Articles tagged "Graft failure"

2016 American Transplant Congress
Is There a Difference Between DCD and DBD Kidney Transplantation with Similar KDPI?
T. Zens, G. Leverson, R. Redfield, P. Chlebeck, L. Zitur, D. Kaufman, L. Fernandez.
Surgery, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI.
Introduction: Renal transplant outcomes are a result of a combination of donor and recipient factors. In 2014, the nomenclature used to describe donor quality was…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Diabetes Mellitus and Kidney Transplant Outcomes.
A. Mehrnia,¹ A. Wang,¹ W. Chaiwatcharayut,² E. Huang,¹ S. Bunnapradist.¹
¹Nephrology, University of California-Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA; ²Internal Medicine, Albert Einstein University, Bronx, NY.
Background:This study investigates the impact of pre-existing (PDM) and new onset diabetes (NODAT) on the graft and patient survival after kidney transplant.Methods:The UNOS database was…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Minimum Graft Size Avoiding Small-for-Size Associated Early Graft Failure in Living Donor Liver Transplantation.
S. Marubashi,¹ H. Nagano,³ H. Eguchi,² H. Wada,² K. Umeshita,² Y. Doki,² M. Mori,² N. Sato,¹ T. Kimura,¹ A. Kenjyo,¹ M. Gotoh.¹
¹Regenerative Surgery, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, Japan; ²Surgery, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Japan.
Small-for-size syndrome (SFSS) is a serious complication in living donor liver transplantation (LDLT). The aim of this study was to investigate the risk factors for…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Original KDRI Predicts Kidney Graft Failure in a Brazilian Cohort.
J. Reusing Jr.,¹ C. Nihei,¹ A. Lino de Souza,² E. David-Neto,¹ C. Ventura.³
¹Kidney Transplant Unit, Hospital das Clínicas, University of São Paulo School of Medicine, São Paulo, SP, Brazil; ²Psychobiology Department, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil; ³Renal Transplant Unit, Hospital das Clinicas of the University of Sao Paulo Medical School, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Current US allocation system for kidney transplantation (KT) is based on KDRI (Kidney Donor Risk Index). In Brazil, it is still based on HLA-compatibility; donor…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Determinants of 1 Year Graft Loss After Pre Kidney Transplant Bariatric Surgery.
G. Mour, J. Zhang, Z. Su, D. Taber, P. Mauldin, T. Srinivas.
Medical Unversity of South Carolina, Charleston, SC.
Background: Bariatric surgery (BS) is increasingly used to manage weight pre-transplantation (Pre-Tx). However, grafts may be compromised by variable drug absorption, rejection and oxalate nephropathy.…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Ideal Body Weight vs. Actual Body Weight for the Prediction of Small for Size Syndrome and Graft Loss After Living Donor Liver Transplantation.
M. Dib, N. Goldaracena, A. Barbas, M. Marquez, N. Alotaiby, G. Sapisochin, M. Cattral, L. Lilly, I. McGilvray, E. Renner, P. Greig, A. Ghanekar, N. Selzner, M. Selzner, D. Grant.
Transplantation, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Introduction: We compared the impact of estimating graft to recipient body weight ratio (GBWR) with actual body weight (ABW) and ideal body weight (IBW) on…
2016 American Transplant Congress
A Successful Approach to Kidney Transplantation in Patients with Secondary Hyperoxaluria.
J. Roodnat,¹ A. Mik-van Egmond,² W. Visser,² S. Berger,³ W. van der Meijden,⁴ F. Knauf,⁵ M. Agteren van,¹ M. Betjes,¹ E. Hoorn.¹
¹Internal Medicine, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, Netherlands; ²Dietetics, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, Netherlands; ³Internal Medicine, University Hospital, Groningen, Netherlands; ⁴Internal Medicine, Radboud University, Nijmegen, Netherlands; ⁵Nephrology and Hypertension, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität, Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany.
Chronic oxalate nephropathy is observed secondary to enteric hyperoxaluria that is associated with malabsorption e.g. in short bowel syndrome. Kidney transplantation can be challenging given…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Natural Killer CD16/FcR Profiles May Associate with Enhanced Humoral Responsiveness in Heart Transplant Recipients with Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy.
P. Paul,^1,2 C. Picard,^3,4 E. Sampol,⁵ L. Lyonnet,¹ J. Di Cristofaro,^3,4 G. Lano,^6, B. Dussol,^6, F. Collart,⁷ F. Sabatier,^1,2 F. Dignat George,^1,2 A. Mouly Bandini.⁷
¹Hematology, Assistance Publique-Hopitaux Marseille (AP-HM), Marseille, France; ²UMR-1076, Aix Marseille Université (AMU), INSERM, Marseille, France; ³Établissement Français du Sang, Marseille, France; ⁴UMR7268, AMU, CNRS, Marseille, France; ⁵Pharmacokinetics, AP-HM, Marseille, France; ⁶Center for Clinical Investigation, AP-HM, Marseille, France; ⁷Cardiac Surgery, AP-HM, Marseille, France.
Natural Killer cells (NK) are immune effectors of antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity (ADCC). Their role in mediating adverse effects of Donor-specific anti-HLA antibodies (DSA) towards cardiac…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Torque Teno Virus – Inverse Association with Late Silent Antibody Mediated Kidney Allograft Rejection.
G. Bond,¹ M. Schiemann,¹ F. Eskandary,¹ H. Herkner,² E. Puchhammer,³ R. Oberbauer,¹ G. Böhmig.¹
¹Nephrology and Dialysis, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria; ²Emergency Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria; ³Virology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Clinical Problem and hypothesis: Antibody mediated rejection (ABMR) is a cardinal cause of late graft failure after kidney transplantation (KTX). A promising predictive diagnostic tool…
2016 American Transplant Congress
The Role of Obesity in Survival Outcomes of Liver Transplant Recipients with High MELD Score.
S.-H. Chang,¹ N. Carlsson,¹ X. Liu,² J. Wellen,³ J. Hagopian,⁴ T. Horwedel,⁴ T. Alhamad.⁵
¹Division of Public Health Sciences, Department of Surgery, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis; ²Division of Biostatistics, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis; ³Department of Surgery, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis; ⁴Department of Pharmacy, Barnes Jewish Hospital, St. Louis; ⁵Renal Division, Washington University, St. Louis.
Background:Obesity has become an epidemic in the United States. More than one third of adults are obese, defined as having body mass index (BMI) greater…