Am J Transplant, Volume 18, Suppl 3 Archives - Page 157 of 211 - ATC Abstracts

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Consistency of DCD Procurement Procedures across Organ Procurement Organizations – Preliminary Findings
G. Mitro,¹ A. Ortiz,² R. Warnock,³ P. Wiederhold,³ K. Jiles,³ J. Ortiz.¹
¹University of Toledo College of Medicine, Toledo, OH; ²University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles; ³Life Connection of Ohio, Toledo, OH.
Intro: Variation among procedures across Organ Procurement Organizations (OPOs) may account for discrepancies in outcomes associated with the use of deceased after cardiac death (DCD).…
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Cognitive Impairment and Graft Loss in Kidney Transplant Recipients
A. Thomas,¹ J. Ruck,¹ A. Shaffer,¹ C. Haugen,¹ H. Ying,¹ F. Warsame,¹ N. Chu,¹ M. Carlson,¹ A. Gross,¹ S. Norman,² D. Segev,¹ M. McAdams-DeMarco.¹
¹JHU, Baltimore; ²University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
Cognitive impairment is common in end-stage renal disease patients and impedes adherence to complex treatment regimens. Given the complexities of post-transplant immunosuppression, we hypothesized that…
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Urinary Sulfate Excretion and Late Graft Failure in Renal Transplant Recipients
M. Said,¹ A. Post,¹ I. Minovic,¹ M. van Londen,¹ H. van Goor,² D. Postmus,³ M. Heiner-Fokkema,⁴ E. van den Berg,¹ A. Pasch,⁵ G. Navis,¹ S. Bakker.¹
¹Department of Internal Medicine, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands; ²Department of Pathology and Medical Biology, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands; ³Department of Epidemiology, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands; ⁴Department of Laboratory Medicine, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands; ⁵Department of Biomedical Research, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
BackgroundHydrogen sulfide (H2S), produced from the metabolism of dietary sulfur-containing amino acids, is allegedly a potential renoprotective compound. High 24h urinary excretion of pathway intermediate…
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Histogenomics: Molecular Profiling of Kidney Biopsies Predict Delayed Graft Function
P. Rao,¹ D. Deo,¹ B. Fyfe-Kirschner,² R. Siderits.²
¹NJ Sharing Network, New Providence, NJ; ²Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ.
IntroductionHistologic assessments of donor renal biopsies for percentage global glomerulosclerosis, interstitial fibrosis and arterial sclerosis can predict renal graft failure post-transplant.The morphologic evaluation of renal…
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Successful Utilization of Deceased Donor Kidney Allografts with KDPI>85 in Older Recipients
A. Nickkholgh,¹ A. Agarwal,¹ A. Nishio Lucar,² K. Brayman,¹ A. Doyle,² J. Oberholzer.¹
¹Dept. of Surgery, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA; ²Dept. of Internal Medicine, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA.
Background: High kidney donor profile index (KDPI >85%) organs can grant earlier access to transplantation particularly for those who are frail, have limited waiting time…
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Pre-Existing Allograft Diabetic Nephropathy from Diabetic Donor is Reversible after Kidney Transplantation in Non-Diabetic Recipient
K. Hotta,¹ D. Iwami,¹ H. Harada,² Y. Fukasawa,² H. Okada,¹ H. Higuchi,¹ T. Hirose,² N. Fukuzawa,² N. Shinohara.¹
¹Hokkaido University Hospital, Sapporo, Japan; ²Sapporo City General Hospital, Sapporo, Japan.
【Introduction】The shortage of kidney donor has limited the treatment of patients with end-stage kidney disease. To use diabetic donor with normal renal function is would…
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Treatment of HCV Infection in Renal Transplant Recipients
M. Rial, L. Tana, C. Alonso, H. Curcio, E. Chulluyan, D. Casadei.
Renal Transplant Unit, Instituto de Nefrologia Nephrology, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
HCV infection is associated to chronic hepatitis, cirrhosis, hepatic carcinoma and increased incidence of diabetes. Combination of new antiviral drugs have demonstrated utility in liver…
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BK Nephropathy in Non-Kidney Transplant Patients, a Case Series and Systematic Review of the Literature
A. Shah,¹ V. Kumar,² B. Laskin,^2,3 D. Sawinski,^1,2 J. Hogan.^1,2
¹Division of Nephrology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; ²Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia; ³Division of Nephrology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia.
Background: BK virus is highly seroprevalent but clinical disease typically occurs only in immunocompromised persons, most notably leading to significant morbidity in patients with kidney…
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Outcomes of Kidney Transplant Recipients with Early Allograft Inflammation: A Prospective Study
R. Mehta, S. Tandukar, P. Sood, C. Puttarajappa, C. Wu, N. Shah, A. Tevar, S. Hariharan.
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh.
The impact of early allograft inflammation is unclear. We prospectively studied changes in renal function and histology in a cohort of patients who received a…
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Liver Transplantation with or without Left Renal Vein Ligation: Comparative Study of 105 Cases
M. Perosa,¹ H. Noujaim,¹ J. Branez,¹ L. Mota,¹ B. Zeballos,¹ R. Santos,¹ A. Watanabe,² G. Ferreira,² A. Moraes,² A. Silvestre,³ G. Martinho,⁴ N. Siqueira,⁵ T. Genzini.¹
¹Abdominal Organ Transplantation, Leforte Hospital, Sao Paulo, Brazil; ²ICDF Hospital, Brasilia, Brazil; ³Medical School, Sao Camilo, Sao Paulo, Brazil; ⁴Medical School, Santa Casa, Sao Paulo, Brazil; ⁵Hospital das Clínicas, Rio Branco, Acre, Brazil.
The presence of large spontaneous splenorenal shunts (SSRS) is a risk factor for low portal flow and graft dysfunction after liver transplantation (LT). Left renal…