Articles tagged "Kidney transplantation"

2020 American Transplant Congress
Identification of Eplet Mismatches Associated with De Novo Donor Specific HLA Antibody in a Pediatric Kidney Transplant Cohort
O. Charnaya, J. Jones, P. Chiang, M. C. Philogene, J. Garonzik-Wang
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: While optimizing immunological matching will decrease the risk of de novo donor specific HLA antibody (dnDSA) formation and improve long-term graft function in pediatric…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Multi- National Survey among Nephrologists & Transplant Surgeons about the Suitability & Acceptance of the Marginal Living- Kidney Donors with Obesity or Abnormal Blood Sugar Profile
Z. Arabi¹, M. A. Bukhari²
¹KAMC, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, ²Taif University, Taif, Saudi Arabia
*Purpose: There are no clear guidelines about the suitability and acceptance of living- kidney donors with obesity or abnormal blood sugar profile.*Methods: To form a…
2020 American Transplant Congress
A Hybrid Data Envelopment Analysis-Artificial Neural Network (DEANN) Technique for Extrapolating the Evolution of Kidney Transplant Patients
F. Santos-Arteaga¹, D. Di Caprio², D. Cucchiari³, J. M. Campistol³, F. Oppenheimer³, F. Diekmann³, I. Revuelta³
¹Faculty of Economics and Management, Free University of Bolzano, Bolzano, Italy, ²Department of Economics and Management, University of Trento, Trento, Italy, ³Renal Transplant Unit, Department of Nephrology and Kidney Transplant, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain
*Purpose: The current study introduces a hybrid Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) - Artificial Neural Network (ANN) technique to extrapolate the evolution of transplant patients based…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Temporal Trends in the Incidence and Impact of Infections Following Kidney Transplantation
K. R. Jackson, J. Motter, R. Avery, W. Werbel, J. Garonzik-Wang, D. Segev
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: Infections remain a major threat to successful kidney transplantation (KT), and are associated with a subsequent higher risk of mortality and graft loss. However,…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Diligent Prospective BK Virus (BKV) Monitoring and Management Post Kidney Transplant to Mitigate Risk of BK Nephropathy and Rejection: A Single Center Experience
A. Dao¹, M. Madhrira², S. Allam²
¹Medical City Transplant Institute, Fort Worth, TX, ²Tarrant Nephrology Associates, Fort Worth, TX
*Purpose: BK viremia and nephropathy are evolving challenges in post-kidney transplants. Currently, monitoring and management strategies vary across centers. At our program, we prospectively monitor…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Ready for Transplantation: Getting the Right Messages Across at the Right Time
D. Goodall, K. Tansey, S. Clarke-Swaby, P. Webster, E. Salisbury, J. Tomlinson, R. Bright, W. Brown
Imerial College Renal and Transplant Centre, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom
*Purpose: Successful outcomes post-transplantation demands significant commitment from patients therefore it is crucial that they have a good understanding of what is involved. Our pharmacist…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Natural Course of Borderline Changes in Kidney Allografts: A MMDx Study
P. Hruba¹, K. S. Madill-Thomsen², M. Mackova², J. Maluskova³, E. Honsova³, J. Slatinska⁴, P. F. Halloran², O. Viklicky⁴
¹Transplant Laboratory, IKEM, Prague, Czech Republic, ²ATAGC, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ³Department of Pathology, IKEM, Prague, Czech Republic, ⁴Department of Nephrology, IKEM, Prague, Czech Republic
*Purpose: Molecular assessment of kidney allograft biopsies with Banff borderline changes (BL) category has showed only 30% of rejection phenotype in various post-transplant follow-up and…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Does Donor Terminal, Admission or Best Estimate Glomerular Filtration Rate Predicts Kidney Transplantation Outcomes
G. Irish¹, T. Coates², P. Clayton²
¹Australia and New Zealand Dialysis and Transplant (ANZDATA) Registry, South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute, Adelaide, Australia, ²Central and Northern Adelaide Renal and Transplantation Services, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, Australia
*Purpose: When assessing deceased kidney donors, a key factor is donor kidney function. It is unclear whether terminal, admission, or the best of terminal and…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Muscle Strength and Physical Functioning in Pediatric Kidney Transplant Recipients
K. Sgambat, K. Amatya, A. Moudgil
Nephrology, Children's National, Washington, DC
*Purpose: Children with end stage renal disease on dialysis are known to be at high risk for protein energy wasting and low muscle mass, however…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Sex Differences in Transplant Decision-Making
A. Wasim¹, H. Rafiqzad¹, M. Dastgheib¹, H. Ford¹, S. Macanovic¹, K. Wernerowski¹, S. Aghamohammadi¹, M. Novak¹, A. D. Waterman², I. Mucsi¹
¹University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: We examined the relationship between sex and the relative importance of pros and cons in kidney transplant (KT) decision making.*Methods: A convenience sample of…