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Articles tagged "Kidney transplantation"

  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Diabetic Nephropathy after Kidney Transplantation in Patients with Pre-Transplantation Type II Diabetes May Occur Later and Be Less Common Than Previously Thought

    A. Cimeno, J. Munley, S. Sultan, M. Weir, S. Bartlett, C. Drachenberg, A. Hararian, J. Bromberg, J. Scalea.

    Surgery, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD.

    Background: Classical medical teaching suggests that diabetic nephropathy occurs more quickly in transplanted kidneys than in the native kidneys. The largest report of post-transplantation diabetic…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Hyperkalemia in the Early Post Renal Transplant Period

    E. Christie, J. Okel, M. Gowrishankar.

    Division of Nephrology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada; Division of Nephrology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada; Division of Pediatrics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.

    Hyperkalemia is a recognized and potentially life threatening complication post renal transplantation. Aside from delayed graft function, the most frequent culprit identified is pharmacotherapy. Many…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Living Donor Renal Transplantation in Adult Renal Transplant Recipients Varies Markedly across UNOS Networks

    A. Brar,1 A. Gruessner,1 M. Salifu,1 R. Gruessner,2 N. Sumrani,2 D. John,2 F. Tedla.1

    1Department of Medicine, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY; 2Department of Surgery, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY.

    Background: Outcome after living donor kidney transplantation (LD) is significantly better than after deceased donor transplantation (DD). Disparities in access to living donor renal transplantation…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Post-Hoc Analysis of Everolimus Trough Levels around the Onset of Related Adverse Events and Treatment Discontinuation in De Novo Kidney Transplant Recipients from the US92 Study

    F. Shihab,1 Y. Qazi,1 V. Peddi,1 D. Shaffer,1 K. McCague,2 D. Patel,2 S. Mulgaonkar.1

    1US92 Study Group, Salt Lake City; 2Novartis Pharmaceutical Corporation, East Hanover.

    Purpose: Around 30%-50% of kidney transplant recipients (KTR) on sirolimus discontinue treatment due to drug-related adverse events (AE) and ~23% on everolimus (EVR) discontinue treatment…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Evanescent Antibodies: A Report on the Natural History of Anti-Blood Group A2 Antibodies and Their Rapid Resolution in Patients Awaiting A2 to B Transplantation

    S. Radomski, S. Rosen-Bronson, D. Li, M. Awwad, G. Vranic, B. Javaid, P. Abrams, S. Yi, M. Cooper, A. Gilbert.

    Medstar Georgetown Transplant Institute, Medstar Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC.

    Introduction: Despite the benefits of A2 to B transplants, centers have been reluctant to adopt such a program due to unanswered questions including whether elevation…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    State of the Union: Outcomes of a Single Center's A2-to-B Transplants Two Years after the Implementation of KAS

    S. Radomski, S. Rosen-Bronson, D. Li, M. Awwad, G. Vranic, B. Javid, P. Abrams, S. Yi, M. Cooper, A. Gilbert.

    Medstar Georgetown Transplant Institute, Medstar Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC.

    Introduction. Since the implementation of the new KAS there are few reports on both single center outcomes in the modern era of transplantation and the…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Impact of Immunogenicity on Kidney Allograft Survival in Patients Treated with Induction Therapy

    D. Bekbolsynov, B. Mierzejewska, M. Rees, J. Ortiz, O. Ekwenna, S. Stepkowski.

    University of Toledo, Toledo.

    Background. The induction therapy is currently used in the majority of kidney transplant recipients, regardless of their level of donor/recipient compatibility. We examined whether lower…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    The Impact of Marginal Factors on Postoperative Kidney Function of Complex Living Donors for Kidney Transplantation

    T. Hiramitsu, K. Futamura, M. Okada, M. Tsujita, T. Ichimori, N. Goto, S. Narumi, Y. Watarai.

    Transplant and Endocrine Surgery, Nagoya Daini Red Cross Hospital, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan.

    BackgroundRecently, complex living donors with marginal factors including hypertension, dyslipidemia, glucose intolerance, and obesity are increasing. Postoperative kidney function of living donors for kidney transplantation…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Non-Medical Factors Predict Receipt and Type of Kidney Transplant

    H. Wesselman,1 X. Li,1 J. Chang,1 K. Kendall,1 J. Pleis,1 E. Croswell,1 M. Dew,1 R. Shapiro,2 L. Myaskovsky.3

    1University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA; 2Recanati/Miller Transplantation Institute, New York, NY; 3University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM.

    African Americans have a higher incidence of end-stage kidney disease but lower rates of both deceased and living donor kidney transplant (DDKT and LDKT) compared…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Cognitive Function and Health Literacy Assessment Outcomes in the First Months after Renal Transplant in a Diverse Single Center Population

    J. Trofe-Clark,1,2 W. Gbemudu,1 S. Hamel,1 J. Shults,1 R. Neubauer,2 S. Ryan,1 M. Kaminski,1 D. Sawinski,2 S. Goral,2 M. Bleicher,2 M. Lim,2 R. Bloom,2 P. Reese.2

    1Hosp.of Univ. of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA; 2Renal Division, Perelman School of Medicine, Univ. of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.

    A renal transplant recipient's (RTR's) abilities to understand and implement medication education are very dependent on cognitive function and health literacy. The purpose of this…
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