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Articles tagged "Elderly patients"

  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Utility of a 10-Minute Functional Test as a Predictor of Kidney Transplant (KTP) Listing.

    M. Swee,1,2 J. Hornickel,2 R. Kalil.1,2

    1Transplant Nephrology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA; 2Transplant Nephrology, Iowa City Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Iowa City, IA

    Purpose: Frailty is a measure of physiologic reserve that has been associated with poor outcomes after kidney transplant, but its use as a predictor for…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Kidney Transplantation in Octogenarians: The Mayo Clinic Experience.

    N. Khoury, T. Schwab, M. Prieto, H. Amer.

    Transplant Center, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

    BackgroundKidney transplantation (KTx) is the preferred renal replacement therapy in selected individuals.There is limited data on transplantation of octogenarians. The purpose of this study was…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Greater Emphasis on Non-Eligible Donors as a Strategy to Decrease the Organ Shortage.

    K. Croome, D. Lee, A. Keaveny, C. Taner.

    Transplant, Mayo Clinic Florida, Jacksonville, FL

    Background: OPO performance is generally evaluated by the number of organ procurement procedures divided by the number of eligible deaths(brain dead donors under age 70),…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    No Impact of One Year of Everolimus, as Compared to MPA, in the Reversal of Left Ventricular Hypertrophy in Elderly Renal Transplant Recipients – Preliminary Data from Then Everold Study.

    E. David-Neto,1 F. Agena,1 M. Furtado,2 A. Rodriges,2 J. Andrade,2 F. Lemos,1 F. Paula.1

    1Renal Transplantation Service, Hospital das Clinicas – University of Sao Paulo School of Medicine, Sao Paulo, Brazil; 2Echocardiography Services, Hospital das Clinicas – University of Sao Paulo School of Medicine, Sao Paulo, Brazil

    It has been suggested that mTor inhibitors may contribute to the reversal of myocardial hypertrophy after transplantation possibly due to its biological effects like enhanced…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    The Use of Very High KDPI Kidneys in Elderly Kidney Transplant Recipients – Discarded in the U.S. but Successfully Transplanted in Europe.

    F. Halleck, D. Khadzhynov, G. Rehse, L. Lehner, E. Schrezenmeier, M. Dürr, K. Budde, O. Staeck.

    Nephrology, Charité Berlin, Berlin, Germany

    Background: Very limited data exist on long-term outcomes of very high KDPI kidneys in elderly (≥65 years) kidney transplant recipients (KTR). Discard rates of donor…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    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…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    The Use of Kidney Donors Older Than 80 Years Does Not Affect Graft Survival in the Medium Term.

    A. Fernández,1 J. González,2 C. Galeano,1 S. Elias,1 S. Jimenez,1 F. Caravaca,1 S. Pampa,1 R. Marcen.1

    1Nephrology, Hospital Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Spain; 2Nephrology, Hospital de León, Leon, Spain.

    INTRODUCTION:Kidney transplantation is the best option for renal replacement therapy. One of its main limitations is the organs shortage. We analyzed the results in kidney…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Survival Advantage in the Elderly with Kidney Transplantation.

    G. Spanos,1 N. Duncan,1 P. Brookes,1 D. Goodall,1 K. Koutroutsos,1 E. Evangelou,2 M. Loucaidou.1

    1Imperial College Renal Transplant Centre, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom; 2Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom.

    Background: Patients with established renal failure (ERF) are aging. Of patients starting dialysis at our centre a third and a half are over the age…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Really Old (>84 Years) Deceased Donor Livers Can Save Lives.

    A. Friedman, E. Marquez, K. DelliCarpini.

    LiveOnNY, New York, NY.

    Avoiding death of the liver transplant candidate who depends on the inadequate organ supply requires careful strategy. Nevertheless, transplantation of livers from potential donors older…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Elderly Kidney Transplant Recipients Need Optimized Immunosuppression According to Comorbidity and Infection.

    E. Kang,1 S. Park,1 S. Park,1 S. Yang,2 I. Jung,3 S.-K. Park,4 Y. Kim,5 D.-J. Han,1 Y. Kim,1 J. Lee.6

    1Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea; 2Kidney Research Institute, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea; 3Department of Surgery, Seoul National University Boramae Medical Center, Seoul, Korea; 4Department of Internal Medicine, Asan Medical Center and University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea; 5Department of Surgery, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea; 6Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Boramae Medical Center, Seoul, Korea.

    Backgrounds: The numbers of elderly kidney transplantation is increasing, but there are limited studies about the use of immunosuppressant in this group. We investigated the…
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