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Many people do not register as organ donors. Eprosartan concentration We developed 5 different brief appeals for organ donation that were disseminated online. The content was informed by theories of behavior change and studies of the specific cognitive barriers to organ donor registration.

One message was a persuasive narrative about a transplant recipient. Another message promoted the idea that organ donor registration is a social norm. The knowledge-based message communicated that 1 donor could improve the lives of 50 people. The message on reciprocity offered a free organ donation wristband, whether or not the participant registered as a donor. The message on control simply encouraged organ donation. Using Google AdWords, the messages were deployed randomly as banners of different sizes on diverse online sites and carried a link to an organ donor registration site. We measured clicks, page visits, and organ donor registrations.

There were 5,156,048 impressions and 25,001 total clicks, a click-through rate of 0.49%. The messages on control and reciprocity both had the highest click-through rates of 0.51%. A total of 152 unique individuals requested wristbands and there were 52 total organ donor registration events. The message on reciprocity had the highest number of organ donor registrations (n= 18).

Online organ donation messages rapidly generated substantial attention through clicks, but no message led to a meaningful number of organ donor registrations. Future research may focus on effectively capturing the attention of viewers through social networks or other convenient online venues with less competition for attention than Internet banners.

Online organ donation messages rapidly generated substantial attention through clicks, but no message led to a meaningful number of organ donor registrations. Future research may focus on effectively capturing the attention of viewers through social networks or other convenient online venues with less competition for attention than Internet banners.

Opportunistic viral infections cause extensive morbidity and mortality in kidney transplant recipients (KTRs). Low serum albumin levels before and after transplant have been associated with negative outcomes. However, it is uncertain whether serum albumin levels before transplantation are associated with the risk for post-transplantation opportunistic BK polyomavirus (BKV) or cytomegalovirus (CMV).

We reviewed all KTRs transplanted at our institution between 1 January 2005 and 31 December 2015 with serum albumin measured within 45 days before transplantation in a retrospective observational cohort study. Selected patients were stratified into 3 groups normal albuminemia (≥3.5 g/dl), moderate hypoalbuminemia (3.49-2.5 g/dl), and severe hypoalbuminemia (<2.5 g/dl). Patients were observed for post-transplantation BKV or CMV according to standard of care.

We included 1717 patients in this study; 72.3% had normal serum albumin, 26.3% had moderate hypoalbuminemia, and 1.5% had severe hypoalbuminemia. Moderinemia is associated with a higher risk for post-transplantation BKV and possibly CMV. More intense screening is warranted for these viruses in recipients with pretransplant hypoalbuminemia.

Viremia after renal transplantation is a major cause of morbidity and mortality and treatment opportunities are limited. Tests to determine the increased risk for viremia would be preferable.

In a prospective, single-center study, we conducted follow-up of 163 renal transplant recipients after incident living donor renal transplantation. We determined a long noncoding RNA, β-1,4-mannosylglycoprotein 4-β-N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase-antisense1 (MGAT3-AS1/beta-actin ratio), in peripheral blood mononuclear cells. Viremia of BK polyomavirus and cytomegalovirus was diagnosed with more than 1000 plasma copies/ml within the first 3 postoperative months. The MGAT3-AS1/beta-actin ratio was assessed before viremia was determined.

Receiver operator characteristics curve analysis showed a median MGAT3-AS1/beta-actin ratio cutoff value of 4.45× 10

to indicate viremia after transplantation. Samples for 11 of 66 renal transplant recipients (17%) with MGAT3-AS1/beta-actin ratios below 4.45× 10

showed viremia of mavirus and cytomegalovirus in living donor renal transplant recipients.

Medial arterial calcification is a common and progressive lesion in end-stage renal disease that is associated with poor cardiovascular outcomes. Whether this lesion can be arrested or reversed is unknown, and was examined retrospectively by measuring progression of breast arterial calcification before and after kidney transplantation.

Arterial calcification was measured on serial mammograms from patients with previous kidney transplantation and compared to measurements performed before transplantation or in patients on the active waitlist. Serum creatinine >2.0 mg/dl after transplantation or warfarin use were exclusions.

Median (interquartile range) progression of arterial calcification was 12.9 mm/breast per year (5.9 to 32.6) in 34 patients before or awaiting transplantation compared to just 1.2 mm/breast per year (-0.54 to 5.1) in 34 patients after transplantation (

< 0.001). Slowing of progression was also seen in longitudinal analyses of patients with mammograms performed both before and afon, indicating that the effect of renal failure may be completely abrogated. Overall, however, there was no significant regression, suggesting that calcification is irreversible and emphasizing the importance of prevention. Duration of pretransplant end-stage renal disease but not baseline calcification was a determinant of progression, consistent with cumulative, permanent changes to arteries that promote calcification.

The impact of preformed donor-specific anti-human leukocyte antigen (HLA) antibodies (pDSAs) after combined liver-kidney transplantation (CLKT) is still uncertain.

We conducted a retrospective study in 8 European high-volume transplant centers and investigated the outcome of 166 consecutive CLKTs, including 46 patients with pDSAs.

Patient survival was lower in those with pDSAs (5-year patient survival rate of 63% and 78% with or without pDSA, respectively;

= 0.04). The presence of pDSAs with a mean fluorescence intensity (MFI)≥ 5000 (hazard ratio 4.96; 95% confidence interval 2.3-10.9;

< 0.001) and the presence of 3 or more pDSAs (hazard ratio 6.5; 95% confidence interval 2.5-18.8;

= 0.05) were independently associated with death. The death-censored liver graft survival was similar in patients with or without pDSAs. Kidney graft survival was comparable in both groups. (The 1- and 5-year death-censored graft survival rates were 91.6% and 79.5%, respectively, in patients with pDSAs and 93% and 88%, respectively, in the donor-specific antibody [DSA]-negative group,

= not significant).