Articles tagged "Kidney transplantation"

2021 American Transplant Congress
En Bloc Kidney Transplantation from Pediatrics Weighing Less Than 5 Kg: Single Center Analysis of 31 Cases
Z. Wang¹, X. Zeng², Q. Xia², J. Peng², H. Xiao², J. Liu², H. Li²
¹Urology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Union Hospital, Wuhan, China, ²Urology, Union Hospital, Wuhan, China
*Purpose: Very low bodyweight pediatrics are rarely chosen as donors because of potential higher risk for complications such as early allograft thrombosis, and possible latter…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Risk Factors and Outcome of Transplant Renal Artery Stenosis in Kidney Transplant Recipients – A Nested Case-control Study
D. Choudhary¹, A. Sharma¹, R. Vijayvergiya², G. Kasinadhuni², D. Kenwar¹, S. Singh¹
¹Renal & Pancreas Transplant Surgery, Pgimer Chandigarh, Chandigarh, India, ²Cardiology, Pgimer Chandigarh, Chandigarh, India
*Purpose: Transplant renal artery stenosis (TRAS) is a treatable cause of renal allograft dysfunction. It presents commonly in the early post-transplant period with variable clinical…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Pre-Screening on OPTN Kidney Paired Donation Pilot Program Transplant and Refusal Rates
S. E. Booker¹, R. Leishman¹, J. Musick¹, M. Oley¹, T. Sandholm², J. Dickerson³, M. Pavlakis⁴, V. Casingal⁵
¹UNOS, Richmond, VA, ²Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, ³University of Maryland, College Park, MD, ⁴Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, ⁵Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, NC
*Purpose: The OPTN Kidney Paired Donation Pilot Program (KPDPP) donor pre-screen tool allows centers to review and pre-accept or pre-refuse potential donors for individual candidates…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Association of Obesity and Early Post Kidney Transplantation Complications
V. Sandra, N. Sanichar, D. Tsapepas, K. L. King, J. Van Bever, K. Toma, A. Hussain, S. Mohan
Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY
*Purpose: Although the prevalence of obesity among kidney transplant recipients is rising, there continues to be reluctance to waitlist obese candidates. We sought to determine…
2021 American Transplant Congress
The Impact of Tacrolimus IPV and TTR on the Development of De Novo Donor-specific Antibodies in Kidney Transplant Recipients
D. Xu¹, K. Richards¹, K. Zheng¹, H. Patel², F. Cardarelli², J. A. Pena³, A. Aala²
¹Pharmacy, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, ²Nephrology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, ³Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA
*Purpose: High intrapatient variability (IPV) and low time in therapeutic range (TTR) of tacrolimus (TAC) may increase the risk of developing de novo donor-specific antibodies…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Incident Malignancies among Post Kidney-Transplant Patients by Type of Induction Immunosuppression and by Age
L. Wang, J. Motter, S. Bae, D. Segev, M. McAdams DeMarco
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: Adult kidney-transplant (KT) recipients have a differential risk of malignancies based on their induction immunosuppression (IS) therapy. However, older recipients are more likely to…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Optimal Timing of Renal Transplantation in Simultaneous Heart-Kidney Transplant: A Retrospective Analysis of the UNOS/OPTN Database
A. S. Karim, G. E. Leverson, J. W. Smith, D. P. Foley
Department of Surgery, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI
*Purpose: In patients receiving a simultaneous heart-kidney transplant (SHKT) the optimal timing of performing the kidney transplant remains controversial. In the immediate approach (iHKT), the…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Easier Said Than Done? Stated versus Actual Usage of Less-Than-Ideal Kidneys
D. Stewart, H. McGehee, J. Rosendale, D. Klassen
United Network for Organ Sharing, Richmond, VA
*Purpose: Despite long candidate waiting times and a persistent supply to demand gap, less-than-ideal (LTI) kidneys continue to be underutilized in the U.S. Usage rates…
2020 American Transplant Congress
The Economic Impact of National Standardization of Virtual Crossmatch Usage in Kidney Transplantation
J. E. Stanton¹, L. M. Rebellato², H. Pournik¹, J. E. Tuttle-Newhall¹, H. Jones¹, W. Irish¹, D. B. Leeser¹
¹Department of Surgery, East Carolina University, The Brody School of Medicine, Greenville, NC, ²Department of Pathology, East Carolina University, The Brody School of Medicine, Greenville, NC
*Purpose: The implementation of virtual crossmatching (VXM) into conventional protocols may reduce expenditures associated with organ allocation.*Methods: A single center retrospective analysis of the total…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Gene Expression Dynamics Demonstrate Perturbations in Innate and Adaptive Immunity in Kidney Transplantation Patients with Cytomegalovirus Viremia
R. Ahn, J. Schaenman, Z. Qian, V. Groysberg, M. Rossetti, A. Hoffmann, D. Gjertson, M. Deng, E. F. Reed
University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: Cytomegalovirus (CMV) viremia and disease continues to cause significant morbidity and mortality in kidney transplant patients with clinical complications including organ rejection and death.…