Articles tagged "Glomerular filtration rate (GFR)"

2015 American Transplant Congress
Acute Kidney Injury in the Early Post Kidney Transplant Period: Frequency, Etiology and Significance
B. Kiberd,¹ S. Cimen,¹ K. Tennankore.²
¹Surgery, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada; ²Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada.
Acute kidney injury (AKI) post kidney transplant has not been well described using current diagnostic criteria. The frequency and etiology of AKI in the first…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Age-Dependent Decline in Glomerular Filtration Rate: A US Population-Based Study
P. Udompap, N.-Y. Heo, A. Mannalithara, W. Kim.
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA.
Background and aim: Reduced renal function is nearly a universal complication experienced by organ transplant recipients, in part related to nephrotoxicity of calcineurin inhibitors. With…
2015 American Transplant Congress
NK-Cell Subset Distribution, Renal Function and Biopsy Findings in Kidney Transplant Recipients With HLA Donor-Specific Antibodies
M. Crespo,¹ D. Redondo,¹ J. Gimeno,² J. Yelamos,³ A. Muntasell,³ A. Faura,¹ M. Pérez-Sáez,¹ M. López-Montañes,⁴ A. Torío,⁵ C. García,⁶ M. Mir,¹ J. Hernandez,⁶ M. López-Botet,^3,4 J. Pascual.¹
¹Nephrology Unit, Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain; ²Servicio de Anatomía Patológica, Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain; ³Servicio de Inmunología, Institut Mar d'Investigacions Mediques, Barcelona, Spain; ⁴Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain; ⁵Laboratori de Referencia de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain; ⁶Immunology Department, Hospital de Alicante, Alicante, Spain.
Background: Detection of post-transplant donor-specific anti-HLA antibodies(DSA) constitutes a risk factor for kidney transplant (KT) loss. NK-cell antibody-dependent cell mediated cytotoxicity(ADCC) has been proposed to…