2022 American Transplant Congress
Survival Comparison of Waitlisted and Renal Transplanted Patients in the European Senior Programme
*Purpose: Patients >65years are eligible for kidney transplantation (KT) in the European Senior Program (ESP). We compare patient survival of waitlisted (WTL) and transplanted (Tx)…2022 American Transplant Congress
A Machine Learning Approach to Estimating Anticipated Waiting Time and Survival Benefit in Older Kidney Transplant Candidates
1University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 2U MN, Mpls, MN
*Purpose: Older kidney transplant (ktx) recipients face worse post-transplant survival due to increasing age and more comorbidities. Simultaneously, older ktx candidates are more likely to…2022 American Transplant Congress
Functional Status Assessment in Kidney Transplant Candidates and Recipients: A Single-Center Experience
UC Davis Transplant Center, Sacramento, CA
*Purpose: Functional status assessment (FSA) is important to kidney transplant (KT) candidacy evaluation; a low Fried Frailty score (FFS) is associated with poor waitlist and…2022 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes in Elderly Black Renal Transplant Recipients Receiving Basiliximab Induction and Early Steroid Withdrawal
University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: Black renal transplant recipients (RTR) carry a higher risk of rejection (BPAR) and graft loss due to immunologic and non-immunologic factors. Lymphocyte depleting induction…2022 American Transplant Congress
Living Donor Liver Transplantation: A Better Option for Patients 70 Years or Older
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA
*Purpose: The burden of liver diseases in patients of advanced age has risen. Irrespective of its possible causes, older recipients have a higher waitlist mortality…2022 American Transplant Congress
Bone Fractures Are Not Increased in Older Prior Living Kidney Donors
*Purpose: Living kidney donors were shown to have derangements of bone biomarkers resembling those occurring in early chronic kidney disease within 36 months of donation.…2022 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes Following Renal Transplant with Hepatitis C Viremic Donors in an Elderly Veteran Population with Preemptive Mayvret Therapy
*Purpose: Overall mortality on the kidney transplant waiting list is higher for older diabetic patients. The average age of waitlisted veteran patients is 64, with…2022 American Transplant Congress
The Impact of Frailty Syndrome on Humoral Response to SARS-CoV-2 mRNA Vaccines in Older Kidney Transplant Recipients
*Purpose: Advanced age is associated with impaired humoral immune response to SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccines in kidney transplant recipients (KTR), however mechanisms are poorly understood. Frailty…2022 American Transplant Congress
High KDPI Kidneys: Lifelong Freedom from Dialysis for Elderly Patients
*Purpose: According to national data, there is an increase in kidney transplants in patients over 65, corresponding to an overall general increase. Elderly patients continue…2022 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes in Kidney Transplant Recipients 70 Years and Older
Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA
*Purpose: Patients older than 70 years are the fastest-growing age group of patients requiring renal replacement therapy. This has resulted in a corresponding increase in…
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