Articles tagged "Kidney transplantation"

2020 American Transplant Congress
Why Donate to a Stranger? Exploring the Major Motivations of 31 Non-Directed (Altruistic) Living Kidney Donors
A. Maghen¹, G. Mendoza¹, S. E. Connor¹, S. Nassiri¹, L. Kwan¹, E. L. Wood¹, J. Lalezari¹, S. Friedman¹, S. George², S. L. Maliski³, J. L. Veale¹
¹Urology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, ²Community Health Sciences, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, Los Angeles, CA, ³Office of the Dean, University of Kansas Medical Center School of Nursing, Kansas City, KS
*Purpose: With the steady increase in the number of non-directed donors (NDDs) in the U.S. in the past decade, understanding their motivations may help better…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Do Higher Remuzzi Scores Make Good Kidneys Bad? Examining Histologic Criteria within the Framework of Single Kidney Transplantation
V. Fleetwood¹, C. Kensinger², C. Papageorge¹, D. Aufhauser¹, P. Pasha¹, G. Leverson³, B. Welch¹, D. Foley¹
¹Department of Transplantation, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, ²Department of Transplantation, Piedmont Transplant Center, Atlanta, GA, ³Department of Statistics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
*Purpose: The Remuzzi score (RS), a histologic tool to assess chronic allograft damage, can guide allocation to single (SKT) or dual (DKT) kidney implantation. RS…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Medication Knowledge Improves in Adolescent Kidney Transplant Patients with in Clinic Pharmacy Education
C. G. Peterson¹, E. Benefield², C. Heyrend²
¹Pediatric Nephrology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ²Transplant Pharmacy, Primary Children's Hospital, Salt Lake City, UT
*Purpose: Successful transition of adolescent and young adult transplant recipients to adult-centered care remains challenging for transplant centers. This transition is associated with graft loss…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Multi- National Survey among Nephrologists & Transplant Surgeons about the Suitability and Acceptance of the Marginal Live Kidney Donors Regarding Urological Issues
Z. Arabi¹, M. A. Bukhari², S. Kaysi³, A. R. Altheaby¹, E. A. Elhassan¹, A. A. Mateen¹, M. I. Abdalla¹, M. Gafar¹, S. A. Alam¹, N. Abdulmajeed⁴, A. Alkurdi⁵, A. Hamad⁶
¹KAMC, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, ²Taif University, Taif, Saudi Arabia, ³CHU Clermont-Ferrand, Saint Pryv/ Saint Mesmin, France, ⁴PSMMC, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, ⁵University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁶The Regional Medical Center, Orangeburg, SC
*Purpose: Living donor kidney transplant is the primary modality of renal transplants in many countries. However, donors frequently present with some challenging conditions like some…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Epidemiology of Cannabis Use and Associated Outcomes among Kidney Transplant Recipients a Meta Analysis
P. Vaitla¹, C. Thongprayoon², F. Cabeza Rivera¹, F. Koller¹, P. Matemavi¹, S. Kanduri¹, R. Marathi³, W. Cheungpasitporn¹
¹Nephrology, University of Mississippi, Jackson, MS, ²Nephrology and Hypertension, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ³Internal Medicine, University of Mississippi, Jackson, MS
*Purpose: Cannabis is the most commonly used recreational drug in the United States and transplant acceptability for cannabis using candidates varies among transplant centers. In…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Renal Transplant on the Outcomes of Breast Cancer Surgery
A. Choubey¹, A. Parsikia², D. Samson², M. Castaldi², R. Latifi², J. Ortiz¹
¹The University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, ²Westchester Medical Center, Valhalla, NY
*Purpose: Breast Carcinoma has the highest incidence of any cancer in adult females. The impact of a prior kidney transplant (KT) on breast cancer has…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Clinical Features and Transplant Outcomes in Kidney Transplant Recipients with Renal Cell Carcinoma
C. Baek, H. Kim, S. Park
Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
*Purpose: Previous studies have recommended a 2-5-year waiting time prior to kidney transplantation (KT) in patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) and symptomatic renal cell…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Vaccine Safety Concerns and Relationship to Comfort with Provider Communication in a Population of Inner-City Kidney Transplant Recipients
T. Morancy, I. Nadeem, G. Cordero, D. Lee, M. Markell
SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY
*Purpose: Misperceptions and incorrect beliefs among patients may contribute to patient refusal of vaccines. We examined beliefs and sources of information in a population of…
2020 American Transplant Congress
The Composite Molecular and Cellular Instability Score Identifies the Sub-Phenotypes of Histologically Stable Kidney Transplants
D. Rychkov
Department of Surgery, BCHSI, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
*Purpose: Recent molecular studies have highlighted the unrecognized burden of sub-clinical graft rejection of a histologically stable allograft, defined as transplants with absence of clinical…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Characteristics Associated with Center Satisfaction in Management of the Inactive Kidney Transplant Waitlist
J. Hiller, J. Chen, W. Zhang, A. Massie, K. Covarrubias, K. Jackson, J. Long, S. DiBrito, D. Segev, J. Garonzik-Wang
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: As the deceased donor kidney transplant (DDKT) waitlist grows, many centers maintain a large pool of inactive candidates to prioritize those most likely to…