Articles tagged "Graft survival"

2016 American Transplant Congress
Innate Immune Signaling During Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury in Human Orthotopic Liver Transplantation.
R. Sosa,¹ A. Zarrinpar,² C. Lassman,¹ R. Busuttil,² D. Gjertson,¹ J. Kupiec-Weglinski,¹ E. Reed.¹
¹Pathology and Lab Medicine, University of California-Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA; ²Surgery, University of California-Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA.
Background: Orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) success is hampered by cellular damage elicited by ischemia-reperfusion injury (IRI) which lowers allograft survival. Research using murine models has…
2016 American Transplant Congress
The Association of Life Expectancy by Resident Zip Code and Kidney Transplant Outcomes – What Is True Baseline Risk?
L. Buccini, D. Goldfarb, E. Poggio, S. Flechner, J. Schold.
Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH.
Many factors beyond traditional clinical risk factors and demographics are associated with outcomes in the general population. These include behavioral, economic, genetic and environmental risks…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Smoking Exposure Among Kidney Allograft Recipients and Outcomes After Transplant.
H. Gillott,¹ S. Tahir,¹ F. Jackson-Spence,¹ F. Evison,² J. Nath,³ A. Sharif.³
¹Medical School, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom; ²Medical Informatics, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, United Kingdom; ³Nephrology and Transplantation, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, United Kingdom.
The causal effects of smoking on major comorbidity and mortality in the general population are well established. However, the influence of smoking exposure on kidney…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Kidney Donor Profile Index Trend Analyses.
D. Vikraman, K. Ravindra, S. Sanoff, W. Irish, U. Patel, D. Sudan.
Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC.
IntroductionIn spite of improved outcomes associated with the usage of extended criteria donor (ECD) kidneys, the number of kidney transplants (KT) using this donor population…
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Analysis of Local versus Imported Expanded Criteria Donor (ECD) Kidneys: A Single Center Experience with 497 ECD Kidney Transplants.
M. Khan,¹ H. El-Hennawy,¹ A. Farney,¹ J. Rogers,¹ G. Orlando,¹ A. Reeves-Daniel,² A. Palanisamy,² M. Gautreaux,³ S. Iskandar,³ W. Doares,⁴ S. Kaczmorski,⁴ R. Stratta.¹
¹Surgery, Wake Forest, Winston-Salem, NC; ²Internal Medicine, Wake Forest, Winston-Salem, NC; ³Pathology, Wake Forest, Winston-Salem, NC; ⁴Pharmacy, Wake Forest, Winston-Salem, NC.
With the new Kidney Allocation System, broader sharing of expanded criteria donor (ECD) kidneys may occur, which may influence discard rates and survival outcomes. To…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Age Gap Analysis Between Live Donor and Recipients in Kidney Transplantation: Opportunities to Improve Voluntary Exchange Programs and Kidney Paired Donation.
J. Rodriguez,¹ A. Patel,² M. Goggins.²
¹Internal Medicine, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI; ²Transplant Institute, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI; ³Transplant Institute, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI.
Graft survival(GS) perception is that, with a smaller age gap between the donor(D) and recipient(R), better the outcome. It is unclear if there is an…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Live Related Kidney Transplant Experience in Abuja, Nigeria – First Eight Cases Ever.
E. Miner,¹ T. Atim,² M. Mamven,² N. Adjekughele,¹ I. Lawal,³ H. Nadey,⁴ O. Egbuna.⁵
¹Surgery, Garki Hospital, Garki, FCT/Abuja, Nigeria; ²Clinical Sciences, University of Abuja, Gwagwalada, FCT/Abuja, Nigeria; ³Surgery, National Hospital Abuja, Central Area, FCT/Abuja, Nigeria; ⁴Transplantation, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom; ⁵Transplant Nephrology, Amgen Incorporated, Thousand Oaks, CA.
Background;Renal transplantation is the treatment of choice for individuals with end stage renal disease (ESRD).Method; This is a retrospective review of eight live related renal…
2016 American Transplant Congress
One-Year Graft Loss Risk in Kidney Transplants – A Big Data Approach.
T. Srinivas, D. Taber, J. Zhang, Z. Su, J. Marsden, A. Tripathi, W. Moran, P. Mauldin.
MUSC, Charleston, SC; IBM Corp., Armonk.
Background Predictive models using national data are limited by lack of evolving patient level data. A Big Data approach using both static and dynamic variables…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Renal Transplant in Obese Recipients: Consideration of Donor and Recipient Factors Can Improve Outcomes.
P. Stahler, J. Mezrich, G. Leverson, D. Kaufman, H. Sollinger.
Division of Transplantation, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI.
Background: Obesity rates in the transplant population are increasing. Previous studies are limited by small sample sizes, short-term follow up, and conflicting results. Factors including…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Factors Associated with Prolonged Warm Ischemia Time Among Deceased Donor Kidney Transplant Recipients.
A. Miller,¹ B. Kiberd,¹ I. Alwayn,² S. Kim,³ K. Tennankore.¹
¹Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada; ²Surgery, Multi Organ Transplant Program, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada; ³Medicine, Division of Nephrology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Prolonged warm ischemia time (the time from organ removal from cold storage to reperfusion with warm blood) is associated with graft failure and mortality among…