Articles tagged "Kidney transplantation"

2020 American Transplant Congress
Improved Serum Vitamin D Level and Better Cardiovascular Disease Outcomes after Kidney Transplantation
J. Ryu¹, T. Koo², H. Jeon³, C. Ahn⁴, J. Yang⁵
¹Department of Internal Medicine, Ewha Womans University Seoul Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ²Transplantation Center, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ³Department of Internal Medicine, Hallym University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ⁴Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ⁵Department of Surgery, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
*Purpose: Vitamin D deficiency increases cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk through both immunologic and non-immunologic mechanisms. Although vitamin D deficiency is common in end stage renal…
2020 American Transplant Congress
An Evaluation of Converting Elderly Kidney Transplant Recipients from Tacrolimus to LCPT to Limit Neurological Adverse Events and Improve Quality of Life
A. Reticker, B. Valdepenas, K. Bruno, D. Cikopana, S. Walton, E. Benedetti, I. Tzvetanov, P. West-Thielke
University of Illinois, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: Adverse effects (AEs) of tacrolimus significantly reduce recipients’ quality of life (QOL). Given its ability for tremor improvement, this study investigates whether conversion from…
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Pre-Transplant Bariatric Surgery is Not Associated with Increased Risk of Infection after Kidney Transplant
E. Joachim, M. Jorgenson, B. C. Astor, J. Smith, K. Swanson, M. Mohamed, F. Aziz, N. Garg, A. Djamali, D. Mandelbrot, S. Parajuli
University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
*Purpose: Bariatric surgery (BS) is a highly effective weight loss strategy that is increasingly common, but can be associated with impaired drug absorption and alterations…
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Diabetes Burnout: An Under-Recognized Risk-Factor in Post-Transplant Care Management
N. Pilch, P. Baliga, V. Rao, V. Rohan, K. Foster, H. Perkins, N. Patel, D. Dubay, D. Taber
Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
*Purpose: One-third of dialysis patients will have spontaneous glycemic control improvement, necessitating discontinuation of antihyperglycemic therapy, termed diabetes burnout. The aim of this study was…
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Textbook Outcome: Definition and Analysis of a Novel Quality Measure in Kidney Transplantation
S. E. Halpern¹, D. Moris², B. I. Shaw², L. M. McElroy², M. J. Ellis³, D. Sudan², S. J. Knechtle², B. H. Collins², A. S. Barbas²
¹Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, ²Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, ³Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
*Purpose: Textbook outcomes (TO) is an emerging concept in surgery, which represents an effort to define a standardized, composite quality metric based on multiple postoperative…
2020 American Transplant Congress
IL-21, a Potential Target of Active Rejection in Renal Transplantation
J. Shen, R. Wang, L. Guo, J. Lv, J. Wu, J. Chen
Kidney Disease Center, First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
*Purpose: Rejection remains an obstacle to overcome after transplantation. IL-21 is the most potent stimulators of driving GC B cells into plasma cells. Basic researches…
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Outcomes of Kidney Donors with Impaired Fasting Glucose and Diabetes
S. Hebert, D. T. Nguyen, E. A. Graviss, H. E. Adrogue, A. Gaber, A. Matas, H. Ibrahim
Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX
*Purpose: Many kidney donor candidates with impaired fasting glucose (IFG) and all candidates with diabetes (DM) are excluded from donation. The diagnostic thresholds for IFG…
2020 American Transplant Congress
The New UK National Kidney Allocation Scheme with Maximized ‘D4/R4’ Kidney Transplants: Appropriate Donor to Recipient Matching or System Overstretch?
R. Pearson, E. Murray, P. Thompson, P. Mark, M. Clancy, J. Asher
Renal Transplant, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
*Purpose: The UK national deceased donor kidney matching scheme changed in September 2019, aiming to better match graft and patient survival. Donors and recipients are…
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Improving Vaccination Rates for Influenza and Pneumococcal Disease in Pediatric Kidney Transplant Recipients
A. M. McGrath¹, J. Baquir¹, L. Maestretti¹, G. James¹, K. DiNello¹, M. Patton¹, A. Fong¹, A. Gallo², V. Sigurjonsdottir², P. Grimm², A. Chaudhuri²
¹Pediatric Kidney Transplant, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford, Palo Alto, CA, ²Pediatric Kidney Transplant, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
*Purpose: Pediatric renal transplant recipients are highly vulnerable to infections caused by influenza and pneumococcus and vaccines are recommended in this population. At our center,…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Multifaceted Roles of Follicular T Cell Subsets in Controlling Antibody Mediated Rejection
M. T. Mohammed
Renal- Transplant Research Center, Brigham and Women's Hospital- Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
*Purpose: Assess the roles of T Follicular Helper and Regulatory cells in controlling pathogenic donor-specific antibodies (DSA) and antibody-mediated rejection(AbMR) during kidney transplantation.*Methods: Here we…