Articles tagged "Kidney transplantation"

2020 American Transplant Congress
The Application of Hypothermic Machine Perfusion in Kidney Transplantation from Delay Graft Function High Risk Donor
Y. Li, X. Hu, G. Chen, C. Ding, W. Xue
Kidney Transplantation Department, First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China
*Purpose: To investigate the clinical effect of the hypothermic machine perfusion (HMP) method on renal transplantation from high risk donation after citizen death (DCD) and…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Risk Factors and Treatment of Recurrent Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis after Kidney Transplantation
G. Chen, C. Wang, Z. Wu, X. Liu, Q. Li, L. Chen
Organ Transplant Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
*Purpose: Recurrent focal segmental glomerulosclerosis(FSGS) is common after kidney transplantation . We conducted a retrospective cohort study with the aim to investigating the risk factors…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Tele Health Utilization in Kidney Transplantation Clinic
S. Wattanatorn, S. Udomkarnjananun, N. Townamchai, T. Thammathiwat, N. Mahatanan, Y. Avihingsanon, K. Praditpornsilpa
Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
*Purpose: Most of the kidney transplanted (KT) patients are well educated and have been receiving nearly the same medications every visit. In usual OPD care,…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Quantitative Analysis of Humoral Immunity by Flow-Cytometric Crossmatch Using Molecules of Equivalent Soluble Fluorochromosome (FCXM-MESF)
H. Ishida, M. Furusawa, T. Shimizu, M. Okumi, Y. Kakuta, K. Omoto, K. Tanabe
Tokyo Womens, Tokyo, Japan
*Purpose: In this study, we examined the quantitative significance of humoral immunity by flow-cytometric crossmatch using molecules of equivalent soluble fluorochromosome (FCXM-MESF) in recipients of…
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…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Room for Optimism; Improvement in Long-Term Patient and Graft Survival of Kidney Transplants in the United States over the past Three Decades
C. Wu, A. Rana, N. Galvan, C. O'Mahony, J. Goss, B. Murthy
Division of Abdominal Transplantation, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
*Purpose: Previous studies indicated that the short-term (1 year) allograft survival of kidney transplants has improved significantly over the years. However, less is known about…