Articles tagged "Kidney transplantation"

2019 American Transplant Congress
A National Cohort Validation of Graft Outcomes of Elderly Kidney Transplant Recipients
I. Bajjoka, A. Yaldo, C. Crombez, M. Abouljoud
Henry Ford Transplant Institute, Detroit, MI
*Purpose: Previous analyses comparing elderly kidney transplant recipients (KTR) to younger KTR found that elderly patients suffered higher rates of mortality, less biopsy-proven acute rejection…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Self-reported Marijuana Use In Kidney Transplant Candidates And Its Association With Access To Transplantation
S. Rodriguez Ramirez, E. Tang, O. Famure, A. Bansal, J. Kim, I. Mucsi
Kidney Transplant, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
*Purpose: In light of the current legislative changes in Canada, and the variable approach to marijuana use in the United States, it is important to…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Novel Cooling Device for Kidney Transplant Surgery
A. Dergham¹, L. Witherspoon², T. A. Skinner²
¹Department of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada, ²Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, The Ottawa Hospital and University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
*Purpose: Metabolic activity in cooled kidneys is minimal at 5ºC and resumes above 15ºC, a temperature reached after only 15 min of warm ischemia time…
2019 American Transplant Congress
A Prospective, Randomized, Multicenter Trial of Bela-Based CNI Free and Steroid Withdrawal Immunosuppression: Best Trial Two Year Characterization of Rejection and Renal Function
A. Wiseman¹, A. R. Shields², R. R. Alloway², D. Kaufman³, J. P. Leone⁴, A. J. Matas⁵, P. West-Thielke⁶, J. Lipscomb², E. King², E. S. Woodle for the BEST Study Group²
¹University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, CO, ²University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, ³University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, ⁴Tampa General, Tampa, FL, ⁵University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, ⁶University of Illinois, Chicago, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: The BEST Trial (Belatacept-based Early Steroid Withdrawal Trial) was designed to compare two BELA-based early steroid withdrawal (ESW) regimens with a TAC-based ESW regimen…
2019 American Transplant Congress
BMI Influence on the Outcomes of Renal Transplant
V. Bianchi, I. D. Kostakis, T. Kasimatis, C. Flach, P. Paraskeva, C. Callaghan, B. Phillips, N. Karydis, N. Kessaris, F. Calder, I. Loukopoulos
Department of Transplantation, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, Guy's Hospital, London, United Kingdom
*Purpose: Our aim was to assess the effect of body mass index (BMI) on the outcomes of renal transplant and the management of obese patients…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Racial Disparities in Documentation of Non-Adherence and Its Relation to Rejection in Pediatric Kidney Transplant Recipients
T. Melanson, J. Hogan, K. Maroney, R. Patzer, R. George
Emory University, Atlanta, GA
*Purpose: Black patients have historically been disadvantaged throughout the transplant process. Many factors impact the success of kidney transplantation, but the need for strict adherence…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Are Ureteric Stents a Risk Factor for Bk Virus Activation in Kidney Transplantation?
L. Tran, R. Akiki, A. Gautam
Surgery- Section of Transplant Surgery, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA
*Purpose: Ureteric stents are used in Kidney Transplantation, to reduce the incidence of ureteric leaks. There have been a few studies suggesting that placement of…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Case Scheduling on Hospital Cost and Length of Stay in Living Donor Kidney Recipients
J. Yu¹, L. A. Dageforde², M. B. Doyle¹, A. S. Khan¹, W. C. Chapman¹, Y. Lin¹, S. Shenoy¹, T. Alhamad³, T. A. Horwedel⁴, J. R. Wellen¹
¹Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, ²Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ³Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, ⁴Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, MO
*Purpose: In an effort to optimize patient care and cost efficiency, we investigated if living donor kidney transplant (LDKT) recipients incurred any difference in hospital…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Examination of a Novel Immunoregulatory Marker in Kidney and Lung Transplant Recipients
A. D. Desai¹, G. J. Kavalam², A. Chandraker², S. Tripathi²
¹1Harvard Summer Research Program for Kidney Medicine, Harvard Medical School,, Boston, MA, ²Schuster Family Transplantation Research Center, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
*Purpose: The T-cell immunoglobulin and immunoreceptor tyrosine-based inhibitory motif domain (TIGIT) is a co-inhibitory receptor mainly expressed on T cells and NK cells. TIGIT has…
2019 American Transplant Congress
The Centennial Allograft? Observation Of Greater Than 100-year Allograft Survival Is More Common Among Liver Allograft Recipients Than Renal Allograft Recipients.
J. F. Renz, A. C. Gruessner, R. C. Misawa, A. Masi, R. W. Gruessner
SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY
*Purpose: We investigated the occurrence of deceased-donor liver (DDOLT), deceased-donor renal (DDRT), and living-donor renal allografts (LDRT) that have achieved 100 years or more of…