Am J Transplant, Volume 17, Suppl 3 Archives - Page 181 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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Type of Surgical Procedures and Clinical Significance of Calcineurin Inhibitor Temporary Discontinuation Regarding LT Recipients Undergoing Major Elective Surgery.
C. Cho, J. Lee, K. Kim, S. Kim, J. Lee, K. Lee, J.-M. Kim, G.-S. Choi, C. Kwon, J.-W. Joh.
Surgery, Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Background As patients increasingly have undergone live transplantation (LT) and improved expected survival rate, there is a growing population of LT recipient undergoing elective surgery…
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Retroperitoneoscopic Living Donor Nephrectomy Safely Secures Excellent Graft Function.
T. Hirose, K. Hotta, D. Iwami, H. Sasaki, H. Higuchi, Y. Takada, N. Shinohara.
Urology, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
[Introduction] Laparoscopic surgery has been a standard procedure of living donor nephrectomy. Transperitoneal laparoscopic donor nephrectomy (TPLN) has been commonly reported by many centers with…