Articles tagged "Kidney transplantation"

2017 American Transplant Congress
Influence of Tacrolimus Metabolism Rate on Patients' Survival After Renal Transplantation.
G. Thölking, J. Steinke, K. Schuette-Nuetgen, H. Pavenstädt, B. Suwelack, S. Reuter.
Department of Medicine D, Division of General Internal Medicine, Nephrology and Rheumatology, University Hospital of Münster, Münster, Germany
Introduction: Tacrolimus (Tac) is an integral part of the immunosuppressive regimen after renal transplantation (RTx). A fast Tac metabolism rate defined as the Tac blood…
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Cyclosporine Effects on Blood Pressure Are Exaggerated in Pubertal Girls After Renal Transplantation.
A. Melk,¹ R. Sugianto,¹ B. Schmidt,² K. Krupka,³ B. Höcker,³ B. Tönshoff,³ E. Wühl.³
¹Pediatric Nephrology, Hannover Medical School, Hanover, Germany; ²Nephrology, Hannover Medical School, Hanover, Germany; ³Pediatric Nephrology, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
Hypertension is a common problem after renal transplantation. We investigated potential contributing factors for high blood pressure (BP) in 336 pediatric transplant recipients from the…
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The Effects of Aspirin on Major Adverse Cardiac Events and Kidney Allograft Outcomes: A Meta-Analysis.
W. Cheungpasitporn, C. Thongprayoon, D. Mitema, M. Mao, W. Kittanamongkolchai, M. Gonzalez-Suarez, S. Erickson.
Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
BACKGROUND: The use of aspirin in chronic kidney disease patients has been shown to reduce myocardial infarction but may increase major bleeding. However, its effects…
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Small Pediatric Donor Kidney Transplantation in Pediatric Recipients.
H. Yaffe,^1,2 P. Friedmann,² L. Kayler.³
¹Surgery, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY; ²Surgery, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY; ³Surgery, Erie County Medical Center, Buffalo, NY
Kidneys from small pediatric donors (age <5 years, weight <21 kg) may be a means to increase the donor pool for pediatric recipients. Transplantation of…
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A Retrospective Study on the Impact of Abdominal Surgical Histories on Hand-Assisted Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy for Living Donor Adult Kidney Transplant.
T. Hiramitsu, K. Futamura, M. Okada, M. Tsujita, N. Goto, S. Narumi, Y. Watarai.
Transplant and Endocrine Surgery, Nagoya Daini Red Cross Hospital, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
Background This study investigated the impact of hand-assisted laparoscopic donor nephrectomy (HALDN) for living donors with surgical histories.Methods During January 2009–May 2015, 555 living kidney…
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Metabolomics Study for Identification of Potential Biomarkers of Long-Term Survival in Kidney Transplantation Recipients.
C.-D. Kim, H.-Y. Jung, R.-H. Kim, S.-M. Park, J.-H. Park, K.-H. Lee, E.-S. Lee, K.-Y. Kim, J.-Y. Choi, J.-H. Cho, S.-H. Park, Y.-L. Kim.
Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kyungpook National University Hospital, Daegu, Korea
Background: The development of new strategies to improve long-term survival outcome after kidney transplantation is also becoming important. Although current diagnosis of allograft dysfunction relies…
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Pre-Kidney Transplant Lower Extremity Impairment and Post-Transplant Mortality.
A. Nastasi,^1,2 M. McAdams-DeMarco,^1,2 J. Schrack,¹ H. Ying,² C. Haugen,² M. González Fernández,³ D. Segev.^1,2
¹Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD; ²Surgery, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD; ³Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
INTRODUCTION. Few objective tests can be easily performed prior to kidney transplantation (KT) to effectively stratify patients by risk of post-KT mortality. The short physical…
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Tacrolimus Appears to Be a Protective Factor for De Novo DSA Formation in Non-Sensitized Kidney Transplant Patients.
M. Marron-Wojewodzki,¹ I. Szwarc,¹ C. Rene,² G. Mourad,¹ M. Le Quintrec.^1,3
¹Department of Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation, Hôpital Lapeyronie, Montpellier, France; ²Departement of Immunology, Hôpital Saint Eloi, Montpellier, France; ³Inserm U1183,, IRMB,Hôpital Saint Eloi, Montpellier, France
Background.Development of de novo donor specific antibodies (dnDSA) concerns about 10% of patients within the first year following kidney transplantation and reach about 20% within…
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Assessment of the Risk Index for Living Donor Kidney Transplantation (LKDPI) in a European Cohort.
O. Staeck, G. Rehse, D. Khadzhynov, A. Kleinsteuber, L. Lehner, M. Duerr, K. Budde, F. Halleck.
Nephrology, Charité Universitaetsmedizin, Berlin, Germany
Introduction: Recently, a risk index for living donor kidney transplantation (LKDPI) was proposed (Massie et al. AJT 2016) to compare living donor kidneys (LDK) to…
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The Impact of Social Support on Kidney Transplant Listing Decisions: Results from a Discrete Choice Experiment.
K. Ladin,^1,2 J. Emerson,² Z. Butt, E. Gordon, D. Hanto, T. Lavelle.²
¹Occupational Therapy, Tufts University, Medford, MA; ²Public Health and Community Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA
Background: Although the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services require that social support be used to determine transplant eligibility, guidance is vague and centers vary…