Articles tagged "Kidney transplantation"

2018 American Transplant Congress
Transplant Tourism and Invasive Fungal Infection
F. Al Ismaili,¹ A. Metry,³ M. Al Riyami,⁵ F. Khamis,⁶ F. Shaheen,⁷ A. Hola,⁴ I. Al Salmi.²
¹The Renal Medicine, The Royal Hospital, Muscat, Oman; ²The Renal Medicine, The Royal Hospital, Muscat, Oman; ³The Renal Medicine, The Royal Hospital, Muscat, Oman; ⁴Histopathology, SQUH, Muscat, Oman; ⁵Infectious Diseases, The Royal Hospital, Muscat, Oman; ⁶SCOT, SCOT, RIyadh, Saudi Arabia; ⁷The Renal Medicine, The Royal Hospital, Muscat, Oman; ⁸The Renal Medicine, The Royal Hospital, Muscat, Oman.
Deceased and live-related Renal transplant (RTX) are widespread approved methods throughout the world. In-addition, commercial-RTX has gained an access at certain places driven by financial…
2018 American Transplant Congress
The Implications of Impaired Glucose Tolerance after Kidney Transplantation
F. Tinney, Jr.,¹ S. Norman,² A. Naik,² D. Cibrik,² R. Sung,² D. Frietze,³ M. Stegall,⁴ M. Samaniego,² C. Jay.³
¹Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI; ²University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; ³UT Health San Antonio, San Antonio, TX; ⁴Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.
Background: Post-transplantation diabetes mellitus (PTDM) is highly prevalent after kidney transplantation and associated with significant morbidity. Routine utilization of screening oral glucose tolerance tests (OGTT)…
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Impact of Vitamin D Status on Immune-Mediated Graft Function Following Kidney Transplantation
C. Pham,¹ B. Pierce,¹ S. Bapat,² S. Kuten,¹ L. Moore,³ A. Gaber.³
¹Department of Pharmacy, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston; ²College of Pharmacy, University of Houston, Houston; ³Department of Surgery, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston.
Ubiquitous expression of vitamin D receptors on antigen-presenting cells has sparked interest into its immunomodulatory effects. While previous literature has described the effect of vitamin…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Predictors of Immunosuppressive Medication Adherence in Chinese Renal Transplant Recipients: Marital Status and Immunosuppressive Medication Beliefs
J. Liu,¹ S. Liu,² J. Xie,¹ J. Yan.¹
¹The Third Affiliated Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China; ²Adelphi University College of Nursing and Public Health, Garden City, NY.
Purpose: Our aim was to examine the beliefs on immunosuppressive medication (IM) and IM adherence in Chinese renal transplant recipients, and explore the predictors of…
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Application of RNA-Seq Derived Diagnostic Algorithms of T-Cell Mediated Kidney Rejection (TCMR) to DNA Microarray-Based Gene Expression Datasets
Z. Wang,¹ L. Pan,² Z. Lyu,² P. Liu,³ G. Tseng,³ P. Randhawa.¹
¹Department of Pathology, The Thomas E Starzl Transplantation Institute, University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA; ²Department of Nephrology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, China; ³Department of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA.
Recent years have seen the development of DNA microarray based tools for the diagnosis of TCMR using fresh frozen tissue. This study has accomplished the…
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One-Year Graft Survival for Longevity Matched Kidneys in the Post-KAS Era
A. Wilk,¹ M. Aeder,² V. Casingal,³ N. Turgeon.⁴
¹United Network for Organ Sharing, Richmond, VA; ²University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, OH; ³Carolina's Healthcare, Charlotte, NC; ⁴Emory University, Atlanta, GA.
One of the key goals and achievements of KAS was to make better use of available kidneys by improving longevity matching between donor kidneys and…
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Informatics Tools for Mapping Molecular HLA Typing Data to UNOS Antigen Equivalencies
N. Kaur,¹ E. Kransdorf,² M. Pando,³ M. Maiers,⁴ L. Gragert.^1,4
¹Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans; ²Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute, Los Angeles; ³Baylor Scott and White, Temple; ⁴National Marrow Donor Program / Be The Match, Minneapolis.
Introduction:Molecular HLA typing must be converted to antigen equivalencies for entry into the UNOS database, UNet. Maintaining an up-to-date mapping table for this purpose has…
2018 American Transplant Congress
A Meta-Analysis for Induction Therapy of Kidney Transplantation: Comparison of Antithymocyte Globulin and Interleukin 2 Receptor Antagonist
G. Chen, Z. Wu, C. Wang, X. Liu, C. Wang, L. Chen.
Organ Transplant Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Objectives To compare the efficacy and safety of antithymocyte globulin (ATG) and interleukin 2 receptor antagonist (IL2Ra) in induction therapy of kidney transplantation.Method A literature…
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Radioisotopic Evaluation of Glomerular Filtration Rate (GFR) before and 1 Year after Kindey Donation for Transplantation: The Concept of Estimated Renal Functional Reserve (eRFR)
V. Cantaluppi,¹ G. Guglielmetti,¹ M. Mora,¹ A. Airoldi,¹ F. Orsini,² M. Quaglia,¹ G. Sacchetti,² C. Ronco.³
¹Nephrology and Kidney Transplantation Unit, University of Piemonte Orientale (UPO), Novara, Italy; ²Nuclear Medicine Unit, Maggiore della Carità University Hospital, Novara, Italy; ³Nephrology, Dialysis and Kidney Transplantation Unit, International Renal Research Institute (IRRIV), Vicenza, Italy.
Kidney donors (KD) develop a partial loss of renal function defined as Acute Kidney Injury (AKI). Recovery from AKI is due to renal functional reserve…
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Objective Markers of Frailty Predict Successful Listing and Survival for Renal Transplant
A. Tevar, K. Lemon, C. Wu, N. Shah, R. Mehta, C. Puttarajappa, P. Sood, S. Hariharan, A. Ganoza, M. Wijkstrom, M. Molinari, A. Humar, Y. Wang, J. Steel.
Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA.
Background: Across all medical specialties, frailty has been shown to be a predictor of poor health outcomes. Previous studies have shown that gait speed and…