Articles tagged "Donation"

2015 American Transplant Congress
Correlates and Consequences of Gout Among Living Kidney Donors
N. Lam,¹ A. Garg,¹ D. Segev,² M. Schnitzler,³ H. Xiao,³ D. Axelrod,⁴ J. Tuttle-Newhall,³ D. Brennan,⁵ B. Kasiske,⁶ K. Lentine.³
¹Western Uni., London, Canada; ²John Hopkins Uni., Baltimore; ³Saint Louis Uni., St. Louis; ⁴Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Hanover; ⁵Washington Uni., St. Louis; ⁶Uni. of Minnesota, Minneapolis.
Background: Currently, the demographic correlates and consequences of gout in living kidney donors are understudied.Methods: We examined a novel database that linked national U.S. identifiers…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Hand Assisted Retroperitoneoscopic Donor Nephrectomy in Challenging Cases; Right Sided Donor Nephrectomy With Multiple Renal Arteries
E. Akin,¹ I. Barlas,¹ M. Dayangac,¹ A. Sinangil,² V. Celik,² T. Ecder.²
¹Kidney Transplantation, Istanbul Bilim University Florence Nightengale Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey; ²Nephrology, Istanbul Bilim University Florence Nightengale Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
Hand-assisted retroperitoneoscopic (HARP) nephrectomy is a potentially safer approach for the donor where the peritoneum stays intact and tactile sensation remains. The experience with HARP…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Angiopoietin-2 Associates With Graft Failure and Mortality in Renal Transplant Recipients
W. Westendorp,¹ C. Keyser,² E. van den Berg,² C. Krikke,¹ H. van Goor,³ S. Bakker,² H. Leuvenink.¹
¹Surgery, Groningen Transplant Center, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands; ²Nephrology, Groningen Transplant Center, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands; ³Pathology, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands.
Angiopoietin-1 (Ang1) and angiopoietin-2 (Ang2) are involved in stabilizing the vascular endothelium and may play a role in premature mortality and graft failure in renal…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Association Between Histological Abnormalities in Time-Zero Renal Biopsies and Post-Donation eGFR in Live Donors
L. Fahmy, A. Massie, B. Orandi, S. Bagnasco, J. Alejo, B. Boyarsky, S. Anjum, R. Montgomery, N. Dagher, D. Segev.
Johns Hopkins, Baltimore.
Time-zero biopsies (T0-RBx) of live-donor kidneys may reveal histological abnormalities at the time of organ recovery. The association between T0-RBx and subsequent kidney function in…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes of Live Kidney Donors Who Develop End Stage Renal Disease
A. Muzaale, A. Massie, L. Kucirka, D. Segev.
Johns Hopkins, Baltimore.
Kidney donors can develop ESRD after donation, but the outcomes of those who do remain poorly characterized.Methods: Using USRDS and SRTR data, we compared access…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Attitudes and Beliefs About Organ Donation: Focus Group Study in Arabic-Speaking Communities in Australia
A. Ralph,^1,2 A. Alyami,^3,4 R. Allen,^3,4 K. Howard,¹ J. Craig,^1,2 S. Chadban,^3,4 M. Irving,^1,2 A. Tong.^1,2
¹Sydney School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia; ²Centre for Kidney Research, Children's Hospital at Westmead, Westmead, NSW, Australia; ³Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia; ⁴Transplantation Services, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Background: The demand for transplantable organs continues to outweigh supply across the globe, especially in the provision of deceased donor organs from ethnic minority populations.…
2015 American Transplant Congress
The Impact of Hypertension, Chronic Pain, and Fatigue on Long-Term Quality of Life After Living Kidney Donation
T. Schachtner,^1,2 P. Reinke.^1,2
¹Nephrology and Internal Intensive Care, Charité Campus Virchow Clinic, Berlin, Germany; ²Berlin-Brandenburg Center for Regenerative Therapies, Berlin, Germany.
The rising prevalence of end-stage renal disease and Germany's chronic organ shortage subsequently calls more people upon to consider living kidney donation. The benefits for…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Age Should Not Be Considered a Contraindication for Living Kidney Donation
D.-A. Moutzouris, R. Charif, J. Galliford, J. McDermott, H. Dulku, H. Orr, D. Taube, M. Loucaidou.
Imperial College Renal and Transplant Centre, Hammersmith Hospital, London, United Kingdom.
The increasing numbers of patients with ESRD on the transplant waiting list has been the main driving force for expanding the donor pool. Acceptance of…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Living Donor Transplant Rates in Children Are Declining
D. Keith, A. Nishio Lucar, G. Vranic.
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA.
Living donor (LD) transplant rates have been declining since 2004 in adult candidates. We sought to determine if this trend is also occurring in pediatric…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Kidney Transplantation Using Kidneys from Donation After Circulatory Death Donors: Results from the UK Experience
D. Summers,^1,2,3 R. Johnson,² D. Collett,² C. Watson,^1,3 J. Neuberger,² G. Pettigrew,^1,3 J. Bradley.^1,3
¹Department of Surgery, Cambridge University, Cambridge, United Kingdom; ²Organ Donation and Transplantation, NHS Blood and Transplant, Bristol, United Kingdom; ³Cambridge NIHR Biomedical Reseach Centre, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
Introduction: Kidneys from donation after circulatory-death donors currently make up over 40% of deceased donor kidney transplants in the UK. In addition, 34% of deceased…