Articles tagged "Kidney transplantation"

2020 American Transplant Congress
Operative vs. Non-Operative Management of Hemorrhage in the Postoperative Kidney Transplant Patient
R. Shaw¹, T. Reavis¹, V. Meruva², F. Montz³, E. Rogers⁴, A. Kumar¹, V. Bowers⁴, J. Buggs⁴
¹Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, ²Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, Bradenton, FL, ³University of Tampa, Tampa, FL, ⁴Transplant Surgery, Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, FL
*Purpose: Postoperative hemorrhage has been described at rates of 14 percent in kidney transplant (KT) literature. The preferred management of postoperative hemorrhage in this population…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Incidence of Urinary Tract Infections in Kidney Transplant Recipients Receiving Alternate Antimicrobial Prophylaxis Regimens
D. Quan¹, J. Phillips¹, E. Chiang¹, V. Kuo²
¹UCSF Health, San Francisco, CA, ²UC Davis, Davis, CA
*Purpose: Urinary tract infections (UTI) occur frequently in renal transplant (RT) recipients. Antimicrobial prophylaxis may help prevent UTI early post RT. Trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole (TMP/SMX) is the…
2020 American Transplant Congress
The Impact of Deceased Donor Maintenance on the Incidence of Delayed Kidney Allograft Function
S. Costa¹, F. Barroso¹, C. Oliveira¹, E. Daher¹, P. Fernandes¹, L. Andrade², R. Esmeraldo³, T. Sandes-Freitas¹
¹Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza, Brazil, ²Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho, Botucatu, Brazil, ³Hospital Geral de Fortaleza, Fortaleza, Brazil
*Purpose: To evaluate the risk factors for delayed graft function (DGF) in a Brazilian cohort with high DGF incidence, focusing on variables reflecting donor maintenance.*Methods:…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Two Pilot Studies Exploring the Diagnostic and Predictive Potential of Serum LAG3 and FGL1 in Kidney Transplant Recipients
Y. Li¹, L. Yan¹, Y. Li¹, C. Yang¹, Z. Wan¹, Y. An¹, Y. Bai¹, L. Wang¹, Y. Shi²
¹Department of Laboratory Medicine, West China Hospital, Chengdu, China, ²Department of Nephrology, West China Hospital, Chengdu, China
*Purpose: Lymphocyte activation gene 3 (LAG3), an immune checkpoint, plays an important role in the negative regulation of immune response and the induction of immune…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Tyrosine Receptor Kinase Axl Regulates Intragraft Trafficking of Alloreactive T Cells Post Kidney Transplantation
A. Dangi¹, K. Glinton², M. Sharma¹, S. Yu¹, M. DeBerge², E. B. Thorp², X. Luo¹
¹Nephrology/Medicine, Duke University, Durham, NC, ²Pathology, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: Previous studies have shown that receptor tyrosine kinase Axl, primarily expressed on dendritic cells and some tissue-specific macrophage population, is required for T cells…
2020 American Transplant Congress
To Wait or Not to Wait: The Survival Benefit of Preemptive Kidney Transplantation after Accounting for Lead Time Bias
S. Yu¹, A. Kernodle¹, J. Snyder², J. Garonzik-Wang¹, D. Segev¹, A. Massie¹
¹Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD, ²SRTR, Minneapolis, MN
*Purpose: Over 2,000 preemptive living donor kidney transplants (LDKT) per year are performed in the US. Preemptive LDKT allows recipients to avoid dialysis, but increases…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Racial Differences in Acceptance of Public Health Service (PHS) Increased Risk Kidneys and Hepatitis C (HCV) Nat Positive Kidneys
K. Atiemo, S. Giusti, A. Paramesh, M. Killackey, H. Jeon
Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
*Purpose: PHS increased risk kidneys and HCV NAT positive kidneys represent a significant proportion of the donor pool however, acceptance demands explicit patient consent that…
2020 American Transplant Congress
An Optimized Integrative Model Using Urinary Chemokines for Noninvasive Diagnosis of Acute Allograft Rejection
C. Tinel¹, A. Devresse¹, A. Vermorel¹, D. Marx², S. Caillard², C. Legendre¹, M. Rabant³, D. Anglicheau¹
¹Nephrology and Kidney Transplantation, Inserm U1151, Necker Hospital, Paris, France, ²Nephrology and Kidney Transplantation, Strasbourg University Hospital, Strasbourg, France, ³Pathology, Necker Hospital, Paris, France
*Purpose: The aim of this study was to optimize the performance of urinary chemokines C-X-C motif ligand (CXCL) 9 and CXCL10 as noninvasive diagnostic markers…
2020 American Transplant Congress
HLA Cw12 in Kidney Transplant Recipients is a Novel Risk Factor for the Development of Post-Transplantation Diabetes: A Single-Centre Retrospective Study
N. Phagura¹, A. Culliford², F. Evison³, S. Gallier³, J. Nath², D. Briggs⁴, A. Sharif²
¹College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom, ²Department of Nephrology and Transplantation, University Hospitals Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom, ³Department of Health Informatics, University Hospitals Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom, ⁴H&I Birmingham, NHS Blood and Transplant, Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
*Purpose: Counselling kidney transplant candidates for their personalised risk of developing post-transplantation diabetes mellitus (PTDM) requires an understanding of risk factors. While some risk factors…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Assessing Interventions to Improve Patient Care Conducted by Pharmacists at an Outpatient Renal Transplant Clinic within a Collaborative Pharmacy Practice Agreement
K. Johnson, R. Chelewski, A. Langone, M. Peter, A. Zuckerman
Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
*Purpose: A collaborative pharmacy practice agreement (CPPA) permits pharmacists to perform clinical services under the guidance of a supervising physician without direct physician intervention. We…