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  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Sharing Works; Avoiding Kidney Transplantation to an Unintended Recipient by Precision Virtual Cross Match with Excellent Outcomes

    G. Roll,1 A. Webber,1 M. Travakol,1 D. Gae,1 L. Mayen,2 V. Corpuz,1 J. Roberts,1 N. Ascher,1 P. Stock,1 R. Rajalingam.1

    1UCSF, San Francisco; 2Donor Network West, San Ramon.

    Aim: It was recently estimated that 19.2% of imported kidneys go into an unintended recipient(UR), most commonly due to a positive crossmatch(AJT 2017, 17:2139) so…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Reliability of Deceased Donor Procurement Biopsy Images at the Time of Kidney Allocation

    S. Mansour,1 E. Hall,2 P. Reese,3 Y. Jia,1 H. Thiessen-Philbrook,1 G. Moeckel,1 F. Weng,4 P. Revelo,2 M. Khalighi,2 A. Trivedi,5 M. Doshi,6 B. Schroppel,7 C. Parikh.1

    1Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven; 2University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City; 3Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; 4Saint Barnabas Medical Center, Livingston; 5Hartford Hospital, Hartford; 6Wayne State University, Detroit; 7University Hospital, Ulm, Germany.

    Histological findings of procurement deceased-donor kidney biopsies contribute to organ allocation decisions. Representative images of pathology on biopsy slides are often uploaded into United Network…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Higher Rates of Rejection in HIV-Infected Kidney Transplant Recipients on Ritonavir-Boosted Protease Inhibitors–Three-Year Follow Up

    B. Rollins, S. Farouk, G. DeBoccardo, S. Lerner, M. Rana, S. Huprikar, L. Miko, V. Delaney, S. Florman, R. Shapiro.

    The Mount Sinai Hospital, New York.

    Background: One-year rejection rates in HIV-infected kidney transplant recipients range from 15-40%, compared to overall rejection rates of 10% in HIV-negative patients. Protocols for immunosuppression…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Successful Transplantation in a Sensitized Patient Allergic to Commercially Available Antibody Induction Agents

    K. Venkatachalam, A. Malone.

    Transplant Nephrology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO; Transplant Nephrology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO.

    Antibody induction in renal transplantation has increased to over 80%. Rabbit anti-thymocyte globulin (rATG) is the most commonly used agent. Hypotension, rash, dyspnea with rATG…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Equivalent Post-Donation eGFR after Robotic Assisted versus Laparoscopic Living Donor Nephrectomy

    R. Cross, H. Pollinger, M. Tan, M. Mulloy, T. Ommert, A. Ray, C. Klein.

    Piedmont Transplant Institute, Atlanta, GA.

    Robotic assisted donor nephrectomy (RADN) has gained popularity in recent years as a minimally invasive alternative to traditional laparoscopic donor nephrectomy (LDN). RADN offers advantages…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Experiences, Perceptions, and Concerns about Successful Aging among KT Candidates and Recipients

    F. Warsame, S. Rasmussen, A. Eno, A. Mountford, C. Haugen, M. McAdams-DeMarco, D. Segev.

    Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD.

    Background: In the context of a growing number of older ESRD patients, we aimed to understand experiences, perceptions, and concerns about successful aging (SA) among…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    A Mobile App to Improve Medication Adherence in Kidney Transplant Recipients – Analysis of a Prospective Interventional Study

    F. Halleck, S. Georgi, D. Khadzhynov, D. Schmidt, E. Schrezenmeier, L. Lehner, P. Glander, K. Budde, O. Staeck.

    Department of Nephrology and Medical Intensive Care, Charité University Berlin, Berlin, Germany.

    Background: Non-adherence to medication is one of the leading problems for poor long-term outcome in kidney transplant recipients (KTR). Here we analyze the impact of…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Patient and Graft Survival in Pediatric Renal Transplant Recipients Compared to Adult Multi-Organ (Kidney-Pancreas, Simultaneous Liver-Kidney, or Heart-Kidney) Transplant Recipients: An Analysis of OPTN Data

    P. Almond,1 S. Al-Akash,1 D. Stewart,2 A. Robinson.2

    1CPSST Departments of Surgery and Renal Transplantation, Driscoll Children's Hospital, Corpus Christi, TX; 2UNOS, Richmond, VA.

    Under the current kidney allocation system (KAS), pediatric (PED) renal transplant (RTx) candidates have a priority to kidneys from donors with KDPI <35%. However, multi-organ…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Age Difference between Donor and Recipient Predisposes to Early Interstitial Fibrosis and Tubular Atrophy in Pediatric Kidney Transplantation

    S. Panombualert, M. Pearl, P. Weng, R. Ettenger.

    Pediatric Nephrology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA.

    Introduction: Previous studies in adult kidney transplant recipients (KTRs) have shown that an increased age difference between donor and recipient increases the risk of arterial…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Using Distal Abdominal Aorta as an Outflow Tract for En Bloc Kidney Transplantation from Infant Donors with Extremely Low Body Weight

    H. Dai,1,2 L. Peng,1 F. Peng,1 G. Lan,1 Y. Wang,1 J. Chen,1 L. Liu,1 C. Gao,1 Y. Guo,1 C. Fang,1 M. Nie,1 W. Long,1 S. Yu.1

    1Department of Urological Organ Transplantation, Changsha, Hunan, China; 2Department of Surgery, Starzl Transplantation Institute, Pittsburgh, PA.

    Pediatric kidney donors are underutilized due to high risk of postoperative thrombosis and other complications. To address these problems, we develop a novel en bloc…
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