Articles tagged "Kidney transplantation"

2018 American Transplant Congress
Geographic Variation in Deceased Donor Kidney Waitlist Deaths after Declining an Organ Offer
F. Winterhalter,¹ S. Husain,¹ R. Patzer,² S. Pastan,² S. Mohan.¹
¹Department of Medicine/Nephrology, Columbia University, New York, NY; ²Department of Surgery, Emory University, Atlanta, GA; ³Department of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA.
Introduction: Despite the severe organ shortage, nearly 20% of all deceased donor kidneys procured in the United States are discarded annually. Wait times for kidney…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Factors Related to Suboptimal Recovery of Renal Function after Living Donor Nephrectomy
S. Nishida, K. Kinoshida, K. Tanaka, Y. Hidaka, S. Hamanoue, C. Kawabata, M. Toyoda, A. Inadome, S. Uekihara, S. Yamanaga.
Japanease Red Cross Kumamoto Hospital, Kidney Center, Kumamoto, Japan.
Introduction:Renal function of the living donor usually recovers to 60~70 percent of baseline function by compensatory hypertrophy mechanism. However, the degree of this compensatory hypertrophy…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes of DCD Renal Transplantation from Donors with Acute Kidney Injury
E. Grodstein, J. Yang, V. Nair, L. Teperman.
Northwell Health, Manhasset, NY.
BackgroundDeceased donor kidneys with acute kidney injury (AKI) are a viable source of organs, yet are frequently discarded. Outcomes of deceased donor renal transplantation (DDRT)…
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Kidney Transplant Patients with Polycystic Kidney Disease Have a Lower Risk of Post-Transplant BK Infection Compared to Other Causes of ESRD
S. Panzer, C. Plafkin, B. Astor, A. Djamali, T. Singh.
University of Wisconsin Madison, Madison, WI.
Purpose: Polyomavirus-associated nephropathy is associated with high rates of allograft loss among kidney transplant patients. Whether the cause of native end-stage renal disease (ESRD) impacts…
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APRIL/BLyS Blockade Improves Depletion of Antibody Secreting B Cells Compared to BLyS Blockade Alone in Sensitized Murine Kidney Transplant Model
N. Bath,¹ X. Ding,¹ N. Wilson,² B. Verhoven,¹ A. Sukhwal,¹ L. Coons,¹ S. Panzer,² A. Djamali,² R. Redfield.¹
¹Surgery, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; ²Medicine, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI.
Introduction: Antibody mediated rejection (AMR) remains a significant problem in highly sensitized individuals undergoing kidney transplantation. APRIL (A Proliferation Inducing Ligand) and BLyS (B Lymphocyte…
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Thymoglobulin Induction in HIV Positive Kidney Transplant Recipients: Report on Transplant and HIV Outcomes
E. Gibney, T. Ommert, R. Cross, A. Ray, J. Lizcano.
Piedmont Transplant Institute, Piedmont Atlanta Hospital, Atlanta, GA.
Introduction: Kidney transplant outcomes in HIV positive recipients are similar to HIV negative recipients. However, high published rates of acute rejection are a challenge. There…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Assessment and Outcomes of Medication Nonadherence in Pediatric Kidney Transplant Recipients: Results from the IMPACT Study
A. Dokras,¹ M. Pearl,¹ J. Peipert,¹ P. Grimm,⁴ B. Warshaw,² E. Chambers,³ A. Kirk,³ R. Ettenger.¹
¹University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA; ²Children's Healthcare of Atlanta and Emory University, Atlanta, GA; ³Duke University, Durham, NC; ⁴Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA.
OBJECTIVE: Medication nonadherence (MNA) plays a key role in transplant (Tx) survival in pediatric kidney patients (pts). However, identification of MNA is challenging and tools…
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Molecular Assessment of Post-Transplant Glomerular Disease Comparing to Transplant Glomerulopathy
E. Akalin,¹ M. e Silva,² Y. Bao,¹ V. Bontha,³ M. Ajaimy,¹ V. Mas,³ P. [Oacute] Broin.²
¹Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY; ²National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland; ³University of Virginia, Charlottesville.
Background: Intragraft gene expression profiles of glomerular disease after kidney transplantation has not been well described other than transplant glomerulopathy (TGP) which develops due to…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Validation of an Integrative and Dynamic Prognostic Score for Response to Therapy in Solid Organ Transplants
A. Loupy, O. Aubert, D. Viglietti, C. Legendre, D. Glotz, C. Lefaucheur.
Paris Translational Center for Organ Transplantation, Paris, France.
Drug development in transplantation has diminished due to the lack of suitable endpoints for predicting graft failure. We sought to validate the performance of an…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Robotic Assisted Live Donor Kidney Transplantation – Technique and Outcomes
H. Pahari,¹ B. Waldman,² J. Stracke,¹ L. Malinzak,¹ J. Denny,¹ D. Kim,¹ W. Jeong,³ M. Menon,³ A. Yoshida.¹
¹Transplant Surgery, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI; ²Wayne State University, Detroit, MI; ³Urology, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI.
Background: Robotic assisted kidney transplantation (RAKT) is now a feasible minimally invasive option in place of open living donor kidney transplant (OKT). Here, we briefly…