Articles tagged "Kidney transplantation"

2020 American Transplant Congress
IgA Nephropathy Outcomes after Kidney Transplantation in an Early Corticosteroid Withdrawal Center
S. Kurian¹, S. Spierling², B. Barrick¹, J. Rice¹, J. Case¹, C. Marsh¹
¹Scripps Center for Organ and Cell Transplantation, La Jolla, CA, ²Scripps Whittier Diabetes Institute, La Jolla, CA
*Purpose: IgA nephropathy (IgAN) is the most frequent biopsy-proven primary glomerular disease. Recurrent IgA after transplantation often leads to allograft loss. A lower risk of…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Simultaneous Laparoscopic Bilateral Native Nephrectomy and Open Kidney Transplantation in Patients with ESRD Due to ADPKD: A Single Center Experience
N. Abrol, A. Bentall, V. Torres, M. Prieto
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
*Purpose: Patients with Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney (ADPKD) progressing to end-stage renal disease (ESRD) often are symptomatic due to cystic kidneys and require surgical intervention.…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Impact of a Pharmacist Led Outpatient Tacrolimus Monitoring Protocol in Renal Transplant Recipients
K. L. Owen, M. Palettas, H. Winters, T. E. Pesavento, A. Rajab, O. Witkowsky
Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH
*Purpose: The purpose of this study is to compare the time within therapeutic range (TTR) of tacrolimus (TAC) before and after the initiation of a…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Inequitable Access to Living Donor Kidney Transplantation in Black and Asian Minority Ethnic Groups in the UK: A Single Centre Cross-Sectional Cohort Study
A. Cronin, K. Sran, R. Gokmen, A. Copley, L. Silas, R. Zakri
Guy's and St. Thomas' Hospital, London, United Kingdom
*Purpose: Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) communities constitute 11% of the UK population, yet represent 31% of the national kidney transplant waiting list. Moreover,…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Association between Sarcopenia and Nutritional Factors in Kidney Transplant Recipients
A. Kosoku¹, J. Uchida¹, T. Ishihara², T. Iwai¹, H. Shimada¹, K. Kabei¹, S. Nishide¹, T. Naganuma¹, T. Nakatani¹
¹Urology, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan, ²Innovative and Clinical Research Promotion Center, Gifu University Hospital, Gihu, Japan
*Purpose: Malnutrition is an important risk factor for the development of sarcopenia. Several methods are used for the assessment of nutritional status including serum albumin…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Impact of PD1, PDL1 Gene Polymorphisms on Allo-Immune Responses after Kidney Transplantation
H. Yamane, Y. Tanaka, M. Ohira, H. Tahara, K. Ide, H. Ohdan
Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
*Purpose: The programmed death (PD)-1/PD-1 ligands (PD-Ls) pathway, a member of the B7/CD28 family, triggers an immune checkpoint resulting in inhibition of T cells. Several…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Prevalence of Frailty and Cognitive Impairment at Time of Kidney Transplant Evaluation
J. Klein, A. Jurgensen, M. Gupta, N. Herrera, A. Gupta, D. Cibrik
Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS
*Purpose: Frailty is highly prevalent in kidney disease, with prevalence estimates as high as 73% in patients at the time of dialysis initiation compared to…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Belatacept-Based Regimens: Induction and Recipient Gender Influence Outcomes
N. Wilson¹, A. R. Shields², A. Wiseman³, A. L. Christianson¹, S. Tremblay¹, D. Kaufman⁴, J. P. Leone⁵, A. J. Matas⁶, P. West-Thielke⁷, R. R. Alloway¹, E. S. Woodle¹
¹U Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, ²The Christ Hospital, Cincinnati, OH, ³U Colorado, Denver, CO, ⁴U Wisconsin, Madison, WI, ⁵Tampa General, Tampa, FL, ⁶U Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, ⁷U Illinois Chicago, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: Renal function and adverse event profiles in kidney transplant (KTx) patients under belatacept (BELA) based immunosuppression are significantly improved over calcineurin inhibitors, however BELA…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Variability in Educational Content about Kidney Paired Donation at 68 National Kidney Registry-Affiliated Centers
A. D. Waterman¹, O. N. Ranasinghe¹, E. H. Wood¹, J. L. Beaumont², S. McGuire³, K. Miller⁴, V. Chipman⁵, J. Sinacore⁶, M. Cooper⁷
¹Division of Nephrology, David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, ²Terasaki Research Institute, Los Angeles, CA, ³UCLA Kidney and Pancreas Transplant Programs, Los Angeles, CA, ⁴UW Health, Madison, WI, ⁵UCSF Medical Center, San Francisco, CA, ⁶National Kidney Registry, Babylon, NY, ⁷Medstar Georgetown Transplant Institute, Washington, DC
*Purpose: Equipping patients and donors with in-depth information about kidney paired donation (KPD) processes, risks, benefits, and protections is necessary for informed decision-making and comfort.…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Predicting Kidney Allograft Discard: The Kidney Discard Risk Index
M. B. Price, M. Joshi, T. Zhang, J. Vierling, T. Galvan, R. Cotton, C. O'Mahony, J. Goss, A. Rana
Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Division of Abdominal Transplantation, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
*Purpose: The disparity between the supply and demand for kidney allografts is exacerbated by an 18.9% discard rate. It is our aim to determine predictors…