Articles tagged "Graft function"

2019 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Delayed Graft Function on Allograft Survival in DCD versus DBD Kidneys
T. Ishaque, A. B. Massie, J. Ruck, C. Holscher, J. G. Wang, D. L. Segev
Surgery, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: Several single-center studies have suggested no link between delayed graft function (DGF) and graft survival in recipients of donation after cardiac death (DCD) kidneys,…
2019 American Transplant Congress
How Much Does Graft Function Cost Us? A Financial Analysis of Delayed Graft Function in Kidney Transplant Recipients
A. Yaldo, I. Bajjoka, C. Crombez, M. Abouljoud
Henry Ford Transplant Institute, Detroit, MI
*Purpose: Kidney transplant recipients (KTR) who receive dialysis post-transplant experience worse outcomes during the first year post-transplant. Whether KTR discharged with elevated levels of serum…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Oxygenated Hypothermic Machine Perfusion of Kidneys Donated after Circulatory Death: An International Randomised Controlled Trial
I. Jochmans¹, H. S. Hofker², L. Davies³, S. Knight³, J. Pirenne¹, R. J. Ploeg³, -. on behalf of COPE and participating centres⁴
¹Abdominal Transplant Surgery, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, ²University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands, ³University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, ⁴Belgium, Netherlands, United Kingdom
*Purpose: An international, double-blinded, randomised, paired phase 3 trial designed to determine the effect on 1-year graft function of continuous oxygenated (HMPO) vs non-oxygenated hypothermic…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes after Simultaneous Kidney Pancreas versus Pancreas after Kidney Transplantation
S. Parajuli, A. Arunachalam, K. Swanson, F. Aziz, N. Garg, R. Redfield, D. Kaufman, A. Djamali, J. Odorico, D. Mandelbrot
University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
*Purpose: Simultaneous pancreas and kidney (SPK) or pancreas after kidney (PAK) transplant are potential options for diabetic ESRD patients. Historically, PAK pancreas graft outcomes were…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Utility of AlloSure Monitoring in Simultaneous Kidney and Pancreas Recipients
J. A. Klein, A. Gupta, P. Budhiraja, D. Cibrik
Nephrology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS
*Purpose: Determine utility and efficacy of donor-derived cell free DNA (dd-cfDNA) monitoring in simultaneous kidney and pancreas (SPK) recipients compared to kidney transplant alone (KTA).…
2019 American Transplant Congress
First UK Experience of the Molecular Microscope (MMDX™) in the Kidney Transplant Clinic
C. Lawrence¹, S. Thiru², A. Manoj¹, S. Fluck¹
¹Renal Medicine, The Lister Hospital, Stevenage, United Kingdom, ²Histopathology, Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge, United Kingdom
*Purpose: Molecular diagnostic methods are now included in the Banff classification of kidney transplant pathology. Traditional histopathology may be limited by intra/inter pathologist variation. The…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Perioperative Lactate Levels Are Sensitive Marker to Predict Early Allograft Dysfunction and Short-Term Graft Failure after Liver Transplant
K. Takahashi¹, S. Nagai², K. Collins², M. Rizzari², M. Safwan², S. Jafri³, T. Oda¹, A. Yoshida², M. Abouljoud²
¹Surgery, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan, ²Surgery, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI, ³Gastroenterology, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI
*Purpose: Lactate is one of the most frequently used makers to understand real-time graft function after liver transplant (LT). This study aimed to investigate risk…
2019 American Transplant Congress
The Impact of Reduction of Warm Ischemia on DCD Kidney Transplantation Outcomes
S. Aquil, D. Wonjoon, M. Levine, R. Al Ogaili, A. Sener, P. Luke
Department of Surgery, Multi Organ Transplant Program, Western University Hospital, LHSC, London, ON, Canada
*Purpose: Warm ischemic time (WIT) during donation after cardiac death (DCD) kidney transplantation has significant effects on post-operative outcomes, such as graft survival, function, and…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Unfavorable Donor after Cardiac Death Characteristics in Lung Transplantation: An Analysis of the UNOS Registry
A. Y. Choi¹, O. K. Jawitz², V. Raman², Y. Barac², M. S. Mulvihill², C. Moore², M. G. Hartwig²
¹Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, ²Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
*Purpose: Despite growing evidence that donation after circulatory death (DCD) lung transplants have comparable survival outcomes and primary graft dysfunction rates to donation after brain…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Bisphosphonates Effectively Improve the Long Term Renal Transplant Outcomes; A Single Center Retrospective Study
S. Song¹, K. Huh², H. Choi³, J. Lee², D. Kim², Y. Kim², M. Kim², S. Kim², D. Joo², B. Kim³
¹Surgery, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ²Surgery, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ³Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
*Purpose: Kidney transplantation (KT) is a treatment of choice for patients with end-stage renal disease. Despite of remarkable improvement in short term graft survival, few…