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Articles tagged "Kidney transplantation"

  • 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

    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.…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Donor Derived Cell Free DNA (dd-cfDNA) and Gene Expression Signatures of Antibody-Mediated Rejection (ABMR) May Improve Accuracy of ABMR Diagnosis (Dx)

    H. Zhang1, C. C. Nast2, E. Huang3, N. Ammerman3, A. A. Vo3, S. C. Jordan3, M. Toyoda1

    1Transplant Immunology Laboratory, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, 2Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, 3Comprehensive Transplant Center, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA

    *Purpose: Dd-cfDNA has a clinically meaningful association with early Dx of ABMR. Here, we evaluated dd-cfDNA measured prior to for-cause biopsies (Bx), and also measured…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Patient Reported Medication Nonadherence and Tolerability: Results of a Prospective Observational Study

    D. Taber, N. Patel, K. Foster, F. Bartlett, C. Perez, H. Meadows, N. Pilch, A. Posadas, K. Soliman, V. Rao, M. Casey, V. Rohan, J. McGillicuddy, S. Nadig, D. Dubay

    MUSC, Charleston, SC

    *Purpose: Medication nonadherence (MNA) is a major contributor to late allograft loss in transplantation (txp). Immunosuppression therapy is highly effective at preventing rejection yet presents…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Early Steroid Withdrawal in HIV+ Kidney Transplant Recipients is Associated with Increased Acute Rejection by 1 Year

    W. A. Werbel1, S. Bae2, S. Yu3, F. Al-Ammary4, C. M. Durand1, D. L. Segev3

    1Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, 2Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, 3Surgery, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, 4Nephrology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD

    *Purpose: Kidney transplantation among HIV+ recipients (HIV+ KT) is increasing, with excellent outcomes. Acute rejection (AR), however, is 2-3-fold more common than in HIV- KT.…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Recurrent Diabetic Nephropathy Post Kidney Transplant is Associated with High Risk of Mortality

    A. Kukla, M. Merzkani, W. Park, B. Smith, S. Turkevi-Nagy, P. Zhang, X. Benavides, M. Morales Alvarez, A. Denic, A. Bentall, Y. Kudva, M. D'Costa, P. Alexander, M. Stegall

    Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

    *Purpose: The goal of the study was to determine the incidence of recurrent diabetic kidney disease (DKD) after kidney transplantation (KT) and assess its correlation…
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