2016 American Transplant Congress
An Assurance of Insurance: Should Living Kidney Donors Be Required to Have Health Insurance?
Lack of health insurance has been related lack of access to health care, poorer health, and increased mortality. In this study, we investigate sociodemographic predictors…2016 American Transplant Congress
Urinary Neutrophil Gelatinase-Associated Lipocalin in Living Kidney Donor Nephrectomy.
Introduction: Urinary neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (uNGAL) is a marker for acute kidney injury. This study was conducted to evaluate the efficacy of perioperative uNGAL in…2016 American Transplant Congress
Ex-Vivo Normothermic Perfusion for Assessment of High Risk Deceased Donor Kidneys for Transplantation.
Surgery, University of California-Davis, Sacramento, CA.
Despite the organ shortage, many procured deceased donor kidneys are deemed too high risk for failure and discarded. Ex-vivo normothermic perfusion (EVNP) may be useful…2016 American Transplant Congress
Predicting Delayed Kidney Graft Function with Gene Expression in Preimplantation Biopsies.
Aiming to further the investigation of markers in pre-implantation biopsies (PIB) for the prediction of delayed graft function (DGF), we analyzed, in a different cohort…2016 American Transplant Congress
Predictive Model of Delayed Graft Function in Machine Perfused Kidney Transplantation: Model Validation Using Decision Curve Analysis.
1Surgery, Duke University, Durham, NC; 2Half Moon Bay, Raleigh.
Introduction: Predictive model for delayed graft function (DGF) was developed (Am J Transpl 2010; 10: 2279–86)excluding organs that were machine perfused (MP). Currently, approximately 50%…2016 American Transplant Congress
The Use of Kidneys with Acute Kidney Injury: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.
Introduction:The widening gap between supply and demand in kidney transplantation has lead to the increased use of kidneys from marginal donors, including those with acute…2016 American Transplant Congress
Hydrogen Sulfide Supplementation Helps Mitigate Effects of Ischemia Reperfusion Injury in a Murine Model of Donation After Cardiac Death Renal Transplantation.
Donation after cardiac death(DCD) renal grafts experience a combination of prolonged warm and cold ischemia leading to greater ischemia reperfusion injury(IRI) that results in higher…2016 American Transplant Congress
Markers of Activation of Microvascular Endothelial Cells Predict a Poor Long-Term Graft Outcome in Early Renal Graft Biopsies Displaying Acute Tubular Necrosis.
Acute tubular necrosis (ATN), is a histopathological feature frequently seen in the early post renal transplant biopsies taken from patients with delayed graft function (DGF).…2016 American Transplant Congress
The Influence of Static versus Machine Dynamic Perfusion Kidney Graft Preservation on Delayed Graft Function Incidence: A Prospective, Randomized Study.
Organ Procurement Organization, Kidney Hospital, São Paulo, Brazil.
Introduction: The incidence of delayed graft function (DGF) in Brazilians deceased kidney donor receptors is high; this is attributed to poor hemodynamic conditions on potential…2016 American Transplant Congress
Hypothermic Machine Perfusion Ameliorates Vasospasm and Edema of Podocytes and Renal Tubular Epithelial Cells Through Upregulating Expression of Krüppel-Like Factors 2.
Protective mechanisms of hypothermic machine perfusion (MP) remain largely unknown. Vascular branches of the renal arteries of 6 kidneys in 320 donors were unexpectedly injured…