Articles tagged "Kidney transplantation"

2017 American Transplant Congress
Pulse Pressure After Renal Transplantation – Influence on Outcome: Results from the Collaborative Transplant Study.
B. Krüger,¹ B. Döhler,² B. Krämer,¹ C. Süsal.²
¹V. Medizinische Klinik, Universitätsmedizin Mannheim, Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany; ²Institut für Immunologie, Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Systolic blood pressure (SBP) and diastolic blood pressure (DBP) are important predictors of graft and patient survival in renal transplant recipients. Pulse pressure (PP), the…
2017 American Transplant Congress
Pediatric Recipients of Deceased Adult Donor Kidneys Have Equivalent Outcomes Compared with Pediatric Donors.
D. Mikhail,¹ H. Sharma,^3,4 J. Chen,² M. Cooper,⁴ A. Sener,^1,3 P. Luke.^1,3
¹Urology, Western University, London, ON, Canada; ²Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, ON, Canada; ³Multi-Organ Transplant Surgery, Western University, London, ON, Canada; ⁴Transplant Surgery, Georgetown University, Washington, DC
INTRODUCTION:Efforts are made to transplant paediatric deceased donor kidneys into pediatric recipients. To our knowledge, data does not support better graft outcomes with matched pediatric…
2017 American Transplant Congress
Optimizing Support for Living Kidney Donors: Insights from a Prospective Study.
D. Dobosz,¹ C. Thiessen,¹ S. Li,¹ K. Yu,¹ J. Gannon,¹ K. Kennedy,³ D. Gray,² A. Mussell,² P. Reese,² E. Gordon,³ S. Kulkarni.¹
¹Yale U, New Haven; ²U Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; ³Northwestern U, Chicago
PurposeTo assess how potential living kidney donors (LKDs) perceived support from the transplant team and areas for improvement.MethodsWe conducted a prospective, longitudinal study of individuals…
2017 American Transplant Congress
Predictors of Graft Loss in an Urban Predominantly Minority Cohort of Kidney Transplant Recipients.
N. Hayde, L. Kamal, M. Ajaimy, M. Lubetzky, P. Bedi, G. de Boccardo, E. Akalin.
Monterfiore/Einstein Center for Transplantation, Bronx, NY
BackgroundWe aimed to determine the demographic and clinical characteristics associated with graft loss in a cohort of kidney transplant recipients with a high African-American and…
2017 American Transplant Congress
Transplantation of Hepatitis C Kidneys to Hepatitis C Recipients Confers Significantly Shorter Waiting Times in the Era of the New Kidney Allocation System.
B. Concepcion, A. Langone, B. Edmundson, J. Johnson, A. Rajput, T. Johnson, D. Rybacki, D. Hale, R. Forbes.
Nashville VA Medical Center, Nashville, TN
Background: Prior to the new KAS, transplantation with HCV+ compared to HCV- kidneys provided shorter waiting times on the deceased donor list. In the current…
2017 American Transplant Congress
Manning the Gap: Using Technology to Reduce Barriers in Access to Renal Transplantation Waiting List Across Dialysis Facilities.
G. Ferreira,¹ K. Bastos,² E. Barbeta,² B. Pereira,² G. Souza,¹ M. de Souza,¹ V. Colares.¹
¹Kideny Transplant UPI, Santa Casa de Juiz de Fora, Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil; ²Nephrology, CTDR, Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Background:Pervasive disparities in access to kidney transplantation persist despite decades of recognition and efforts to improve equity in transplant access. Using technology to reduce the…
2017 American Transplant Congress
De Novo Donor-Specific Antibodies After Allograft Nephrectomy.
G. Lucisano,¹ P. Brookes,² E. Santos-Nunez,² N. Firmin,² N. Gunby,² S. Hassan,¹ A. Gueret-Wardle,¹ M. Willicombe,¹ D. Taube.¹
¹Renal and Transplant Centre, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom; ²Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom
Introduction: although the development of donor-specific antibodies (DSAs) is a known event after allograft nephrectomy (Nx), there are few studies describing the tempo, class and…
2017 American Transplant Congress
Molecular Profiles of Renal Allograft Biopsies at 12 Months Post Renal Transplant in Patients Exposed to Low Dose CNI and Everolimus vs. Patients Exposed to Full Dose CNI and MMF.
L. Gallon,¹ J. Leventhal,¹ D. Maluf,² V. Sai Bontha,² A. Shetty,¹ O. Traitanon,¹ M. Ansari,¹ J. Mathew,¹ S. Wongpraphairot,¹ V. Mas.²
¹Nephrology, Transplant Center, Northwestern University, Chicago; ²University of Virginia, Charlottesville
CNIs serve as the cornerstone of immunosuppression (IS) after kidney transplant. However chronic CNI nephrotoxicity has been implicated in allograft dysfunction. We hypothesize that lower…
2017 American Transplant Congress
Unintended Consequence of the New Kidney Allocation System – Disproportionate Allocation of High Quality Kidneys to Highly Sensitized Recipients.
B. Murthy, N. Galvan, J. Moffett, C. O'Mahony, J. Goss, A. Rana.
Division of Abdominal Transplantation, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
Purpose: We hypothesize that improving access to highly sensitized candidates in new KAS would compromise the prime objective of matching the best kidney allografts and…
2017 American Transplant Congress
Influence of Donor-Specific Antibodies on Renal Function in Kidney Transplant Recipients Following Early Switch from Calcineurin Inhibitor to Everolimus: Subanalysis from the ELEVATE Study.
J. Cruzado,¹ H. Holdaas,¹ P. Lopez,² P. Bernhardt,² G. Bader,² F. Claas,¹ W. Arns,¹ M. van der Giet,¹ J. de Fijter.¹
¹ELEVATE Study Group, Llobregat Catalunya, Spain; ²Novartis Pharma AG, Basel, Switzerland
Purpose: The development of donor-specific antibody (DSA) is a known risk factor for poor graft outcomes after kidney transplantation (KTx). Previous analysis of the ELEVATE…