Articles tagged "Kidney transplantation"

2019 American Transplant Congress
Profile of Invasive Fungal Disease after Kidney Transplantation in a Single Brazilian Center
S. C. Miranda, G. M. Pereira Junior, C. A. Felipe, A. S. Alvarenga, P. A. Macedo Souza, C. Ribeiro, S. C. Cantini
Nephrology, Santa Casa de Belo Horizonte, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
*Purpose: This study sought to describe the epidemiology of Invasive fungal disease at a brazilian kidney transplant center.*Methods: We retrospectively evaluated the diagnoses of invasive…
2019 American Transplant Congress
A Prognostic Drug Development Tool to Assess the Transplantability at the Time of Listing for Kidney Transplant Candidates
S. Kawakita¹, L. Hidalgo-Semlek², J. L. Beaumont¹, J. Lee², M. J. Everly¹
¹Terasaki Research Institute, Los Angeles, CA, ²Hansa Medical AB, Lund, Sweden
*Purpose: At time of listing for kidney transplant (KT), a patient is not informed of the probabilities of KT, death, or remaining on the waiting…
2019 American Transplant Congress
GFR Outcomes for Recipients and Donors with IgA, FSGS, Alports and Thin Basement Membrane Disease: A Comparison of Living Related to Unrelated Donors
D. Keys, S. Jackson, S. Riad, R. Spong, V. Vakil, A. Matas, P. Nachman
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
*Purpose: Prior studies have shown an increase rate of graft loss in patients that receive living donor kidney transplants from relatives in IgA, FSGS, and…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Kidney Donor 70 Years Of Age Or Older – How Far Can We Go? A Registry Analysis
R. W. Gruessner, J. F. Renz, F. Tedla, A. Brar, S. Saggi, M. Salifu, A. C. Gruessner
SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY
*Purpose: With the increasing number of patients on the kidney transplant waitlist and with improved technique and management the demand for kidneys is constantly increasing.…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Blood Group Incompatible Living Donor Kidney Transplantation in Patients with End-Stage Kidney Disease Due to Diabetes Kidney Disease
J. Uchida¹, A. Kosoku¹, K. Kabei¹, S. Nishide¹, H. Shimada¹, K. Maeda², Y. Yoshikawa³, T. Iwai¹, N. Kuwabara¹, T. Naganuma¹, N. Kumada⁴, Y. Takemoto¹, T. Nakatani¹
¹Urology, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan, ²Nursing, Osaka City University Hospital, Osaka, Japan, ³Osaka City University, Osaka, Japan, ⁴Urology, Suita Municipal Hospital, Suita, Japan
*Purpose: Diabetes is a growing public health problem, and diabetes kidney disease (DKD) is the most prevalent chronic kidney disease and the major cause of…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Retrospective Evaluation of Dapsone Prophylaxis Complications in Kidney Transplant Recipients
S. Hamel¹, V. Johnson², D. Johnson², E. Blumberg³, R. Bloom⁴, J. Trofe-Clark²
¹Pharmacy, Vanderbilt Univ. Medical Center, Nashville, TN, ²Pharmacy, Hospital of the Univ. of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ³Infectious Diseases, Univ. of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁴Renal, Univ. of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
*Purpose: Secondary options for Pneumocystis Jirovecii pneumonia (PJP) prophylaxis in kidney transplant recipients (KTRs) include atovaquone or dapsone. Atovaquone use may be limited by cost/side…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Preoperative Marginal Factors Do Not Affect the Medically Complex Living Donors for Kidney Transplantation
T. Hiramitsu, T. Tomosugi, K. Futamura, M. Okada, M. Tsujita, T. Ichimori, N. Goto, S. Narumi, Y. Watarai
Nagoya Daini Red Cross Hospital, Nagoya Aichi, Japan
*Purpose: Recently, medically complex living donors with marginal factors including hypertension, dyslipidemia, glucose intolerance, and obesity are increasing. The impact of preoperative marginal factors on…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Arterial Blood Pressure Circadian Rhythm in Renal Transplant Recipients
A. M. Arriaga, Y. J. Lopez, J. A. Cedillo, L. A. Marino, J. M. Mejia, I. Parra, A. Cohen, L. E. Morales
Nephrology, National Institute of Medical Sciences and Nutrition Salvador Zubirán,, Mexico City, Mexico
*Purpose: Approximately 80% kidney transplant (KT) recipients have high blood pressure, compromising graft survival and increasing cardiovascular risk. In the pre-transplant stage, alterations in blood…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Patients with Immunological Diseases or on Peritoneal Dialysis Are Prone to False Positive Flow Cytometry Cross Match
Q. Xu¹, A. House², S. Leckie¹, L. Gunaratnam², P. Luke³, A. Jevnikar²
¹Pathology and Lab Medicine, London Health Science Center, London, ON, Canada, ²Medicine, Western University, London, ON, Canada, ³Surgery, Western University, London, ON, Canada
*Purpose: Despite implementation of virtual cross matches, flow cytometry cross matches (FCXM) are still used by many transplant centers to determine immunological risk prior to…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Contemporary Predictors and Impact on Survival of Early Readmission after Kidney Transplant: Analysis of the Nationwide Readmission Database
N. Elfadawy, N. Tashtish, S. Al-kindi, D. Hricik, E. Sanchez, N. Sarabu
University hospitals of Cleveland, Cleveland, OH
*Purpose: Thirty-day readmissions after kidney transplantation are common and contribute to healthcare utilization and costs. We sought to describe the rates, causes, and predictors for…