Articles tagged "Kidney transplantation"

2018 American Transplant Congress
A Pre-Transplant Blood-Based Lipid Signature for Prediction of Antibody-Mediated Rejection in Kidney Transplant Patients
G. Gupta, S. Bobba, D. Contaifer, P. Kimball, A. King, D. Kumar, M. Levy, J. Stern, D. Wijesinghe.
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond.
BACKGROUNDThere is a lack of biomarkers for pre-kidney transplant immune risk stratification to avoid over- or under-immunosuppression. Since the circulating lipidome is integrally involved in…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Waning Enthusiasm for a Once Promising Test: C1q Testing Does Not Provide Prognostic Information for DSA Screening Protocols
A. Gilbert, D. Li, M. Awwad, S. Rosen-Bronson, P. Abrams, J. Verbesey, G. Vranic, M. Cooper.
Medstar Georgetown Transplant Institute, Medstar Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC.
Introduction: Testing of donor specific antibodies (DSA) for binding of complement component C1q has been used to better elucidate pathologic antibodies from more benign reactions.…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Glucocorticoid Receptor Polymorphism Affects Susceptibility of Dyslipidemia in Recipients One Year after Kidney Transplantation
K. Numakura,¹ H. Kagaya,² N. Komine,¹ R. Yamamoto,¹ N. Fujiyama,³ H. Tsuruta,¹ A. Maeno,¹ M. Saito,¹ S. Narita,⁴ T. Inoue,¹ T. Niioka,² M. Miura,² T. Habuchi,¹ S. Satoh.³
¹Urology, Akita University Graduate School of Medicine, Akita, Japan; ²Pharmacy, Akita University Hospital, Akita, Japan; ³Center for Kidney Disease and Transplantation, Akita University Hospital, Akita, Japan; ⁴Blood Purification, Akita University Hospital, Akita, Japan.
Purpose. Dyslipidemia (DL) is a critical comorbidity after renal transplantation and can arise cardiovascular diseases. The relationship between developing of DL and glucocorticoid receptor (NR3C1)…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Evaluation of KPD: Does It Improve Overall Transplant Center Performance?
M. Rees,³ E. Michelin,¹ N. Koizumi,² J. Ortiz.³
¹West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine, Lewisburg, WV; ²George Mason University, Fairfax, VA; ³University of Toledo College of Medicine, Toledo, OH.
Introduction: The medical community is facing a constant shortage of kidneys for transplant patients. The most effective way to combat the deficit is to increase…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Tuberculosis among Kidney Transplant Patients Compared to Dialysis and Non-Dialysis CKD Patients over a Decade Period
A. Metry, I. Al Salmi, F. Al Ismaili, A. Hola, F. Shaheen, I. Al Salmi.
The Renal Medicine, The Royal Hospital, Muscat, Oman; The Renal Medicine, The Royal Hospital, Muscat, Oman; The Renal Medicine, The Royal Hospital, Muscat, Oman; The Renal Medicine, The Royal Hospital, Muscat, Oman; SCOT, SCOT, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; The Renal Medicine, The Royal Hospital, Muscat, Oman.
USRDS showed that 1.2% & 1.6% incidences of tuberculosis-TB in patients on peritoneal dialysis and hemodialysis-HD, respectively. Kidney transplant-KTX patients have higher rates.We studied the…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Proteinuria is Associated with Increased Risk for Cardiovascular Disease after Kidney Transplantation
R. Rahamimov,^1,2,3 M. Molcho,³ I. Vahav,³ A. Chagnac,^1,3 E. Mor,^2,3 B. Rozen-Zvi.^1,3
¹Nephrology and Hypertension, Rabin Medical Center, Petach Tikva, Israel; ²Transplantation, Rabin Medical Center, Petach Tikva, Israel; ³Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel- Aviv University, Tel- Aviv, Israel.
Introduction: Proteinuria is a risk factor for cardiovascular (CV) disease in the general population and occurs commonly after kidney transplantation. The association between proteinuria and…
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Neutrophil-Lymphocyte Ratio(NLR) is Significantly Decreased in Kidney Transplant Patients: Is NLR a Novel Predictor of Cardiovascular Disease in Kidney Transplant Patients?
H. Shirakawa,¹ J. Hasegawa,² A. Ishiwatari,² M. Kono,² S. Wakai.²
¹Urology, Ohkubo Hospital, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan; ²Nephrology, Ohkubo Hospital, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan.
【Background】The neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) is a novel simple biomarker of in inflammation. It has emerged as a predictor of poor prognosis in cancer and cardiovascular…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Determinants of Delays and Reduced Rates of Waitlisting and Kidney Transplant among American Indians
M. Keddis, M. Ilyas, N. Zhang, H. Khamash, S. Leischow, A. Sharma, R. Heilman.
Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, AZ.
Introduction: American Indian (AI) patients experience delays in every step of the kidney transplant (KTx) evaluation. Our objective is to determine the contribution of co-morbid…
2018 American Transplant Congress
T Cell Immunomonitoring Including Donor Specific Treg Expansion Prospectively Predicts Renal Allograft Tolerance Induced by Transient Mixed Chimerism
K. Hotta, T. Oura, A. Dehnadi, K. Huh, M. Matsunami, H. Sasaki, G. Benichou, J. Madsen, A. Cosimi, T. Kawai.
Center for Transplant Science, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA.
Background: Successful induction of allograft tolerance in MHC-mismatched kidney transplantation has been achieved after induction of transient chimerism in both nonhuman primates (NHP) and humans.…
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“I'll Be Back”: Increasing Readmission Rates in the Era of the New Kidney Allocation System
N. Pilch, C. Mardis, H. Meadows, J. Fleming, N. Patel, C. Perez, P. Baliga, D. Dubay, V. Rohan, V. Rao, D. Taber.
MUSC, Charleston.
Background: National analysis of the impact of the new KAS has indicated an increase in DGF rates, total inpatient hospital costs & 30 day readmission…