Articles tagged "Kidney transplantation"

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…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Trends in Time to Graft Loss by Dialysis Vintage
P. Ahearn, C. Lenihan, J. Scandling
Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
*Purpose: Preemptive transplantation has been shown to be beneficial regarding all-cause graft failure compared to transplantation after dialysis initiation, and transplantation after a shorter time…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Tissue Specificity and the Role of Lymphocytes in Estrogen-Mediated Protection from Renal Ischemia Reperfusion Injury
P. T. Hernandez, C. S. O'Brien, S. J. Concors, L. N. Krumeich, Z. Wang, G. Ge, W. Hancock, M. H. Levine
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
*Purpose: Renal ischemia reperfusion injury (IRI) is a major contributor to delayed graft function (DGF) in kidney transplantation. We previously demonstrated lower rates of DGF…