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2016 American Transplant Congress
Beyond the Bones – The Association Between Vitamin D, Graft Outcomes and Vascular Disease.
A. Cherukuri,¹ S. Balasubramanian,² R. Molyneux,² R. Baker.
¹UPMC, Pittsburgh; ²University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom.
Background: Vitamin D deficiency in KTRs is an emerging theme. The purported associations between Vitamin D deficiency and various metabolic, cardiovascular and non-metabolic adverse events…
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Clinical Significance of Non-HLA Antibodies in the Development of Microcirculation Inflammation in Allograft Tissue After Kidney Transplantation.
J. Min,^1,3 H. Lee,^2,3 B. Chung,^1,3 E.-J. Oh,^2,3 C. Yang.^1,3
¹Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea; ²Department of Laboratory Medicine, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea; ³Transplant Research Center, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea.
The aim of our study is to determine the clinical significance of pre-transplant non-HLA antibodies, mainly those targeting the angiotenin II type I receptor (AT1R)…
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Complexity of Hylinosis in Renal Transplant Biopsies: Donor Age, Glomerular Disease, and Time.
G. Einecke,¹ J. Reeve,² P. Halloran.^2,3
¹Nephrology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany; ²Alberta Transplant Applied Genomics Centre, Edmonton, Canada; ³Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology and Transplant Immunology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.
Arteriolar hyalinosis lesions (ah) are often interpreted as a sign of calcineurin inhibitor toxicity even though they are induced by other conditions. We studied the…
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Pulse Pressure and GFR Decay in Kidney Transplant Recipients.
O. Sanchez, S. Reule, R. Spong, N. Issa, A. Kukla, A. Matas, H. Ibrahim.
U of MN, Mpls.
Single blood pressure values have commonly been used to assess the risk of allograft failure in kidney transplant recipients. In this analysis we prospectively evaluated…
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Impact of Pretransplant Non-Donor-Specific HLA Immunization: Mainly Class 1 Immunization Leads to Poor Immunologic Outcome and Graft Loss.
O. Staeck, F. Halleck, A. Staeck, L. Lehner, M. Duerr, E. Schrezenmeier, K. Budde, D. Khadzhynov.
Nephrology, Charite, Berlin, Germany.
Background Anti-HLA immunization measured as Panel Reactive Antibodies (PRA) is known to have a negative impact on patient and graft survival. The influence of pre-transplant…
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Frailty in KT Recipients of All Ages.
M. McAdams-DeMarco, H. Ying, I. Olorundare, E. King, D. Segev.
Johns Hopkins, Baltimore.
Background: Among KT recipients, frailty increases the risk of DGF, early hospital readmission and mortality. While it is clear that frail KT recipients represent a…
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Improved Health Related Quality of Life Also in Older Recipients Following Kidney Transplantation.
K. Lønning,¹ K. Heldal,^2,3 T. Bernklev,^2,3 M. Andersen,^1,4 A. Hartmann,^1,3 N. Von der Lippe,³ A. Reisæter,¹ K. Midtvedt.¹
¹Department of Organ Transplantation, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway; ²Clinic of Internal Medicine, Telemark Hospital, Skien, Norway; ³Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway; ⁴Department of Health Sciences, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.
Background: There is a lack of knowledge regarding elderly patients with end stage renal disease (ESRD) and health related quality of life (HRQOL) after KTX.…
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Short Term Changes in HRQOL Following Kidney Transplantation.
I. Olorundare, H. Ying, M. McAdams-DeMarco, D. Segev.
JHU, Baltimore.
Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQOL) is a patient-centered outcome that measures the impact of a disease and its treatment. This is particularly relevant to those…
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Association of Pre-Transplant Midodrine Use and Complications After Kidney Transplantation.
T. Alhamad,¹ D. Brennan,¹ Z. Brifkani,¹ H. Xiao,² M. Schnitzler,² V. Dharnidharka,¹ D. Axelrod,³ D. Segev,⁴ K. Lentine.²
¹Washington University, St. Louis; ²Saint Louis University, St. Louis; ³Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Hanover; ⁴Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore.
Background: Midodrine is increasingly prescribed to decrease the severity and complications of hypotension in dialysis patients. The impacts of midodrine use before kidney transplantation on…
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Cognitive Impairment in Kidney Transplant Recipients.
A. Gupta,¹ D. Johnson,¹ G. Chen,¹ D. Subramaniam,¹ T. Polshak,¹ T. Thomas,¹ T. Schmitt,¹ D. Ladner,² A. Yu,¹ J. Burns.¹
¹University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS; ²Northwestern University, Chicago, IL.
Background: Cognitive impairment is highly prevalent in end stage renal disease. The prevalence of cognitive impairment after kidney transplantation and the factors associated with it…