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Articles tagged "Kidney transplantation"

  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Cryptococcosis in Renal Transplant Recipients —An Analysis of United States Renal Data System Data

    M. E. Cervera-Hernandez, H. A. Yoon, L. Pirofski, V. Hemmige

    Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY

    *Purpose: Solid organ transplant recipients are at increased risk for cryptococcosis, which is known to decrease their survival. Adherence to recommended management strategies and outcomes…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Variation of Mortality from SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Kidney Transplant Recipients Over the Course of the Pandemic

    Y. Al Azzi, C. Pynadath, P. Loarte, O. Alani, L. Liriano-Ward, M. Ajaimy, R. Bartash, J. Graham, M. Le, H. Yaffe, S. Greenstein, J. Rocca, M. Kinkhabwala, E. Akalin

    Montefiore Medical Center, New York, NY

    *Purpose: We aimed to investigate the mortality from SARS-CoV-2 in kidney transplant recipients in the Bronx, New York, one of the epicenters of the pandemic…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Covid Infection Among Kidney Transplant Recipients: Management and Outcomes

    A. Price, K. Soliman, C. Zayas, V. Rao, M. Casey, D. Taber, M. Posadas Salas

    Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC

    *Purpose: COVID pandemic has posed a significant challenge among kidney transplant recipients (KTR) due to their immunocompromised state. There is uncertainty on immunosuppression management among…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Low Immunogenic Donors Improved Survival of Kidney Transplants in African American Recipients

    D. Bekbolsynov1, R. Green2, B. Mierzejewska1, O. Ekwenna1, M. Rees1, S. Stepkowski1

    1University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, 2Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH

    *Purpose: Kidney transplants fail more often in African American (AA) than in Caucasian (CAU) recipients. We calculated the hydrophobic mismatch score (HMS) from polymorphic amino…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Donation After Cardiac Death (DCD) Agonal Phase Physiology is Associated with Post-transplant Kidney Graft Outcomes

    A. Kayastha1, K. C. Eddinger2, E. M. Sonnenberg2, N. Mahmud2, D. E. Schaubel1, P. L. Abt2

    1Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 2Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

    *Purpose: Kidneys procured from DCD donors play a key role in addressing the kidney shortage in the United States, and donor hemodynamics during obligatory warm…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Greater Social Vulnerability is Associated with Self-advocacy in the Living Donor Navigator Program

    A. Carter, A. C. Kale, R. D. Reed, B. A. Shelton, H. Qu, M. C. McLeod, B. J. Orandi, R. M. Cannon, D. Anderson, P. MacLennan, V. Kumar, M. Hanaway, J. E. Locke

    University of Alabama at Birmingham Hospital, Birmingham, AL

    *Purpose: The Living Donor Navigator (LDN) program helps transplant candidates identify live donors by pairing them with an advocate - a friend or family member…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Continuous 24-Hour Antithymocyte Globulin (ATG) for Renal Allograft Rejection: Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial

    S. J. Patel, A. Rogers, S. Kuten, R. Knight, E. Graviss, D. Nguyen, T. Ellimuttil, I. Agboli, L. Gaber, A. Gaber

    Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX

    *Purpose: For acute renal allograft rejection (AR), ATG is generally administered in the inpatient setting because of the need for intravenous access, patient monitoring, and…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Outcomes in Standard vs. Extended Use of Thymoglobulin as Induction Therapy in Kidney Transplant Recipients

    N. M. Sifontis1, A. Coleman1, D. Tang1, K. Lau2, S. Karhadkar2, A. DiCarlo2, A. Diamond2

    1Temple University School of Pharmacy, Philadelphia, PA, 2Temple University Health System, Philadelphia, PA

    *Purpose: Thymoglobulin induction along with modern maintenance immunosuppression has been found to have a significant reduction in acute rejection in kidney transplantation. The recommended duration…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Different Levels of GFR of Retained Kidney on the Long-term Safety of the Donors in Living-related Renal Transplantation

    M. Dou, P. Tian, B. Zheng, G. Deng, Y. Shi, C. Ding

    The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China

    *Purpose: To summarize the long-term safety of different levels of GFR of retained kidney among living-related donors.Health status,postoperative recovery,and postoperative complications were compared and analyzed.*Methods:…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Preempting Misconceptions: An Educational Initiative for Preemptive Kidney Transplant Candidates

    T. Menser1, M. Hobeika2, H. Ibrahim2, A. Khan1, B. Cruz2, J. Sharp2, A. Gaber2

    1Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston, TX, 2Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX

    *Purpose: reemptive living donor kidney transplantation (pLDKT) offers many advantages for patients with advanced chronic kidney disease. However, pLDKT represents less than 1 out of…
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