Articles tagged "Kidney transplantation"

2019 American Transplant Congress
Does Ethnicity Impact Elderly Kidney Transplant Recipient Outcomes?
I. Bajjoka, A. Yaldo, S. Serra, S. Foley, C. Crombez, M. Abouljoud
Henry Ford Transplant Institute, Detroit, MI
*Purpose: Elderly patients represent a growing proportion of the kidney transplant population. In order to address the needs of this special group, risk factors for…
2019 American Transplant Congress
A Multi National Study Ofkidney Transplantation In Inmates
Y. Qazi, A. Mahajan, D. Bahl, F. Jan
Keck Medical Center at USC, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: Over 10 million inmates exist in prison worldwide, with United States accounting for over fifth of this population. The number of inmates with ESRD…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Racial Differences in Cancer Mortality for Kidney Transplant Recipients
K. Cordrey, J. Motter, A. Kernodle, K. Jackson, M. Camp, T. Purnell, D. Segev, J. Garonzik Wang
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: Cancer is the second leading cause of post-transplant mortality. Since racial disparities have been reported in many aspects of transplant care, we sought to…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Single-center Retrospective Analysis of Prophylaxis and Treatment of Pneumocystis Carinii Pneumonia in Patients with Poor Renal Function
Y. Fu, J. Pan, Z. Shen
Kidney-Pancreas Transplant Department., Tianjin First Central Hospital, Tianjin, China
*Purpose: Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PcP) is a potentially life-threatening complication in renal transplant recipients. Although the use of trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (TMP-SMX) chemoprophylaxis after kidney transplantation is…
2018 American Transplant Congress
mRNA Transcript Profiles of 14 Genes in Plasma Exosome Predict Risk for Antibody-Mediated Rejection (ABMR) of Renal Allografts
H. Zhang,¹ E. Huang,² C. Nast,³ J. Kahwaji,² A. Vo,² S. Jordan,² M. Toyoda.¹
¹Transplant Immunology Laboratory, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA; ²Comprehensive Transplant Center, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA; ³Pathology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA.
Background: Previously we reported that mRNA transcript profiles of 4 genes (gp130, SH2D1B, TNFα and CCL4) in plasma exosome could predict the risk of ABMR,…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Investigation of Lower Treatment Failure Rate Seen among Black Kidney Recipients on LCP-Tacrolimus vs. IR-Tacrolimus: Subgroup Analyses of Two Phase 3 Trials
T. Sparkes,¹ B. Masters,¹ C. Staino,² S. Patel,² M. Cooper.³
¹University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD; ²Veloxis, Cary, NC; ³Medstar Georgetown Transplant Institute, Washington, DC.
Black kidney transplant recipients are recognized as high risk for inferior allograft survival due to immunologic and non-immunologic factors. Pooled data from 2 Phase 3…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Multicentre Epidemiological Study on Prevalence of Recurrent Glomerular Disease Post-Transplantation in the United Kingdom
R. Aguiar.
On Behalf of NIHR Health Informatics Collaborative (HIC)- Transplantation Theme, London, United Kingdom.
Introduction: Primary glomerulonephritidies (GN) can recur in the renal allograft and are possibly associated with poorer allograft outcome. The prevalence of recurrence varies widely and…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Cannabis Dependence or Abuse before and after Kidney Transplantation: Implications for Post-Transplant Outcomes
K. Lentine,¹ T. Alhamad,² N. Lam,³ A. Naik,⁴ F. Koraishy,¹ H. Randall,¹ D. Segev,⁵ V. Dharnidharka,² D. Brennan,⁵ B. Kasiske,⁶ R. Ouseph,¹ M. Schnitzler.¹
¹Saint Louis Univ, St. Louis; ²Washington Univ, St. Louis; ³Univ Alberta, Edmonton, Canada; ⁴Univ Michigan, Ann Arbor; ⁵Johns Hopkins, Baltimore; ⁶Hennepin County Med Ctr, Minneapolis.
Currently, transplant centers vary in screening practices for marijuana use and requirements for abstinence before kidney transplantationWe examined billing claims and linked SRTR data for…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Secular Trends in the Medical Complexity and Outcomes of Medicare-Insured Patients Undergoing Kidney Transplant
C. Lenihan,¹ S. Liu,¹ M. Montez-Rath,¹ W. Winkelmayer.²
¹Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA; ²Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX.
Graft and patient survival following kidney transplant (KT) are improving. The reasons for this trend are unclear. We set out to examine concurrent changes in…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Extra-Renal Effects of Estrogen Receptor-Alpha Mediate Protection from Renal Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury
D. Aufhauser, D. Murken,¹ S. Concors,¹ Z. Wang,¹ G. Ge,¹ T. Bhatti,² W. Hancock,^2,3 M. Levine.¹
¹Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA; ²Pathology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA; ³Pathology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
Introduction: Females exhibit protection from renal ischemia-reperfusion injury (IRI) compared to males in animal models and in human kidneys transplants. Previous experiments have shown that…