Articles tagged "Kidney transplantation"

2019 American Transplant Congress
Multi-Center Validation of TruGraf V2 – A Peripheral Blood Diagnostic for Subclincal Kidney Rejection
C. Marsh¹, S. Kurian¹, C. Schieve², R. Heilman³, M. Stegall⁴, S. Rose², J. Case¹, J. Friedewald⁵, M. Abecassis⁵, R. First²
¹Scripps Health, La Jolla, CA, ²Transplant Genomics Inc., Mansfield, MA, ³Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ, ⁴Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ⁵Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: Unsuspected subclinical acute rejection (subAR) is currently only detectable in 15-25% of invasive surveillance biopsies (SB) and can lead to chronic rejection and poor…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Differential Effects Of Prolonged Cold Ischemia On Outcomes In Donation After Cardio Circulatory Death Versus Acute Kidney Injury Donor Kidney Transplants
D. Harriman, V. Gurram, J. Rogers, A. Farney, G. Orlando, C. Jay, A. Reeves-Daniel, A. Mena-Gutierrez, M. Gautreaux, W. Doares, S. Kaczmorski, R. Stratta
Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, NC
*Purpose: Donation after cardio-circulatory death (DCD) and acute kidney injury (AKI) deceased donor (DD) kidneys increase the organ pool but their rates of discard and…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Sequential Dosing of Rituximab and IVIg for Desensitization of Highly-HLA Sensitized (HS) Patients Awaiting HLAi Kidney Transplantation
A. A. Vo, E. Huang, S. Williamsons, C. Myers, A. Peng, R. Najjar, S. Sethi, K. Lim, N. Ammerman, S. C. Jordan
Kidney Transplant, Cedars Sinai Medical Ctr, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: Recent observations suggest that the use of IVIg + rituximab has a critical role in modifying allo-reactive B-cells prior to HLAi kidney transplantation, thus…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Protease Inhibitor-Based Anti-Retroviral Therapy on Tacrolimus Intrapatient Variability in HIV+ Kidney Transplant Recipients
M. H. Cooper, I. E. Dunne, S. A. Kuten, A. E. Cantwell, E. A. Graviss, D. T. Nguyen, M. J. Hobeika, A. O. Gaber
Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX
*Purpose: High tacrolimus (FK) intra-patient variability (IPV) has been associated with inferior outcomes in solid organ transplantation. HIV+ transplant recipients have been shown to experience…
2019 American Transplant Congress
The Significance and Impact of Screening Preservation Fluid Cultures in Renal Transplant Recipients
A. Reticker, A. Lichvar, A. Gross, E. Benedetti, S. Patel
University of Illinois Hospital and Health Sciences System, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: Preservation fluid (PF) is necessary to maintain organ viability but serves as a vector for infection. The utility of routine PF screening and impact…
2019 American Transplant Congress
A Novel Trapezoidal Area Under Curve (AUC) Based Glomerular Filtration Rate (GFR) Measurement Using Non Radioactive Iohexol Plasma Clearance in Potential Kidney Donors
V. Ariyamuthu¹, L. Anderson², N. AbdulRahim¹, S. Levea³, M. MacConmara⁴, C. Hwang⁴, K. Fankhauser⁵, I. Hashim⁵, B. Tanriover¹
¹UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, ²Internal Medicine/Nephrology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, ³Internal Medicine, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, ⁴Surgery, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, ⁵Clinical Chemistry, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX
*Purpose: Plasma Iohexol clearance based GFR measurement is considered an accurate measure of renal function. We compared performance of a novel trapezoidal AUC method of…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Distribution And Outcomes Of Donor Right Kidneys In A National Paired Kidney Exchange Program
G. Roll¹, W. Irish², M. Cooper³, M. Ronin⁴, G. Hil⁵, A. D. Waterman⁶, D. B. Leeser²
¹UCSF, San Francisco, CA, ²ECU, Greenville, NC, ³Georgetown Univ, Washington, DC, ⁴NKR, Babylon, CA, ⁵NKR, Babylon, NY, ⁶UCLA and Terasaki Research Institute, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: Left living donor kidneys for transplant (txp) are preferred to right living donor kidneys for longer renal vein length which decreases technical difficulty of…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Pregnancy Outcomes in Kidney Transplant Recipients
H. SHIRAKAWA¹, S. WAKAI², K. UNAGAMI³, K. OMOTO⁴, T. SHIMIZU⁴, Y. KAKUTA⁵, M. OKUMI⁵, H. ISHIDA⁵, M. OGAWA⁶, K. TANABE⁵
¹Urology, Ohkubo Hospital, Tokyo, Japan, ²Nephrology, Ohkubo Hospital, Tokyo, Japan, ³Nephrology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan, ⁴Urology, Toda Central General Hospital, Saitama, Japan, ⁵Urology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan, ⁶Obstetrics and Gynecology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
*Purpose: Kidney transplantation(KT) is often considered to be the best treatment increase the chance of pregnancy for women with chronic kidney disease(CKD). However, the pregnancy…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Recipient and Donor Factors at the Time of Transplant as Predictors of Graft Outcomes
K. Soliman¹, V. Rohan², S. Zemin¹, A. Price¹, A. P. Salas¹, D. Lazarus¹, M. Casey³, D. J. Taber², V. Rao³
¹Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ²Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ³Medicine and Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
*Purpose: As the ESRD population ages and the impetus to increase utilization of donor organs grows, we aimed to evaluate the impact of donor and…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Lower Stanford Integrated Psychosocial Assessment (SIPAT) for Transplantation Score is Predictive of Successful Listing for Kidney Transplant Candidates
A. Kumar¹, J. Salaway², M. Dorris², J. Newman³, A. Doyle¹, S. Rao¹
¹Nephrology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, ²Transplant, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, ³University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
*Purpose: Psychosocial evaluation is an integral part of transplant recipient evaluation. SIPAT is a tool designed to assess psychological health of transplant candidates. Lower SIPAT…