2015 American Transplant Congress
Transplantation of Kidneys from Donors With Acute Renal Failure: Five-Year Results from Double Center Experience
Background: Transplantation of kidneys from deceased donors with acute renal failure (ARF) has been described and represents an underutilized source of renal grafts. We reviewed…2015 American Transplant Congress
Validating Outcomes Reported to the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network for Deceased Donor Kidney Recipients
Data reported to the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) is used in kidney transplant research, quality metrics and in policy development, but the accuracy…2015 American Transplant Congress
Fibrosis, Not Quantitative NGAL-Staining, in Day-10 Protocol Biopsies Predicts Prolonged Duration of Functional Delayed Graft Function in a Cohort of DCD Kidney Transplant Recipients
1Nephrology, LUMC, Leiden, Netherlands; 2Pathology, LUMC, Leiden, Netherlands.
Introduction: Extended criteria deceased kidneys are associated with prolonged delayed graft function and worse patient survival. Therefore it is important to identify factors in marginal…2015 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Cold Ischemic Time (CIT) and Distance Traveled (DT) on Shipped Kidneys in the OPTN/UNOS Kidney Paired Donation (KPD) Pilot Program (PP)
Background: The success of a national KPD program is predicated on excellent early kidney function and graft survival (GS). As other KPD programs have reported…2015 American Transplant Congress
hTERT, BICD1 and Chromosome 18 Polymorphisms Affecting Telomere Length Are Associated With Kidney Transplantation Outcome
Telomere length (TL) has been analyzed in regard to cell senescence and ageing of animals and humans, including age-related diseases. There have been also attempts…2015 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Machine Perfusion After Long Static Cold Storage On Delayed Graft Function Incidence and Duration and Time to Hospital Discharge
Our transplant center is not involved in organ harvesting and usually we receive a kidney for transplant with more then 20 hours of static cold…2015 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Type of Tacrolimus Assay on Therapeutic Drug Monitoring: Need for Standardization
Internal Medicine/Nephrology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO.
Background: Multiple assays are available for measuring tacrolimus (FK) levels and these are not currently standardized. A designated laboratory transitioned their FK assay from Enzyme…2015 American Transplant Congress
Operational Tolerance in Kidney Transplantation: Results of a Europe-Wide Survey
BACKGROUND: Operational Tolerance (opTOL) is deemed to be extremely rare in kidney transplantation. We launched a Europe-wide survey to assess the frequency of opTOL.METHODS: 18…2015 American Transplant Congress
Clinical and Pathologic Predictors of Response to Belatacept Conversion
Columbia Universtiy, New York.
INTRO: Calcineurin inhibitors have improved kidney transplant and recipient survival, their use has significant nephrotoxicity. Belatacept is a recently approved immunosuppressant that is not nephrotoxic…2015 American Transplant Congress
Transversal Observational Study On Recurrent and Late Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs) in Renal Transplantation (tx)
UTIs are common complications after kidney tx. The aim of this study was to define the potential predisposing factors and the possible impact on graf…
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