Articles tagged "Graft survival"

2015 American Transplant Congress
Pre-Transplant Donor Specific Antibody With Negative Flow-Crossmatch Was Related to Higher Acute Rejection But Not to Poor Graft Survival
A. Guichard-Romero, L. Marino-Vazquez, M. Lopez, N. Castelan, A. De-Santiago, N. Uribe-Uribe, J. Alberu, L. Morales-Buenrostro.
Nephrology, Transplantation, and Pathology, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, Mexico.
Background: DSA have been associated to lower graft survival and a higher humoral rejection rate, but there is a concern about the clinical impact of…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Prediction of Delayed Graft Function By Means of a Web-Based Calculator in Living Related Kidney Transplant: Mexican Single Center Experience
G. Martinez-Mier,¹ E. Soto-Miranda,¹ M. Mendez Lopez,¹ L. Budar Fernandez,¹ M. Trujillo-Martinez,² A. Uscanga-Montesano,² D. Avila y Falfan.²
¹Organ Transplantation, IMSS UMAE189/HRAEV Nefrologia y Trasplantes de Veracruz, Veracruz, Mexico; ²Research, IMSS UMAE 189, Veracruz, Mexico.
Background: Delayed graft function (DGF) is associated with, poor graft survival. Irish validated a model to predict DGF for deceased donor transplants. The model was…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Transplant Center Quality Assessment: Correlation Between Early Graft Outcomes and Patient-Centered Assessments of Hospital Care
A. Mathur,¹ A. Chakrabarti,² K. Sheetz,² N. Katariya,¹ A. Singer,¹ W. Hewitt,¹ K. Reddy,¹ A. Moss.¹
¹Surgery, Mayo Clinic Arizona, Phoenix, AZ; ²Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.
Background: Patients selecting a transplant center use public reports of outcomes to empower their decision-making. Patient-focused quality measures are lacking in transplantation, but are a…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Outcome of Kidney Transplantation from Obese Living Donors: Histological Evaluation Using Zero-Time Biopsy Specimens
K. Omoto,¹ D. Toki,¹ M. Okumi,¹ T. Shimizu,¹ H. Ishida,¹ K. Honda,² J. Koike,³ K. Tanabe.¹
¹Department of Urology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan; ²Department of Pathology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan; ³Department of Pathology, St. Marianna University, School of Medicine, Kawasaki, Japan.
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: The relationship between preimplantation biopsy and graft outcome in kidney transplantation from obese living donors has not been studied. We reviewed graft…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Portal Flow <1000 cc Is Not Associated With Early Graft Dysfunction in Orthotopic Liver Transplantation
M. Gastaca,¹ M. Prieto,¹ A. Matarranz,¹ A. Valdivieso,¹ P. Ruiz,¹ A. Ventoso,¹ I. Palomares,¹ L. Martinez-Indart,² J. Fernandez,³ J. Ortiz de Urbina.¹
¹Hepatobiliary Surgery and Liver Transplantation Unit, Cruces University Hospital. University of the Basque Country, Bilbao, Vizcaya, Spain; ²Epidemiology Unit, Cruces University Hospital. University of the Basque Country, Bilbao, Vizcaya, Spain; ³Hepatology Unit, Cruces University Hospital. University of the Basque Country, Bilbao, Vizcaya, Spain.
Purpose: The aim of our study was to determine whether a portal flow <1000 cc after orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) is associated with a higher…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Inhibition of T Cell Metabolism Reveals a New Approach to Preventing Graft Rejection
C.-F. Lee,^1,2 Y.-C. Lo,² G. Furtmüller,³ B. Oh,³ V. Andrade-Oliveira,² A. Thomas,⁴ G. Brandacher,³ J. Powell.²
¹Department of Liver and Transplantation Surgery, Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital-Linkou Branch, Taoyuan, Taiwan; ²Sidney-Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD; ³Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD; ⁴Brain Science Institute, Neurotranslational Program Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, ND.
Upon antigen recognition and co-stimulation, T cells up-regulate the metabolic machinery necessary to proliferate and sustain effector function. Hallmarks of this response include a switch…
2015 American Transplant Congress
The Impact of Duration of Brain Death on Outcomes in Abdominal Organ Transplantation: Rush and Retrieve or Rather Relax and Repair?
C. Boffa,¹ E. Curnow,² K. Martin,² R. Johnson,² R. Ploeg.¹
¹Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences, Oxford, United Kingdom; ²NHS Blood and Transplant, Bristol, United Kingdom.
Background: Brain death (BD) induces a progressive systemic pro-inflammatory and coagulatory response affecting function of the grafts-to-be and survival. With longer BD duration more injury…
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Outpatient Management of Delayed Graft Function (DGF) Is Associated With Reduced Length of Stay and Acute Rejection
B. Muth,¹ B. Astor,¹ J. Turk,¹ M. Mohamed,¹ S. Parajuli,¹ D. Kaufman,² D. Mandelbrot,¹ A. Djamali.^1,2
¹Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; ²Department of Surgery, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI.
Delayed graft function (DGF) increases hospital length of stay (LOS) and risk for readmission, rejection, early graft loss and death. We created a multidisciplinary DGF…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Improved Long-Term Graft Survival in Renal Transplant Recipients With Donor Specific Antibodies (DSA) After Mycophenolic Acid Escalation
L. Rebellato,¹ K. Parker,² F. Rana,³ S. Kendrick,⁴ C. Morgan,⁵ C. Haisch,⁵ M. Everly,⁶ R. Harland,⁵ P. Bolin.³
¹Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, East Carolina University, Brody School of Medicine, Greenville, NC; ²Vidant Medical Center, Greenville, NC; ³Internal Medicine, East Carolina University, Brody School of Medicine, Greenville, NC; ⁴Eastern Nephrology Associates, Greenville, NC; ⁵Surgical Immunology and Transplantation, East Carolina University, Brody School of Medicine, Greenville, NC; ⁶Terasaki Foundation, Los Angeles, CA.
Background: DSA formation in post-renal transplant patients is associated with chronic rejection and graft failure. Previous studies in our population indicate DSA formation is a…
2015 American Transplant Congress
The Outcomes of Second Transplantation in Recurrent IgA Nephropathy
C. Baek,¹ H. Kim,¹ W. Yang,¹ W. Huh,² Y. Kim,³ J. Yang,⁴ D. Han,⁵ S.-K. Park.¹
¹Department of Internal Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea; ²Department of Medicine, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea; ³Department of Surgery, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea; ⁴Transplantation Center, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea; ⁵Department of Surgery, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
BackgroundRecurrence of original glomerulonephritis is an important cause of graft loss. In some studies, histologic recurrence of IgA nephropathy (IgAN) occurs in 60% after 1st…