Articles tagged "Kidney transplantation"

2021 American Transplant Congress
Does the Timing of Subclinical Acute Rejection After Kidney Transplant Matter?
P. Portocarrero¹, S. Park², K. Guo³, L. Zhao³, J. Friedewald²
¹Nephrology, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ²Transplant Nephrology, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ³Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: We hypothesized that the timing of subclinical acute rejection (subAR) diagnosed with biopsy, gene expression profile or donor-derived cell-free DNA is associated with poor…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Rejection in Pediatric and Young Adult Kidney Transplant Recipients on the Use of Mental Health Resources
E. Ruzicka¹, E. Lyons², C. Naclerio², A. Sikora², K. McKinnon², E. Blanchette², M. Chandran², M. Bock², E. Christofferson²
¹Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO, ²University of Colorado, Aurora, CO
*Purpose: Allograft rejection often results in increased hospital and medical resource utilization. Pediatric kidney transplant recipients (KTR) are at risk for psychosocial stressors, nonadherence to…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 Antibodies in Transplant Recipients in a Croatian Transplant Center
A. Mrzljak¹, Z. Jurekovic¹, J. Pavicic Saric², L. Antolasic³, L. Milasincic³, I. Tabain³, T. Vilibic Cavlek³
¹Department of Internal Medicine, Merkur University Hospital, Zagreb, Croatia, ²Department of Anesthesiology, Merkur University Hospital, Zagreb, Croatia, ³Department of Microbiology, Croatian Institute of Public Health, Zagreb, Croatia
*Purpose: In Croatia, the first case of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has been reported on 25 February 2020; however, the COVID-19 seroprevalence in the liver (LTR)…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Covid 19 Re-infection versus Re-activation in Two Renal Transplant Patients
L. Liriano-Ward, Y. Al Azzi, R. Bartash, C. Pynadath, M. Ajaimy, P. Loarte, J. Graham, S. Greenstein, M. Kinkhabwala, J. Rocca, E. Akalin
Montefiore Medical Center, New York, NY
*Purpose: Rare cases of potential COVID 19 re-infection have been reported throughout the world.*Methods: We describe two renal transplant recipients with possible SARS-COV-2 re-infection.*Results: Patient…
2021 American Transplant Congress
BKV-Associated Urothelial Carcinoma in Patients After Renal and Extrarenal Carcinoma
A. Schwarz¹, J. Schmitz², J. Gottlieb³, C. Bara⁴, H. Haller¹, J. Braesen²
¹Nephrology Department, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany, ²Institute of Pathology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany, ³Department of Pneumology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany, ⁴Department of Thoracic Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
*Purpose: Polyomavirus BK (BKV) reactivation or transmission is a wellknown problem in renal transplant (TX) patients with BKV nephropathy and interstitial cystitis. The role of…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Long-Term Outcomes in Older Kidney Transplant Recipients from Older Donors
E. Cuadrado-Payán, E. Montagud-Marrahi, J. Casals-Urquiza, J. del Risco-Zevallos, D. Cucchiari, P. Ventura-Aguiar, I. Revuelta, G. Piñeiro, N. Esforzado, F. Cofan, J. Ugalde, J. Campistol, F. Oppenheimer, J. Torregrosa, F. Diekmann
Nephrology and Kidney Transplantation, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
*Purpose: The age of patients referred for kidney transplantation has increased progressively. However, the precise influence of age on hard outcomes after transplantation is controversial*Methods:…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Poor Reliability of Karnofsky Performance Score in Kidney Transplant Candidates
M. R. Stedman, D. J. Watford, G. M. Chertow, J. C. Tan
Medicine, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
*Purpose: The Karnofsky Performance Status (KPS) Scale has been used as a proxy for frailty and as a predictor of transplant outcomes, however reliability of…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Patients’ Perceptions of Kidney Transplant Failure and Transitioning to Dialysis
E. Ramos¹, C. Gu², C. Hanson², K. Abdel-Kader³, K. Bonnet², D. Schlundt², E. Gordon⁴, B. P. Concepcion³
¹Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, ²Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, ³Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, ⁴Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: Approximately 5,000 US kidney transplant recipients return to dialysis each year due to allograft failure. Understanding how kidney allograft failure and transitioning to chronic…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Deceased Donor Transplantation Across Positive Flow Crossmatch – A Single Center Experience
M. Campara, A. Lichvar, J. Benken, S. Patel, C. Muran, D. Pierce, I. Tang, P. Di Cocco, J. Almario Alvarez, M. Spaggiari, E. Benedetti, I. Tzvetanov
University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: Transplantation across a positive flow crossmatch (+FXM) has been established as a lifesaving measure in the living donor setting. Time required for desensitization limits…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Obesity Impacts Acute Rejection but Not Allograft Function Improvement in the Setting of Belatacept Conversion
D. Pierce, J. Benken, P. West-Thielke, I. Tzvetanov, E. Benedetti, A. Lichvar
University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: There is limited data regarding belatacept conversion in obese patients as an alternative to calcineurin inhibitor (CNI) immunosuppression. Pharmacokinetic (PK) data suggests increasing clearance…