Articles tagged "Kidney transplantation"

2019 American Transplant Congress
Detection and Desensitization of Donor-Specific Antibody Reduces Risk of Early but Not Late Renal Transplant Failure in a Cohort of 1000 Cases
M. Tsai, C. Lee, C. Yang, C. Chen
Department of Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
*Purpose: The Human Organ Transplant Act in Taiwan was promulgated in 1987 and, thereafter, organ transplantation from brain-dead donors legalized. To review the results of…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Basiliximab vs. Low-Dose Thymoglobulin Induction Therapy in Low Risk Kidney Transplant Patients: Prospective Randomized Study in Southeastern Mexico
G. Martinez-Mier, P. I. Moreno-Ley, L. F. Budar-Fernandez, M. T. Mendez-Lopez, D. A. Barrera-Amoros, M. De la Paz-Roman, L. A. Jimenez-López, E. G. Aguilar-Sandoval, C. A. Allende-Castellanos
Organ Transplantation & Research, IMSS UMAE HE 14, Veracruz, Mexico
*Purpose: Demonstrate that low dose Thymoglobulin (3 mg/kg total ) has similar efficacy (DGF, SGF, BPAR, hospitalizations, adverse events, graft loss and death) than Basiliximab…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Human Adenovirus-Specific T Cell Response in Kidney Transplant Recipients Diagnosed with Adenovirus Infection
J. Bruminhent¹, N. Apiwattanakul², S. Hongeng³, S. Kantachuvessiri⁴, S. P. Watcharananan¹
¹Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand, ²Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand, ³Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand, ⁴Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
*Purpose: Cell-mediated immunity plays an important role in controlling human adenovirus (HAdV) infection after kidney transplantation (KT). We investigated T cell lymphocyte subsets and HAdV-specific…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Two-Year, Single Center, Retrospective Review of Herbal Supplement Use in Living Kidney Donors
N. Persun¹, D. Johnson¹, A. Leonberg-Yoo², J. Bahrainwala², P. P. Reese², D. M. Collins³, M. Houston³, A. Naji⁴, J. Trofe-Clark¹
¹Pharmacy, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ²Renal Division, Perelman School of Medicine, Univ. of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ³Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁴Surgery, Perelman School of Medicine, Univ. of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
*Purpose: Herbal supplement use in the evaluation phase of live kidney donors (LKD) poses challenges to providers. No formal management guidelines exist. Herbal supplements can…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Inclusion of Compatible Pairs in the Australian Paired Kidney Exchange Program
E. van Hardeveld¹, S. McGinn², L. Cantwell³, M. Kummrow³, P. Hughes¹
¹Nephrology, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne,Victoria, Australia, ²Nephrology, Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, ³Victorian Transplantation and Immunogenetics Service, Australian Red Cross Blood Service, Melbourne,Victoria, Australia
*Purpose: The Australian paired kidney exchange (AKX) program allows the inclusion of compatible pairs (CP) to allow improved immunological matching. Previous modelling showed that inclusion…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Kidney Transplant Outcome between Identical Twins in USA from 2001-2017
D. R. Jorgensen, S. Hariharan
Starzl Transplant Institute, Univ of Pittsburgh Med Center, Pittsburgh, PA
*Purpose: This study provides the outcome of Identical-Twin (IT) Kidney-Transplants (KT) in the USA.*Methods: The data from U.S. Census Bureau, National Center for Health Statistics,…
2019 American Transplant Congress
The Association of Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate at One Year Post-Kidney Transplant with Graft Loss is Not Modified by Delayed Graft Function
J. Gill, M. Kadatz, J. Gill
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
*Purpose: In kidney transplant recipients, eGFR at 1 year post-transplant has been shown to be associated with graft loss, but it is unclear if this…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Renal Transplantation and Sleep: What do Patients Distress for?
L. Long, J. Liu, J. Xie, J. Yan
The Third Xiangya hospital of Central South University, ChangSha, China
*Purpose: To investigate sleep quality and explore potential contributing factors that affect sleep in renal transplant patients.*Methods: Subjects were recruited from Perioperative renal transplant patients.…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Simultaneous Recipient Iliac Endarterectomy and Renal Transplantation: A Propensity Score Matched Study
O. Okoye, M. Spaggiari, J. Almario, V. Qiao, K. Tulla, P. Di Cocco, E. Benedetti, I. Tzvetanov
General surgery, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: Severe iliac atherosclerotic disease can jeopardize the success of, and listing of patients for renal transplantation. Not only does it provide a technical challenge…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Impact of T-cell Mediated Allograft Inflammation within First-Year after Kidney Transplantation: An Analysis of Paired Biopsies from a Single Center Study
S. Tandukar, R. Mehta, I. Owoyemi, D. Jorgensen, P. Sood, S. Hariharan
Division of Transplant Nephrology, Thomas E. Starzl Transplant Institute, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA
*Purpose: We evaluated the impact of Clinical and Sub-Clinical T-Cell-Mediated Rejection (TCMR) and Sub-Clinical Inflammation (SCI) within 1 year post-transplant.*Methods: Adult kidney transplant patients who…