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Living Donor Liver Transplantation: A Better Option for Patients 70 Years or Older
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA
*Purpose: The burden of liver diseases in patients of advanced age has risen. Irrespective of its possible causes, older recipients have a higher waitlist mortality…2022 American Transplant Congress
Bone Fractures Are Not Increased in Older Prior Living Kidney Donors
*Purpose: Living kidney donors were shown to have derangements of bone biomarkers resembling those occurring in early chronic kidney disease within 36 months of donation.…2022 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes Following Renal Transplant with Hepatitis C Viremic Donors in an Elderly Veteran Population with Preemptive Mayvret Therapy
*Purpose: Overall mortality on the kidney transplant waiting list is higher for older diabetic patients. The average age of waitlisted veteran patients is 64, with…2022 American Transplant Congress
The Impact of Frailty Syndrome on Humoral Response to SARS-CoV-2 mRNA Vaccines in Older Kidney Transplant Recipients
*Purpose: Advanced age is associated with impaired humoral immune response to SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccines in kidney transplant recipients (KTR), however mechanisms are poorly understood. Frailty…2022 American Transplant Congress
High KDPI Kidneys: Lifelong Freedom from Dialysis for Elderly Patients
*Purpose: According to national data, there is an increase in kidney transplants in patients over 65, corresponding to an overall general increase. Elderly patients continue…2022 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes in Kidney Transplant Recipients 70 Years and Older
Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA
*Purpose: Patients older than 70 years are the fastest-growing age group of patients requiring renal replacement therapy. This has resulted in a corresponding increase in…2022 American Transplant Congress
Older Living Donor Kidneys Are Associated with Worse Recipient and Graft Survival Compared to Younger Donors
1Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 2Analytics, Mhealth-Fairview, Minneapolis, MN
*Purpose: Older living donors (LDs) are accepted more frequently to expand the donor pool. We sought to evaluate recipient outcomes from older LDs >70y.*Methods: Utilizing…2022 American Transplant Congress
Incidence of Opportunistic Infections in Elderly Kidney Transplant Recipients on Belatacept
Transplant Institute, NYU Langone Health, New York, NY
*Purpose: The purpose of this study was to assess the incidence of opportunistic infections in elderly kidney transplant recipients (KTRs) who receive belatacept (BELA) for…2022 American Transplant Congress
Outcome of Kidney Transplantation in the Elderly Compared with Dialysis
1University of Sydney, Camperdown, Australia, 2Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown, Australia
*Purpose: Although kidney transplantation offers improved survival and quality of life compared to remaining on dialysis for most recipients, outcomes for elderly patients (older than…2022 American Transplant Congress
Associations of Immunosuppression Regimen with Fracture Risk After Kidney Transplant in High-Risk Populations: Identifying Targets for Risk-Reduction
*Purpose: Disorders of bone and mineral metabolism frequently develop with advanced kidney disease, may be exacerbated by immunosuppression (ISx) after kidney transplant (KTx), and may…
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