Articles tagged "Kidney transplantation"

2021 American Transplant Congress
AlloMap Kidney Gene Expression Profiling Discriminates Rejection from Immuno-Quiescence in Renal Transplant Recipients
E. Akalin¹, A. Djamali², H. Xu³, X. Jin³, R. N. Woodward³, S. Dholakia³, J. S. Bromberg⁴
¹Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, ²University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, ³CareDx, Brisbane, CA, ⁴University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: Assessment of immune activation is important when considering pathologies such as allograft rejection as well as potential interventions that may extend allograft survival. Optimizing…
2021 American Transplant Congress
COVID-19 in Kidney Transplant Recipients in the Southeastern United States: A Single Center Experience
K. R. Kumm, S. H. Shawar, R. C. Forbes, B. P. Concepcion
Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
*Purpose: The novel coronavirus, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) or COVID-19, has emerged as a viral pandemic and brought unprecedented challenges worldwide on…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Does High-Risk CMV Discordance Affect Elderly Kidney Transplant Recipient Survival? A Multivariable Analysis
A. Dinesh¹, S. Jackson², S. Riad³, T. L. Pruett¹
¹Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, ²Biostatistics, Analytics Consulting Services- Solid Organ Transplant, M Health Fairview, Minneapolis, MN, ³Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
*Purpose: High-risk CMV discordance (R-/D+) has often been linked to deleterious outcomes after kidney transplantation. The elderly transplant population is more susceptible to CMV infections…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Significance of Detectable but Unquantifiable Viremias Post Renal Transplantation
M. Chaung, S. Puri, S. Bunin, Z. Mondal, O. Eletta, R. Pelletier, A. Bongu
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick, NJ
*Purpose: It is unknown whether the degree of the initial viremia following kidney (KT) or combined kidney-pancreas transplantation (SPKT) correlates with future allograft rejection or…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Trends and Outcomes Analysis of U.S. Transplant Centers Performing High Volumes of Hard to Place Kidneys
D. Bahl¹, A. Mahajan², H. Aramada³, Y. Qazi³
¹St. George's University, St. George's, Grenada, ²University College Cork School of Medicine, County Cork, Cork City, Ireland, ³Keck Hospital of USC, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: Despite a growing number of patients awaiting a kidney transplant, discard rate remains significantly high. The UNOS SRTR data now provides information on all…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Excellent Outcomes of Kidney Transplantation from Hepatitis C Infected Donors
B. Rawashdeh, J. Dann, K. M. Marsh, A. Doddi, S. Rao, A. Agarwal
UVA Health System, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
*Purpose: Utilization of Hepatitis C viremic (HCV D+) kidney donors in HCV naïve recipients has increased in the United States. While there are shorter waiting…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Identifying the Needs of Kidney Transplant Recipients That Can be Addressed by a Web-based Self-management Program
D. Massierer¹, R. Sapir-Pichhadze², V. Bouchard³, K. Dasgupta², N. Fernandez⁴, D. da Costa², S. Ahmed¹, M. Fortin⁵, R. Langevin⁶, N. Mayo¹, T. Janaudis-Ferreira¹
¹Faculty of Medicine- School of Physical and Occupational Therapy, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, ²Centre for Outcomes Research and Evaluation (CORE), Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC), Montreal, QC, Canada, ³CIUSSS du Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, Chicoutimi, QC, Canada, ⁴Department of Family Medicine/Emergency Medicine, Université de Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁵Department of Medicine, Université de Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁶Canadian Donation and Transplantation Research Program (CDTRP), Edmonton, AB, Canada
*Purpose: Kidney transplantation improves the quality of life (QoL) of patients with end-stage renal disease, however, post-transplant recovery of physical health and other aspects of…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Sodium Zirconium Cyclosilicate Use in Kidney Transplant Recipients
K. J. Swanson, F. Aziz, S. Parajuli, M. Mohamed, D. A. Mandelbrot, A. Djamali, N. Garg
University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
*Purpose: Hyperkalemia is a common problem experienced by kidney transplant recipients (KTR)s. New strategies to treat hyperkalemia are now available. KTRs often require medications that…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Tolerability of De Novo and Conversion Belatacept Regimens in Kidney Transplantation
T. Le¹, J. Shoji², J. Phillips¹, D. Quan¹
¹Pharmaceutical Services, UCSF Medical Center, San Francisco, CA, ²Transplant Nephrology, UCSF Medical Center, San Francisco, CA
*Purpose: Belatacept, a selective T lymphocyte co-stimulation blocker, has been shown to be a safe and effective maintenance therapy for immunosuppression. We investigated the long-term…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Graft Volume Changed in the First Year After Living Donor Kidney Transplantation
M. Abou Zeinab, M. Eltemamy, Y. Lin, K. Sasaki, V. Krishnamurthi, Z. Zaky, A. Wee, J. Kaouk
Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
*Purpose: Pre-donation total kidney volume was shown to correlate with graft outcomes and long-term graft survival. However, only a few studies have studied the changes…