2017 American Transplant Congress
Obesity Is an Important Factor in Deceased but Not Living Donor Kidney Transplants.
Cardiff Transplant Unit, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, United Kingdom
Introduction There is an increasing obesity among potential kidney transplant recipients. We had in the past shown that obesity did increase the wound infection rate,…2017 American Transplant Congress
Single Kidney Transplantation from Pediatric Donors Younger Than 3 Years to Adult Recipients.
Tongji Hospital,Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
Background: Traditionally, the criteria of splitting pediatric en bloc kidneys for transplantation into two adults includes: donor age > 3 years, donor weight > 12kg,…2017 American Transplant Congress
Comparison of the Estimated and Measured Glomerular Filtration Rate in Kidney Donor Candidates.
Nephrology, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX
Background and objectivesThe assessment of GFR in kidney donor candidates is necessary for the appropriate allocation of donor kidneys to recipients. This assessment can be…2017 American Transplant Congress
Prospective Monitoring of 25-Hydroxyvitamin Vitamin D Levels After Kidney Transplantation and Its Associations with Clinical Outcomes.
Montefiore Transplant Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY
Background: Kidney transplant recipients usually have low vitamin D levels. Vitamin D deficiency is recognized as a risk factor for progression of kidney disease in…2017 American Transplant Congress
Kidney Waitlist Management: The Readiness Model of Predicting Transplants Under the Kidney Allocation System.
Transplant Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
Based on the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network data, between 2001 and 2016 the national kidney wait-list has grown from 51,271 to 100,791 (97%). At…2017 American Transplant Congress
EXPANDER-1: Exploring Renal Transplants Using Hepatitis-C Infected Donors for HCV-Negative Recipients.
Kidneys from hepatitis C-infected (HCV+) donors are underutilized in an era of severe organ shortage. In an effort to expand the donor pool, we evaluated…2017 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes of Protocol Allograft Kidney Biopsy in DeNovo Donor Specific Antibodies.
University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
There is limited information about the role of protocol kidney biopsies for de-novo donor specific antibodies (dnDSA) in kidney transplant recipients (KTR). We initiated monitoring…2017 American Transplant Congress
De Novo Low-Dose Sirolimus versus Mycophenolate Mofetil in Combination with Extended-Release Tacrolimus in Kidney Transplant Recipients.
Previous studies reported that tacrolimus (TAC) with high-dose sirolimus (SRL) was associated with worse outcomes in kidney transplantation, compared to TAC with mycophenolate mofetil (MMF.).…2017 American Transplant Congress
Waitlist Desensitization and the Rate of Deceased Donor Kidney Transplantation After Implementation of the Kidney Allocation System.
Comprehensive Transplant Center, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
Background:At Cedars Sinai Medical Center (CSMC), candidates with calculated panel reactive antibodies (cPRA) ≥30% (based on unacceptable antigens with MFI≥15,000) are desensitized while awaiting transplant.…2017 American Transplant Congress
Eight Year Follow-Up of a Phase 2 Clinical Trial to Induce Tolerance in Living Donor Renal Transplant Recipients.
1Northwestern University, Chicago; 2U of Louisville, Louisville
36 subjects have been transplanted in a phase 2 protocol (IDE 13947) to induce tolerance in recipients of living donor renal allografts (KTx). The protocol…
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