Articles tagged "Kidney transplantation"

2022 American Transplant Congress
An Acceptable Challenge for Specialized Transplant Centres: Small Kidney Donors for Small Recipients
R. Büscher, M. Cetiner, P. F. Hoyer, A. K. Büscher
Department of Pediatrics II, University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany
*Purpose: Kidneys from small donors (SDK, donor weight
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Costs Associated with Induction Therapy for Pediatric Kidney Transplantation
N. M. Rodig¹, H. Pizzo², D. Levy Erez³, T. Richardson⁴, M. Somers¹
¹Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, ³Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, ⁴Children's Hospital Association, Lenexa, KS
*Purpose: Choice of induction agent for pediatric kidney transplantation (KTx) is often based upon patient characteristics and center practice; costs associated with this choice have…
2022 American Transplant Congress
COVID-19 Infection Post-Transplant: What is the Collateral Damage to the Graft? A Case for Pre-Transplant Vaccination
A. Fabick¹, E. Overly¹, V. Rao², V. Rohan³, N. Patel¹, D. DuBay³, C. Candland³, N. Pilch¹
¹Department of Pharmacy, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ²Department of Transplant Nephrology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ³Department of Transplant Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
*Purpose: COVID-19 produces an unpredictable immune reaction and is challenging to manage during active infection and post-infection, in kidney transplant (KTX) recipients. The first peak…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Baseline Trends in Tacrolimus Intrapatient Variability in Pediatric and Young Adult Kidney Transplant Recipients
K. Piburn¹, L. Maestretti², M. V. Patton², A. M. McGrath², O. S. Indridason³, A. Chaudhuri¹, P. Grimm¹, V. Sigurjonsdottir¹
¹Pediatric Nephrology, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, ²Pediatric Kidney Transplant, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital, Palo Alto, CA, ³Division of Nephrology, Landspitali – the National University Hospital of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland
*Purpose: High tacrolimus intrapatient variability (IPV) is a known risk factor for poor graft outcomes in kidney transplantation. Baseline trends in tacrolimus IPV have not…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Parathyroidectomy versus Cinacalcet in the Treatment of Tertiary Hyperparathyroidism After Kidney Transplantation
C. Baek
Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
*Purpose: Hyperparathyroidism is prominent in patients with chronic kidney disease with reduced renal function and has been observed after kidney transplantation. There is a debate…
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Impact of Donor Quality on Outcomes for AKI and Non-AKI Kidneys with and without DGF
C. Jadlowiec¹, P. Budhiraja², R. Butterfield¹, M. Smith³, A. K. Mathur¹, A. Moss¹, H. Khamash², K. Reddy¹, R. Heilman²
¹Mayo Clinic Arizona, Phoenix, AZ, ²Division of Transplant Nephrology, Mayo Clinic Arizona, Phoenix, AZ, ³Division of Anatomic Pathology, Mayo Clinic Arizona, Phoenix, AZ
*Purpose: The relevance of DGF, and whether it is clinically significant, continues to be debated. Our aim was to compare post-transplant outcomes between AKI and…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Pre- Kidney Transplant Coronary Angiography Findings Based on Vascular Calcification on CT in Patients with a Negative Stress Test
S. Valavoor, A. Sharfuddin, W. Goggins, M. Jan, O. Adebiyi, M. Yaqub
Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN
*Purpose: Patients with ESRD or advanced CKD have higher incidence of coronary artery disease. We report coronary angiography findings in asymptomatic Pre Kidney transplant recipients…
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Changes in Cold Ischemia Time and Transplantation Practices with the Concentric Model of Kidney Allocation
C. M. Puttarajappa¹, P. Sood¹, A. Tevar¹, V. Gunabushanam¹, S. Hariharan¹, S. Mohan²
¹University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, ²Columbia University, New York, NY
*Purpose: Evaluate impact of the new concentric kidney allocation system (KAS250) on kidney utilization, allocation practices and cold ischemia time (CIT).*Methods: Using data from the…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Cardiac Catheterization in ESKD Patients with High Cardiovascular Risk Prior to Kidney Transplantation
L. Morena¹, A. Al Jurdi², M. S. Bittencourt³, A. C. Bucay², N. Elias¹, R. Palsson², L. V. Riella¹
¹Transplant Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital - Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ²Transplant Nephrology, Massachusetts General Hospital - Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ³Cardiac Imaging, Cardiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
*Purpose: Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death after kidney transplantation (KT), with a high risk of myocardial infarction (MI) in the peri-transplantation period.…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Renal Transplants In Hepatitis C Negative Recipients With Nucleic Acid Positive Donors Using Two Weeks Of DAA Prophylaxis (Rehanna – 2)
N. M. Desai¹, S. Leung¹, J. Motter¹, F. Naqvi², N. Bair¹, B. Barnaba², D. Warren¹, D. Segev¹, C. Durand²
¹Surgery, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ²Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: To mitigate the organ shortage and underutilization of hepatitis C-infected deceased donor (HCV D+) organs, we evaluated the use of HCV D+ kidneys in…