Articles tagged "Kidney transplantation"

2020 American Transplant Congress
Kidney Transplantation after Multiple Myeloma: The Last 2 Decades
V. Nair, K. Jhaveri, M. Abate
Medicine, Northwell Health, Manhasset, NY
*Purpose: Due to recent advances, patients with a history of multiple myeloma (MM) and ESKD are more frequently offered kidney transplantation (Ktx). Existing literature does…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Immunosuppression on Quality of Life among HLA-Identical Living Kidney Recipients at UCLA – A Qualitative Study
E. L. Wood¹, S. George², N. Kogut¹, E. Lum, MD³, J. L. Veale¹
¹Urology, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, ²Fielding School of Public Health, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, ³Medicine, Nephrology, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: Tolerant kidney transplant recipients (off immunosuppression) report higher self-rated quality of life and a lower symptom burden compared to standard living recipients when using…
2020 American Transplant Congress
T Cells from Highly Sensitized Kidney Transplant Patients Display Distinct TCR Repertoires
S. Negi¹, M. Li¹, A. Rutman², S. Paraskevas¹, C. Polychronakos¹, J. Tchervenkov¹
¹RIMUHC, Montreal, QC, Canada, ²McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
*Purpose: Sensitization to HLA antigens limits patient’s access to renal transplantation and causes higher risk of acute rejection and graft loss. T-cells, B-cells and donor-specific…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Double or Nothing: Reducing Organ Discards by Preemptive Dualization of ‘at Risk’ Single Kidney Offers
S. K. Patel¹, S. Chang², R. Plews¹, R. Sussman³, D. Disante³, D. Schuster¹, P. Nguyen¹, R. Lopez-Soler⁴, D. Conti¹
¹Kidney Pancreas Transplant Division, Albany Medical Center, Albany, NY, ²Nephrology, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, ³CDT, Albany Medical Center, Albany, NY, ⁴Renal Transplant Program, Edward Hines Jr., VA Medical Center, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: The purpose of this study is to evaluate a protocol designed to (1) enhance early identification of “at risk” single kidney offers (SKO) and…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Effect of Discordant Kidney Function at Transplant: A Single Center Analysis of Deceased Donor Paired Kidneys
E. Abuhelaiqa¹, M. Alkadi¹, S. Mansour², L. Mathew¹, F. Makableh¹, A. Nauman¹, O. Fituri¹, M. Asim¹, R. Fadhil³, H. A. Al-Malki¹
¹Nephrology, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar, ²Internal Medicine, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar, ³Transplant Surgery, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar
*Purpose: Analysis of paired kidneys from deceased donors has the advantage of eliminating donor and center related biases seen in previous studies that evaluated kidney…
2020 American Transplant Congress
De Novo Use of Envarsus (LCPT) in African American and Elderly Kidney Transplant Recipients: An Early Single Center Experience
N. Wilson¹, R. Leek¹, R. Forbes², D. Shaffer², S. Rega³, I. Feurer³, B. Concepcion⁴, A. Langone⁴
¹Department of Pharmacy, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, ²Department of Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, ³Vanderbilt Transplant Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, ⁴Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
*Purpose: Clinical trials with LCPT have shown a steadier and more consistent concentration time profile over 24 hours with increased bioavailability compared to twice daily…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Single Center Kidney Costs and Transplant Outcomes Analysis of Undocumented Aliens
Y. A. Qazi, E. Villalon, T. Sadiq, E. Qazi, E. Mir, A. Reza, M. Smogorzewski
USC, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: The purpose of the study was to perform an outcomes and cost comparison analysis between dialysis and kidney transplantation in individuals identified as undocumented…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Assessing Providers’ Accuracy in Predicting Early Readmission after Kidney and Liver Transplantation
K. Maroney, Z. Wang, R. Lynch, A. Adams, R. Patzer, J. Hogan
Emory University, Atlanta, GA
*Purpose: Predictive models capable of identifying patients at risk for readmission are in development. However, it is unknown how accurate clinicians are at predicting early…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Robotic Donor Nephrectomy: A Novel Approach to Improve Living Donor Kidney Transplantation
R. Shahbazov¹, A. Popovic¹, D. Friedman², I. Bandler², S. Loerzel¹, K. Heslin², R. Hod Duvarai³, B. Gallay⁴, O. Pankewycz⁴, M. Laftavi¹
¹Surgery, Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, ²College of Medicine, Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, ³Pathology, Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, ⁴Medicine, Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY
*Purpose: Robotic assisted live donor nephrectomies (RDN) have continued to gain popularity in recent years. Our purpose was to investigate the difference in outcomes between…
2020 American Transplant Congress
The UCSF Cardiovascular Risk after Kidney Transplantation (CARAKTER) Study
M. Park¹, Y. Gao¹, S. Schroeder², S. Siyahian¹, Z. Laszik¹, F. Vincenti¹
¹UCSF, San Francisco, CA, ²UC Davis, Sacramento, CA
*Purpose: We established the UCSF CARAKTER (Cardiovascular Risk After Kidney Transplantation) Study in order to evaluate risk factors for cardiac disease onset and progression in…