Articles tagged "Kidney transplantation"

2018 American Transplant Congress
Patient and Graft Survival in Pediatric Renal Transplant Recipients Compared to Adult Multi-Organ (Kidney-Pancreas, Simultaneous Liver-Kidney, or Heart-Kidney) Transplant Recipients: An Analysis of OPTN Data
P. Almond,¹ S. Al-Akash,¹ D. Stewart,² A. Robinson.²
¹CPSST Departments of Surgery and Renal Transplantation, Driscoll Children's Hospital, Corpus Christi, TX; ²UNOS, Richmond, VA.
Under the current kidney allocation system (KAS), pediatric (PED) renal transplant (RTx) candidates have a priority to kidneys from donors with KDPI <35%. However, multi-organ…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Adult-Sized Kidneys Transplanted into Infants and Small Children: Outcomes after Implementing Aggressive Fluid Regimen and Medications to Support Post-Transplant Perfusion
V. Sigurjonsdottir, P. Grimm, A. Chaudhuri.
Lucile Packard Children's Hospital, Palo Alto, CA.
Background: Risk of chronic graft ischemia secondary to hypoperfusion increases with greater disparity between donor and recipient size. At our center, the smallest recipients receive…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Hispanics' Perceptions of Shared Decision Making in the Transplant Context: A Mixed Methods Study
N. Alhalel,¹ J. Caicedo,¹ R. Ruiz,² A. Salazar,² S. Primeaux,² E. Gordon.¹
¹Northwestern University, Chicago, IL; ²Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX.
Background: Shared decision making (SDM) has been advocated by health researchers and policy-makers as a model to provide patient-centered care and increase patient knowledge, satisfaction,…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Prediction of Renal Allograft Chronic Rejection Using a Model Based on Contrast EnhancedUltrasonography
C. Yang,¹ S. Wu,³ T. Zhu,¹ W. He.²
¹Urology, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China; ²Utrasound, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China; ³Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Contrast-enhanced ultrasonography (CEUS) represents microperfusion status of transplanted kidneys. Herein, we evaluate the application of CEUS in the assessment of renal allograft rejection by establishing…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Psychosocial Assessment of Candidates for Transplantation (PACT) Identifies Non-Adherence in Pediatric Kidney Transplantation
K. Freischlag,¹ V. Chen,² S. Nagaraj,² A. Chua,² E. Chambers.²
¹School of Medicine, Duke University, Durham, NC; ²Pediatrics, Duke University, Durham, NC.
Background: We have demonstrated that overall pre-transplant Psychosocial Assessment of Candidates for Transplantation (PACT) scores can identify high risk pediatric kidney recipients. In this pilot…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Once-Daily MeltDose Tacrolimus Formulation and Renal Function in Caucasian Fast Tacrolimus Metabolizers: Does Early Identification Have an Impact in PK Sensitive Patients?
K. Budde,⁶ B. Suwelack,¹ D. Stevens,³ W. Du,⁴ C. Procaccianti,⁵ C. Maas,⁵ S. Bunnapradist.²
¹University Hospital of Münster, Münster, Germany; ²David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles; ³Veloxis Pharmaceuticals, Cary; ⁴Clinical Statistics Consulting, Norrystown; ⁵Chiesi Farmaceutici S.p.A., Parma, Italy; ⁶Charité Universitatsmedizin, Berlin, Germany.
Tacrolimus (TAC) nephrotoxicity can be seen even at low blood trough levels, with factors beyond trough levels potentially contributing. TAC fast metabolizers have higher Cmax,…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Development of Optimal Simplified Equation for Estimation of Mycophenolic Acid Exposure Following Enteric-Coated Mycophenolate Sodium Administration in Chinese Renal Transplant Recipients
W. Peng, C. Tian, Z. Chen, W. Xue, G. Wang, Q. Ye, X. Zhang, M. Gu, M. Zhao, C. Wang, C. Huang, J. Yan, W. Zhang, C. Ding, Y. Fu, S. Ye, X. Hu, R. Tan, M. Li, R. Deng, Y. Ke, W. Wu, M. Fan, J. Chen.
MyERA Study Group, Hangzhou, China.
Background: Limited sampling strategies (LSS) aids in overcoming the complexity of extensive PK sampling and supporting the calculation of mycophenolic acid (MPA) exposure. This study…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Living Donor Kidney Transplantation before and after the New National Kidney Allocation System
X. Zhang,¹ T. Melanson,² L. Plantinga,^3,6 M. Basu,¹ S. Pastan,^1,7 S. Mohan,^4,5 M. Garber,⁶ R. Patzer.^1,6,7
¹Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta; ²Department of Health Policy & Management, Emory University, Atlanta; ³Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta; ⁴School of Medicine, Columbia University, New York; ⁵Department of Epidemiology, Columbia University, New York; ⁶Department of Epidemiology, Emory University, Atlanta; ⁷Emory Transplant Center, Emory Healthcare, Atlanta.
We aimed to assess the potential unintended impact of a new national kidney allocation system (KAS) in December 2014 on living donor kidney transplant (LDKT)…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Analysis of Patient Reported Outcomes for Patients That Received Living Donor Kidney Transplants
E. Venniro,^1,2 J. Taylor.^1,2
¹Center for Transplantation, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY; ²Division of Nephrology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY.
Purpose: Caring for subjective complaints is one of the most difficult aspects of any health care provider's job. These conditions in the transplant patient are…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Involvement of Additional Surgeons in Robot Assisted Kidney Transplantation Does Not Affect Surgical Outcomes, in the Context of a Structured Robotic Surgery Program. Results from a CUSUM Analysis
F. Gheza,¹ C. Di Bella,¹ P. Giulianotti,¹ J. Oberholzer,² E. Benedetti,¹ I. Tzvetanov.¹
¹Surgery, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL; ²Surgery, University of Virginia, Virginia, VA.
Robot assisted kidney transplant (RAKT) is a good option for obese recipients. Our group first performed this procedure in 2009 and nowadays the experience includes…