Articles tagged "Kidney transplantation"

2020 American Transplant Congress
Risk of Infectious Complications after GastroIntestinal Surgery in Renal Transplant Recipients
S. Karhadkar, P. Jacoby, T. Webster, A. Di Carlo
Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
*Purpose: Solid organ transplantation remains the preferred treatment for patients with end stage organ diseases. In 2018 alone, 36, 527 organ transplants were performed in…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Treatment of BK Viremia in Kidney Transplant Recipients: A Single-Center Experience
M. Chaung, E. Hollinger, M. Brokhof, N. Kenyon, L. Lineberger, N. Alvey
Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: Over the past 10 years, our center has utilized various strategies in managing BK viremia in our kidney transplant recipients. Reducing immunosuppression (IMS) in…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Empowering Patients to Self-Care Dialysis Previous to Kidney Transplantation Does Not Warrant Adherence to Immunosuppression
F. Ortiz¹, I. Helanterä²
¹Nephrology, Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland, ²Kidney and Liver Transplantation, Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
*Purpose: Nonadherence to immunosuppression increases the risk of kidney graft loss. We hypothesized that patient education to self-care dialysis has a positive impact on adherence…
2020 American Transplant Congress
The Role of Complement-Split Products as Biomarkers for Acute Antibody-Mediated Rejection of Kidney Allografts
B. G. Abu Jawdeh¹, B. Campos-Naciff¹, K. Harrison¹, K. Meganathan¹, A. Kumar², M. Anand¹, A. Govil¹, E. S. Woodle¹, B. P. Dixon³
¹University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, ²All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India, ³University of Colorado, Aurora, CO
*Purpose: Acute antibody-mediated rejection (AMR) is mediated by the activation of the classical complement system in addition to non-complement dependent inflammatory pathways. Complement fixation by…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Kidney Allocation System on Waiting List Outcomes for Candidates Listed in Veterans Affairs Programs
J. Walker¹, B. Concepion², K. Birdwell², I. Feurer³, S. Rega⁴, D. Shaffer⁵, R. Forbes⁵
¹Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC), Nashville, TN, ²Nephrology, VUMC, Nashville, TN, ³Surgery and Biostatistics, VUMC, Nashville, TN, ⁴Transplant Center, VUMC, Nashville, TN, ⁵Surgery, Division of Kidney and Pancreas Transplantation, VUMC, Nashville, TN
*Purpose: Kidney Allocation System (KAS) changes in 2014 prioritized highly sensitized candidates and aimed to improve longevity matching. Given that veterans are older and less…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Calcium Oxalate Deposition in Kidney Allografts: Clinical Chracteristics and Outcome
S. Sritharan¹, J. Kamal², S. A. Husain¹, I. Batal¹, J. Chang¹
¹Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, ²University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
*Purpose: To better understand its clinical significance and prognostic value, we investigated the clinical characteristics and outcomes of patients with calcium oxalate deposition in kidney…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Clinicopathologic Features and Risk Factors of Proteinuria in Transplant Glomerulopathy: A Cross-Sectional Study
Q. Zhang¹, K. Budde¹, D. Schmidt¹, F. Halleck¹, M. Dürr¹, M. Naik¹, M. Mayrdorfer¹, W. Düttmann-Rehnolt¹, F. Klauschen², B. Rudolph², K. Wu²
¹Department of Nephrology, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ²Department of Pathology, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
*Purpose: Proteinuria is common after transplantation. Transplant Glomerulopathy (TG), one of the main causes of post-transplant proteinuria, is also a major contributor to graft loss.…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Risk Factors for BK Virus Infection after Kidney Transplantation in the Contemporary Era: A Single-Centre Observational Study
N. Phagura¹, K. Thandi¹, F. Evison², S. Gallier², A. Sharif³
¹College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom, ²Department of Health Informatics, University Hospitals Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom, ³Department of Nephrology and Transplantation, University Hospitals Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
*Purpose: BK infection remains a risk factor for kidney transplant dysfunction and allograft loss. While many risk factors are reported in the literature, many are…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Immune-Mediated Injury and Eplet Mismatches – Profiling Population-Level Interactions
H. Mohammadhassanzadeh¹, W. Zhang², W. Klement³, H. Gebel⁴, P. Keown⁵, K. Oualkacha⁶, R. Sapir-Pichhadze¹
¹Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, ²McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, ³Organ Donation and Transplantation, Canadian Blood Services, Ottawa, ON, Canada, ⁴Emory University Hospital, Atlanta, GA, ⁵Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ⁶Université du Québec À Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada
*Purpose: HLA genes are in linkage disequilibrium with each other. Sequence defined HLA targets (eplets) are associated with alleles and may be shared within and…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Enhanced Recovery after Surgery Reduces Length of Hospital Stay in Renal Transplant Recipients
S. O'Neill, T. Brown, J. McCaughan, A. Courtney
Department of Transplantation, Belfast City Hospital, Belfast, United Kingdom
*Purpose: Enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) is an established multimodal approach to perioperative care. However, ERAS in renal transplantation isn’t common practice. ERAS involving early…