Articles tagged "Kidney transplantation"

2018 American Transplant Congress
Exploring Immunosuppressant Medication Adherence in Kidney Transplant Recipients
D. Goodall, M. Willicombe, A. McLean, D. Taube.
Imperial College Renal and Transplant Centre, London, United Kingdom.
IntroductionNonadherence to immunosuppressive medication is associated with poor outcomes following kidney transplantation. The aim of this study was to describe the beliefs, understanding and experience…
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Assessing Necroptosis in Brain Dead Kidney Donors: Implications for Predicting Recipient Outcomes
A. Zmijewska, J. Murphy, J. Chen, J. Zmijewski, R. Mannon.
Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL.
Introduction: Kidney graft transplant obtained from Brain Dead Donors (BDD) is more frequently associated with development of delayed graft function (DGF) and higher risk of…
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Survival in Deceased Donor Kidney Transplant by Kidney Donor Profile Index versus Intensive Home Hemodialysis
A. Nishio-Lucar,¹ G. Lyons,² S. Bose,³ J. Ma,² K. Awuah,³ R. Lockridge.³
¹Internal Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA; ²Public Health Science, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA; ³Lynchburg Nephrology Physicians, Lynchburg, VA.
In an era of donor scarcity, high Kidney Donor Profile Index (KDPI) >85% organs can serve as a pathway to timely transplant. We previously reported…
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Metabolic Acidosis after Kidney Transplantation: Prevalence, Risk Factors and Graft Outcome in a French Cohort
F. Garo, I. Szwarc, G. Mourad, M. Le Quintrec, J-.E. Serre.
Nephrology, University Hospital of Montpellier, Montpellier, France.
Background: Metabolic acidosis (MA) lead to several complications in more advanced stages of chronic kidney diseases (CKD) and promotes CKD progression. Acidosis is a common…
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Treatment Outcomes of FSGS Recurrence
J. Mansur,¹ D. Chang,² G. Medeiros,¹ M. Cristelli,¹ L. Viana,¹ S. Stopa,¹ C. Felipe,¹ G. Kirsztajn,¹ H. Tedesco-Silva.¹
¹Hospital do Rim, Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil; ²Hospital Nacional Cayetano Heredia, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru.
Background: Recurrence of FSGS (focal segmental glomerulosclerosis) after kidney transplant occurs in 30% of adults and up to 80% of children and has impact on…
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Predictors of Kidney Transplant Recipient Readmissions
A. Crane, M. Eltemamy, D. Jacobsen, T. Coy, A. Sun, P. Babbar, M. Ponziano, E. Poggio, A. Wee, R. Fatica, V. Krishnamurthi.
Glickman Urology and Nephrology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland.
Introduction: Readmission rates for kidney transplant recipients is high and widely variable with a range of 18-47% nationwide. We aimed to characterize kidney transplant patients…
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Association of Immunosuppressive Therapy Regimen with Sepsis Outcomes among Kidney Transplant Recipients
J. Donnelly,¹ P. MacLennan,¹ R. Mannon,¹ R. Saran,² J. Baddley,¹ H. Wang,³ G. McGwin, Jr.,¹ P. Muntner.¹
¹University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL; ²University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; ³University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX.
OBJECTIVE: Immunosuppressive therapy (IST) could impact sepsis outcomes by altering the host immune response. We examined the associations of IST regimens with sepsis outcomes among…
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Performance of Molecular Diagnostic Algorithms of T-Cell Mediated Kidney Rejection (TCMR) in Non-Transplant Biopsies with Interstitial Nephritis
Z. Wang,¹ P. Liu,² G. Tseng,² G. Zeng,¹ P. Randhawa.¹
¹Transplant Pathology, Thomas E Starzl Transplant Institute, University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA; ²Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health, and University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA.
DNA microarray based tools for the diagnosis of TCMR have been developed and are now being offered commercially. There is need to further evaluate the…
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A Single Center Outcomes Analysis of UNOS Defined "Hard to Place Kidneys"
Y. Qazi, K. Lee, A. Jones, L. Aguirre, M. Parma, M. Smogorzewski, T. T. Maw, L. Sher.
Keck Medical Center at USC, Los Angeles, CA.
The discard rate of potentially usable kidneys remains dismal despite a critical shortage of organs. The Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients (SRTR) now provides a…
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Two Years of the HOPE Act
A. Wilk,¹ C. Durand,² D. Segev,² D. Klassen.¹
¹United Network for Organ Sharing, Richmond, VA; ²Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD.
The HOPE Act allows research on transplantation of organs from HIV+ donors into patients infected with HIV prior to transplantation. There are 42 kidney and…