2016 American Transplant Congress
Liver Recipient with Renal Dysfunction: Liver Only or Simultaneous Liver-Kidney Transplant?
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN.
Background: The OPTN listing criteria for Simultaneous liver-kidney transplant (SLK) are not well defined. There are concerns about rising numbers of SLKs, which take kidneys…2016 American Transplant Congress
Basiliximab Induction for Safe Delay of Calcineurin Inhibitors in High MELD Liver Transplant Recipients.
Background: Available literature supports basiliximab induction for safe delay of CNI initiation and renal recovery; however there is a paucity of evidence for use in…2016 American Transplant Congress
Comparing Renal Function After Liver Transplantation: Modified Piggyback versus Conventional Techniques without Venovenous Bypass.
Surgery, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
BackgroundThere are several options available for caval reconstruction in liver transplantation. Prior reports demonstrated that caval reconstruction technique could affect the renal function. However, there…2016 American Transplant Congress
Kidney Outcomes in Patients with Liver Cirrhosis and Chronic Kidney Disease Receiving an Orthotopic Liver Transplant Alone.
Kidney Transplant in patients with liver cirrhosis and advanced CKD remains debatable. The 2012 simultaneous liver kidney transplant (SLKT) summit guidelines recommend SLKT in patients…2016 American Transplant Congress
Acute Rejections and Incidence of De Novo DSA Depend on Donor Factors and Deceased Donor Kidney Associated Risk Assessed by the Kidney Donor Profile Index (KDPI).
Nephrology, Charite, Berlin, Germany.
Introduction: Little data exist analyzing the influence of donor kidney quality on the immunologic outcome and applying the KDPI in a European cohort.Methods: This retrospective…2016 American Transplant Congress
Survival Benefit from Kidney Transplantation Using Kidneys from Deceased Donors Over 75 Years.
Large registries have shown that end-stage renal disease patients have longer survival after kidney transplantation (KT) than remaining on dialysis. However, the outcome for kidneys…2016 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Donor AKI on Outcome Following High KDPI Deceased Donor Kidney Transplantation.
Background: Transplanting deceased donor kidneys with AKI does not appear to have negative impact on graft survival, however the impact of AKI on high KDPI…2016 American Transplant Congress
Donor AKI Does Not Adversely Affect the Outcome Following DCD Kidney Transplant.
BackgroundTransplanting kidneys from donation after cardiac death (DCD) donors has been associated with good outcome, but the impact of added donor AKI on the outcome…2016 American Transplant Congress
The Impact of Kidney Donor Profile Index (KDPI) on Rates of Delayed Graft Function (DGF).
Surgery, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI.
Introduction: Delayed graft function (DGF) is the need for dialysis within the first 7 days after kidney transplantation. Immunologic and non-immunologic donor and recipient factors…2016 American Transplant Congress
Is There a Difference Between DCD and DBD Kidney Transplantation with Similar KDPI?
Surgery, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI.
Introduction: Renal transplant outcomes are a result of a combination of donor and recipient factors. In 2014, the nomenclature used to describe donor quality was…
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