Articles tagged "Age factors"

2017 American Transplant Congress
EPTS Is a Poor Predictor of Post-KT Mortality for Older Recipients.
M. McAdams DeMarco, X. Luo, A. Massie, D. Segev.
Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD
Background:The new kidney allocation system (KAS) is meant to better match longevity of recipients and allografts. The United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) decided that…
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Clinical Outcome of Pancreas Transplantation in Elderly Patients with Diabetes Mellitus.
J. Jung,¹ J. Choi,² S. Shin,² Y. Kim,² D. Han.²
¹Nursing, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea; ²Surgery, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
Introduction: The age of the recipient is an important factor affecting the outcome of pancreas transplantation. In elderly people, it was a taboo due to…
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Is Reluctance to Accept Younger Kidney Donors Justified?
H. Ibrahim,¹ D. Berglund,¹ S. Jackson,² A. Matas.¹
¹U of MN, Mpls; ²M Health, Mpls
Transplant centers are often reluctant to accept young kidney donors because of long-term concerns regarding reduced renal mass and because they have not yet reached…
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CD4⁺IFN-γ⁺IL-10⁺ Regulatory Type 1 Cells Facilitate Prolongation of Graft Survival in Old Recipient Mice Treated with Rapamycin.
T. Heinbokel, M. Quante, K. Minami, A. Elkhal, S. Tullius.
Transplant Surgery Research Laboratory and Division of Transplant Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Although the elderly represent a rapidly growing population among transplant recipients, age-specific aspects have not been considered sufficiently in clinical trials. Moreover, age-specific effects of…
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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…
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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…