2015 American Transplant Congress
Stability of Kidney Allograft Function Is Improving Over Time Across All Donor Types
Medicine-Nephrology, University of BC, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Examination of changes in kidney function after transplantation could help identify subgroups of patients who may benefit from a change in clinical management. In the…2015 American Transplant Congress
Long-Term Outcomes and Recurrence Risk of Four Common Primary Glomerular Diseases Following Transplantation
In the largest single center study of its kind, we assessed patient and allograft outcomes in 598 patients with the four most common causes of…2015 American Transplant Congress
Banff Criteria Are Inadequate to Assess Chronic Renal Allograft Injury 10 Years Post-Transplantation
Background: The Banff criteria have been developed to assess acute and chronic injury in renal allografts. However, the criteria have been based on biopsies for…2015 American Transplant Congress
Kidney Transplant Function After Late Conversion to Belatacept (Nulojix®)
Introduction: In the long-term follow up of kidney transplants, chronic transplant nephropathy often in combination with CNI-toxicity is a major problem. With declining transplant function…2015 American Transplant Congress
What Can UNOS Data Tell Us About Patient Outcomes After Primary Renal Allograft Failure?
Evidence based approaches to patient care after Renal Allograft Failure do not exist, despite this being a high mortality period. Access to retransplantation is important…2015 American Transplant Congress
Analysis of Causes of Graft Loss Among Kidney Transplant Patients Receiving Tacrolimus Vs Cyclosporine
Tacrolimus (FK) has surpassed cyclosporine (CYA) as the calcineurin inhibitor (CNI) of choice for the vast majority of kidney transplant (KTX) programs. Yet, CYA continues…2015 American Transplant Congress
Interstitial Fibrosis Is the Critical Determinant of Impaired Renal Function in Transplant Glomerulopathy
PURPOSE: Transplant glomerulopathy (TGP) represents chronic antibody-mediated injury in the glomerular capillaries after renal transplantation, and is the main cause of graft failure. TGP is…2015 American Transplant Congress
Elective Allograft Nephrectomy After Transplant Failure
University Hospitals, Transplant Institute, Cleveland, OH.
Background/Methods: Because of high rates of allograft intolerance and alloantibody sensitization after kidney transplant failure, we undertook a pilot study of elective allograft nephrectomy (ENx)…2015 American Transplant Congress
Absence of Low-Grade Proteinuria Is Associated With Improved Outcomes in Patients With Worse 3 Month Graft Function in Renal Transplantation
1Leeds Teaching Hospitals, Leeds, United Kingdom; 2University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh.
Low-grade proteinuria has been shown to be associated with adverse outcomes after renal transplantation. However most patients with proteinuria have worse eGFR and this interaction…2015 American Transplant Congress
Renal Resistance Measured During Pulsatile Perfusion and Long-Term Kidney Transplant Outcomes
McGill University Health Center, Montreal, QC, Canada.
Background: Pulsatile perfusion (PP) has been shown to reduce the incidence of delayed graft function (DGF) and increase short- and long-term kidney transplant (KT) survival.…
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