Articles tagged "Kidney transplantation"

2019 American Transplant Congress
Preemptive Kidney Transplantation: Is There a Role for ABO Incompatible Transplantation?
M. N. Mustian¹, B. A. Shelton¹, P. A. MacLennan¹, R. D. Reed¹, G. McGwin¹, B. J. Orandi¹, D. Sawinski², V. Kumar¹, J. E. Locke¹
¹University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ²University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
*Purpose: Barriers to kidney transplantation (KT) exist, including ABO incompatibility (ABOi) between potential living kidney donors and transplant candidates. Incompatible pairs can undergo desensitization or…
2019 American Transplant Congress
A Single-Center Experience with a 6-Month Regimen of Pneumocystis jiroveci Pneumonia Prophylaxis in HIV-Positive Kidney Transplant Recipients
C. Mejia¹, G. Malat², D. H. Lee³, S. Epstein¹, M. Harhay³, L. Levin Mizrahi³, K. Ranganna³
¹Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, ²Hahnemann University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, ³Medicine, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA
*Purpose: Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia (PJP) prophylaxis is recommended for all kidney transplant recipients (KTR) for after transplant. HIV-positive KTRs represent a unique subset, and there…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Your Path to Transplant Education Increases Patients’ Transplant Knowledge, Attitudes, Informed Decision-Making, and Pursuit: An Randomized Controlled Trial
A. D. Waterman¹, Y. Cui², J. D. Peipert³, J. L. Beaumont², C. S. Anderson¹, A. L. Paiva⁴, M. L. Robbins⁴
¹Division of Nephrology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, ²Terasaki Research Institute, Los Angeles, CA, ³Department of Medical Social Sciences, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ⁴Department of Psychology, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI
*Purpose: Most kidney transplant (KT) education is “one-size-fits-all” where patients’ unique gaps in knowledge, challenges, and level of readiness to pursue KT and living donor…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Comparison of Minimal Incision Kidney Transplantation with Conventional Incision Kidney Transplantation: Interim Report of a Randomized Controlled Trial
T. Lin, T. Song, Y. Jiang, Y. Fan, X. Wang, Z. Huang, J. Liu, Z. Wang
Organ Transplantation Center, Urology Department, Urology Research Institute, WestChina Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
*Purpose: Minimally invasive surgery is rarely applied in kidney transplantation. Few studies have mentioned small incision kidney transplantation, while the incision length is still about…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Comparison of Pregnancy Outcomes by Conception Age in Female Kidney Transplant Recipients
S. Rao¹, L. A. Coscia², D. Kliniewski², S. Constantinescu³, M. J. Moritz⁴
¹Medicine, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA, ²Gift of Life Institute, Transplant Pregnancy Registry International, Philadelphia, PA, ³Medicine, Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, ⁴Surgery, Lehigh Valley Health Network, Allentown, PA
*Purpose: The purpose of this study is to compare pregnancy outcomes in 1066 female kidney transplant recipients by different conception ages.*Methods: Data were collected by…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Characterizing the Dominant Phenotype in Kidney Transplant Biopsies: Improving the Prediction of Risk by a Global View of Rejection, Injury, and Atrophy-Fibrosis
P. F. Halloran and The INTERCOMEX Investigators¹, J. Reeve²
¹University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ²Alberta Transplant Applied Genomics Centre, Edmonton, AB, Canada
*Purpose: Interpreting kidney transplant biopsies by histology or molecules involves assigning scores for separate pathologic categories: rejection, acute injury (molecules only), and chronic parenchymal loss…
2019 American Transplant Congress
The Changing Face of T Cell-Mediated Rejection
A. Perkowska-Ptasinska and INTERCOMEX investigators¹, P. F. Halloran²
¹Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland, ²Alberta Transplant Applied Genomics Centre, Edmonton, AB, Canada
*Purpose: We studied how the problem of TCMR in indication biopsies was changing with time by exploring features of 138 biopsies with molecular TCMR in…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Complement Blockade in Kidney Recipients Prevents Delayed Graft Function and Antibody-Mediated Rejection in Non-Human Primates
M. Eerhart¹, J. Reyes¹, C. Blanton¹, J. Danobeitia¹, P. Chlebeck¹, L. Zitur¹, J. Coonen¹, S. Capuano¹, A. D’Alessandro¹, J. Torrealba², W. Zhong¹, Y. Yankol¹, L. Fernandez¹
¹University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, ²UT Southwestern, Dallas, TX
*Purpose: Ischemia-reperfusion injury (IRI) leading to inflammation, complement activation, cytokine release and acute kidney injury has been implicated in the mechanism for delayed graft function…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Social Loafing: Distribution of Kidneys with Multiple Renal Arteries in a National Paired Kidney Exchange Program
G. R. Roll¹, W. Irish², M. Cooper³, M. Ronin⁴, G. Hil⁴, A. D. Waterman⁵, D. B. Leeser²
¹UCSF, San Francisco, CA, ²ECU, Greenville, NC, ³Georgetown Univ, Washington, DC, ⁴NKR, Babylon, NY, ⁵UCLA and Terasaki Research Institute, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: To describe the distribution and outcomes after kidney transplantation of multiple renal artery kidneys (MRAK) in a national exchange program.*Methods: We retrospectively reviewed donor…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate at Donor Screening to Predict Measured Glomerular Filtration Rate after Living Kidney Donation
J. van der Weijden, M. van Londen, M. Y. Said, S. J. Bakker, S. P. Berger, G. Navis, M. H. de Borst
Nephrology, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
*Purpose: Accurate post-donation renal function prediction is important to minimize the risk of future severe renal function impairment in living kidney donors. Recent studies focused…