Articles tagged "Kidney transplantation"

2019 American Transplant Congress
Kidney Transplant Outcomes in Recipients with Physical Impairments
A. G. Thomas¹, J. Ruck², N. Chu², D. Agoons², A. Shaffer², C. Haugen², H. Ying², B. Swenor², S. Norman³, J. Garonzik-Wang², D. Segev², M. McAdams-DeMarco²
¹Epidemiology, UNC Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, ²Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ³University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
*Purpose: Disability in general has been associated with poor outcomes in KT recipients. However, disability can be derived from various components, specifically visual, hearing, physical,…
2019 American Transplant Congress
A Financial Analysis of Elderly Kidney Transplant Recipients
A. Yaldo, I. Bajjoka, C. Crombez, M. Abouljoud
Henry Ford Transplant Institute, Detroit, MI
*Purpose: To compare and evaluate outcomes of for younger (Y) versus elderly (E) kidney transplant recipients (KTR) during the first year post-transplant. As the number…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Organ-Specific Injury and Recovery Mechanisms in Post-Transplant Ischemia Reperfusion Injury
S. Bontha¹, A. Bajwa¹, L. Gallon², J. Eason³, D. Maluf¹, V. Mas⁴
¹UTHSC, Memphis, TN, ²Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ³Director of Transplant Institute UTHSC, Memphis, TN, ⁴Director of Transplant Research Institute, Memphis, TN
*Purpose: Ischemia reperfusion (I/R) injury is a major contributor to short-term graft function. Dissecting organ specific and common molecular pathways associated with I/R injury among…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Specific Donor/Recipient HLA Disparities are Associated with Better Long-Term Kidney Allograft Survival among 4-, 5-, and 6-HLA (A/B/DR)-Mismatched Pairs
D. Bekbolsynov, H. Zhang, B. Mierzejewska, M. Rees, K. Xu, S. Stepkowski
University of Toledo, Toledo, OH
*Purpose: The vast majority of deceased donor kidneys are allocated without any consideration for the HLA disparities, which may improve or worsen the survival the…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Changes in Kidney Offer Acceptance for Pediatric Candidates Post-KAS
M. Bowring, K. Jackson, J. Garonzik-Wang, D. Segev, A. Massie
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose:Stakeholders have expressed concerns regarding kidney transplant rates for pediatric candidates under KAS. To better understand what might be driving potential declines in access, we…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Single Cell Sequencing of Human Kidney Allograft
H. Yang¹, H. Suryawanshi², M. Lagman¹, M. Lubetzky¹, A. Alonso¹, S. Seshan¹, T. Tuschl², M. Suthanthiran¹, T. Muthukumar¹
¹Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, ²Rockefeller University, New York, NY
*Purpose: Transcriptome-based clustering of individual cells within the kidney allograft may help identify cell type-specific injury and has the potential to redefine the current histopathology-based…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Early Steroid Withdrawal in African American Deceased Donor Renal Transplant Recipients with Alemtuzumab Induction: Is Graft Loss on the Horizon?
R. Lynn, B. Ravichandran, T. Sparkes, A. Haririan, J. Bromberg, J. Casale
University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: The safety of early steroid withdrawal (ESW) in African American (AA) deceased donor renal transplant recipients (DDRTs) is unclear. This study assessed the impact…
2019 American Transplant Congress
External Validation of the Living Kidney Donor Profile Index (LKDPI) in the Canadian Kidney Transplant Recipient Population
M. Shantier¹, Y. Li¹, M. Ashwin¹, O. Famure¹, S. K. Singh²
¹Multi-Organ Transplant Program, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Multi-Organ Transplant Program, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada
*Purpose: The LKDPI is a risk index which incorporates clinical characteristics of living kidney donors and their recipients to predict the risk of total graft…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Humoral Immune Responses to Kidney Associated Non-HLA Antigens is Not Associated with Progression to Chronic Immune Injury in Kidney Transplant Recipients
S. Sukumaran Nair¹, R. Ravichandran², R. Heilman¹, A. Jaramillo¹, D. Ramon¹, M. Buras¹, B. Kaplan¹, T. Mohanakumar²
¹Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, AZ, ²St. Joseph’s Hospital, Phoenix, AZ
*Purpose: Development of donor specific anti-HLA (DSA) although is a known risk factor for Chronic immune injury (CII), it is undetectable in many patients with…
2019 American Transplant Congress
The Effect of Kidney Transplantation on Neurocognitive Function: A Prospective Study
B. P. Concepcion, J. C. Jackson, A. Kiehl, R. Adu-Boahene, E. Collar, M. Reed, M. Sika, J. Van, R. C. Forbes
Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
*Purpose: The effect of kidney transplantation on global cognition and executive function in patients with advanced kidney disease is unknown.*Methods: We prospectively enrolled patients scheduled…