Articles tagged "Glomerular filtration rate (GFR)"

2019 American Transplant Congress
Prevention of Ischemia Reperfusion Injury (IRI) & ABMR in HLA Sensitized Patients Treated with C1 Esterase Inhibitor (C1INH): Long-Term Follow Up
A. A. Vo, E. Huang, N. Ammerman, J. Choi, I. Kim, A. Peng, R. Najjar, S. Sethi, K. Lim, S. C. Jordan
Cedars Sinai Medical Ctr, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: Delayed graft function (DGF) after kidney transplantation is a consequence of IRI/DGF. IRI/DGF requires intense medical management, is costly and predisposes to risk for…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Induction with Thymoglobulin in DCD Kidneys. Dose Effect and Predictors of Outcome
A. Asderakis, T. Sabah, A. Jones, E. Ablorsu, L. Szabó, R. Chavez
Cardiff Transplant Unit, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, United Kingdom
*Purpose: Thymoglobulin (ATG) is used only in few UK centres as induction. We have previously shown good results with ATG for pancreas transplants. The aim…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Long-Term Outcomes in Patients with Obesity and Renal Disease after Sleeve Gastrectomy
A. Kassam, A. Mirza, Y. Kim, E. S. Woodle, S. A. Shah, M. C. Cuffy, R. C. Quillin III, L. Sage Silski, A. Govil, M. Cardi, T. S. Diwan
Department of Surgery, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
*Purpose: Morbid obesity is a barrier to kidney transplantation in patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) and is associated with progression of chronic kidney disease…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Kidney Volumes in Healthy Donors – Does Size Really Matter?
F. R. Schwartz¹, B. I. Shaw², F. Vernuccio¹, F. Rigiroli¹, F. Gonzalez¹, R. Lerebours³, K. Ravindra², D. Marin¹
¹Radiology, Duke University, Durham, NC, ²General Surgery, Duke University, Durham, NC, ³Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Duke University, Durham, NC
*Purpose: To assess the relationship between craniocaudal renal diameters and renal volumes, as well as the frequency of appropriate renal selection for transplant using conventional…
2019 American Transplant Congress
The Use of dd-cfDNA as a Predictive Tool for Outcome Decreased Kidney Function
T. Alhamad¹, E. Poggio², D. Hiller³, S. Dholakia³, P. Sood⁴
¹Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, ²Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ³CareDx, Brisbane, CA, ⁴University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA
*Purpose: A decline in estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) during the first 12 months following kidney transplantation is associated with poor outcome and increased graft…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Gender Disparity: Do Female Donors Suffer from Living Kidney Donation?
N. Ebeling¹, B. Suwelack¹, M. Burgmer², a. the SoLKiD Study Group¹
¹MED D, Universitaetsklinikum Muenster, Muenster, Germany, ²Psychosomatic medicine, Universitaetsklinikum Muenster, Muenster, Germany
*Purpose: Transplantation and optional living donation is the therapy of choice in end-stage renal disease. Due to the increase of living kidney donoration (LD), the…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Changes in Kidney Function Following Live Donor Nephrectomy
N. N. Lam¹, A. Lloyd¹, K. L. Lentine², R. R. Quinn³, B. R. Hemmelgarn³, S. Klarenbach¹, A. X. Garg⁴
¹University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ²Saint Louis University, St. Louis, LA, ³University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ⁴Western University, London, ON, Canada
*Purpose: Understanding the decline in kidney function after live donor nephrectomy can inform the counselling and selection of donor candidates and guide the follow-up care…
2019 American Transplant Congress
A Novel Trapezoidal Area Under Curve (AUC) Based Glomerular Filtration Rate (GFR) Measurement Using Non Radioactive Iohexol Plasma Clearance in Potential Kidney Donors
V. Ariyamuthu¹, L. Anderson², N. AbdulRahim¹, S. Levea³, M. MacConmara⁴, C. Hwang⁴, K. Fankhauser⁵, I. Hashim⁵, B. Tanriover¹
¹UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, ²Internal Medicine/Nephrology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, ³Internal Medicine, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, ⁴Surgery, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, ⁵Clinical Chemistry, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX
*Purpose: Plasma Iohexol clearance based GFR measurement is considered an accurate measure of renal function. We compared performance of a novel trapezoidal AUC method of…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Long Term Renal Function Following Islet Transplantation in the Clinical Islet Transplantation Consortium
L. G. Hunsicker¹, T. L. Eggerman², M. R. Rickels³, t. Clinical Islet Transplantation (CIT) Consortium⁴
¹Internal Medicine, U. Iowa, Iowa City, IA, ²NIDDK/NIH, Bethesda, MD, ³Internal Medicine, U. Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁴Internal Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
*Purpose: Islet transplantation (IsletTp) is safe and effective treatment of Type 1 diabetes complicated by severe hypoglycemia (Diabetes Care 2016, 39:1230). But the requirement for…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Mathematical Model of Post-Transplant Serum Creatinine
B. Jun Bae, O. Chang-Kwon
Department of Transplant and Vascular Surgery, Ajou University Medical School, Suwon, Korea, Republic of
*Purpose: Commonly used equations calculating eGFR are not applicable when serum creatinine (Scr) is rapidly changing such as the post-transplant period. The purpose of this…

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