Articles tagged "Kidney transplantation"

2019 American Transplant Congress
Causes of 30 Day Graft Loss among Shared Kidneys in the National Kidney Registry (NKR)
J. Verbesey¹, A. Thomas², M. Ronin³, D. Segev⁴, A. Waterman⁵, S. Flechner⁶, M. Cooper¹
¹Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC, ²University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, ³National Kidney Registry, New York, NY, ⁴Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ⁵UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, ⁶Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
*Purpose: We have previously reported favorable 1 year graft survival of over 98% in the NKR. Many early concerns associated with organ travel, longer ischemic…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Kidney Transplant Outcome between Identical Twins in USA from 2001-2017
D. R. Jorgensen, S. Hariharan
Starzl Transplant Institute, Univ of Pittsburgh Med Center, Pittsburgh, PA
*Purpose: This study provides the outcome of Identical-Twin (IT) Kidney-Transplants (KT) in the USA.*Methods: The data from U.S. Census Bureau, National Center for Health Statistics,…
2019 American Transplant Congress
The Association of Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate at One Year Post-Kidney Transplant with Graft Loss is Not Modified by Delayed Graft Function
J. Gill, M. Kadatz, J. Gill
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
*Purpose: In kidney transplant recipients, eGFR at 1 year post-transplant has been shown to be associated with graft loss, but it is unclear if this…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Renal Transplantation and Sleep: What do Patients Distress for?
L. Long, J. Liu, J. Xie, J. Yan
The Third Xiangya hospital of Central South University, ChangSha, China
*Purpose: To investigate sleep quality and explore potential contributing factors that affect sleep in renal transplant patients.*Methods: Subjects were recruited from Perioperative renal transplant patients.…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Simultaneous Recipient Iliac Endarterectomy and Renal Transplantation: A Propensity Score Matched Study
O. Okoye, M. Spaggiari, J. Almario, V. Qiao, K. Tulla, P. Di Cocco, E. Benedetti, I. Tzvetanov
General surgery, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: Severe iliac atherosclerotic disease can jeopardize the success of, and listing of patients for renal transplantation. Not only does it provide a technical challenge…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Impact of T-cell Mediated Allograft Inflammation within First-Year after Kidney Transplantation: An Analysis of Paired Biopsies from a Single Center Study
S. Tandukar, R. Mehta, I. Owoyemi, D. Jorgensen, P. Sood, S. Hariharan
Division of Transplant Nephrology, Thomas E. Starzl Transplant Institute, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA
*Purpose: We evaluated the impact of Clinical and Sub-Clinical T-Cell-Mediated Rejection (TCMR) and Sub-Clinical Inflammation (SCI) within 1 year post-transplant.*Methods: Adult kidney transplant patients who…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Novel Oral Anticoagulants in Kidney Transplantation: Results from a Pilote Study
J. Leon, J. Zuber, L. Amrouche, D. Anglicheau, G. Divard, C. Legendre, R. Sberro-Soussan
Adult Transplantation, Necker Hospital, Paris, France
*Purpose: Oral anticoagulation therapy is frequently prescribed to kidney transplant recipients, for prevention and treatment of thrombotic events. Over the past ten years, novel oral…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Implementation of a Longitudinal Comprehensive Multidisciplinary Transition Program and Seminar – Safely Making the Long Leap to the Adult World
M. Moss, E. Steinberg, A. Sikora, K. McKinnon, J. Goebel, M. Bock
Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO
*Purpose: Introduction: Adolescent and young adult (AYA) recipients of renal transplants (RTR) are confronted with a unique set of stressors. Rates of non-adherence are high…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Early Diagnosis of BK Virus Nephropathy Can Retrieve Kidney Allografts by Simple Reduction in Immunosuppressive Agents
N. Iwahara, D. Iwami, K. Hotta, H. Okada, N. Shinohara
Hokkaido Univercity, Sapporo, Japan
*Purpose: Although BK virus nephropathy (BKVN) is a major complication after kidney transplant leading to graft loss, it is often difficult to diagnose and treat.…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Development of an Aggressiveness Report Card
L. Liyanage, M. Kosztowski, S. Bae, K. Jackson, C. Holscher, A. Massie, N. Desai, M. Henderson, D. Segev, J. Garonzik-Wang
Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: Use of suboptimal kidneys (SOKs) is not uniform across centers. We hypothesize that creating an aggressiveness report card (ARC) that provides surgeons with timely…