Articles tagged "Kidney transplantation"

2016 American Transplant Congress
Immunosuppressive Actions of CLI95 and CORM401 on TLR4 in Renal Ischemia Reperfusion Injury.
P. Luke,^1,2,5 G. Cepinskas,^1,4 H. Alharbi,^3,5 A. Haig,^3,5 R. Bhattacharjee.^1,2,5
¹Matthew Mailing Centre, London Health Sciences Centre, London, Canada; ²Surgery, Western University, London, Canada; ³Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Western University, London, Canada.
Background: Kidneys from all donor sources are highly sensitive to ischemia-reperfusion injury (IRI). However, grafts donated after cardiac death (DCD) sustain an increased incidence of…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Altruistic Kidney Donation: From the Donor's Perspetive.
R. Burge,¹ S. Potts,^2,3 S. Lundie.⁴
¹Edinburgh Medical School, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom; ²Department of Psychological Medicine, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom; ³Department of Psychiatry, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom; ⁴Transplant Unit, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom.
Introduction: Although all living kidney donors are offered yearly reviews post-transplant, the restricted contact time and medical focus limits understanding of the motivations and experiences…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Controlled Cardiac Death Donor Program for Kidney Transplantation – Spanish Multicenter Experience with Two Years of Follow-Up.
J. Portoles,¹ M. Perez-Saez,² D. Hernandez-Marrero,² O. Lafuente,¹ F. Diekmann,² N. Maruri Kareaga,² M. Rodriguez-Ferrero,² F. Llamas,² M. Mazuecos,² J. Juega,² E. Melilli,² A. Rodriguez-Benot,² A. Alonso,² J. Pascual.²
¹Nephrology, U.H.Puerta de Hierro-RedinRen, Majadahonda, Spain; ²Nephrology, SENTRA-GEODAS Group, Madrid, Spain.
Background: Controlled donation after cardiac death (cDCD) programs are running in several countries for years. National transplant organization (ONT) has developed a nation-wide program in…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Kidney Transplantation: Do Early Urinary Tract Complications Influence Long-Term Graft Survival?
E. Arpali, D. Kaufman, H. Sollinger.
Department of Surgery, Division of Transplantation, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI.
Objective: To evaluate the effect of urological complications seen in the first year after the primary kidney transplant on long term outcomes.Patients and Methods: ESRD…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Which Post-Transplant Complications Are More Common in Elderly Renal Recipients?
F. Agena, F. Paula, B. Reichert, P. Neves, A. Piovesan, W. Nahas, E. David-Neto.
Renal Transplantation Service, Hospital das Clinicas - University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Elderly recipients are listed for renal transplantation (RTx) more frequently. The immediate (first 60 days) post-transplant complications expected in this group have not been well…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Predictors of Post Transplant Lymphoprolipherative Disorder Among Adult Kidney Transplant Recipients.
M. Mohamed, S. Parajuli, B. Muth, A. Djamali, B. Astor.
Internal Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine, Madison, WI.
Objective: Identifying predictors of Post Transplant Lymphoprolipherative Disorder (PTLD); early (0 - 3 years) and late in kidney transplantation.Methodology: Single center longitudinal study among kidney…
2016 American Transplant Congress
The Prediction of Molecular ABMR by Anti-HLA Donor-Specific Antibody Properties.
F. Eskandary,^1,2 J. Reeve,^1,3 D. Yoo,¹ H. Regele,⁴ L. Hidalgo,^1,3 G. Böhmig,² P. Halloran.^1,5
¹Alberta Transplant Applied Genomics Centre, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada; ²Division of Nephrology and Dialysis, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria; ³Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria; ⁴Department of Clinical Pathology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria; ⁵Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology and Transplant Immunology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
Study purpose: Besides HLA antibody characterization and workup of biopsies (Bx) molecular assessment of gene expression may considerably improve ABMR diagnosis. The objective of the…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Vaccination Compliance in Listed Kidney Transplant Candidates: A Retrospective Chart Review.
I. Tawhari,¹ C. Staffeld-Coit,² J. Garcia-Diaz.¹
¹Infectious Disease, Ochsner Health System, New Orleans, LA; ²Nephrology, Ochsner Health System, New Orleans, LA.
Background: Infections in solid organ transplant recipients, some of which are vaccine preventable, may result in excessive morbidity and mortality. Immunosuppressive agents increase the risk…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Reduced Incidence and Level of De Novo Donor-Specific Antibodies in Belatacept-Treated vs. Cyclosporine-Treated Patients: Final Results from BENEFIT.
R. Bray,¹ H. Gebel,¹ R. Townsend,² M. Polinsky,² L. Yang,² U. Meier-Kriesche,² C. Larsen.¹
¹Emory University, Atlanta, GA; ²Bristol-Myers Squibb, Lawrenceville, NJ.
Background: The presence of donor-specific antibodies (DSA) has been associated with an increased risk of antibody-mediated rejection and graft failure. Mean fluorescence intensity (MFI) is…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Acute Rejection, New-Onset Diabetes After Transplant and Transplant Outcomes in Pediatric Kidney Recipients: Analysis of the Organ Procurement and Transplant Network/United Network for Organ Sharing (OPTN/UNOS) Database.
A. Mehrnia, T. Le, T. Tamer, S. Bunnapradist.
Nephrology, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA.
Introduction Our objective was to identify the associations of new-onset diabetes after transplant (NODAT) and acute rejection (AR) in predicting patient mortality and transplant failure…