Articles tagged "Kidney transplantation"

2016 American Transplant Congress
The Impact of Non-Adherence on Disparities in African-American Kidney Transplant Recipients.
D. Taber, A. Chokkalingam, A. Posadas, R. Browning, N. Salazar, M. Kamel, R. Pullalarevu, B. Kadri, T. Srinivas, K. Chavin, P. Baliga.
MUSC, Charleston, SC.
Background: Non-adherence is considered to a be a strong risk factor for graft loss in kidney transplant recipients, with conflicting evidence of its impact on…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Rapid Discontinuation of Prednisone (RDP) in Kidney Transplant (KTx) Recipients: 15-Year Outcomes.
O. Serrano,¹ R. Kandaswamy,¹ K. Gillingham,¹ W. Payne,¹ T. Dunn,¹ S. Chinnakotla,¹ E. Finger,¹ H. Ibrahim,² A. Kukla,² R. Spong,² N. Issa,² T. Pruett,¹ A. Matas.¹
¹Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN; ²Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN.
PURPOSE: RDP after KTx is associated with increased early rejection; no decrease in medium‐term patient (PS) or graft survival (GS); and significantly decreased prednisone‐related side…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Benefit of Mycophenolate Mofetile Addition to Very Low Exposure Everolimus and Calcineurine Inhibitor Based Immunosuppression in De Novo Kidney Transplantation with 2 Years Follow-Up.
Y. Watarai,¹ M. Okada,¹ K. Futamura,¹ T. Nagai,¹ T. Yamamoto,¹ M. Tsujita,¹ T. Hiramitsu,¹ N. Goto,¹ S. Narumi,¹ T. Kobayashi.²
¹Transplant Surgery, Nagoya Daini Red Cross Hospital, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan; ²Kidney Transplant Surgery, Aichi Medical University, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan.
Purpose: Prospective randomized study of MMF addition to everolimus (EVR) based immunosuppression in order to further reduction of EVR and CNI was evaluated in clinical…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Dual Kidney Transplants as Policy to Optimize the Allocation of Marginal Donor Kidneys: Analysis of the French Cohort Since 2002.
E. Savoye,¹ R. Snanoudj,² C. Hiesse,³ M.-N. Peraldi,⁴ A. Durrbach,⁵ N. Ouali,⁶ M. Durand,⁷ L. Badet,⁸ M.-A. Macher.¹
¹Agence de la Biomédecine, Saint Denis, France; ²Necker hospital, Paris, France; ³Foch hospital, Suresnes, France; ⁴Saint Louis Hospital, Paris, France; ⁵Bicêtre Hospital, Kremlin Bicetre, France; ⁶Tenon hospital, Paris, France; ⁷Pasteur hospital Nice, Nice, France; ⁸Department of Chirurgie de la Transplantation Pav V and Department of Immunologie Clinique Transplantation Pav P, Edouard Herriot Hospital Group, Lyon, France.
The aim of this national multicentre cohort study was to assess the safety of dual kidney transplantation (DKT) in terms of patient and graft survival…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Chronic High Epstein-Barr Viral Load Carriage in Pediatric Kidney Transplant Recipients.
M. Yamada,¹ P. Fadaker,¹ C. Nguyen,¹ A. Ganoza,² A. Humar,² M. Michaels,^1,2 M. Green.^1,2
¹Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA; ²Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA.
BackgroundThe development of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection and post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder (PTLD) is normally associated with a high EBV viral load in peripheral blood. Observations…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Early Red Blood Cell Transfusion After Kidney Transplantation on De Novo HLA Sensitization in the Setting of Antithymocyte Globulin Induction.
T. Jouve,^1,2 G. Rigault,^1,2 B. Janbon,¹ R. Tetaz,¹ N. Terrier,¹ D. Masson,³ L. Rostaing,^1,2 P. Malvezzi.¹
¹Nephrology and Kidney Transplantation Unit, Grenoble University Hospital, Grenoble, France, Metropolitan; ²Grenoble Alpes University, Grenoble, France, Metropolitan; ³Etablissement Francais du Sang, Grenoble, France, Metropolitan.
Introduction:HLA specific antibodies detection (HSA) and that of Donor Specific Antibodies (DSA) were revolutionized by the introduction of solid phase assays (Luminex®), therefore making these…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Antithymocyte (ATG) Dose Density in Renal Transplant Recipients (RTR) with Early Graft Dysfunction (EGD).
S. Kuten, S. Patel, R. Knight, D. Nguyen, E. Graviss, H. Podder, A. Gaber.
Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX.
The cumulative amount of ATG for induction may be given as consecutive (cDD) or intermittent day dosages (iDD). iDD allows for leukocyte or platelet recovery…
2016 American Transplant Congress
The Fine-Tuning of CXCL8 Protects Kidney Against Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury in Mice Lacking MicroRNA-146a.
L. Amrouche,^1,2 G. Desbuissons,¹ M. Rabant,^1,2 C. Legendre,^1,2 F. Terzi,² D. Anglicheau.^1,2
¹U1151, INSERM, Paris, France, Metropolitan; ²Department of Kidney Transplantation, Necker hospital, Paris, France, Metropolitan.
Acute kidney injury leads to the development of tubular injury and interstitial inflammation that need to be controlled to avoid fibrosis development. We hypothesized that…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Living Donor Kidney Transplantation: How Do Recipients Benefit Psychologically?
H. Maple,¹ J. Chilcot,² J. Weinman,² N. Mamode.¹
¹Department of Transplantation, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom; ²Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King's College London, London, United Kingdom.
Introduction: Living donor kidney transplantation remains the gold standard treatment for end-stage renal failure. There is an assumption amongst the transplant community that the physical…
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Association Between Delayed Graft Function and Long-Term Outcomes After Kidney Transplantation from Donors After Circulatory Death.
P. Clayton,^1,2,3 G. Russ,^1,2,3 S. McDonald,^1,2,3 S. Chadban.^1,4,5
¹Australia and New Zealand Dialysis and Transplant (ANZDATA) Registry, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, SA, Australia; ²Central Northern Adelaide Renal and Transplantation Service, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, SA, Australia; ³School of Medicine, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia; ⁴Renal Medicine, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia; ⁵Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Purpose: Delayed graft function (DGF) is associated with worse long-term outcomes after kidney transplantation from donation after brain death (DBD) donors. We aimed to determine…