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Clinical Outcomes of Simplified Once-Daily Immunosuppressive Regimen for Stable Kidney Recipients.
C.-K. Oh,¹ S.-J. Kim,² K. Huh,³ S. Kim,⁴ J. Jeon,⁵ S. Han,⁶ H. Cho,⁷ Y. Kwon,⁸ S. Lee,¹ Y. Kim.³
¹Surgery, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, Republic of Korea; ²Surgery, Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea; ³Surgery, Severance Hospital, Yonsei University Health System, Seoul, Republic of Korea; ⁴Surgery, CHA University School of Medicine, Kumi, Republic of Korea; ⁵Internal Medicine, Soon Chun Hyang University Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea; ⁶Internal Medicine, Ilsan Paik Hospital, Goyang, Republic of Korea; ⁷Surgery, Ulsan University Hospital, Ulsan, Republic of Korea; ⁸Internal Medicine, Korea University Guro Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Aims. Many immunosuppressive drugs are prescribed as twice-daily dosing. Simplified once-daily dosing of the entire drug regimen can improve treatment satisfaction for patients. We examined…
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Practice Patterns in the Treatment and Monitoring of Acute Cell-Mediated Kidney Graft Rejection in Canada.
J. Leblanc,¹ P. Subrt,² M. Paré,³ D. Hartell,⁴ L. Sénécal,⁵ T. Blydt-Hansen,⁶ H. Cardinal.¹
¹Medicine, Centre Hospitalier de l'Universite de Montreal, Montreal, Canada; ²Child and Family Research Institute, Vancouver, Canada; ³University of Montreal, Montreal, Canada; ⁴Canadian National Transplant Research Program, Edmonton, Canada; ⁵Medicine, Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont, Montreal, Canada; ⁶Pediatrics, BC Children Hospital, Vancouver, Canada
Aim: to gather clinicians' views and practice patterns on the diagnosis, treatment and monitoring of acute T-cell mediated rejection (TCMR) in Canada.Methods: As part of…
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Renal Function, Albuminuria, and the Risk of Cardiovascular Events After Kidney Transplantation.
N. Lam,¹ M. Tonelli,² K. Lentine,³ B. Hemmelgarn,² F. Ye,¹ A. Bello,¹ S. Klarenbach.¹
¹University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada; ²University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada; ³Saint Louis University, St. Louis
The risk of mortality and graft loss is higher in kidney transplant recipients with reduced estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) and heavier albuminuria. It is…
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Primary Hyperoxaluria Type-1 in Chinese Population: A Case Series and Review of Literature.
D. Du,^1,2 Q. Li,^1,2 H. Shi,^1,2 S. Chen,^1,2 B. Liu,^1,2 Z. Lin,^1,2 G. Chen,^1,2 F. Zeng,^1,2 W. Zhang,^1,2 Z. Chen.^1,2
¹Institute of Organ Transplantation, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China; ²Key Laboratory of Organ Transplantation, Ministry of Health/Education, Wuhan, Hubei, China
Background: Primary hyperoxaluria type 1 (PH1) is rare but devastating autosomal recessive inherited disease and cause to graft failure after kidney transplant (KT). We report…
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Intraoperative Fluid Management During Pediatric Kidney Transplantation with Less Than 15kg Body Weight Using Transesophageal Echocardiaography as Hemodynamic Parameter.
Y. Watarai,¹ S. Narumi,¹ R. Kimura,¹ K. Hatazoe,¹ M. Okada,¹ K. Futamura,¹ T. Yamamoto,¹ T. Hiramitsu,¹ M. Tsujita,¹ N. Goto,¹ Y. Goto.²
¹Transplant Surgery, Nagoya Daini Red Cross Hospital, Nagoya, Japan; ²Pediatric Nephrology, Nagoya Daini Red Cross Hospital, Nagoya, Japan
Introduction: To avoid low output syndrome (LOS) and delayed graft function (DGF), precise intraoperative hemodynamic monitoring are mandatory for small pediatric recipients with adults' donor…
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Does Simultaneous Liver Kidney Transplant in Patients with MELD ≥35 on Renal Replacement Therapy at the Time of Transplant Improve Outcome?
B. Ali, C. Gadiparthi, G. Cholankeril, S. Satapathy, J. Eason, S. Nair.
Transplant Hepatology, Univ. of Tennessee, Memphis, TN
Background: A significant proportion of patients with MELD ≥35 have renal failure requiring renal replacement therapy (RRT) at the time of transplant, and receive either…
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Prospective DSA Monitoring and Significance of De Novo DSA in Adult Liver Transplantation.
S. Kubal,¹ R. Mangus,¹ J. Fridell,¹ B. Ekser,¹ R. Saxena,² N. Rush,² N. Higgins,⁴ M. Ghabril,³ M. Lacerda,³ A. Lobashevsky.⁴
¹Department of Surgery, Division of Transplantation, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN; ²Department of Pathology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN; ³Department of Gastroenterology, Division of Hepatology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN; ⁴Department of Medicine, Immunology/Histocompatibility Laboratory, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN
Background: Post transplant course of circulating de novo donor specific antibodies (DSA) remains unknown after liver transplantation (LT).Methods: In a prospective study, sera from 92…
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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…