Articles tagged "Age factors"

2017 American Transplant Congress
The Objective Liver Frailty Index Significantly Improves the Clinician “Eyeball Test” to Predict Mortality in Liver Transplant Candidates.
J. Lai, K. Covinsky, C. McCulloch, S. Feng.
UCSF, San Francisco
Background: Frailty is a critical determinant of waitlist outcomes. The most commonly-used test to assess frailty in liver transplant (LT) candidates is the “eyeball test”,…
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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…
2017 American Transplant Congress
Donor Age Is the Most Important Predictor of Longterm Graft Function in Simultaneous Pancreas-Kidney Transplantation from Donors After Cardiac Death.
J. Chen,¹ D. Mikhail,^1,2 H. Sharma,³ A. Hijazi,¹ D. Nap,¹ L. Stitt,⁴ J. Jevnikar,⁵ M. Cooper,⁶ P. Luke,^1,2 A. Sener.^1,2
¹Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, London, Canada; ²Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, Western University, London, London, Canada; ³Division of General Surgery, Department of Urology, Western University, London, Canada; ⁴LW Stitt Statistical Services, London, Canada; ⁵Faculty of Engineering and Architectural Sciences, Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada; ⁶Georgetown University, Washington
STUDY PURPOSE: We analyzed data from UNOS to determine the effects of donor age, donor BMI, and organ cold ischemic time on DCD-SPK graft outcomes.METHODS:…
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Age-Related Differences in Gene Expression Among Kidney Allografts with Normal Histology and Calcineurin Inhibitor Nephrotoxicity.
E. Rhone,¹ S. Bontha,¹ P. Walker,² C. Dumur,³ D. Maluf,¹ J. Almenara,³ V. Mas.¹
¹University of Virginia, Charlottesville; ²Arkana Laboratories, Little Rock; ³Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond
Background Most biomarker research first occurs in adult populations, with consequent extrapolation to children. However, age-related differences may impact gene expression, such as variations in…
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Lack of Utility of KDPI in Dual Kidneys from Donors at the Extremes of Age.
D. Felts, M. Khan, B. Alradawna, A. Farney, J. Rogers, G. Orlando, A. Reeves-Daniel, A. Palanisamy, W. Doares, S. Kaczmorski, R. Stratta.
Transplant, Wake Forest Baptist Health, Winston-Salem, NC
The study purpose was to analyze outcomes in recipients of pediatric dual en bloc (EB) kidneys from small pediatric donors (SPDs, age ≤ 3 years)…
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Semi-Automated Pre-Donation Computed Topography (CT) Cortical Renal Volume to Predict Kidney Function in Live Kidney Donors 2 Years Following Donation.
L.-X. Chen,¹ G. Fananapazir,² R. Benzl,² M. Corwin,² S. Stewart,³ C. Troppmann.⁴
¹Transplant Nephrology, UC Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA; ²Radiology, UC Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA; ³Biostatistics, UC Davis School of Medicine, Davis, CA; ⁴Transplant Surgery, UC Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA
Objective: To evaluate whether volume of the remnant kidney based on pre-donation CT and donor age correlates with post-donation 2-year renal function in live kidney…
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Outcome of Kidney Transplantation from Deceased Octogenarian Donors.
P. Donato, L. Furian, C. Silvestre, F. Neri, C. Di Bella, M. Di Bello, P. Rigotti.
Kidney and Pancreas Transplantation Uniti, Padua University Hospital, Padua, Italy
In order to expand the donor pool, the utilization of kidneys otherwise discarded because of extremely old age or comorbidities has been evaluated.We retrospectively analyzed…
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The New Kidney Allocation System: The Effect on Elderly Transplantation in the US. Review of UNOS Database.
V. Whittaker, M. Laftavi, Z. Acun, R. Gruessner, A. Gruessner.
Surgery, State University New York, Syracuse, NY
The New Kidney Allocation System(KAS) improve access disadvantaged groups. The effect on the elderly population, recipients >=65 is unknown.Methods: Retrospective analysis of UNOS database preKAS…
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Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI) as Prognostic Indicator of Outcomes in Older Patients Undergoing Renal Transplantation.
A. Asderakis, U. Contractor, U. Khalid, P. Donato, L. Szabo.
Cardiff Transplant Unit, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, United Kingdom
Introduction: Our group has shown excellent results using old DCD donor kidneys to older recipients. There are continuing efforts to predict those older recipients who…
2017 American Transplant Congress
Pre-Kidney Transplant Lower Extremity Impairment and Post-Transplant Mortality.
A. Nastasi,^1,2 M. McAdams-DeMarco,^1,2 J. Schrack,¹ H. Ying,² C. Haugen,² M. González Fernández,³ D. Segev.^1,2
¹Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD; ²Surgery, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD; ³Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
INTRODUCTION. Few objective tests can be easily performed prior to kidney transplantation (KT) to effectively stratify patients by risk of post-KT mortality. The short physical…