2018 American Transplant Congress
Frailty is Predictive of Early Post-Transplant Infection in Older Renal Transplant Recipients
Background: Frailty is predictive of postoperative morbidity, including infections in older surgical patients. It is not known if frailty is associated with post-operative infections in…2018 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes of Very Old Kidney Recipients of Grafts from Very Old Donors
Nephrology Department, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain.
Aims: Describe the outcomes of very old kidney recipients of grafts from very old donors. Identify pretransplant clinical factors associated with graft and recipient survival.Methods:…2018 American Transplant Congress
Dialysis Modality, Inflammation, and Frailty in Kidney Transplant Candidates
Inflammation is associated with poor physical performance, frailty, disability and death in community-dwelling older adults. Given the elevated inflammation levels among ESRD patients, it is…2018 American Transplant Congress
Long-Term Outcomes of Graft Function in Elderly Kidney Transplant Recipients
Henry Ford Transplant Institute, Detroit, MI.
Purpose: To compare and evaluate 5-year outcomes of graft function for younger (Y) versus elderly (E) kidney transplant recipients (KTR).Introduction: As the number of elderly…2018 American Transplant Congress
DNA Methylation Age and Differential Patterns of DNA Methylation in Older Compared with Younger Kidney Transplant Recipients
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA.
Introduction: Older transplant recipients experience increased rates of infection and death, but decreased rates of rejection, suggesting a role of immune dysfunction. Analysis of DNA…2018 American Transplant Congress
Is Kidney Transplantation Safe in Patients over 71 Years Old?
Department of Kidney & Liver Transplantation, ASUIUD, Udine, Italy.
Introduction: Kidney transplantation in elderly patients is superior over dialysis as therapy for end stage renal disease (ESRD). We analyzed different parameters to evaluate patient…2018 American Transplant Congress
Measures of Physical Frailty, Cardiac Function and Cardiac Biomarkers among Kidney Transplant Candidates
1Intermountain Medical Center, Murray, UT; 2University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT.
Background: Elevated troponin T at transplant evaluation has been reported to confer risk of cardiovascular mortality among renal transplants. We use troponin T along with…2018 American Transplant Congress
The Fate of Older Candidates Referred for Kidney Transplantation
Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN.
Background: Older ESRD/CKD patients have reduced access to transplantation compared to younger counterparts as measured by waitlisting and transplantation rates. This is true even in…2018 American Transplant Congress
Ethnic Disparities in Elderly Patients Receiving Kidney Transplantation
Henry Ford Transplant Institute, Detroit, MI.
Purpose: Over the past 10 years, the number of elderly kidney transplant recipients has increased. This analysis evaluates whether the trend is equitable across ethnic…2018 American Transplant Congress
Immunosuppression and the Risk of Dementia among Older Kidney Transplant Recipients
1JHU, Baltimore; 2SLU, St. Louis.
Background: Older recipients have a high burden of dementia after kidney transplantation (KT). Factors contributing to post-KT dementia may include long-standing kidney disease, comorbid vascular…
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