Articles tagged "Kidney transplantation"

2019 American Transplant Congress
Recipient Outcomes Following Transplantation Of Allografts From Older Live Kidney Donors With Hypertension
F. Al Ammary¹, S. Yu², A. D. Muzaale³, D. C. Brennan⁴, A. C. Wiseman⁵, D. L. Segev³, A. B. Massie³
¹Johns Hopkins Medicine, Greenbelt, MD, ²Johns Hopkins Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ³Surgery, Johns Hopkins Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ⁴Medicine, Johns Hopkins Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ⁵Medicine, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO
*Purpose: Healthy older live kidney donor candidates with hypertension may provide an opportunity to increase live kidney donation. However, the impact of this practice on…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Fifteen Year Outcomes in the Astellas Double Blind Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT) Comparing Early Corticosteroid Withdrawal (CSWD) and Long-Term Corticosteroid Therapy Continuation (CCS) in Kidney Transplantation
E. Woodle¹, S. Clark², D. Stewart³, M. First⁴, R. Alloway⁵, J. Gill⁶, .. Split Rock Group⁷
¹Transplant Surgery, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, ²Providence Health Care, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ³UNOS, Richmond, VA, ⁴Transplant Genomics Inc. and Comprehensive Transplant Center, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, ⁵University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, ⁶University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ⁷Yale University, New Haven, CT
*Purpose: To evaluate long-term outcomes among participants in the original multi-center RCT initiated in 1999 (Woodle et al, Annals of Surgery, 2008), and to demonstrate…
2019 American Transplant Congress
“Getting Life Back” – Kidney Transplantation in the Elderly Patient
V. Tsarpali¹, K. Lønning², K. Midtvedt², T. Bernklev³, N. von der Lippe⁴, M. H. Andersen², K. Heldal¹
¹Clinic of Internal Medicine, Telemark Hospital Trust, Skien, Norway, ²Department of Transplantation Medicine, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ³Vestfold Hospital Trust, Tønsberg, Norway, ⁴Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
*Purpose: The number of elderly patients developing end stage renal disease (ESRD) who are eligible for kidney transplantation (KTx) is increasing, but their transplant rate…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Surgeon Readiness For Entry Into Practice: A Survey Of Abdominal Transplant Surgeons In The United States
M. Abouljoud¹, R. Hirose², S. Nagai¹, C. Gordon³, D. Farmer⁴
¹Henry Ford Transplant Institute, Detroit, MI, ²Transplant Surgery, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ³American Society of Transplant Surgeons, Arlington, VA, ⁴Transplant Surgery, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: The American Society of Transplant Surgeons (ASTS) provides a framework for the training and development of a competent transplant surgery workforce. Practice-readiness and phase-in…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Cardiovascular Mortality in Transplant Patients; A Population-Based Cohort Study 1988-2013 in Australia and New Zealand
M. Wyld¹, N. De La Mata², P. Masson³, E. O'Lone², A. Webster²
¹Renal Department, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown, Australia, ²School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia, ³Renal Department, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
*Purpose: Transplant recipients experience excess cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. We compared cardiovascular death rates in kidney transplant recipients to the general population and identified risk…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Gut Dysbiosis Predominates Post-Transplant Diarrhea in Kidney Transplant Recipients: A Validation Study
L. Zhang, J. Lee, M. Magruder, E. Edusei, D. Dadhania, M. Lubetzky, S. Albakry, B. Botticelli, E. Pamer, M. Suthanthiran
Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY
*Purpose: Lower abundance of commensal bacterial taxa in the gut has been previously described in a recent study of kidney transplant recipients with post-transplant diarrhea…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Response to Treatment in Kidney Recipients with Acute T Cell-Mediated Rejection: Major Impact of Inflammation in Sclerotic Cortical Parenchyma (i-IF/TA) and Donor-Specific Antibodies
Y. Bouatou, D. Viglietti, D. Pievani, J. Duong Van Huyen, O. Aubert, D. Glotz, C. Legendre, A. Loupy, C. Lefaucheur
Paris Translational Research Center for Organ Transplantation, Paris, France
*Purpose: The recent recognition of chronic TCMR phenotypes has fostered the need to better evaluate the response of acute TCMR to standard-of-care treatment.*Methods: Among 2905…
2019 American Transplant Congress
A Potential Role for IgE-Mediated Immune Response in the Pathogenesis of Chronic Antibody-Mediated Rejection
F. Rascio¹, P. Pontrelli², G. S. Netti³, E. Manno¹, B. Infante¹, S. Simone², G. Castellano², M. Seveso⁴, E. Cozzi⁴, L. Gesualdo², G. Stallone¹, G. Grandaliano¹
¹Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Nephrology Dialysis and Transplantation Unit, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy, ²Department of Emergency, and Organ Transplantation, Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation Unit, University of Bari, Bari, Italy, ³Dept. of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Clinical Pathology Unit, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy, ⁴Department of Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Sciences, Transplant Immunology Unit, University of Padua, Padova, Italy
*Purpose: Chronic antibody-mediated rejection (CAMR) is the main cause of graft loss and shares with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) the antibody-mediated kidney damage and the…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Increasing Time-in-Therapeutic Range of Tacrolimus is Associated with Superior Outcomes in Living Kidney Transplants
T. Lin, T. Song, S. Yin, Y. Jiang, Z. Huang, X. Wang, J. Liu, Z. Wang
Organ Transplantation Center, Urology Department, Urology Research Institute, WestChina Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
*Purpose: Tacrolimus-based regimens remain the backbone of maintenance immunosuppressive therapy in kidney transplant, and therapeutic drug monitoring of tacrolimus is necessary due to a narrow…
2019 American Transplant Congress
The Model For Predicting eGFR At A Year After Donation In Living Related Kidney Transplant Donors
K. Shinoda, K. Sakurabayashi, T. Mizutani, Y. Takahashi, Y. Hyodo, Y. Itabashi, M. Muramatsu, T. Kawamura, S. Shishido, K. Sakai
Nephrology, Toho University Faculty of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
*Purpose: Predicting post-donation kidney function precisely is considerably beneficial for both candidates of living-related kidney donors and their physicians when judging the feasibility of kidney…