Articles tagged "Graft function"

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
Amino Acid (AA) Metabolism During Liver Allograft Preservation Comparing Subnormothermic Machine Perfusion (MP) Against Cold Storage (CS).
B. Banan, R. Lopez, C. Hughes, G. Michalopoulos, P. Fontes.
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh.
Introduction: Liver is the major site for nitrogen metabolism. Most hepatic transcriptional activity is related to protein-specific synthesis. Liver preservation has a direct impact in…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes from De Novo Tacrolimus Weight-Based Dosing Compared to Conservative Dosing in Kidney Transplant Recipients.
B. Summers,² K. Szempruch,¹ M. Harris,² A. Quidley,¹ C. Haisch,¹ A. Maldonado.¹
¹Vidant Medical Center/East Carolina University, Greenville, NC; ²Duke University Hospital, Durham, NC.
Purpose: To compare de novo tacrolimus (TAC) weight based dosing (WDG) and conservative dosing (CDG) on incidence and duration of DGF in adult kidney transplant…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Delayed Graft Function Varies by Demographic and Clinical Characteristics in Deceased Donor Kidney Transplantation.
C. Liao, A. Massie, S. Bae, A. Muzaale, D. Segev.
JHU, Baltimore.
Single-center studies have suggested potential differences in the impact of DGF by recipients' biological susceptibility, quality of allograft, and immune compatibility. The goal of this…
2016 American Transplant Congress
The In Vivo Non-Invasive Long-Term Functional Assessment of Neuronal Regeneration in Vascularized Composite Allotransplantation.
C.-J. Wen,^1,2 C.-H. Lin,¹ S.-L. Peng,^3,4 F.-N. Wang,³ L.-Y. Huang,³ H.-Y. Cheng,¹ H.-H. Hsu,¹ X.-T. Huang,¹ C.-H. Lin,¹ F.-C. Wei.¹
¹Center for Vascularized Composite Allotransplantation, Chang Gung Medical Foundation, Taoyuan, Taiwan; ²Department of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan; ³Department of Biomedical Engineering and Environmental Sciences, Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan; ⁴Biomedical Imaging and Radiological Science, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan.
The neuronal regeneration is a key issue of vascularized composite allotransplantation (VCA).As for the generally used functional observations, behavior testing or invasive functional inspection (e.g.…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes of Deceased Donor Kidney Transplantation from Diabetic Donors: Does Presence of Recipient Diabetes Matter?
J. Rogers,¹ A. Farney,¹ G. Orlando,¹ A. Reeves-Daniel,² A. Palanisamy,² H. El-Hennawy,¹ M. Khan,¹ M. Gautreaux,¹ S. Iskandar,³ W. Doares,⁴ S. Kaczmorski,⁴ R. Stratta.¹
¹Surgery, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, NC; ²Internal Medicine, WFBMC, Winston-Salem, NC; ³Pathology, WFBMC, Winston-Salem, NC; ⁴Pharmacy, WFBMC, Winston-Salem, NC.
Donor history of diabetes mellitus (DM) is a known risk factor for inferior graft survival after deceased donor kidney transplantation (DDKT) and is heavily weighted…
2016 American Transplant Congress
The Impact of Pre-Donation eGFR on Recipient Outcomes, as a Function of Donor Age.
J. Gill,¹ J. Dong,² O. Djurdjev,² J. Lesage,¹ C. Rose,¹ J. Gill.¹
¹Medicine, UBC, Vancouver, BC, Canada; ²BC Renal Agency, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Transplantation from older living kidney donors is increasing. Studies have shown that living donor age only modestly impacts recipient outcomes, but the kidney function of…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Tool to Assess Risk of Non-Adherence in Renal Transplant Candidates.
T. Kaiser,¹ K. Daley,² L. Dick,² L. Deye,² N. Parrish,² J. Huff,² A. Govil,¹ B. Abu Jawdeh,¹ G. Mogilishetty,¹ R. Alloway,¹ E. Woodle.¹
¹Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati; ²Transplant, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH.
Nonadherence (NA) is likely the primary driver of late graft loss and was found to occur in 59% of renal transplant (RTx) patients at our…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Dynamics of Delayed Graft Function-Associated Risk in Deceased Donor Kidney Transplantation.
C. Liao, A. Massie, S. Bae, A. Muzaale, D. Segev.
JHU, Baltimore.
The long-term implications of delayed graft function (DGF) remain controversial. Moreover, non-proportional hazards of DGF have been reported in previous studies, which suggested that its…
2016 American Transplant Congress
The Impact of Graft Thin Upper Pole Arterial Branch Ligation on Adult Living Donor Kidney Transplantation.
T. Hiramitsu, M. Okada, T. Yamamoto, M. Tsujita, N. Goto, S. Narumi, Y. Watarai.
Transplant and Endocrine Surgery, Nagoya Daini Red Cross Hospital, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan.
ObjectiveIn kidney transplanation, some upper pole branches are too thin to be reconstructed. The impact of graft thin upper pole arterial branch ligation on adult…