Articles tagged "Elderly patients"

2016 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes of Donor Nephrectomy in the Elderly.
O. Serrano,¹ A. Bangdiwala,² K. Yadav,¹ A. Adamusiak,¹ D. Vock,³ W. Payne,¹ T. Dunn,¹ S. Chinnakotla,¹ E. Finger,¹ T. Pruett,¹ A. Matas,¹ R. Kandaswamy.¹
¹Surgery, Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN; ²Biostatistics and Bioinformatics Core, Masonic Cancer Center, Minneapolis, MN; ³Biostatistics, Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN.
PURPOSE: The critical organ shortage has increased demand for marginal donor kidneys. Although previously a contraindication to live kidney donation, advanced age donors (>60 y.o.)…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Infectious Complication in Extremely Elderly Kidney Transplant (KT) Recipients: A Leading Cause of Death.
J. Cabrera,^1,3 M. Fernández-Ruiz,² M. Molina,¹ E. González,¹ N. Polanco,¹ F. López-Medrano,² J. Aguado,² M. Praga,¹ A. Andrés.¹
¹Department of Nephrology, Hospital Universitario “12 de Octubre”, Madrid, Spain; ²Unit of Infectious Diseases, Hospital Universitario “12 de Octubre”, Madrid, Spain; ³Department of Nephrology, Hospital Evangelico, Montevideo, Uruguay.
Introduction: The incidence of infection after KT have been reported to directly increase with recipient's age, likely due to the combined effect of co-morbidities and…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Acute Rejection Profoundly Impacts Graft Survival in Young but Not in Old Kidney Transplant Recipients.
C. Denecke,^1,3 M. Biebl,^1,3 J. Fritz,² A. Brandl,^1,4 S. Weiss,^1,4 T. Dziodzio,^1,3 F. Aigner,^1,3 R. Sucher,^1,3 C. Bösmüller,¹ J. Pratschke,^1,3,4 R. Öllinger.^1,3
¹Visceral, Transplantation and Thoracic Surgery, Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria; ²Medical Statistics, Informatics and Health Economics, Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria; ³General, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, Charité Universitätsmedizin, Campus Virchow, Berlin, Germany; ⁴General, Visceral, Vascular and Thoracic Surgery, Charite Universitätsmedizin, Campus Mitte, Berlin, Germany.
Background: The proportion of marginal grafts and elderly recipients awaiting kidney transplantation is ever increasing. The correlation of age with DGF and acute rejection determines…
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…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes of Sequential and En Bloc Transplants in the Elderly: 10 Year Review of UNOS Data.
V. Whittaker,¹ R. Gruessner,¹ A. Vikram,² A. Gruessner.
¹Surgery, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY; ²Medicine, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY.
To evaluate the outcome of sequential and en bloc transplants in the elderly.Method: Retrospective review UNOS data 2004-2014 kidney transplant alone patients >65 years. Patient…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Hospitalizations, Survival, and Complications: 1-Year Outcomes for Elderly Lung Transplant Recipients.
N. Casciello, A. Fuentes, J. Krisl, N. Sinha, T. Kaleekal.
Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX.
Purpose: In 2014, The International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation published consensus guidelines listing age greater than 65 years as a relative contraindication to…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Alemtuzumab Induction Therapy in Elderly Kidney Transplant Recipients.
I. Yakubu,¹ B. Masters,¹ B. Ravichandran,¹ T. Sparkes,¹ M. Moss,¹ F. Rasetto,¹ S. Jonchhe,¹ B. Thomas,² N. Costa,² D. Leeser,² S. Bartlett,² A. Haririan.²
¹Pharmacy, University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore; ²University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore.
Background: In descriptive studies, alemtuzumab has been associated with an escalating risk of death and graft loss in elderly (≥65 years) kidney transplant recipients. However,…