Articles tagged "Kidney transplantation"

2020 American Transplant Congress
Valganciclovir Prophylaxis is Not Associated with Polyomavirus Viremia after Renal Transplantation
D. Conti¹, D. Schuster¹, M. Garner¹, E. Maciera¹, S. Patel²
¹Albany Medical Center, Albany, NY, ²Surgery, Albany Medical Center, Albany, NY
*Purpose: Recent studies have implicated prophylactic valganciclovir (VGC) therapy after renal transplantation to be associated with an increased rate of BK polyomavirus viremia and nephropathy.…
2020 American Transplant Congress
A Long-Term Follow-Up Study of High-Dose Intravenous Cyclosporine Combined Plasma Exchange in the Treatment of FSGS Recurrence after Renal Transplantation – A Single Center Clinical Experience
Y. Cui, M. F. Wang, C. C. Wei, J. Y. Wu
Kidney Disease Center, the First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
*Purpose: There was still lack of effective treatment for focal segmental glomerulosclerosis(FSGS)recurrence after renal transplantation. The purpose of this study was to explore the risk…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Genome-Wide Transcriptome Analysis of Extreme Marginal Renal Grafts Indicates Earlier Repair and Less Damage Following Normothermic Ex-Vivo Kidney Perfusion Preservation
P. Urbanellis¹, L. Mazilescu¹, C. McEvoy¹, S. Ganesh¹, R. John¹, I. Mucsi¹, A. Ghanekar¹, D. Bagli², A. Konvalinka¹, L. Robinson¹, M. Selzner¹
¹University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada
*Purpose: Normothermic ex-vivo kidney perfusion (NEVKP) was shown to prevent delayed graft function of kidneys subjected to prolonged warm ischemia (WI) compared to static cold…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Lymphycyte Subset Test as a Determinant of Cytomegalovirus Prophylaxis in Renal Transplant Recipients
M. Kim, Y. Park, S. Mok, K. Jun, S. Kim, J. Kim, S. Yun, I. Moon, S. Park
Surgery, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
*Purpose: Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection is an important complication after kidney transplantation (KT). Anti-thymocyte globulin (ATG) increases a risk of CMV infection and the American society…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Improved Medication Safety Outcomes with a Mobile Health, Pharmacist-Led Intervention: Results of the TRANSAFE Rx Randomized Controlled Trial
H. Gonzales, J. Fleming, M. Gebregziabher, J. McGillicuddy, D. Taber
MUSC, Charleston, SC
*Purpose: Medication (med) safety events are a predominant cause of poor health outcomes, particularly within high-risk groups such as kidney transplant (KTX) recipients. The primary…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Wage Reimbursement by the NKR: A Critical Step Towards Financial Neutrality for Living Kidney Donors
N. Garg¹, T. D’Alessandro², M. Ronin², A. D. Waterman³, M. Cooper⁴, G. Hil², D. A. Mandelbrot¹
¹UW-Madison, Madison, WI, ²NKR, Babylon, NY, ³UCLA, Terasaki Research Institute, Los Angeles, CA, ⁴Georgetown University, Washington, DC
*Purpose: The potential for out-of-pocket expenses incurred by living kidney donors has been identified as an important barrier to proceeding with live donation, with financial…
2020 American Transplant Congress
A Single Centre Report of Renal Transplantation Against a Positive Crossmatch Due to HLA-DP Donor Specific Antibodies without Prior Antibody Removal
Y. Marie¹, T. Key², A. Halawa¹
¹Renal Transplantation, Sheffield Kidney Institute, Sheffield, United Kingdom, ²2.Department of Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics, Sheffield, United Kingdom
*Purpose: In renal transplantation, the clinical effects of donor specific antibodies (DSA) against HLA-DP are unclear. We report successful kidney transplants in three highly sensitised…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Post-Operative Opiate Utilization and Prescribing Patterns in Living Kidney Donors
E. Calderon¹, D. S. Ubl², C. Jadlowiec¹, P. Dean³, E. Castle⁴, P. Andrews⁴, B. Taner⁵, E. Habermann², A. K. Mathur¹
¹Transplant Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, AZ, ²Robert D. and Patricia E. Kern Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ³Transplant Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ⁴Department of Urology, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, AZ, ⁵Transplant Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL
*Purpose: Living kidney donors (LKDs) become exposed to opioids during routine post-surgical care, which may lead to adverse outcomes. and since there is an absence…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Factors Associated with Renal Graft Loss in Simultaneous Kidney-Heart Transplant Recipients in the UNOS Cohort
K. A. Agarwal¹, H. Patel¹, K. Almonte², F. Cardarelli¹, N. Agrawal¹
¹Nephrology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, ²Medicine, Mount Auburn Hospital, Cambridge, MA
*Purpose: Simultaneous kidney and heart transplants (SKHT) are employed for patients with both end-stage heart failure and severely impaired kidney function. Renal outcomes in such…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Virtual XM Adversely Affects Access for Highly Sensitized African Americans Awaiting Renal Transplantation
P. T. Jindra¹, B. V. Murthy¹, C. Van Buren²
¹Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, ²Surgery, UT Medical School, Houston, TX
*Purpose: Recent UNOS policy proposals have changed kidney allocation from local Designated Service Areas (DSA) to geographic distribution areas of varying widths. Since crossmatch of…