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Articles tagged "Elderly patients"

  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Transplant Readiness Assessment Clinic: A New Approach to Kidney Waitlist Management in the KAS Era.

    X. Cheng,1 J. Lee,2 Z. Tulu,2 J. Tan.2

    1Div Nephrology, Stanford University, Palo Alto; 2Kidney Transplant Program, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA

    Kidney waitlist management has become increasingly complex in regions with long wait times. Increasing transplant options and the new Kidney Allocation System has added to…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Cross-sectional and Serial Evolution of Quality of Life in Elderly Kidney Donors.

    S. Ake,1 D. Berglund,2 S. Jackson,3 A. Matas,2 C. Gross,2 H. Ibrahim.2

    1Saint Catherine University, St. Paul; 2U of MN, Mpls; 3M Health, Mpls

    Little is known regarding long-term health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in elderly (those donating when ≥65 yrs) living kidney donors (LKDs). Using the SF-36, we…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Increased Pro-Inflammatory and Decreased Interferon-Related Gene Expression in Older as Compared with Younger Kidney Transplant Recipients.

    J. Schaenman, O. Beiard, E. Liang, T. Sidwell, V. Groysberg, M. Rosetti, B. Abdalla, E. Lum, S. Bunnapradist, T. Pham, G. Dannovitch, J. Veale, H. Gritsch, A. Karlamangla, S. Cole, E. Reed.

    David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA

    Older transplant recipients experience increased rates of death and infection as compared with younger patients. Our previous studies demonstrated increased frequency of terminally differentiated and…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Understanding the Role of Induction Agents in Older versus Younger Kidney Transplant Recipients.

    Q. Huang, F. Ammary, M. McAdams-DeMarco, D. Segev.

    Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD

    Background: There has been an increase in the number of older (over 65) KT recipients. Aging-related changes such as differences in immune senescence may influence…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Induction in the Elderly: A Comparison of Basiliximab versus Rabbit Anti-Thymocyte Globulin After Kidney Transplantation.

    J. Lee, E. Liu, M. Aull, S. Kapur.

    Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY

    Background: Although it is well established that kidney transplant (KT) in the elderly is beneficial and safe, there is limited literature on the appropriate choice…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Early Rejection in the Elderly: Is It Predictable?

    J. Clark, T. Sparkes, B. Masters, S. Jonchhe, A. Haririan, B. Thomas, B. Ravichandran.

    University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD

    Introduction: Optimal induction for elderly kidney transplant recipients (KTR) remains unclear. Older age may be associated with decreased immunogenicity; however, clinical heterogeneity of the elderly…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Induction with T-cell Depletional Agents Is Safe and Efficacious in the Very Elderly Kidney Transplant Recipients: An Analysis of the OPTN Database.

    H. Dave, L. Wolfe, H. Fattah, D. Kumar, A. King, M. Levy, A. Cotterell, A. Sharma, C. Bhati, G. Gupta.

    Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA.

    Background: Kidney transplantation is increasingly being offered to the very elderly (Age>70 years) kidney transplant recipients. Previous studies analyzing the effect of induction immunosuppression in…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Early Hospital Readmisison Among Older Kideny Transplant Recipients.

    E. King, L. Kucirka, M. McAdams-DeMarco, F. Al-Ammary, D. Segev.

    Surgery, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.

    BACKGROUND: We previously established 31% of all kidney transplant (KT) recipients experience early hospital readmission (EHR). We hypothesized that rates of EHR might be higher…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Which Post-Transplant Complications Are More Common in Elderly Renal Recipients?

    F. Agena, F. Paula, B. Reichert, P. Neves, A. Piovesan, W. Nahas, E. David-Neto.

    Renal Transplantation Service, Hospital das Clinicas - University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil.

    Elderly recipients are listed for renal transplantation (RTx) more frequently. The immediate (first 60 days) post-transplant complications expected in this group have not been well…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Evaluation of T Cell Immunity in Elderly Solid Organ Transplant Recipients.

    J. Schaenman,1 Y. Korin,2 T. Sidwell,2 V. Groysberg,2 E. Lum,1 E. Huang,1 S. Bunnapradist,1 T. Pham,1 G. Danovitch,1 E. Reed.2

    1Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA; 2Department of Pathology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA.

    Elderly transplant recipients experience increased rates of death, especially death due to infection, as compared with younger patients. However, little is known about the mechanism…
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