2016 American Transplant Congress
Chronic Infection by Hepatitis C Virus and the Development of Transplant Glomerulopathy.
OBJETIVE: To demonstrate that chronic infection with the hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a risk factor for the development of transplant glomerulopathy in a large…2016 American Transplant Congress
The Effect of Body Mass Index on Lung Transplant Outcomes.
Background: Lung transplant (LTx) has the potential to effectively extend the life expectancy for patients with end-stage lung disease. Both high and low body mass…2016 American Transplant Congress
When Liver Transplants and Procurement Occur at One Location – A National Study of Graft Survivals.
Organ procurement and placement processes entail complex scheduling, logistics and other administrative challenges, especially when organs travel outside the procuring Organ Procurement Organization (OPO) area.…2016 American Transplant Congress
Sociodemographic and Comorbidity Differences Between Dialysis, Waitlisted and Transplant Patients in the UK: Findings from the ATTOM Study.
IntroductionAccess to Transplantation and Transplant Outcome Measures (ATTOM) is a prospective cohort study involving all 72 UK renal units, investigating factors affecting access to and…2016 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Pre-Existing Comorbidities on Long-Term Patient and Graft Survival in Kidney Transplant Recipients.
Nephrology, Charité University, Berlin, Germany.
BACKGROUND Outcomes of patients with end-stage renal disease are largely affected by their comorbidities. Detailed data evaluating the impact of pre-transplant comorbidities on the long-term…2016 American Transplant Congress
Controlled Cardiac Death Donor Program for Kidney Transplantation – Spanish Multicenter Experience with Two Years of Follow-Up.
Background: Controlled donation after cardiac death (cDCD) programs are running in several countries for years. National transplant organization (ONT) has developed a nation-wide program in…2016 American Transplant Congress
How Small Is Too Small: A Comparison of Access and Survival by Weight in Pediatric Liver Transplant Recipients.
Division of Abdominal Transplantation, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX.
Introduction: Orthotopic liver transplantation is a well-established treatment modality for a wide variety of pediatric illness. With its associated technical challenges, paucity of size-matched allografts,…2016 American Transplant Congress
Pre-Transplant Loco-Regional Therapy for Hepatocellular Carcinoma and Post-Transplant Outcomes: A National Study.
1Saint Louis Univ, Saint Louis; 2East Carolina Univ, Greenville.
Currently most transplant centers use loco-regional therapy to bridge liver transplant (LT) candidates with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). However, limited data are available to support the…2016 American Transplant Congress
Kidney Survival Outcomes in Combined Intestinal-Kidney Transplant: An Analysis of the UNOS/OPTN Database 2000-2014.
Medicine/Nephrology, Indiana University, Indianapolis.
Background: Intestinal transplants (isolated/modified/multi-visceral) carry a high morbidity and mortality. Kidney outcomes after combined intestinal (IT) with kidney transplant (CIKT) remain largely uninvestigated.Methods: The UNOS…2016 American Transplant Congress
Delayed Graft Function (DGF) Doesn't Affect Adversely the Long-Term Survival of Renal Transplantations (RT) from Uncontrolled Donation After Cardiac Death (UDCD) as Compared with RT from Standard Criteria Donor (SCD).
INTRODUCTION: DGF is a well-known risk factor for long-term kidney survival in RT. DGF hasn't been evaluated in RT from SCD and from UDCD donors.AIM:…
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