Articles tagged "Kidney transplantation"

2018 American Transplant Congress
The Cost Savings of Preemptive Kidney Transplantation
P. Dean,¹ H. Heien,² K. Swanson,² B. Borah,² L. Sangaralingham,² J. Naessens,² M. Stegall.¹
¹Division of Transplantation Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; ²Robert D. and Patricia E. Kern Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MD.
Introduction: Preemptive kidney transplantation (PreKTx) is associated with improved patient survival and quality of life. The goal of this study was to compare the costs…
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Tax1bp3 is Upregulated in the Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury of Kidney
W. Qiu, J. Lin, Y. Tian.
Department of Urology, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
Objective The ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury plays an important role in delayed graft function (DGF) after kidney transplantation, however, the mechanism is not fully understood. Therefore,…
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Global Expression Profiles of miRNA and Expression Patterns and Localization of the miR-21 in One-Hour Biopsy Specimens of Human Kidney Tansplantation from Donors after Cardiac Death
M. Kusaka,¹ N. Fukami,¹ H. Sasaki,¹ A. Kawai,¹ T. Kenmochi,² T. Ito,² R. Shiroki,¹ K. Hoshinaga.¹
¹Urology, Fujita-Health University, Toyoake/Aichi, Japan; ²Transplant Surgery, Fujita-Health University, Toyoake/Aichi, Japan.
Because of the global shortage of renal grafts, kidney transplantation (KTx) from donors after cardiac death (DCDs) is an alternative way of obtaining KTx from…
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Eculizumab for the Treatment of Antibody Mediated Rejection in Kidney Transplant Recipients: A Single Center Experience
A. Chi, J. Phillips, D. Quan.
Pharmaceutical Services, UCSF Medical Center, San Francisco, CA.
BACKGROUND: Antibody mediated rejection (ABMR) accounts for 20-30% of acute rejection episodes and can affect long-term renal allograft survival. The complement system plays an active…
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Clinical Heterogeneity of Early Anamnestic Donor Specific Antibody Responses in Kidney Transplantation
A. Loethen,¹ A. Lichvar,¹ S. Tremblay,¹ A. Shields,^1,2 A. Dao,¹ M. Cardi,² P. Brailey,¹ A. Girnita,¹ B. Abu Jawdeh,¹ R. Alloway,¹ E. Woodle.¹
¹U of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH; ²Christ Hospital, Cincinnati, OH.
Anamnestic donor specific antibody(DSA) responses in the early post-transplant period may threaten the renal transplant(RTx). We hypothesize earlier DSA detection will allow minimization of RTx…
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The Results of Plasmapheresis and Anti-CD20 Based Desensitization without Intravenous Immunoglobulin in Positive Crossmatch Kidney Transplants
H. Kwon, Y. KIm, J. Choi, S. Shin, J. Jung, M. Cho, J. Kim, D. Han.
Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea.
This study examined the mid-term clinical outcomes in positive crossmatch kidney transplants (XMKT) for patients who received desensitization with plasmapheresis (PP) and anti-CD20 based regimens…
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Using Machine Learning and Simulation to Compare High Risk Kidney Transplant Survival to Waiting for a Non High Risk Organ
E. Mark, D. Goldsman, P. Keskinocak, B. Gurbaxani.
H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA.
The purpose of this study is to help patients decide whether to accept a kidney from a donor with a potential disease. We consider infectious…
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Outcomes of Kidney Transplantation from HBsAg Positive Donors to HBsAb Positive Recipients
G. Chen, C. Wang, Z. Wu, X. Liu, C. Wang, L. Chen.
Organ Transplant Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Objective To investigate the outcomes of transplanting kidneys from HBsAg positive donors to HBsAb positive recipients.Methods We retrospectively collected data of 57 kidney transplants from…
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Parathyroidectomy Outcomes in Renal Transplant Recipients: Subtotal vs. Total
R. Rathore,^1,2 A. Sharma,² A. Halawa.²
¹Renal Medicine, University Hospitals of North Midlands, Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom; ²Faculty of Health, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom.
Introduction:Best practice in management of persistent hyperparathyroidism in renal transplant recipients has been debated and there is no consensus on whether medical or surgical management…
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Racial Differences in Patient-Perceived Barriers to Starting the Kidney Transplant Evaluation
R. Hamoda, L. McPherson, K. Lipford, J. Gander, S. Pastan, R. Patzer.
Emory University, Atlanta, GA.
Overview: Racial disparities in access to kidney transplantation persist along multiple transplant steps, including start of the transplant evaluation. No studies have identified barriers that…