Articles tagged "Glomerular filtration rate (GFR)"

2022 American Transplant Congress
Cortex Recipient Weight Ratio is a Predictor for Short-Term Renal Function After Living Donor Kidney Transplant
K. Takahashi¹, K. Furuya¹, J. Usui², T. Kimura³, S. Fukuda⁴, A. Hoshi³, T. Yoshino³, H. Nishiyama³, T. Oda¹, K. Yamagata²
¹Gastrointestinal and Hepatobiliary Pancreatic Surgery, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan, ²Nephrology, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan, ³Urology, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan, ⁴Nursing, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
*Purpose: Renal function early after living donor kidney transplant (LDKT) depends on “nephron mass” in the renal graft, and “nephron mass” can be quantified as…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Impact of SARS-CoV 2 Infection on Graft Function in Kidney Transplant Recipients: An Academic Single Center Experience
S. Nahi, A. Shetty, S. Tanna, J. Leventhal
Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: Kidney transplant recipients are a unique cohort in regard to SARS-CoV 2 susceptibility and clinical course, owing to their immunosuppressed state and propensity for…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Estimated GFR by Serum Myo-inositol, Valine, Creatinine, and Cystatin-c Outperforms Current CKD-epi Equations in Renal Transplant Recipients
J. W. Meeusen¹, F. Stammler², J. Lieske³, M. Grassi², M. Shah⁴, E. Schiffer²
¹Cardiovascular Laboratory Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MA, ²Research and Development, Numares, Boston, MA, ³Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ⁴Clinical Research, Numares, Boston, MA
*Purpose: Current estimated GFR (eGFR) equations using creatinine and/or cystatin C do no perform well in kidney transplant (KTx) recipients. Therefore, some large transplant programs…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Association of Kidney Function with Patient Reported Outcomes After Kidney Transplantation
G. S. Kochar, S. A. Rega, I. D. Feurer, A. Dreher, H. Schaefer, D. Shaffer, R. C. Forbes, C. W. Pinson, B. P. Concepcion
Nephrology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
*Purpose: Our study aimed to determine the association of posttransplant eGFR with patient reported outcomes (PROs) and, specifically, the risk of reduced health-related quality of…
2021 American Transplant Congress
The Association of Pre-Kidney Transplant C-Peptide Level with Post Transplant Outcomes
A. J. Vinson, K. Tennankore
Nova Scotia Health Authority Division of Nephrology, Departm, Halifax, NS, Canada
*Purpose: Insulin is produced by pancreatic beta-cells by cleavage of a prohormone precursor into equal parts insulin and C-peptide. C-peptide has been shown to have…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Kidney Transplant Outcomes Stratified by Age with a Calcineurin and Steroid Free Regimen
R. Scalzo¹, M. Harris¹, J. Morris², J. Byrns¹
¹Pharmacy, Duke University Hospital, Durham, NC, ²Nephrology, Duke University Hospital, Durham, NC
*Purpose: To evaluate the impact of an alemtuzumab, belatacept, and sirolimus based regimen on renal function stratified by age in kidney transplant (KT) patients.*Methods: This…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Different Levels of GFR of Retained Kidney on the Long-term Safety of the Donors in Living-related Renal Transplantation
M. Dou, P. Tian, B. Zheng, G. Deng, Y. Shi, C. Ding
The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China
*Purpose: To summarize the long-term safety of different levels of GFR of retained kidney among living-related donors.Health status,postoperative recovery,and postoperative complications were compared and analyzed.*Methods:…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Evaluation of the Impact of Delayed Graft Function (dgf) on Kidney Allograft Outcomes
J. Leeds, B. Rawashdeh, M. Sestito, B. Sharma, J. Kamal, A. Kumar, A. AgarwalAA4VB, A. Doyle, S. Rao
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
*Purpose: DGF is an important post-transplant complication that has early and long-term consequences on graft survival with increased relative risk of graft loss. DGF frequency…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Body Surface Adjusted vs Raw GFR in Predicting Long Term Outcomes of Kidney Donors. Who is Disadvantaged?
H. N. Ibrahim¹, S. A. Hebert¹, H. E. Adrogue¹, D. Murad¹, D. T. Nguyen², E. A. Graviss²
¹Medicine, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX, ²Pathology and Genomic Medicine, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX
*Purpose: KDIGO and others recommend that GFR level acceptance (typically >80 ml/min) should be adjusted for body surface area (BSA) as GFR correlates highly with…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Single Center Experience on SARS-CoV-2 Testing of Symptomatic and Asymptomatic Pediatric Kidney Transplant Recipients
H. Pizzo¹, P. R. Soni², S. Nadipuram², J. Garrison¹, D. Puliyanda¹
¹Pediatric Nephrology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, ²Pediatric Infectious Disease, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: As of late November 2020, there have been 61.5 million cases of SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) worldwide resulting in 1.44 million deaths. Despite the outstanding number…