Articles tagged "Kidney transplantation"

2020 American Transplant Congress
KDPI-Based Kidney Discard Risk Assessment
S. Mehrotra¹, M. Barah², K. Bui³
¹IEMS Department, MEAS, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, ²IEMS Department, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, ³Department of Mathematics, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA
*Purpose: Despite the vital need, 3,553 (19%) deceased-donor kidneys were discarded in 2018 in the current US allocation system. The discard rate has remained at…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Incidence, Clinical Correlates and Outcomes of Pulmonary Hypertension after Kidney Transplantation: Analysis of Linked U.S. Registry and Medicare Billing Claims
K. Lentine¹, S. Costa², Y. Caliskan³, D. Levine⁴, J. Runo⁵, H. Te⁶, J. Rangaswami⁷, D. Dadhania⁸, D. Axelrod⁹, M. Schnitzler³, H. Xiao¹, B. Kasiske¹⁰, J. Snyder¹⁰, T. Villines¹¹
¹Department of Medicine, Saint Louis Univ, Saint Louis, MO, ²Dartmouth, Lebanon, NH, ³Saint Louis Univ, Saint Louis, MO, ⁴UT Health, San Antonio, TX, ⁵Univ of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, ⁶Univ of Chicago, Chicago, IL, ⁷Einstein Medical Ctr, Philadelphia, PA, ⁸Weill Cornell, New York, NY, ⁹Univ of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, ¹⁰SRTR, Minneapolis, MN, ¹¹Univ of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
*Purpose: To describe the incidence and mortality implications of pulmonary hypertension (P-HTN) in a large, national cohort of US kidney transplant (KTx) recipients.*Methods: We examined…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Clinical Significance of Late Antibody-Mediated Rejection without Donor Specific Anti-hLA Antibodies
J. Lee¹, E. Kim¹, S. Yang¹, S. Kim¹, B. Lim², H. Choi³, B. Kim⁴, B. Kim⁴, M. Ju⁵, M. Kim¹, S. Kim¹, Y. Kim¹, K. Huh¹
¹Department of Transplantation Surgery, Severance Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ²Department of Pathology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ³Department of Internal Medicine, Gangnam Severance Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ⁴Department of Internal Medicine, Severance Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ⁵Department of Surgery, Gangnam Severance Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
*Purpose: Late onset antibody-mediated rejection (AMR) is a leading cause of kidney allograft failure. Its diagnosis has been based on a combination of morphologic, immunohistologic…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Comparing Surgical and Urological Complications Over Time in Deceased Donor Kidney Transplantation
A. Mekhaimar, H. Maple, N. Mamode, R. H. Zakri, N. Kessaris
King's College London/Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital, London, United Kingdom
*Purpose: Despite advances in perioperative and post-transplant management over time, complications still occur following deceased donor (DD) kidney transplantation. This study aimed to determine the…
2020 American Transplant Congress
The Centennial Allograft – Can an Organ Function for Over 100 Years in 2 Different Individuals?
A. Gruessner, J. Renz, S. Saggi, R. Gruessner
SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY
*Purpose: We investigated the occurrence of deceased-donor liver (DDOLT), deceased-donor renal (DDRT), and living-donor renal allografts (LDRT) that have achieved or come close to 100…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Effect of Everolimus and Reduced Calcineurin Inhibitors on Biopsy Proven BK Virus Associated Nephropathy
Z. S. Zaky, M. Spinner, B. Stephany, S. Nurko, R. Fatica, J. Augustine, E. Poggio
Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
*Purpose: BK virus-associated nephropathy (BKVAN) is a clinically important entity that contributes to allograft loss in kidney transplant recipients (KTRs). Mammalian target of rapamycin inhibitors…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Assessment of HEALTh LIteracy on MEdication ADheREnce and Graft Outcomes in KIdney Transplant Recipients (Hallmark)
M. Leung¹, A. Dhanda², S. Kwan³, A. Zienkiewicz³, E. Waters³, N. Wood³, L. Young³, C. Bannon³
¹Pharmacy, St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ²Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ³Nephrology, St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada
*Purpose: Upon successful kidney transplantation, many patients have difficulty adhering to their new immunosuppression medication regimens. Previous studies have established low health literacy to be…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Assessment of the Usefulness of Urine Signature to Differentiate Acute Rejection in a Prospective Kidney Transplantation Cohort
J. Seo¹, S. Jung², J. Moon², K. Jeong³, C. Kim⁴, B. Chung⁵, J. Park⁶, Y. Kim⁷, S. Lee²
¹Department of Core Research Laboratory, Medical Science Institute, Kyung Hee University Hospital at Gangdong, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ²Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Kyung Hee University Hospital at Gangdong, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ³Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology, College of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ⁴Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Kyung-pook National University School of Medicine, Daegu, Korea, Republic of, ⁵Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ⁶Department of Internal Medicine, Sungkyunkwan University, Samsung Hospital, College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ⁷Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Busan Paik Hospital, College of Medicine, Inje University, Busan, Korea, Republic of
*Purpose: Despite many biomarker studies in the field of transplantation, development and validation of noninvasive molecular assays to diagnose disease and monitor immune activity is…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Waiting List and Transplant Outcomes of Highly Sensitized Kidney Patients
R. Schmitz, O. K. Jawitz, S. J. Knechtle, A. M. Jackson
Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
*Purpose: Sensitized kidney transplant candidates represent a growing population on the waiting list. Transplantation of patients with high calculated panel reactive antibody (CPRA) can be…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Serum Osteopontin Level is Negatively Associated with Vascular Reactivity Index by Digital Thermal Monitoring in Kidney Transplant Patients
B. Hsu¹, Y. Lai¹, M. Lee²
¹Division of Nephrology, Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, Hualien, Taiwan, ²Department of Surgery, Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, Hualien, Taiwan
*Purpose: Osteopontin (OPN) is a potent inhibitor of mineralization and is a potent inducible inhibitor of vascular calcification. Studies in patients noted elevated levels of…