Articles tagged "Kidney transplantation"

2018 American Transplant Congress
Short-Term Outcome Prediction Model in Deceased Donor Kidney Transplant Recipients
K. Archer,¹ Y. Zhang,¹ S. Bontha,² E. Akalin,³ L. Gallon,⁴ D. Maluf,² V. Mas.²
¹OSU, Columbus; ²UVA, Charlottesville; ³Montefiore, New York; ⁴NWU, Chicago.
Background: Lack of accurate outcome prediction models may be a reason for the increase in organ discard rate that further burdens the growing kidney transplant…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Preemptive Rituximab in Focal and Segmental Glomerulosclerosis Patients at Risk for Recurrence after Transplantation
P. Auñon,¹ N. Polanco,¹ M. Perez,² E. Rodrigo,³ A. Sancho,⁴ J. Pascual,² A. Andres,¹ M. Praga.¹
¹Nephrology Department, Hospital Doce de Octubre, Madrid, Spain; ²Nephrology Department, Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain; ³Nephrology Department, Hospital Marques de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain; ⁴Nephrology Department, Hospital Doctor Peset, Valencia, Spain.
INTRODUCTIONRecurrence of focal and segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) after renal transplantation is a characteristic complication of the disease that occurs in one third of the cases.…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Adjusted Body Weight Dosing of Rabbit Antithymocyte Globulin in Obese Renal Transplant Recipients Preserves Excellent Clinical Outcomes at 3 Years and Improves the Value of Care
J. Dann, A. Agarwal, M. Bradley, W. Ally.
University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA.
There is significant variability in antithymocyte globulin (ATG) dosing practices among centers. In the obese population, use of total body weight (TBW) vs. adjusted body…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Pre-Kidney Transplant Inflammation and Post-Transplant Outcomes.
H. Ying, M. McAdams DeMarco, D. Segev.
Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
Background: Patients with ESRD have higher inflammation levels, which may cause adverse outcomes after they receive a kidney transplant (KT). In this study, we quantified…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Benefit of Patient Portal Usage in Non-High Risk Kidney Transplant Recipients
A. Osband, J. Machan, P. Morrissey.
Surgery, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI.
Background: With widespread adoption of EHR (electronic health record), patients have access to a patient portal where they can view and thereby help monitor their…
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…