Articles tagged "Kidney transplantation"

2020 American Transplant Congress
Significant Costs Associated with Poorly Controlled Post-Transplant Blood Glucose
H. Yerneni¹, K. Chavin², T. Srinivas¹, A. Padiyar¹
¹Medicine, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, OH, ²Surgery, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, OH
*Purpose: Dysglycemia is highly prevalent post-transplant. Poor glycemic control is associated with infectious and cardiovascular complications, as well as decreased patient and allograft survival. We…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Avoiding Surveillance Biopsy: How? When? Now!
A. Ang¹, C. Schieve², S. Rose², C. Kew¹, M. R. First², R. B. Mannon¹
¹School of Medicine, University of Alabama, Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ²Transplant Genomics Inc., Mansfield, MA
*Purpose: The TruGraf™ blood test measures a specific gene expression signature in the peripheral blood mononuclear cells to enable noninvasive serial assessment of kidney transplant…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Sirolimus (SRL) versus Everolimus (EVR) versus Mycophenolate (MPA) in Kidney Transplant Recipients Receiving Anti-Thymocyte Globulin Induction (r-ATG), Tacrolimus (TAC), and Prednisone
H. Tedesco Jr., C. T. Felipe, L. Viana, M. Cristelli, N. Tenório, V. Lima, V. Azevedo, K. Ficher, J. Rezende, R. Demarchi, M. Nakamura, Y. Dreige, G. Ormenesse, J. Taddedo, L. Takara, C. Santos, L. Damasceno, J. Pestana
Nephrology Division, Hospital Do Rim, Sao Paulo, Brazil
*Purpose: The aim of this study is to compare the efficacy and safety of SRL versus EVR versus MPA in kidney transplant recipients*Methods: This is…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Selective Screening Imaging of the Aortoiliac Arterial System in Kidney Transplant Candidates Using Non Contrast Pevic Computed Tomography
N. Onaca, A. Wall, J. Bayer, H. Fernandez, E. Martinez, R. Ruiz, R. Goldstein, G. McKenna, A. Gupta, G. Testa
Simmons Transplant Institute, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX
*Purpose: Noncontrast pelvic CT imaging can detect severe iliac artery calcifications (SAC) with technical contraindication to transplantation, avoiding morbidity from unnecessary surgical exploration.*Methods: We devised…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Validation of Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms for Acute Renal Graft Rejection
H. Hwang¹, J. Kong¹, J. Kim¹, Y. Kim¹, J. Moon¹, K. Jeong¹, J. Park², J. Park³, T. Ban⁴, J. Yang⁵, C. Ahn⁶, S. Lee¹
¹Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ²Konkuk University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ³Yeungnam University Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ⁴Eunpyeong St. Mary's Hospital The Catholic University of Korea, College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ⁵Department of Surgery, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ⁶Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
*Purpose: Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) has identified potential single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), which is associated with acute rejection in renal transplant recipients. We sought to…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Successful Transplantation of the Kidney Graft with 5 Arteries and Intimal Dissection Injury – 9 Year Follow Up
P. J. Bachul¹, A. Perez-Gutierrez¹, R. Saoud¹, B. Juengel¹, D. J. Grybowski¹, P. Borek¹, R. Anteby², A. Lucander¹, M. Dimitrov¹, J. Fung¹, P. Witkowski¹
¹Surgery, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, ²Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
*Purpose: Utilization of the Carrel patch allows easier implantation of the kidney graft with multiple small renal arteries. If it is not feasible, side-to-side renal…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Incidence of Cytomegalovirus and Role of Reduced Dose Valganciclovir in Kidney Transplant Recipients
A. Szczepanik¹, E. Metzker¹, C. Burrelli¹, K. Chavin²
¹Pharmacy, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, OH, ²Surgery, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, OH
*Purpose: Valganciclovir (VGC) is the optimal agent for preventing cytomegalovirus (CMV) but its use is limited by cost and leukopenia. Reduced dose VGC (rVGC) has…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Patient-Informed Design of an Educational Website on Living Kidney Donation
M. Keller¹, R. Seibert¹, T. Feeley², L. Kayler¹
¹Erie County Medical Center, Buffalo, NY, ²University at Buffalo, SUNY, Buffalo, NY
*Purpose: Web-based education may be a powerful tool to support kidney patients’ learning about living kidney donation (LKD); however, websites that are not user-friendly can…
2020 American Transplant Congress
The Use of Allosure Donor Derived Cell-Free DNA in a Community Based Kidney Transplant Program
V. Scantlebury, S. Gilibert, C. Sentman, H. Chang-DeGuzman, S. Swanson
Kidney Transplantation, Christiana Care Hospital, Newark, DE
*Purpose: Donor derived cell-free DNA (dd-cfDNA) has emerged as a marker of kidney allograft injury. Beginning in 2019, the dd-cfDNA monitoring has been introduced as…
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Novel Insights Into High Alloantibody Production in CCR5 KO Recipient Mice
J. L. Han¹, J. M. Zimmerer², Q. Zeng³, B. A. Ringwald¹, C. K. Breuer³, G. L. Bumgardner²
¹Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, ²Transplant Surgery, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, ³Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH
*Purpose: Antibody-mediated rejection (AMR) contributes to both early and late kidney allograft loss. Unfortunately, conventional immunosuppressants do not effectively control development of humoral alloimmunity in…