Articles tagged "Kidney transplantation"

2016 American Transplant Congress
Cost-Effectiveness of Machine Perfusion Use After Long Cold Ischemic Time in a Kidney Transplantation Program.
A. Matos, D. Malheiros, S. Morgado, L. Requiao-Moura, M. Borrelli, M. Nogueira, M. Durao, E. Tonato, A. Pacheco-Silva.
Renal Transplantation Unit, Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
In Brazil the incidence of DGF is very high (60-70%) mainly due to an inadequate care of the donors and long cold ischemia time. This…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Comparison of Efficacy of Different Regimens for Treating Recurrent IgA Nephropathy After Kidney Transplantation.
G. Chen, C. Wang, L. Chen, J. Qiu, C. Wang, J. Fei, S. Deng, J. Li, G. Huang, Q. Fu.
Organ Transplant Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Background Recurrent IgA nephropathy is a common complication after kidney transplantation. How to treat recipients with recurrent IgA nephropathy is still controversial. There are two…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Is There a Link Between Proteinuria and Increased FGF-23 Levels in Renal Transplant Patients.
E. Tutal,¹ S. Sezer,¹ Z. Bal,¹ B. Demirci,¹ M. Haberal.²
¹Nephrology, Baskent University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey; ²General Surgery, Baskent University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
Purpose: Fibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF23) has emerged as a risk factor for cardiovascular disease and mortality in renal transplant (RT) recipients. Post transplantation proteinuria…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Effect of Inflammation on Concentration of Intracellular Tacrolimus.
E. Bae,¹ S. Yang,² S. Han,¹ J.-Y. Park,¹ H. Lee,¹ Y. Kim.¹
¹Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea; ²Kidney Research Institute, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Background: The use of calcineurin inhibitors improved the outcome for transplant recipients. However, acute rejection (AR) and infection remained still an unsolved problem. We evaluated…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Delays in the Live Kidney Donor Evaluation Process.
J. Leanza, K. Kumar, J. Tonascia, E. King, A. Massie, D. Segev.
JHU, Baltimore.
One of the barriers to live kidney donation (LKD) is successful completion of the evaluation process. While it is known that many potential donors (PDs)…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Surveillance Renal Allograft Biopsies Prognosticate Graft Function.
J. Thompson, D. Taber, P. Baliga, K. Chavin, T. Srinivas.
MUSC, Charleston, SC.
Background: Surveillance biopsy of the renal allograft provides a window into the health of the allograft and could allow prognostication of function by affording better…
2016 American Transplant Congress
“Day 2 Discharge” After Kidney Transplantation: Complications, Health Care Utilization, and Long-Term Clinical Outcomes.
A. Mathur, N. Katariya, A. Welu, J. Chang, R. Heilman, A. Singer, H. Khamash, H. Chakkera, W. Hewitt, D. Haakinson, M. Maningo-Salinas, E. Oakley, A. Moss, K. Reddy.
Transplant Center, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix.
Background: Reducing kidney transplant length of stay is a priority for many stakeholders. We aimed to determine whether very early discharge – on or before…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Clonal Expansion of Donor-Specific Tregs Following Combined Kidney and Bone Marrow Transplantation.
T. Savage,¹ S. Dewolf,¹ A. Obradovic,¹ S. Lau,¹ J. Zuber,¹ L. Turka,^2,3 Y. Shen,¹ M. Sykes.¹
¹Columbia University, New York; ²Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston; ³Immune Tolerance Network, Boston.
HLA-mismatched allograft tolerance was intentionally induced via combined kidney and bone marrow transplant (CKBMT) in two ITN protocols (NKDO3 and ITN036ST), but the mechanisms of…
2016 American Transplant Congress
NK-Activating MCMV Strain Is Associated with Increased Murine Renal Transplant Injury.
M. Shimamura,¹ M. Li,² B. Chen,² J. George,² T. Schoeb.³
¹Vaccines and Immunity, Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Nationwide Children's Hospital, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH; ²Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Nephrology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL; ³Pathology and Genetics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL.
Background: CMV contributes to inferior longterm kidney transplant survival. In a murine model, NK cells infiltrate MCMV infected renal allografts in greater numbers than in…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Have We Gone Too Far Defining Performance Outliers? One-Third of Kidney Transplant Programs Now Identified for Low Performance within Three Years.
J. Schold,¹ C. Miller,¹ M. Henry,² L. Buccini,¹ S. Flechner,¹ D. Goldfarb,¹ E. Poggio,¹ K. Andreonni.³
¹Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH; ²Ohio State University, Columbus, OH; ³University of Florida, Gainesville, FL.
Transplant center report cards developed by SRTR are publicly available and utilized for regulatory oversight and insurance contracting. There are significant associations of performance oversight…