Articles tagged "Kidney transplantation"

2020 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes of Kidney Retransplantation after Post-Transplant Lymphoproliferative Disorders: An Analysis of the UNOS/OPTN Database (1998 to 2019)
W. Cheungpasitporn¹, C. Thongprayoon², C. C. Jadlowiec³, W. J. Chon⁴, L. S. Cummings⁴, S. R. Katari⁴, N. Leeaphorn⁴
¹Nephrology, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS, ²Nephrology and Hypertension, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ³Transplant Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, AZ, ⁴Renal Transplant Program, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine/Saint Luke's Health System, Kansas City, MO
*Purpose: Post-transplant lymphoproliferative disease (PTLD) is a serious, potentially fatal complication after kidney transplantation. Existing literature on outcomes of kidney retransplantation in patients with prior…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Post-Operative Delirium and Cognitive Decline in Kidney Transplant Recipients
N. Chu, D. Segev, M. McAdams Demarco
Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: Post-operative delirium may be a marker for greater cognitive vulnerability to stressors. As a result, those with post-operative delirium may experience steeper decline in…
2020 American Transplant Congress
The Impact of DSA Screening in Stable Kidney Transplant Recipients in the 1st Year Post-Transplant
A. Sharma¹, D. Jorgensen², R. Mehta¹, P. Sood¹, C. Wu¹, C. M. Puttarajappa¹, A. Tevar¹, S. Hariharan¹
¹Thomas E. Starzl Transplant Institute, Renal Electrolyte Division, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, ²Thomas E. Starzl Transplant Institute, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA
*Purpose: The importance of Donor Specific Antibody (DSA) as a screening tool within the 1st year post kidney transplant in stable patients remains unclear. We…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Preformed Anti-HLA Donor-Specific Antibodies Immunological Risk Assessment: The Importance of HLA Antibody Locus-Specificity
V. Jucaud¹, A. Babu², D. Briggs³, N. Krishnan⁴, D. Mitchell⁵, M. Everly¹
¹Terasaki Research Institute, Los Angeles, CA, ²University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire, Coventry, United Kingdom, ³NHS Blood and Transplant, Birmingham, United Kingdom, ⁴University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, Coventry, United Kingdom, ⁵University of Warwick Medical School, Coventry, United Kingdom
*Purpose: The screening of preformed donor-specific HLA antibodies (pfDSA) by single antigen bead assays has increased the complexity of pre-transplant patient risk stratification. We evaluated…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Retroperitoneoscpic Donor Nephrectomy in the Right Side Provides Excellent Outcomes and Donor Safety Comparable with Left Side
D. Iwami, K. Hotta, N. Iwahara, N. Shinohara
Renal and Genitourinary Surgery, Hokkaido University, Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
*Purpose: The left kidney is usually selected for laparoscopic donor nephrectomy while the right kidney raises concerns for donors’ and recipients’ safety and presents a…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Characterization of Use and Safety of Non-Insulin Agents for Management of Post-Transplant Diabetes Mellitus in the Kidney Transplant Population
M. Norris¹, J. Trofe-Clark¹, C. Sammons¹, N. Casciello¹, S. Cardillo², D. Sawinski³, R. D. Bloom³, G. Malat¹
¹Pharmacy, Hosp of Univ of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ²Endocrine Div, Univ of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ³Renal Div, Univ of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
*Purpose: Newer, non-insulin agents appear to have significant cardiovascular benefits. However, use of these agents for diabetes (DM) management in kidney transplant recipients (KTR) has…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Determining Prognostic Factors of Longitudinal Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate Curves Using Machine Learning Techniques
P. Bernhardt, J. Han, M. Kormaksson, J. Pascual, S. Berger, S. Chadban, C. Legendre, R. Oberbauer, F. Oppenheimer, C. Sommerer, A. Gawai, H. Tedesco
TRANSFORM Study Group, Basel, Switzerland
*Purpose: Various factors related to donors and recipients are integrally associated with post-transplant outcomes. Using machine learning (ML) techniques, we determine the possible prognostic factors…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Adenovirus Infection in Kidney Transplant Recipients: A Case Series
S. Anjan, Y. Natori, M. Raja, J. Camargo, J. Simkins, M. Morris, A. Fernandez, G. Ciancio, L. Chen, G. Burke, M. Ortigosa-Goggins, J. Pagan, A. Mattiazzi, G. Guerra, L. Abbo
University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, FL
*Purpose: Adenovirus (AdV) is associated with poor outcomes in immunosuppressed patients and data on incidence and management in kidney transplant (KT) recipients is limited. *Methods:…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Ambient Air Pollution and Post-Transplant Mortality among US Kidney Transplant Recipients
M. R. Jones¹, Y. Feng², N. Chu², D. Segev², M. McAdams-DeMarco¹
¹Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, ²Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: Long-term exposure to fine particulate matter (PM2.5) has been associated with increased mortality in the general US population and has been shown to negatively…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Does Recovery Rate of Renal Plasma Flow after Kidney Transplantation Differ in the Choice of Renal Arterial Anastomotic Site?
T. Yonekura, K. Shinoda, K. Nishikawa, M. Maeda, H. Oguchi, Y. Hidaka, T. Mizutani, K. Sakurabayashi, M. Muramatsu, T. Kawamura, K. Sakai, S. Shishido
Toho University, Ota, Japan
*Purpose: Acquiring better inflow and recovery of blood supply to the renal graft is very critical in clinical kidney transplantation. Whether inflow to the renal…