Articles tagged "Graft function"

2017 American Transplant Congress
Contrast-Induced Acute Kidney Injury in Kidney Transplant Recipients: A Meta-Analysis.
W. Cheungpasitporn,¹ C. Thongprayoon,¹ M. Mao,¹ S. Mao,² M. D'Costa,¹ W. Kittanamongkolchai,¹ K. Kashani.¹
¹Nephrology and Hypertension, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; ²Transplantation Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the incidence of contrast-induced acute kidney injury (CIAKI) in kidney transplant recipients.METHODS: A literature search was performed using MEDLINE, EMBASE, and the…
2017 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Type 2 Surgical Injuries in Postmortem Donor Kidneys on the Post-Transplant Outcomes When Compared to Mate Non-Injured Kidney from the Same Donor.
M. Mujtaba,¹ A. Gamilla-Crudo,¹ K. Gugliuzza,² O. Aleter,¹ S. Shah,¹ Y. Chapman,³ J. Reese,³ S. Masood,¹ T. Taber.⁴
¹Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX; ²Department of Surgery, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX; ³Southwest Transplant Alliance, Dallas, TX; ⁴Division of Nephrology, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN
Introduction - While damage to the procured organ is rare with organ loss being approximately 0.3% of procured organs, loss of potential transplantable organs does…
2017 American Transplant Congress
Incidence and Outcomes of Immediate Post-Operative Dialysis in Liver Transplantation.
S. Nagai, M. Safwan, K. Collins, M. Rizzari, A. Yoshida, M. Abouljoud.
Transplant and Hepatobiliary Surgery, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI
Aim: Although kidney dysfunction secondary to hepatorenal syndrome is expected to recover with liver transplant alone (LTA), patients with pre-transplant marginal kidney function may be…
2017 American Transplant Congress
Simplified Classification of Pancreas Transplant Insufficiency.
A. Kahl, C. Hinrichs.
Department for Nephrology and Critical Care Medicine, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
To date, the definition of pancreas transplant (PTX) failure is based on the need for antidiabetic therapy. However, as even a marginal PTX function can…
2017 American Transplant Congress
The Impact of Elevated Doppler Resistive Indices in Renal Transplant Recipients with Delayed Graft Function.
D. Mikhail,¹ E. Chan,² G. Aboalsamh,³ S. Cruise,⁴ S. Aquil,³ M. Mohamed,³ A. Sener,^1,3 P. Luke.^1,3
¹Urology, Western University, London, ON, Canada; ²Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, ON, Canada; ³Multi-Organ Transplant Program, Western University, London, ON, Canada; ⁴Family Medicine, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, London, ON, Canada
INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES: Doppler Ultrasonography is often carried out to determine renal allograft perfusion in the early post-operative period. An elevated resistive index (RI) is…
2017 American Transplant Congress
Predictive Value of Renal Transplant Scintigraphy for the Duration of Delayed Graft Function.
S. Benjamens,^1,2 R. Pol,¹ A. Glaudemans,² S. Berger,³ R. Slart.²
¹Surgery - Transplantation, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands; ²Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands; ³Internal Medicine - Division of Nephrology, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
Background: Renal scintigraphy (RS) is a widely used test for the assessment of the transplanted kidney (KTX). As RS cannot reliably distinguish between rejection and…
2017 American Transplant Congress
Very Long Term Graft Survival. Forecasts Factors.
S. Jimenez Alvaro, R. Marcen Letosa, A. Fernandez Rodriguez, S. Elias Treviño, C. Galeano Alvarez, F. Liaño Garcia.
Nephrology, Hospital Ramon y Cajal, Madrid, Spain
Introduction: Kidney transplantation is the best treatment for end-stage renal failure. Between 2 and 5% of transplanted grafts are lost each year and only a…
2017 American Transplant Congress
Long-Term Clinical Outcomes of Kidney Transplant Recipients with Body-Size Mismatch Between Recipient and Donor.
Y. Takada,¹ D. Iwami,¹ K. Hotta,¹ K. Kanagawa,² H. Higuchi,¹ T. Hirose,¹ H. Sasaki,¹ N. Shinohara.¹
¹Urology, Hokkaido University Hospital, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan; ²Urology, Asahikawa City Hospital, Asahikawa, Hokkaido, Japan
[Purpose]In living-donor kidney transplantation between large recipient and small donor, there are concerns of lower graft function and poor graft survival. Thus, we aimed to…
2017 American Transplant Congress
Influence of Donor-Specific Antibodies on Renal Function in Kidney Transplant Recipients Following Early Switch from Calcineurin Inhibitor to Everolimus: Subanalysis from the ELEVATE Study.
J. Cruzado,¹ H. Holdaas,¹ P. Lopez,² P. Bernhardt,² G. Bader,² F. Claas,¹ W. Arns,¹ M. van der Giet,¹ J. de Fijter.¹
¹ELEVATE Study Group, Llobregat Catalunya, Spain; ²Novartis Pharma AG, Basel, Switzerland
Purpose: The development of donor-specific antibody (DSA) is a known risk factor for poor graft outcomes after kidney transplantation (KTx). Previous analysis of the ELEVATE…
2017 American Transplant Congress
Assessment of Simple Indices Based on a Single Fasting Blood Sample in Search for an Optimal Tool to Estimate Beta Cell Function After Islet Transplantation.
J. Golebiewska,¹ J. Solomina,² E. Konsur,² K. Cieply,² L. Basto,² A. Kotukhov,² K. Golab,² C. Thomas,³ A. Debska-Slizien,¹ P. Witkowski.²
¹Department of Nephrology, Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland; ²Departemt of Surgery, University of Chicago, Chicago; ³Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago
Background:Precise yet logistically feasible evaluation of beta-cell function is extremely important after islet allotransplantation. We investigated the utility and possible limitations of indices using only…