Articles tagged "Kidney transplantation"

2018 American Transplant Congress
How Old is Too Old? Expanding Living Kidney Organ Transplantation from Donors above 60 Years of Age with Associated Comorbidity.
A. Ghazanfar, L. Salih.
Transplant Surgery, St Georges University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom.
Background: Worldwide the population is ageing. In UK there are more people above 60 than under 16 years of age. Hence there are more elderly…
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Torsion and Inversion of Intraperitoneal Kidneys Manifesting as Acute Allograft Dysfunction – A Case Series
P. Kandula, A. Patel, S. Bains, H. Sun.
Saint Barnabas Medical Center, Livingston, NJ.
Torsion (rotation of kidney allograft around its vascular pedicle) or inversion (rotation of kidney graft around ureter) of intraperitoneal transplant kidney is a rare complication.…
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Multiplexed Immunofluorescence to Investigate the Immune Response to BK Virus in Pediatric Kidney Transplant Recipients
C. Fajardo,¹ P. Grimm,¹ N. Kambham,² G. Nolan,³ N. Samusik,³ J. Maltzman.³
¹Pediatrics, Stanford, Stanford, CA; ²Pathology, Stanford, Stanford, CA; ³Immunology, Stanford, Stanford, CA.
Background: BK virus-associated nephropathy (BKVN) is a significant complication in renal transplantation that leads to allograft dysfunction or failure. BKV is thought to reactivate as…
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An Enhanced Educational Program for Kidney Transplant Candidates and Their Supports: Knowledge Gained but Room for Improvement
E. Clifton, A. Eshelman, D. Kim, A. Patel, P. Williams, D. Nicholson, K. Hogan, E. Rubinstein, D. Ramirez, N. Sadik, M. Jesse.
Henry Ford Health System, Detroit.
Given the complexities of transplantation, success relies on both medical and lifestyle management. Patients and their support systems require extensive education on the requirements of…
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Exenatide Reduces Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury in Donation after Cardiac Death Rat Kidney Transplantation
H. Yang,¹ Y. Shi,² X. Li,¹ C. Long,¹ Z. Xu,¹ L. Luo,¹ W. Luo,¹ Y. Zhang,¹ T. Zeng,³ M. Chen,⁴ H. Li,⁵ Z. Wang.⁵
¹Department of Organ Transplantation, People's Hospital of Jiangxi Province, Nanchang, Jiangxi Province, China; ²Department of Pathology, Central Hospital of Wuhan, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei Province, China; ³Department of Urologic Surgery, People's Hospital of Jiangxi Province, Nanchang, Jiangxi Province, China; ⁴Department of Vascular Surgery, People's Hospital of Jiangxi Province, Nanchang, Jiangxi Province, China; ⁵Department of Urologic Surgery, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei Province, China.
Background: Exenatide provide protection against warm Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury (IRI) in the rat heart and kidney. We hypothesized that Exenatide reduces IRI in a rat donation…
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High Calcineurin Inhibitor Intra Patient Variability is Associated with Early Renal Allograft Inflammation, Chronicity and Loss
A. Sharma,¹ A. Cherukuri,² R. Mehta,¹ P. Sood,¹ S. Hariharan.¹
¹Thomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA; ²Thomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA.
High CNI IPV has been associated with poor kidney allograft outcomes, albeit in small limited studies. We evaluated effect of CNI IPV (the degree of…
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Long-Term Outcomes of Primary Kidney Transplant from Expanded Criteria Maastricht Category 3 DCD Donors: A Single-Centre Observational Study
E. Favi,¹ C. Puliatti,² S. Iesari,³ M. Ferraresso,¹ R. Cacciola.²
¹Kidney Transplantation, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda, Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy; ²Kidney Transplantation, The Royal London Hospital, London, United Kingdom; ³Kidney Transplantation, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy.
Background. Kidney transplants (KTx) from standard (STD) DCD donors have higher rates of primary non function (PNF) and delayed graft function (DGF) than DBD but…
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Pump Resistive Index Values and Not Preimplantation Kidney Biopsy Predict Kidney Allograft Survival
J. Liu,¹ A. Blumfield,¹ M. Trivedi,¹ N. Mishra,¹ O. Mohammed,^1,2 J. Lin,³ M. Ajaimy,^1,2 J. Graham,^1,2 J. Rocca,^1,2 E. Akalin,^1,2 S. Greenstein.^1,2
¹Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY; ²Department of Surgery, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY; ³Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY.
AimTo investigate the relationship between histological findings of preimplantation kidney biopsies and pump resistive index (RI) values during machine preservation and subsequent allograft survival.MethodsWe retrospectively…
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Willingness to Consider Increased Risk Donors: A Single Center Experience
V. Richards,¹ C. Johnson,¹ J. Perkins,² A. Limaye,³ L. Sibulesky.²
¹Nephrology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; ²Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; ³Allergy and Infectious Diseases, University of Washington, Seattle, WA.
Background: The number of Public Health Service increased risk organ donors (PHS IRD) is growing, largely due to the opioid epidemic.Methods: We conducted a retrospective…
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Latent Tuberculosis Diagnosis Prior to Kidney Transplantation in a High Burden Country: Improvement with Serological Tests
V. Garcia, G. Meinerz, C. da Silva, E. Keitel.
Nephrology and Kidney Transplant Department, ISCMPA, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
Introduction: Diagnosing and treating tuberculosis after kidney transplantation is challenging, and mortality is high. In an epidemiological study performed at our Center, there was an…