac Intensive Care Unit, Hospital de Bellvitge, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain.

    Study Purpose:Screening for silent coronary artery disease (SCAD) in patients awaiting kidney transplantation is still controversial. Indeed, guidelines of some scientific societies show important discrepancies.…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Screening for West Nile Virus in California: Resolving IgM Anti-WNV in the Area With Dengue Seroprevalence

    C. Chinchilla-Reyes,1,2 D. Tanglao,1 T. Mone,3 M. Koss,1 M. Nowicki.1,2

    1Viracor-IBT Laboratories, Los Angeles; 2Mendez National Institute of Transplantation Foundation, Los Angeles; 3OneLegacy, Los Angeles.

    West Nile Virus (WNV) symptoms develop 2-15 days after exposure with a short period of viremia (6-7 days). It is possible to detect WNV in…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Predicting Obstructive Coronary Artery Disease in Asymptomatic Renal Patients Undergoing Renal Transplantation

    D.-A. Moutzouris, C. Baker, A. Malaweera, M. Willicombe, R. Corbett, N. Duncan, J. Galliford, A. McLean, D. Taube.

    Imperial College Kidney and Transplant Centre, Hammersmith Hospital, London, United Kingdom.

    Almost 50% of asymptomatic patients with End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) are reported to have significant flow-limiting coronary artery disease (CAD). Our practice involves a…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Epidemiology and Outcomes of Pre-Transplant Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus Screening in Pediatric Solid Organ Transplant Candidates

    G. Paulsen, S. Blum, L. Danziger-Isakov.

    Dept of Pediatrics/Division of Infectious Diseases, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH.

    Purpose: Infection following pediatric solid organ transplantation (SOT) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality. Peri-operative antibiotic prophylaxis is commonly used to reduce the…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Blood Pressure Evaluation by Three Different Modalities in Living Kidney Donors

    Z. Zaky, G. Thomas, S. Gebreselassie, E. Poggio.

    Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH.

    Screening for hypertension (HTN) is an important element of the living kidney donor (LKD) evaluation process. Since there are no general consensus about the blood…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Are Living Kidney Donors Who Apply Via a Web-Based Screening Application as Likely to Be Evaluated and Donate as Compared to Phone Applicants?

    H. Schaefer, M. Tanaka, I. Feurer, A. Dreher, P. Newbern, D. Moore.

    Vanderbilt University, Nashville.

    Purpose: Most transplant centers screen self-referring donors using phone and written surveys. Previous research at our center has shown that a web-based application for screening…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Acoustic Radiation Force Impulse Measurement in Renal Transplantation

    J. Lee,1 J. Lee,1 A.-l. Lee,2 B. Ma,3 Y. Oh,4 K. Huh,1 M. Kim,1 S. Kim,1 Y. Kim,1 D. Joo.1

    1Department of Transplantation Surgery, Yonsei University Health System, Seoul, Republic of Korea; 2Department of Surgery, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea; 3Biostatistics Collaboration Unit, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea; 4Department of Radiology, Yonsei University Health System, Seoul, Republic of Korea.

    BackgroundAllograft biopsy is the definitive diagnostic methods for evaluation of renal dysfunction, but there is always the risk of complications. Efforts to develop a notable…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Emerging Strategies to Screen Kidney Offers Based on the Kidney Donor Profile Index (KDPI)

    D. Stewart,1 A. Kucheryavaya,1 G. Boyle,1 R. Metzger,2,3 M. Aeder,4 R. Formica.5

    1UNOS, Richmond, VA; 2Florida Hosp, Orlando, FL; 3Translife, Orlando, FL; 4Univ Hosp Case Med Ctr, Cleveland, OH; 5Yale Univ, New Haven, CT.

    Background: In the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network's (OPTN) new kidney allocation system, kidney offers are screened by setting for each candidate a maximum acceptable…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Cost-Effective, Simple PTC Tasting Could Be a Useful Adjunct to Selection Criteria of ARLD Patients

    K. Bortecen,1 D. Freitas,1 C. Teperman,2 M. Hamshow,1 B. Gelb,1 G. Morgan,1 L. Teperman.1

    1Transplant Surgery, NYU Langone Medical Center, The Mary Lea Johnson Richards Organ Transplant Center, New York, NY; 2Columbia Prep School, New York, NY.

    Purpose: Phenylthiocarbamide (PTC) tasting has been linked to alcohol use. The bitter taste for PTC is mediated by TAS2R38 gene. We have previously shown individuals…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Utility and Outcomes of Expanded Screening Among Live Solid Organ Donors

    A. Rosen, B. Ho, M. Ison.

    Organ Transplantation and Infectious Diseases, Northwestern University, Chicago.

    Background: The Organ Procurement Transplant Network (OPTN) now requires enhanced screening of selected live donors for Trypanosoma cruzi, Strongyloides stercoralis, Tuberculosis (TB), and West Nile…
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