2015 American Transplant Congress
Come Again? Part 2, Exploring Causes for Increased Rehospitalization in ECD Kidney Recipients
Surgery, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY.
Previously, we demonstrated that ECD kidney recipients had an increased rate of re-hospitalization within 1 year but not 2 years post-transplant . This was a…2015 American Transplant Congress
Kidney Transplantation from Expanded Criteria Deceased Donors With Terminal Acute Kidney Injury
We investigated clinical outcomes of kidney transplantation (KT) from deceased donors with terminal acute kidney injury (AKI) defined acute kidney injury network (AKIN) criteria and…2015 American Transplant Congress
Causes of Poor Renal Function of Kidney Transplants from Uncontrolled Donation After Cardiac Death Donors (UDCDD)
Nephrology, Hospital 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain.
INTRODUCTION: Kidneys grafts from UDCDD have higher ischemia injury. It develops in higher primary non function, lower graft survival and worst renal function compared to…2015 American Transplant Congress
Kidney Donor Profile Index Variability in Donors With Dialysis Dependent Acute Kidney Injury and the Impact On Organ Allocation
Kidney Donor Profile Index (KDPI) is calculated using 10 donor variables including terminal serum creatinine (Cr) and is used in the new kidney allocation system…2015 American Transplant Congress
Long-Term Outcomes of Transplantation Using Kidneys from Expanded Criteria Donors
BackgroundSince the initial definition of ECD established in 2002, their use worldwide has evolved unequally, resulting in a high discard rate. A better understanding of…2015 American Transplant Congress
National Outcomes of Kidney Transplantation from Diabetic Donors
Despite limited outcomes data, kidneys from diabetic donors are being increasingly used in the USA. To compare outcomes in recipients of kidneys from diabetic versus…2015 American Transplant Congress
Validating Outcomes Reported to the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network for Deceased Donor Kidney Recipients
Data reported to the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) is used in kidney transplant research, quality metrics and in policy development, but the accuracy…2015 American Transplant Congress
Evolution of GFR Outcomes During the First Year of Transplant According to the Kidney Donor Risk Index Transplantation in México. The Experience of a Single Center
Several scoring systems have been proposed to evaluate the quality of kidneys from deceased donors (DD). Recently, Kidney Donor Risk Index (KDRI) was introduced in…2015 American Transplant Congress
Histopathological Criteria for Elevated Risk of Delayed Graft Function in German Pretransplantation Kidney Biopsies from Deceased Donors
Introduction:Delayed graft function (DGF) is more frequent with so called marginal kidney donors. Moreover, it is linked to increased recipient mortality and inferior transplant outcome.…2015 American Transplant Congress
Unknown Urological Pathologies in Renal Allografts from Deceased Donors. Should Image Evaluation Be Routinely Performed?
Division of Urology, Renal Transplantation Unit, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Purpose: In an effort to increase the overall donor pool, the use of extended-criteria kidneys has been routine in the majority of transplant centers. It…
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