Articles tagged "Kidney transplantation"

2018 American Transplant Congress
Associations among Physical Fitness/function, Pain and Depression in Kidney Transplant Patients
A. Kastelz,^1,2 I. Tzvetanov,¹ B. Fernhall,² A. Shetty,³ L. Gallon,³ G. Hachaj,⁴ E. Benedetti.¹
¹Surgery, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL; ²Integrative Physiology Lab, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL; ³Internal Medicine Nephrology, Northwestern Medical Group, Chicago, IL; ⁴GH FitLab, Chicago, IL.
Kidney transplantation is the most successful treatment for end stage renal disease; however not all comorbidities of the disease are addressed by surgery. Depression and…
2018 American Transplant Congress
The Role of Resilience in Healthcare Transitions among Adolescent and Young Adult Kidney Transplant Recipients
S. Quinn,¹ H. Fernandez,² T. McCorkle,¹ F. Barg,³ K. Ginsburg, R. Rogers,¹ S. Amaral.
¹Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA; ²Medicine, Columbia University, New York, NY; ³Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA.
Adolescent and young adult (AYA) kidney transplant (KT) recipients experience high rates of premature allograft loss during healthcare transition (HCT). There is a critical need…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Pediatric Kidney Allograft Outcomes Following Identification of Transplant Glomerulopathy by Electron Microscopy
J. Grodsky, R. Craver, I. Ashoor.
LSU Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA.
We have previously shown that electron microscopy (EM) can facilitate early diagnosis of transplant glomerulopathy (TG) in pediatric kidney transplant biopsies (Bx) with normal light…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Reassessment of Virtual Crossmatch: The Clinical Meaning of Cell-Based Actual Crossmatch for Kidney Transplantation
B. Peng,^1,2 M. Yu,^1,2 Q. Zhuang,^1,2 H. Liu,^1,2 L. Zhu,^1,2 Y. Liu,^1,2 K. Cheng,^1,2 Y. Ming.^1,2
¹Transplantation Center, The Third Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China; ²Engineering & Technology Research Center for Transplantation Medicine, National Ministry of Health, Changsha, Hunan, China.
Background: Due to the high sensitivity and specificity of Luminex technique, the Luminex single antigen beads (LSAB) assays are widely used in detecting the HLA…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Successful Transplantation of Black Kidneys from Rhabdomyolysis Donors
X-.P. Yuan,¹ C-.B. CHen,¹ Y. Zheng,¹ X. Gu,² Q. Zu,³ C. Wang,¹ X. He.¹
¹Organ Transplant Center, First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China; ²Department of Urology, First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi University of Chinese Medicine, Nanning, China; ³Department of Urology, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China.
Background: The kidneys from donors with rhabdomyolysis and acute kidney injury (AKI) may show discolored appearance. The transplant surgeons may be unwilling to accept a…
2018 American Transplant Congress
10-Year Outcomes of Renal Transplantation from Circulatory Death Donors with Increased Terminal Creatinine
Y. Tomita, K. Iwadoh, I. Nakajima, S. Fuchinoue.
Surgery III, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan.
Background: To alleviate chronic renal graft shortages in Japan, donation after circulatory death (DCD) is an increasingly used organ resource. Organs from DCD donors with…
2018 American Transplant Congress
The Effect of Tacrolimus Trough Level and Intrapatient Variability on the Transplant Outcomes in Kidney Transplantation
J. Lee,¹ J. Lee,¹ Y. Jung,¹ D. Kim,¹ S. Song,² J. Lee,³ J. Lee,¹ M. Kim,¹ S. Kim,¹ Y. Kim,¹ B. Kim,⁴ K. Huh.¹
¹Surgery, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea; ²Surgery, Ewha Womans University, School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea; ³Surgery, CHA Bundang Medical Center, CHA University, Seongnam, Korea; ⁴Internal Medicine (Nephrology), Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Background: Tacrolimus (TAC) is the mainstay of immunosuppression for kidney transplantation (KT). Although TAC has a narrow therapeutic index, appropriate trough concentrations of TAC have…
2018 American Transplant Congress
The Infusion with a Difference: Patient Experiences with Belatacept
H. Murad, D. Malhotra, E. Cohen, W. Asch.
Yale University, New Haven, CT.
Introduction: The results of the BENEFIT trial led to the FDA approval of the novel anti-rejection agent belatacept (bela) in 2011. In addition to its…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Chronic Changes on Time Zero Living Donor Allograft Biopsy Portraits Worse Donor Renal Function
A. Nishio-Lucar,¹ J. Murphy,² A. Sites,³ H. Cathro,² A. Doyle,¹ K. Warburton,¹ A. Agarwal.⁴
¹Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA; ²Pathology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA; ³Transplant Services, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA; ⁴Surgery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA.
The prognostic ability of zero hour biopsy (ZHB) in renal allografts has not been fully elucidated. ZHB utility predicting living kidney donor (LKD) renal recovery…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Pinching an Inch in Kidney Transplantation: Subcutaneous Depth as a Risk Factor for Wound Complications
R. Ruiz, T. Cox, K. Wicklund, N. Jennings, N. Onaca, G. Testa, T. Anthony, H. Fernandez, J. Bayer, G. McKenna.
Baylor All Saints Medical Center, Fort Worth.
Wound complications after kidney transplant (KTx) consume valuable resources, including prolonged hospital stays and increased costs. Known risk factors include immunosuppression exposure, diabetes, and obesity…