2016 American Transplant Congress
Survival Benefit of High-KDPI Kidneys Among Obese Transplant Candidates.
Obese patients have less access to kidney transplantation; use of high-KDPI kidneys could help expand access in this population, but the cumulative effect of obesity…2016 American Transplant Congress
Lessons Learned Transplanting High KDPI Kidneys Over a Decade: Improvements in Graft Survival Stem from Lower Rates of Early Graft Loss.
Purpose. The Kidney Donor Profile Index (KDPI) recently replaced SCD/ECD designations, to provide transplant centers a more precise estimate of predicted graft survival, with the…2016 American Transplant Congress
High KDPI Kidneys (>85%) Do Not Adversely Affect HRQOL After Kidney Transplantation.
Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN.
Background. Since December 2014, deceased donor kidneys are allocated based on a kidney donor profile index (KDPI) by four sequences, A thru D. Estimated kidney…2016 American Transplant Congress
Standardized Pre-Implantation Kidney Biopsies of Expanded Criteria Donors to Improve the Kidney Donor Profile Index (KDPI) for the Evaluation of Marginal Donors.
There is no consensus of selection criteria used to allocate renal transplants from expanded criteria donors (ECD). The Kidney Donor Profile Index (KDPI) has been…2016 American Transplant Congress
No Significant Impact of KAS on Prior Living Kidney Donors' Access to Timely Transplant of High Quality Kidneys.
1UNOS, Richmond, VA; 2UH Case MC, Cleveland, OH.
BackgroundPrior living donors (PLDs) who develop ESRD post-donation have received priority on the kidney (KI) waiting list (WL) since 9/2/96. The new Kidney Allocation System…2016 American Transplant Congress
Center Level Analysis of Changes in Living Donor Transplant Rates in the United States.
Medicine, Division of Nephrology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA.
Rates of living donor kidney transplantation have been declining in the United States since 2003. Tremendous variation exists in the rate of living donor transplantation…2016 American Transplant Congress
The Effect of Donor-Recipient Relationship on the Immunologic Outcome in Living Kidney Transplantation.
Nephrology, Charite Campus Mitte, Berlin, Germany.
Background. Presensitization and degree of HLA-matching influences immunologic outcome and kidney graft survival. Thus the donor-recipient relationship may influence incidence of immunologic events and outcome…2016 American Transplant Congress
ABO Incompatible Living Related Kidney Transplantation: Results of a Matched-Pair Analysis with ABO Compatible Living Donation.
Background: Organ shortage has led to an increase in living related kidney transplantation of ABO compatible (ABOc) as well as ABO incompatible (ABOi) organs. Here…2016 American Transplant Congress
Hospitalization and Living Donor Kidney Transplantation Among Waitlisted End Stage Renal Disease Patients in the US.
Background: For End Stage Renal Disease Patients (ESRD) waitlisted for a deceased donor kidney, living donor kidney transplantation (LDKT) could allow for earlier transplantation and…2016 American Transplant Congress
Recovery of eGFR in Both Donors and Recipients After Living Donor Kidney Transplantation.
MedStar Georgetown Transplant Institute, Washington, DC.
Purpose: LD kidney donation provides a much needed resource for patients with end stage renal disease. Providing adequate renal mass to the recipient (R) is…
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