Articles tagged "Graft survival"

2018 American Transplant Congress
Improving Prediction of Post-Transplant Death and Graft Loss with Expanded Clinical Data Collection
R. Sung,¹ J. Magee,¹ M. Schnitzler,² N. Dzebisashvili,³ K. Lentine,² L. Ly,¹ D. Axelrod.⁴
¹University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; ²Saint Louis University, St. Louis; ³XynManagement, Inc, St. Louis.
US transplant centers are graded for patient and graft survival of their recipients based on comparison to risk-adjusted expectations using elements captured in the national…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Significant Alteration in Transplant Center Performance Assessment with Extended Patient Follow Up Time
J. Schold, D. Goldfarb, S. Flechner, A. Wee, E. Poggio.
Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland.
IntroductionCurrent transplant center performance models focus on 1-year graft and patient survival as primary outcomes. This is despite that 2.5 year cohorts are used to…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Validation Study of Operational Tolerance Signatures in Korean Kidney Transplantation Recipients
J. Seo,¹ Y. Lee,¹ Y. Kim,¹ J. Moon,¹ K-.H. Jeong,¹ C-.D. Kim,² J. Park,³ B. Jeong,⁴ S-.H. Lee.¹
¹Department of Nephrology, School of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Korea; ²Department of Nephrology, Kyung-pook National University School of Medicine, Daegu, Korea; ³Department of Nephrology, Sungkyunkwan University, Samsung Hospital, College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea; ⁴Department of Nephrology, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea.
Background:A peripheral B cell population was significantly higher in drug-free operationally tolerant patients than those with stable graft function or acute rejection under standard immunosuppression.…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Effect of Ethnicity on Recipient Characteristics, Kidney Transplant Provision and Outcomes in a High-Volume National Health Service Hospital
E. Favi,¹ C. Puliatti,² M. Ferraresso,¹ R. Cacciola.²
¹Kidney Transplant, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda, Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy; ²Kidney Transplant, Barts Health NHS Trust, The Royal London Hospital, London, United Kingdom.
Background. Several reports have demonstrated that outcomes of kidney transplantation (KTx) can be influenced by recipient's ethnicity and social status. However, available data mostly refer…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Is It Better Choice to Perform Kidney Transplantation for Elderly CKD Patients?
R. Imamura,¹ K. Tsutahara,² K. Yamanaka,³ M. Kawamura,¹ S. Nakazawa,¹ T. Kato,¹ T. Abe,¹ H. Kishikawa,³ N. Ichimaru,⁴ K. Nishimura,³ S. Yamaguchi,² N. Nonomura.¹
¹Urology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Japan; ²Urology, Osaka General Medical Center, Osaka, Japan; ³Urology, Hyogo Prefectural Nishinomiya Hospital, Nishinomiya, Japan; ⁴Advanced Technology for Transplantation, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Japan.
[Objectives] Japan is forecasted to become an aged society with 30.3% and 39.9% in 2025 and 2060, respectively. Along with that, the number of elderly…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Exploring the Viability of Kidneys Discarded in the US: A Comparison of Kidney Utilization Patterns and Outcomes in the US and France
O. Aubert, P. Reese, M. Raynaud, D. Viglietti, C. Loheac, N. Kamar, M. Delahousse, C. Legendre, D. Glotz, C. Lefaucheur, A. Loupy.
Paris Translational Center for Organ Transplantation, Paris, France.
Approximately 2,000 donated kidneys are discarded in the US each year. Some transplant leaders have questioned the viability of these lost organs, while others suggest…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Unilateral vs. Bilateral Dual Kidney Transplantation: University of Bologna Experience
M. Del Gaudio,¹ M. Ravaioli,¹ C. Zanfi,¹ V. Bertuzzo,¹ L. Maroni,¹ G. La Manna,² G. Liviano,² A. Siniscalchi,³ A. D'Errico,⁴ A. Pinna.¹
¹Organ Insufficency and Transplantation/Transplantation Unit Prof. A.D. Pinna, S.Orsola Malpighi Hospital University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy; ²Organ Insufficency and Transplantation Nephrology Unit G. La Manna, S.Orsola Malpighi Hospital University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy; ³Organ Insufficency and Transplantation Intensive Care Unit Prof. S. Faenza, S.Orsola Malpighi Hospital University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy; ⁴Organ Insufficency and Transplantation Pathology Unit D'Errico, S.Orsola Malpighi Hospital University of Bologna, Bolgona, Italy.
One option for using organs from donors with a suboptimal nephron mass, e.g. expanded criteria donors (ECD) kidneys, is dual kidney transplantation (DKT)Methods: Ninety-three DKT…
2018 American Transplant Congress
The Value of Serum Dilution on DSA Outcome Analysis in Renal Transplantation
W. Huang,¹ L. Rebellato,² K. Briley,² P. Bolin,² S. Kendrick,³ A. Maldonado,⁴ D. Leeser,² C. Haisch,² M. Everly.¹
¹Terasaki Research Institute, Los Angeles, CA; ²East Carolina University, Greenville, NC; ³Eastern Nephrology Associates, Greenville, NC; ⁴Vidant Medical Center, Greenville, NC.
Background: Recently, transplant centers have discussed the potential value of sera dilutions in assessment of donor specific anti-HLA antibodies (DSA). However, to date, no data…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Receiving Hypertensive Donor Has an Inferior Prognosis in Simultaneous Liver Kidney Transplantation Recipient
Z. Guo, Z. Zhu, S. Huang, Y. Tang, Z. Zhang, X. He, G. Chen.
Organ Transplant Center, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Background: The impacts of hypertensive (HTN) donor on the prognosis of simultaneous liver kidney transplantation (SLKT) patient are not known to date, and an applicable…
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Multicentre Epidemiological Study on Prevalence of Recurrent Glomerular Disease Post-Transplantation in the United Kingdom
R. Aguiar.
On Behalf of NIHR Health Informatics Collaborative (HIC)- Transplantation Theme, London, United Kingdom.
Introduction: Primary glomerulonephritidies (GN) can recur in the renal allograft and are possibly associated with poorer allograft outcome. The prevalence of recurrence varies widely and…