Articles tagged "Kidney transplantation"

2020 American Transplant Congress
New Everolimus Administration Targeting the Prevention of the Development of Antibody-Mediated Rejection Considering the Comparison of Growth and Survival in IgG and IgM Memory B Cells
Y. Matsuda¹, R. Imamura¹, H. Tezuka², S. Takahara¹
¹Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Japan, ²Fujita Health University, Toyoake, Japan
*Purpose: Some reports indicated that immunoglobulin (Ig) M antibodies corresponding to donor-specific antigen in addition to IgG antibodies are closely involved in the activation of…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Incidence and Outcomes of Secondary Cutaneous Malignancies among Renal Transplant Recipients
T. Maw¹, P. Vaidya¹, J. Samaan², S. Ghanshani¹, G. In¹
¹Keck School of Medicine, LA, CA, ²Cedar Sinai Hospital, LA, CA
*Purpose: Solid-organ transplant recipients on immunosuppressive therapy are known to have higher morbidity and mortality from secondary malignancies; however, there are no established guidelines for…
2020 American Transplant Congress
The Accuracy of the ICD-10 Diagnostic Codes for Kidney Transplant Rejection and Failure
D. Massicotte-Azarniouch¹, M. Sood², D. Fergusson³, M. Chassé⁴, A. Tinmouth⁵, G. Knoll²
¹Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, ON, Canada, ²Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada, ³Clinical Epidemiology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada, ⁴Medicine, University of Montreal, Ottawa, ON, Canada, ⁵Hematology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada
*Purpose: Clinical research requires that diagnostic codes captured from routinely collected health administrative data accurately identify individuals with a disease. In this study, we examined…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Low Food Security in Inner-City Kidney Transplant Recipients is Associated with Worse Graft Function, Lower Fruit and Vegetable Intake and Increased Psychosocial Stress
E. Kasparov, K. Cruickshank, A. Saleh, S. Pak, M. Markell
SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY
*Purpose: Long-term kidney graft survival may be affected by factors other than biologic, including social determinants of health. We examined the association of the use…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Long-Term Kidney Graft Survival is Superior with Simultaneous-Liver Kidney (SLK) Transplants Than Kidney Alone (KA) or Kidney after Liver (KALi) Transplants in the United States
N. Lim¹, S. M. Riad¹, S. Jackson², J. Lake¹
¹University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, ²M Health Fairview, Minneapolis, MN
*Purpose: There is a concern that SLK transplant recipients have worse outcomes resulting in poor utilization of the kidney donor pool. We utilized the Scientific…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Safety of A2 Incompatible Kidney Transplantation in Donors with Acute Kidney Injury
Y. Al Azzi, L. Liriano-Ward, G. Nair, M. Ajaimy, J. Graham, C. Pynadath, P. Nandigam, A. Colovai, A. Campbell, S. Greenstein, M. Kinkhabwala, J. Rocca, E. Akalin
Abdominal Transplant, Montefiore Medical Center, New York, NY
*Purpose: Kidneys with donor acute kidney injury (AKI) are frequently discarded. We aimed to study the outcomes of A2 incompatible kidney transplantation from donors with…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Tumor of Transplanted Kidney: Graft Resection Preserves Renal Function with Good Long-Term Oncologic Outcome
J. Chlupac, T. Marada, M. Kudla, L. Janousek, J. Fronek
Transplantation Surgery Department, Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Prague, Czech Republic
*Purpose: Incidence of urologic tumors is increased in renal transplant recipients. In case of a kidney transplant neoplasm, the graft-nephrectomy and hemodialysis reduce the quality…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Brincidofovir for Treatment of Disseminated Human Adenovirus Infection in Pediatric Solid Organ Transplant Recipients
J. Londeree¹, R. Garro¹, R. Romero², R. George¹, P. Winterberg¹, R. Liverman³, A. Serluco³, S. Shin¹, I. Yildirim⁴
¹Pediatric Nephrology, Emory, Atlanta, GA, ²Pediatric Hepatology and Gastroenterology, Emory, Atlanta, GA, ³Pharmacy, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA, ⁴Pediatric Infectious Disease, Emory, Atlanta, GA
*Purpose: Brincidofovir (BCV) is an investigational antiviral drug with potency against Human Adenovirus (HAdV). We describe four cases of disseminated HAdV infection treated with (BCV)…
2020 American Transplant Congress
The Role and Impact of Transplant Pharmacist Evaluation in a Pre-Kidney Transplant Clinic
B. Valdepenas, D. Choi, J. Benken, M. Campara
Pharmacy Practice and Transplant Surgery, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ interpretative guidelines for conditions of participation for transplant centers define the transplant pharmacist’s role ambiguously. Limited evidence…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Bortezomib Exhibits Therapeutic Implication in Renal Interstitial Fibrosis after Kidney Transplantation by Inhibiting Akt-mTOR-P70S6K-Smurf2 Pathway and Stabilizing IκBα Protein
C. Suo, Z. Gui, Z. Wang, J. Zhou, M. Zheng, H. Chen, S. Fei, L. Sun, X. Zhang, M. Gu, R. Tan
Jiangsu Province Hospital, Nanjing, China
*Purpose: Allograft interstitial fibrosis and fibrogenesis significantly exacerbate the progression of chronic allograft disease (CAD) and are essential therapeutic targets. Epithelial‐mesenchymal transition (EMT) is recognized…