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Articles tagged "Elderly patients"

  • 2022 American Transplant Congress

    Outcomes Following Renal Transplant with Hepatitis C Viremic Donors in an Elderly Veteran Population with Preemptive Mayvret Therapy

    R. Lopez-Soler1, A. Thorndyke1, C. Trotter1, A. Abadier2, M. Samra1

    1Surgery, Transplantation, Edward Hines Jr. Veterans Administration Hospital, Hines, IL, 2Surgery, Loyola University School of Medicine, Maywood, IL

    *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

    M. Schmalz1, H. Vankova2, S. Rajnochova-Bloudickova1, P. Hruba3, M. Fialova4, J. Gurka5, M. Magicova1, I. Striz4, I. Zahradka1, O. Viklicky1

    1Department of Nephrology, Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Prague, Czech Republic, 2The Third Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, 3Transplantation Laboratory, Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Prague, Czech Republic, 4Department of Immunology, Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Prague, Czech Republic, 5Department of Information Technology, Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Prague, Czech Republic

    *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

    M. M. Romine1, W. Irish2, H. Jones3, A. Aaron2, D. Leeser4

    1Department of Surgery, Eastern Carolina University, Greenville, NC, 2Eastern Carolina University, Greenville, NC, 3Eastern Nephrology Associates, Greenville, NC, 4East Carolina University, Greenville, NC

    *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

    J. Mehta, N. F. Okonkwo, A. Paramesh, K. Atiemo, M. Killackey, H. Jeon, A. Vijay

    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…
  • 2022 American Transplant Congress

    Older Living Donor Kidneys Are Associated with Worse Recipient and Graft Survival Compared to Younger Donors

    A. P. Bregman1, R. Spong1, R. El-Rifai1, K. Swanson1, S. Jackson2, S. Riad1

    1Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 2Analytics, Mhealth-Fairview, Minneapolis, MN

    *Purpose: Older living donors (LDs) are accepted more frequently to expand the donor pool. We sought to evaluate recipient outcomes from older LDs >70y.*Methods: Utilizing…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    The Extremes of KDPI: Even KDPI 95%+ Kidneys Can Be Used Successfully

    A. Gilbert, J. Verbesey, B. Thomas, J. Moore, M. Cooper

    Medstar Georgetown Transplant Institute, Washington, DC

    *Purpose: While the use of kidneys with KDPIs greater than 85% has become common, there is still reluctance among centers to use the very highest…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Improving Eligibility of Renal Transplants in the Elderly

    L. B. Moraitis, J. Rogers, A. Farney, A. Reeves-Daniel, G. Orlando, W. Doares, S. Kaczmorski, A. Mena-Gutierrez, C. Jay, R. Stratta

    Abdominal Organ Transplant, Wake Forest Baptist Health, Winston-Salem, NC

    *Purpose: In the recent past, older age was contraindication to kidney transplantation (KT). New kidney allocation schemes with use of longevity matching, initiation of frailty…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Renal Transplant is Safe in Septuagenarians

    P. Serrano Rodriguez, J. Vonderau, K. Szempruch, C. S. Desai

    Abdominal Transplant Surgery, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC

    *Purpose: With increasing life expectancy, there has been increase in transplant rates amongst elderly recipients who often have more comorbidities than younger recipient. The aim…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Cost Savings Initiative with Idea Body Weight Dosing of Rabbit Anti-thymocyte Globulin (rATG) Induction in an Older Kidney Transplant Population: A Single Center Analysis

    C. LaFratte1, S. Witek1, D. Sawinski2, J. Trofe-Clark2, C. Sammons2, B. Hardek1, R. Samudralwar1, A. Forte1, S. Lyle1, J. Rashid1, G. Malat2

    1Pharmacy, Hospital of Univ of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 2Penn Transplant Institute, Hospital of Univ of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

    *Purpose: Optimal dosing schemes for rATG induction are not well defined for older kidney transplant recipients (KTRs), who are at greater risk for adverse events…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Belatacept Conversion in Elderly Renal Transplant Recipients

    M. Durst1, D. Felix1, M. Jorgenson1, J. Descourouez1, B. C. Astor2, D. Mandelbrot2

    1UW Health, Madison, WI, 2University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI

    *Purpose: Describe the impact of conversion from a calcineurin inhibitor (CNI) based immunosuppressive regimen to belatacept in elderly renal transplant recipients.*Methods: Adult renal transplant patients…
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