Articles tagged "Kidney transplantation"

2018 American Transplant Congress
Cause of ESRD is Not Associated with Risk of Post-Transplant CMV Infection
S. Panzer, S. Peery, B. Astor, A. Djamali, T. Singh.
University of Wisconsin Madison, Madison, WI.
Purpose: Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection is commonly encountered following kidney transplantation and is associated with patient morbidity and mortality. While preventative pharmacotherapy is used to prevent…
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Association of Tacrolimus Adherence and Discontinuation with Sepsis Risk 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: The association between post-transplant tacrolimus exposure and sepsis risk is currently unknown. We examined the associations of tacrolimus adherence and discontinuation with sepsis risk…
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The Impact of Anticoagulation Therapy Modifications during the Index Hospitalization on Clinical Outcomes in Kidney Transplant Recipients
J. Hardcopf, H. Meadows, N. Pilch, C. Perez, N. Patel, J. Fleming, H. Corbo, T. Harrison, B. O'Brien, D. DuBay, P. Baliga, D. Taber.
Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC.
Background: The aim of this study was to determine whether changing anticoagulation medications during the index admission for kidney transplant (KT) is significantly associated with…
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Hospitalization, Dialysis Center Type, and Disparities in ESRD Survival and Waitlist Access
R. Lynch, R. Zhang, A. Adams, R. Patzer.
Surgery, Emory University, Atlanta, GA.
Background: Excess hospitalization has been shown to reduce kidney transplant waitlist survival and likelihood of transplant. We studied hospitalization as a predictor of waitlist access…
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The Providers Can't Let Go! An Analysis of an RN Driven Tacrolimus Dose Adjustment Protocol
Z. Elmaasarani, C. Mardis, L. Gylten, J. Fleming, H. Meadows, N. Patel, C. Perez, D. Taber, V. Rao, V. Rohan, P. Baliga, D. Dubay, N. Pilch.
MUSC, Charleston.
Introduction: Tacrolimus (FK) dose adjustment is frequently performed by non-MD staff. Standard protocols to evaluate the ability of non-providers to maintain pts within a goal…
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Normothermic Ex-Vivo Kidney Perfusion Restores the Genetic Profile of Marginal Kidney Grafts Subjected to Warm Ischemia
P. Urbanellis,¹ M. Hamar,¹ I. Linares,¹ D. Kollmann,¹ S. Ganesh,¹ R. John,¹ P. Yip,¹ I. Mucsi,¹ A. Ghanekar,¹ D. Bagli,² A. Konvalinka,¹ D. Grant,¹ L. Robinson,² M. Selzner.¹
¹University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada; ²SickKids Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Background: Increasing evidence demonstrates the superiority of normothermic ex-vivo kidney perfusion (NEVKP) over cold storage (CS) for marginal renal grafts. To account for this improvement,…
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Transplant Benefit to Patients with Long Dialysis Vintage
A. Massie, D. Crews, T. Purnell, J. Garonzik-Wang, D. Segev.
Johns Hopkins, Baltimore.
Following implementation of KAS, deceased donor kidney transplant (DDKT) waitlist registrants with long dialysis vintage have high allocation priority. However, having survived for many years…
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Greater Access to Kidney Transplantation in Competitive DSAs: Due to Improved Referral?
J. Adler,¹ D. Chang,² H. Yeh.²
¹Surgery, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI; ²Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA.
INTRODUCTION: For patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), access to kidney transplantation (ATT) varies across the 58 Donor Service Areas (DSAs) of the United States,…
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A Comparison of Alemtuzumab versus Antithymocyte Globulin Induction in High-Risk, Non-Sensitized Renal Transplant Recipients
S. Patel, A. Lichvar, E. Benedetti, P. West-Thielke.
University of Illinois Hospital and Health Sciences System, Chicago.
Background: Lymphocyte depleting induction is routinely utilized in high immunologic risk renal transplant (RTx). African Americans (AA) have a relatively higher risk of rejection regardless…
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Investigating the Variability of Fluid Resuscitation during Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy
A. Williams,¹ S. Kumar,² R. Sung,¹ K. Woodside,¹ M. Englesbe,¹ M. Alameddine,¹ S. Waits.¹
¹Department of Surgery, Section of Transplantation, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; ²Department of Anesthesia, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.
Background: Under or over resuscitation during laparoscopic donor nephrectomy may have a significant effect on donor and graft outcomes. Despite the importance, no guidelines exist…