Articles tagged "Kidney transplantation"

2016 American Transplant Congress
The Environmental Impact of Dialysis vs Transplantation.
M. Grafals,¹ R. Sanchez.²
¹Medstar Georgetown Transplant Institute, Georgetown University, Washington, DC; ²Environmental Health, Harvard University, Boston, MA.
Introduction: Hemodialysis has a large environmental impact because it uses large volumes of water, medical supplies and energy. A patient undergoing weekly dialysis treatment (three…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Robotic-Assisted Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy with Transvaginal Extraction of the Kidney.
C. Champy,¹ L. Salomon,¹ I. Cholley,¹ A. Hoznek,¹ R. Yiou,¹ D. Vordos,¹ P. Grimbert,² P. Lang,² A. De La Taille.¹
¹Urology Department - INSERM U955, Henri Mondor, Créteil, France; ²Nephrology Department, Henri Mondor, Créteil, France.
Minimally invasive surgery aims to the reduction of complications, pain and scars. Thus, vaginal extraction of the donor's kidney has been reported as an option…
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Predicting Delayed Kidney Graft Function with Gene Expression in Preimplantation Biopsies.
T. Mourão,^1,3 K. Mine,¹ E. Campos,^1,3 J. Medina-Pestana,^2,3 H. Tedesco-Silva,² M. Gerbase-De Lima.
¹Immunogenetics Institute, Associação Fundo de Incentivo à Pesquisa - AFIP, São Paulo, SP, Brazil; ²Hospital do Rim e Hipertensão, Fundação Oswaldo Ramos, São Paulo, SP, Brazil; ³UNIFESP, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Aiming to further the investigation of markers in pre-implantation biopsies (PIB) for the prediction of delayed graft function (DGF), we analyzed, in a different cohort…
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Preimplant Donor Histology Does Not Improve Discrimination of 5 Year Kidney Allograft Outcomes.
C. Traynor,¹ T. Dorman,² D. de Freitus,² P. Conlon,² C. O'Seaghdha.²
¹Nephrology, Duke University Hospital, Durham, NC; ²Nephrology, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.
Kidney transplantation remains the best treatment option for End-Stage Kidney Disease (ESKD) and the most cost efficient method of renal replacement therapy. However, there is…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Resource Utilization and Cost Analysis of Early Hospital Readmissions Following Kidney Transplantation.
M. Au, O. Famure, Y. Li, J. Kim.
Multi-Organ Transplant Program, Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Background: Early hospital readmissions (EHRs) following kidney transplant are associated with poor transplant outcomes and a greater burden on the healthcare system. However, the financial…
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Quantiferon-CMV Test, CMV-Specific ELISPOT and CMV-Dextramer Assays in Assessing the Risk of CMV Infection in Seropositive Kidney Transplant Recipients.
H. Lee,¹ K. Park,² J. Ryu,² J. Yu,³ B. Chung,³ C. Yang,³ E.-J. Oh.¹
¹Department of Laboratory Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea; ²Department of Biomedical Science, Graduate School, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea; ³Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea.
Human cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection is one of the primary opportunistic pathogens and is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in kidney transplant recipients. Assessing…
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Digital Kidney Biopsy Evaluation: Quantification of Macrophage Prevalence in a Cross Sectional Study.
J. Schmitz,¹ A. Khalifa,¹ H. Haller,² H. Kreipe,¹ F. Feuerhake,¹ J. Bräsen.¹
¹Institute of Pathology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany; ²Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.
Standardized markers based on quantitative and qualitative evaluation of immune cell mass and localization in kidney biopsies may help in diagnosis and prognosis in transplantation…
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Complement Receptor C5aR2 Deletion in Kidney Transplantation in Mice Attenuates Renal Damage.
A. Thorenz,¹ R. Chen,¹ K. Hueper,² B. Hensen,² C. Klemann,³ M. Meier,⁴ A. Klos,⁵ F. Gueler.¹
¹Nephrology, Medical School, Hannover, Germany; ²Radiology, Medical School, Hannover, Germany; ³Paediatric Surgery, Medical School, Hannover, Germany; ⁴Central Animal Facility, Medical School, Hannover, Germany; ⁵Microbiology, Medical School, Hannover, Germany.
ObjectiveThe complement receptors C5aR1 and C5aR2 serve distinct roles in immune regulation. In kidney transplantation the early post-implant ischemia reperfusion injury (IRI) causes rapid complement…
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The Effect of the Use of a TNF-Alpha Inhibitor in Hypothermic Machine Perfusion on Kidney Function After Transplantation.
P. Diuwe,¹ P. Domagala,¹ R. Kieszek,¹ M. Wszola,¹ M. Serwanska-Swietek,¹ L. Paczek,² M. Durlik,³ A. Chmura,¹ A. Kwiatkowski.¹
¹Department of General Surgery and Transplantology, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland; ²Department of Immunology, Transplantology and Internal Medicine, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland; ³Department of Transplantology and Nephrology, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland.
Organ damage associated with processes occurring during the ischaemic period as well as during and after organ reperfusion is an important problem of transplantation medicine.The…
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Schisandra Sphenanthera Extract Facilitates Anti-Tuberculosis Treatment Post Renal Transplantation Through Increasing Bioavailability of Tacrolimus.
R. Deng,¹ L. Zhang,¹ L. Liu,¹ H. Fu,² J. Li,¹ Q. Fu,¹ C. Wang.¹
¹Organ Transplant Center, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China; ²Infectious Medicine Department, Guangzhou Infectious Disease Hospital, Guangzhou, China.
Background: Hepatoprotective agent Schisandra sphenanthera extract (SchE) facilitates rifampicin-containing anti-tuberculosis (TB) chemotherapy by stabilizing the Tacrolimus (FK506) blood concentration through increasing the oral bioavailability, which…