Am J Transplant, Volume 17, Suppl 3 Archives - Page 136 of 181 - ATC Abstracts

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Albuminuria in Kidney Transplant Patients Is Associated with Increased Urine Serine Proteases with the Ability to Activate ENaC.
G. Hinrichs,¹ C. Bistrup,² H. Birn,³ B. Jensen.¹
¹University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark; ²Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark; ³Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
Background In patients with renal transplant albuminuria is associated with salt-sensitive hypertension. Aberrantly filtered serine proteases e.g. plasmin has shown to activate ENaC through proteolytic…
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Pediatric Recipients of Deceased Adult Donor Kidneys Have Equivalent Outcomes Compared with Pediatric Donors.
D. Mikhail,¹ H. Sharma,^3,4 J. Chen,² M. Cooper,⁴ A. Sener,^1,3 P. Luke.^1,3
¹Urology, Western University, London, ON, Canada; ²Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, ON, Canada; ³Multi-Organ Transplant Surgery, Western University, London, ON, Canada; ⁴Transplant Surgery, Georgetown University, Washington, DC
INTRODUCTION:Efforts are made to transplant paediatric deceased donor kidneys into pediatric recipients. To our knowledge, data does not support better graft outcomes with matched pediatric…
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Immediate vs. Delayed Kidney Implantation Is Associated with Improved Kidney Graft Survival in Combined Liver-Kidney Transplantation.
J. Halldorson, S. Rayhill.
Transplant Surgery, University of California, San Diego, CA; Transplant Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Simultaneous Liver/Kidney transplantation involves significant potential stress for the kidney graft. A surgeon needs to decide whether to place the kidney immediately to minimize cold…
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Evaluation of Renal Function After a Transition to Everolimus or Mycophenolate Mofetil in Liver Transplant Recipients.
C. Perez,¹ J. Fleming,¹ M. Sell,¹ B. O'brien,¹ A. Rogers,¹ I. Lee,¹ C. Mardis,¹ A. Mardis,¹ N. Patel,¹ H. Meadows,¹ N. Pilch,² K. Chavin,² D. Dubay,² R. Vinayak,² D. Taber.²
¹Pharmacy, Medical University of South Carolina, Chareleston, SC; ²Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
Purpose: The aim of this study was to assess if there is a difference in renal function over time when transitioning to everolimus vs. mycophenolate.Methods:…
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Steroid-Free Immunosuppression After Liver Transplant for Autoimmune Disease Does Not Result in Increased Disease Recurrence.
A. Hooper,¹ C. Frenette.²
¹Internal Medicine, Scripps Mercy Hospital, San Diego, CA; ²Organ Transplant, Scripps Green Hospital, La Jolla, CA
Immunosuppression regimens in patients with end stage liver disease (ESLD) from autoimmune hepatitis (AIH), primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) and primary biliary cholangitis (PBC) typically include…
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Sensitized KPD Pairs Take Longer to Find Matches.
C. Holscher,¹ E. Chow,¹ C. Purcell,² M. Ronin,² J. Garonzik-Wang,¹ A. Massie,¹ S. Gentry,³ D. Segev.¹
¹Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore; ²National Kidney Registry, New York; ³US Naval Academy, Annapolis
Kidney paired donation (KPD) can facilitate living donor transplantation for candidates with an incompatible donor, but it is unclear how sensitization or blood type affects…
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African American Living Kidney Donors' Attitudes About APOL1 Genetic Testing: Implications for Evaluation and Informed Consent.
E. Gordon,¹ C. Johnson,¹ C. Wicklund,¹ R. Sharp,² J. Friedewald.¹
¹Northwestern University, Chicago, IL; ²Mayo Clinic, Rochester
BackgroundAfrican American (AA) live kidney donors (LKDs) have a greater risk than European American live donors of kidney failure. Apolipoprotein 1 (APOL1) gene variants in…
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Effect of AKI Donor Admit Creatinine on Renal Transplant Outcomes.
E. Giorgakis,¹ R. Heilman,² H. Khamash,² B. Kaplan,² A. Moss,¹ M. Smith,³ K. Reddy.¹
¹Department of Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, AZ; ²Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, AZ; ³Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, AZ
Purpose of the study was to explore the effect of admit AKI donor creatinine on graft outcomes.Method: Single center retrospective analysis of kidney transplants performed…
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Screening and Referral of High Risk Liver Transplant Recipients to a Transitional Care Coordination (TCC) Program to Reduce Hospital Readmissions.
A. Masoumi,¹ J. Krzyzewski,¹ T. Stern,¹ N. Schluterman,² D. Bruno,² J. Bromberg,² R. Barth,² S. Hanish.²
¹University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD; ²University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
Introduction One-fifth of Medicare patients are readmitted to the hospital. The readmission rate among liver transplant recipients at a large tertiary academic medical center in…
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Pre-Kidney Transplant Lower Extremity Impairment and Post-Transplant Mortality.
A. Nastasi,^1,2 M. McAdams-DeMarco,^1,2 J. Schrack,¹ H. Ying,² C. Haugen,² M. González Fernández,³ D. Segev.^1,2
¹Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD; ²Surgery, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD; ³Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
INTRODUCTION. Few objective tests can be easily performed prior to kidney transplantation (KT) to effectively stratify patients by risk of post-KT mortality. The short physical…