Am J Transplant, Volume 16, Suppl 3 Archives - Page 34 of 180 - ATC Abstracts

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Serum Levels of Soluble Myeloid Antigens After Kidney Allograft Transplantation.
I. Striz, E. Cecrdlova, A. Sekerkova, J. Slatinska, V. Svachova, O. Viklicky.
Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine (IKEM), Prague, Czech Republic.
Mononuclear phagocytes and neutrophils play a key role in early responses against the transplanted kidney allograft. It is expected that during the reperfusion of kidney…
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Early Changes to Kidney Distribution Under the New Kidney Allocation System.
A. Massie,¹ X. Luo,¹ B. Lonze,¹ N. Desai,¹ A. Bingaman,² M. Cooper,³ D. Segev.¹
¹JHU, Baltimore; ²Methodist, San Antonio; ³Georgetown, Washington.
In December 2014, the Kidney Allocation System (KAS), a major change to kidney allocation, was implemented, granting increased priority to younger candidates and candidates with…
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Early Impact of the New Kidney Allocation System (KAS) in Highly Sensitized Patients.
D. Mompoint-Williams, R. Gaston, G. Jeremy, J. Locke, V. Kumar.
University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL.
PurposeHighly sensitized (HS) patients, defined as a PRA of 99-100% are awarded additional priority points in the new KAS instituted December 2014. We evaluated the…
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Persufflation Improves Viability and Function of Porcine Kidneys Relative to Static Cold Storage.
C. Min,¹ L. Steyn,² A. Pandey,³ R. Harland,² J.-P. Galons,⁴ K. Papas.²
¹Physiology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; ²Surgery, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; ³Electrical and Chemical Engineering, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; ⁴Medical Imaging, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ.
The use of marginal organs demands optimization of organ storage and quality assessments prior to transplantation. Organs from donors after cardiac death (DCD) are exposed…
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Prolonged Normothermic Ex Vivo Kidney Perfusion Is a Safe Preservation Technique for Kidney Transplantation: A New Opportunity for the Storage, Assessment and Repair of Kidney Grafts.
J. Kaths,^1,2,3 J. Echeverri,¹ N. Goldaracena,¹ K. Louis,¹ Y.-M. Chun,¹ I. Linares,^1,3 A. Wiebe,¹ P. Yip,⁵ R. John,⁵ I. Mucsi,⁶ A. Ghanekar,¹ D. Bagli,^7,3 D. Grant,¹ L. Robinson,^2,3 M. Selzner.^1,3
¹Department of Surgery, Multi Organ Transplant Program, Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada; ²Division of Nephrology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada; ³Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; ⁴Department of General, Visceral, and Transplant Surgery, University Medical Center Mainz, Mainz, Germany; ⁵Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology, Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada; ⁶Department of Medicine, Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada; ⁷Departments of Surgery (Urology) & Physiology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Hypothermic kidney storage causes preservation injury. We investigated whether SCS can be safely replaced with prolonged normothermic ex vivo kidney perfusion (NEVKP). Right kidneys were…
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Clinical Outcomes of Kidney Allograft Recipients with Apolipoprotein L1 (APOL1) Risk Alleles from Living Kidney Donors.
C. Dorr,^1,2,3 A. Hart,^1,2,3 D. Schladt,¹ A. Muthusamy,¹ R. Mannon,⁴ W. Oetting,² A. Matas,² P. Jacobson,² A. Israni.^1,2,3
¹Minneapolis Medical Research Foundation, Minneapolis; ²University of Minnesota, Minneapolis; ³Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis; ⁴University of Alabama, Birmingham.
Background:Apolipoprotein L1 (APOL1) alleles G1 and G2 in deceased donors are associated with poor kidney allograft survival. However, the effect of these alleles in living…
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Retroperitoneal versus Intraperitoneal Hand Assisted Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy: A Case Matched Study.
Z. Ahmed, M. Sait, R. Tamburrini, R. Uwechue, P. Chandak, N. Kessaris, N. Mamode.
Abdominal Transplant Unit, Guy's Hospital, London, United Kingdom.
Although hand assisted laparoscopic donor nephrectomy (HALDN) has become a standard of care for living kidney procurement in most centres it is not clear if…
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Ex-Vivo Normothermic Perfusion for Assessment of High Risk Deceased Donor Kidneys for Transplantation.
S. Kabagambe, I. Palma, Y. Smolin, T. Boyer, I. Palma, J. Sageshima, C. Santhanakrishnan, C. Troppmann, J. McVicar, R. Perez.
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…
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Association Between Delayed Graft Function and Long-Term Outcomes After Kidney Transplantation from Donors After Circulatory Death.
P. Clayton,^1,2,3 G. Russ,^1,2,3 S. McDonald,^1,2,3 S. Chadban.^1,4,5
¹Australia and New Zealand Dialysis and Transplant (ANZDATA) Registry, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, SA, Australia; ²Central Northern Adelaide Renal and Transplantation Service, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, SA, Australia; ³School of Medicine, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia; ⁴Renal Medicine, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia; ⁵Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Purpose: Delayed graft function (DGF) is associated with worse long-term outcomes after kidney transplantation from donation after brain death (DBD) donors. We aimed to determine…
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Utilization of Parenteral Nutrition in Patients Undergoing Liver Transplantation.
D. Liang,¹ S. Gordon Burroughs,¹ J. Nolte,¹ M. Boktour,¹ J. Ensor,¹ A. Ali,¹ T. Hirase,¹ J. Hall,¹ S. Spear,¹ L. Moore,¹ C. Mobley,¹ A. Saharia,¹ S. Hai,² A. Gaber,¹ R. Ghobrial.¹
¹Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston; ²Kendall Regional Medical Center, Miami.
Introduction: Protein-calorie malnutrition is common in patients with advanced liver disease and is a risk factor for poor outcomes after liver transplantation (LT). Perioperative parenteral…