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Strategies to Promote Pediatric Kidney Transplant Program in China – A Coming Opportunity with Development of Pediatric Deceased Donation.
L. Liu,¹ H. Wang,² J. Ding,³ B. Shi,⁴ X. Zhong,³ W. Jiang,² L. Chen,⁴ H. Zhang,¹ C. Wang.¹
¹Organ Transplant Center, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China; ²China Organ Transplant Response System Research Center, Shenzhen, China; ³Department of Pediatrics, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China; ⁴Data Center of Chinese Scientic Registry of Kidney Transplantation, Beijing, China
Introduction This article demonstrates the opportunity and challenges of current pediatric kidney transplant program in China, based on the analysis study of the national registry…
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Impairment of Glucose Tolerance After Pediatric Kidney Transplant Is Associated with Worse Systemic Insulin Sensitivity Rather Than Fall in Insulin Secretion.
D. Iwami, K. Hotta, H. Sasaki, T. Hirose, H. Higuchi, Y. Takada, N. Shinohara.
Renal and Genitourinary Surgery, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
Introduction and Objective: Tacrolimus and steroid are considered to affect insulin secretion and insulin sensitivity, respectively, resulting in worse glucose tolerance after pediatric kidney transplant…
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The Impact of De Novo Post-Transplant Diabetes on Hepatic Steatosis and Liver Transplant Outcomes.
C. Reuter,¹ R.-A. Lee,¹ R. Watkins,³ S. Lieber,² K. Szempruch,¹ D. Gerber,⁴ G. DeCherney,² A. Barritt IV.²
¹Department of Pharmacy, UNC Health Care, Chapel Hill, NC; ²Department of Medicine, UNC Health Care, Chapel Hill, NC; ³UNC Center for Transplant Care, UNC Health Care, Chapel Hill, NC; ⁴Department of Surgery, UNC Health Care, Chapel Hill, NC
Introduction: As the prevalence of diabetes (DM) increases in the general population, it is also increasing in the transplant (Tx) population. Post-transplant diabetes (PTDM) has…
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Limited Impact of Pre-Existing Donor Specific HLA Antibodies on Long Term Survival After First Adult Liver Transplantation.
M. Koch,¹ M. Marget,² M. Sterneck,³ H. Thude,¹ B. Nashan.¹
¹Hepatobiliary Surgery and Transplantation, University Hospital Hamburg Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany; ²Transfusion Medicine, University Hospital Hamburg Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany; ³Internal Medicine I, Gastroenterology, University Hospital Hamburg Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
Donor specific antibodies (DSA) are known to play a pivotal role in long term kidney allograft survival. Their importance in liver transplanted patients (LTX) is…
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Donor and Recipient Factors Important in Determining the Estimated GFR Difference Between Living Donor and Recipient Pairs Six Months After Transplant.
D. Keith.
Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Sacred Heart Hospital, Pensacola, FL
Analysis of the relationship between living donor and recipient estimated GFR (eGFR) six months after transplant revealed that in the first half of the last…
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How Potential Living Kidney Donors (LKDs) View ESRD Risk: A Multi-Center Study.
C. Thiessen,¹ G. Gannon,¹ D. Gray,² K. Kennedy,³ D. Dobosz,¹ S. Li,¹ K. Yu,¹ A. Mussell,² E. Gordon,³ P. Reese,² S. Kulkarni.¹
¹Yale U, New Haven; ²U Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; ³Northwestern U, Chicago
PurposeTo determine how kidney donors view ESRD risk at initial donor evaluation.MethodsWe conducted a longitudinal, prospective study of LKDs at three centers and report results…
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Impact of Type of Kidney (Living vs. Deceased) on Urinary Podocyte Excretion Rate in Renal Allografts.
A. Naik, D. Luan, D. Cibrik, M. Samaniego, K. Woodside, M. Chowdhury, S. Wang, R. Wiggins.
U Michigan, Ann Arbor
Aim: Long term allograft survival has not improved.Surveillance biopsy studies have demonstrated that chronic microcirculatory injury and progressive glomerulosclerosis are the most common histological finding…
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A Thirteen-Year Mayo Clinic Retrospective Study of the Syndrome of Rapid Onset ESRD Among Renal Transplant Recipients, 2001-2013.
M. Onuigbo,^1,2 N. Agbasi.³
¹Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; ²Nephrology, Mayo Clinic Health System, Eau Claire, WI; ³Mental Health, North East London NHS Foundation Trust, Ilford, Essex, United Kingdom
Introduction: We described the syndrome of rapid onset ESRD (SORO-ESRD), acute yet irreversible renal failure, for the first time in the journal Renal Failure in…
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Hurdles to Broader Implementation of the A₂/A₂BàB Deceased Donor Kidney Allocation Provision.
I. Kim,¹ A. Wilk,² A. Robinson,² P. Martins,³ V. Whitaker,⁴ E. Ward,² C. Miles.⁵
¹Department of Surgery, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA; ²United Network for Organ Sharing, Richmond, VA; ³Department of Surgery, University of Massachusetts, Worcester, MA; ⁴Department of Surgery, State University of New York, Syracuse, NY; ⁵Department of Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
Background: A2/A2B to blood group B kidney transplantation has improved transplant rates among disadvantaged blood group B patients with equivalent long-term graft outcomes. 18 months…
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Manning the Gap: Using Technology to Reduce Barriers in Access to Renal Transplantation Waiting List Across Dialysis Facilities.
G. Ferreira,¹ K. Bastos,² E. Barbeta,² B. Pereira,² G. Souza,¹ M. de Souza,¹ V. Colares.¹
¹Kideny Transplant UPI, Santa Casa de Juiz de Fora, Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil; ²Nephrology, CTDR, Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Background:Pervasive disparities in access to kidney transplantation persist despite decades of recognition and efforts to improve equity in transplant access. Using technology to reduce the…