Articles tagged "Kidney transplantation"

2019 American Transplant Congress
Torque Teno Virus is a Prognostic Biomarker for Acute Biopsy-Proven Alloreactivity in Kidney Transplants
K. Doberer
Dpt. of Internal Medicine III, Div. of Nephrology and Dialysis, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
*Purpose: Drug-induced immunosuppression in kidney transplantation is crucial to prevent allograft rejection, but increases risk for infectious, cardiovascular and malignant disease. Tailoring of immunosuppressive drug…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Unsuccessful Resuscitative Thoracotomy Patients Are Potential Kidney Donors
K. Prins¹, H. B. Moore¹, A. Sauaia¹, R. Choudhury¹, R. C. McIntyre¹, A. Cralley², S. Urban¹, E. E. Moore², E. A. Pomfret¹, T. L. Nydam¹
¹University of Colorado Hospital, Aurora, CO, ²Denver Health Medical Center, Denver, CO
*Purpose: Renal transplantation remains the most effective therapy in patients with end-stage renal disease, offering exceptional survival benefits and quality of life improvement. However, a…
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Outcomes of Renal Transplantation in Elderly Patients Older Than 60 Years of Age
R. Yemini¹, E. Nesher², R. Rahamimov³, S. Eizner², V. Mazhybovsky², V. Tennak², M. Gurevich², R. Ghinea², E. Mor²
¹Department of Surgery, Assuta Ashdod Medical Center, Ashdod, Israel, ²Department of Transplant Surgery, Beilinson Medical Center, Petach-Tikva, Israel, ³Department of Nephrology, Beilinson Medical Center, Petach-Tikva, Israel
*Purpose: Patients ≥ 60 years are the largest growing age group which comprise 40% of all patients with ESRD. Kidney transplantation has been shown to…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes of Reduced Thymoglobulin Induction Dosing in Elderly Kidney Transplant Recipients at a Steroid Sparing Center
E. C. Liu, J. H. Lee, R. Abramova
Pharmacy, NewYork-Presbyterian, New York, NY
*Purpose: Studies have demonstrated a mortality benefit with kidney transplantation (KT) in elderly patients, but there is little consensus over optimal immunosuppression. Older KT recipients…
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Real World Data Support International Consenus Guidelines on Management of CMV after Kidney Transplantation
A. Asberg, G. B. Kro, A. V. Reisæter, A. Hartmann, K. Midtvedt
Oslo University Hospital - Rikshospitalet, Oslo, Norway
*Purpose: Cytomegalovirus (CMV) naïve kidney transplant recipients (R-) transplanted with an organ from a CMV positive donor (D+) are at high risk for CMV disease.…
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Hypertrophy Prediction Model for Contralateral Kidney after Living Donation
K. Okumura¹, K. Tanaka², Y. Hidaka², M. Toyoda³, S. Uekihara³, A. Inadome⁴, H. Yokomizo², S. Yamanaga²
¹Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ²Department of Surgery, Japanese Red Cross Kumamoto Hospital, Kumamoto, Japan, ³Department of Nephrology, Japanese Red Cross Kumamoto Hospital, Kumamoto, Japan, ⁴Department of Urology, Japanese Red Cross Kumamoto Hospital, Kumamoto, Japan
*Purpose: Compensation of contralateral kidney function is well established and many factors have been proposed as risk factors. There is no prediction model to estimate…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Mitigating Racial and Gender Disparities in Access to Living Donor Kidney Transplantation: Impact of the Nation’s Longest Single-Center Kidney Chain
M. N. Mustian, V. Kumar, K. Stegner, D. Mompoint-Williams, M. Hanaway, M. H. Deierhoi, C. Young, B. Orandi, D. Anderson, P. A. MacLennan, R. D. Reed, B. A. Shelton, D. Eckhoff, J. E. Locke
University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
*Purpose: Disparities in access to living donor kidney transplantation (LDKT) exist among minorities and women and may be partially explained by antigen sensitization secondary to…
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The Inverted Renal CD4/CD8 Ratio Associated with the Development of Transplant Glomerulopathy and Arteriosclerosis
B. H. Ozdemir¹, F. N. Ozdemir², A. Ok Atılgan¹, E. Akcay¹, M. Haberal³
¹Pathology, Baskent University, Ankara, Turkey, ²Nephrology, Baskent University, Ankara, Turkey, ³Transplantation, Baskent University, Ankara, Turkey
*Purpose: Inversion of the CD4/CD8 ratio (
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The Interaction between Post-Transplant Anemia and Allograft Function in Kidney Transplantation
Y. Kakuta¹, M. Okumi¹, T. Kanzawa¹, K. Unagami², H. Ishida², K. Tanabe¹
¹Urology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan, ²Organ Transplant Medicine, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
*Purpose: Post-transplant anemia (PTA) is one of the common complications, which was observed in about 30% to 40% of kidney transplant recipients. The interaction effect…
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Engaging Friends and Family in the Care of the Kidney Transplant Candidate: Identifying Needs and Barriers
A. Hart¹, M. Bruin², M. Partin³, A. Matas⁴, A. Israni¹
¹Medicine, Hennepin Healthcare, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, ²Design, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, ³Medicine, Minneapolis VA, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, ⁴Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
*Purpose: Research suggests that including social support networks in the kidney transplant education process improves evaluation completions and increases living donor rates, but the optimal…