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  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Early Antibody Mediated Rejection in HLA Antibody Incompatible Kidney Transplantation – A Treatable Condition Without Heavy Induction Immunosuppression

    S. Daga,1,2 N. Krishnan,1 D. Lowe,3 F. Lam,1 C. Imray,1,2 H. Kashi,1 L. Tan,1 D. Briggs,3 R. Higgins.1,2

    1Renal Department, University Hospital, Coventry, United Kingdom; 2Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom; 3H&I Department, NHSBT, Birmingham, United Kingdom.

    Transplantation across preformed donor specific HLA antibodies (DSA) not only carries a risk of early acute antibody mediated rejection (AMR) and graft loss, but also…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Prevalence, Risk Factors, and Clinical Management of Chronic Renal Dysfunction in Heart Transplant Recipients

    K. Xhima, O. Famure, Y. Li, J. Kim.

    Multi-Organ Transplant Program, Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada.

    Background: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a frequent complication after heart transplantation. The magnitude of post-transplant CKD makes it necessary to characterize patients at increased…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Role of Universal Decolonization After Kidney Transplant: A Pilot Study

    D. Lee,1 G. Malat,2 N. Law,1 A. Sharma,1 T. Bias,1 K. Ranganna,1 A. Doyle.1

    1Department of Medicine, Drexel University, College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA; 2Department of Surgery, Drexel University, College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA.

    IntroductionInfection is a common cause of morbidity and mortality after kidney transplantation. Despite careful pre-transplantation screening of donors and recipients, vaccination, prophylaxis, and antimicrobial use,…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Ex Vivo Stem Cell-Mediated Regeneration of Ischemically Damaged Renal Allografts

    L. Brasile, N. Henry, A. Meyer, B. Stubenitsky.

    BREONICS, Inc., Watervliet, NY.

    This project attempted to accelerate repair of ischemically damaged human kidney allografts using Exsanguinous Metabolic Support (EMS) technology that is warm (32C) and acellular. While…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    T Cell Transfer With iNKT Cell Activation Facilitate Engraftment of Bone Marrow Cells Without GvHD

    R. Ishii,1 T. Hirai,1 S. Miyairi,1 M. Ikemiyagi,1 K. Omoto,1 Y. Ishii,2 K. Tanabe.1

    1Department of Urology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan; 2Laboratory of Vaccine Design, RIKEN IMS-RCAI, Yokohama, Japan.

    Contamination of allogenic T cells is considered to be a risk factor of graft versus host disease (GvHD) in bone marrow transplantation (BMT), whereas it…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Is the Pulsatile Kidney Preservation Machine a Vaulable Tool in Evaluating Kidney Suitability from Older Donors After Brain Death?

    D. Paredes Zapata,1 A. Ruiz Arranz,1 C. Rodriguez Villar,1 L. Peri Cussi,2 A. Alcaraz Asensio,2 R. Adalia Bartolome,1 F. Oppenheimer Salinas.3

    1Donation and Transplant Coordination Section, Hospital Clinic, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; 2Urology Department, Hospital Clinic, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; 3Renal Transplant Unit, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain.

    Introduction: Donors after Brain Death (DBD) older than 60 years old, have become 46.8% of our donor activity, with higher Discard Rate (DR). Assessment of…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    The Natural History of Kidney Graft Cortical Microcirculation Determined by Real-Time Contrast-Enhanced Sonography (RT-CES)

    C. Jiménez,1 M. López,1 A. Ros,1 A. Aguilar,1 D. Menendez,1 B. Rivas,1 M. Santana,1 R. Madero,2 R. Selgas.1

    1Nephrology, Hospital Univeritario La Paz, Madrid, Spain; 2Biostatistics, Hospital Univeritario La Paz, Madrid, Spain.

    Decreasing kidney graft cortical microcirculation has been related to poor prognosis in kidney transplantation. Cortical capillary blood flow (CCBF) can be measured by real-time contrast-enhanced…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Stability of Kidney Allograft Function Is Improving Over Time Across All Donor Types

    J. Gill, J. Dong, C. Rose, J. Gill.

    Medicine-Nephrology, University of BC, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

    Examination of changes in kidney function after transplantation could help identify subgroups of patients who may benefit from a change in clinical management. In the…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Acute Kidney Injury in Kidney Transplant Patients According to the KDIGO Criteria

    T. Filiponi, A. Silva-Filho, E. Tonato, L. Requiao-Moura, A. Matos, E. Arruda, R. Chinen, L. Pires, M. Durão Junior.

    Kidney Transplantation, Albert Einstein Hospital, Sao Paulo, Brazil.

    Purpose.To assess the incidence, risk factors and outcomes associated with acute kidney injury (AKI) in kidney transplant in patients using KDIGO classification. Methods- Retrospective cohort…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Native Kidney Biopsy Does Not Predict Post Liver Transplant Renal Outcomes

    D. Sawinski,1 A. Ganguli,1 M. Palmer, R. Bloom,1 P. Abt.

    1Renal Division, Univ. of Penn, Philadelphia, PA; 2Dept of Pathology, Univ. of Penn, Philadelphia, PA; 3Dept of Surgery, Univ. of Penn, Philadelphia, PA.

    Liver transplant (LT) recipients are at high risk of posttransplant renal disease but the extent of renal disease is often unrecognized in the pretransplant setting.…
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