Articles tagged "Kidney transplantation"

2016 American Transplant Congress
Comparison of Low Dose and Very Low Dose Extended-Release Tacrolimus / MMF in De Novo Kidney Transplant Recipients.
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 Transplantation, Aichi Medical University, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan.
Recently, once-daily tacrolimus extended-release formulation (TACER) has been accepted in kidney transplantation, however its optimal dosing are not well evaluated. We have validated low dose…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Elderly Kidney Transplant Recipients Need Optimized Immunosuppression According to Comorbidity and Infection.
E. Kang,¹ S. Park,¹ S. Park,¹ S. Yang,² I. Jung,³ S.-K. Park,⁴ Y. Kim,⁵ D.-J. Han,¹ Y. Kim,¹ J. Lee.⁶
¹Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea; ²Kidney Research Institute, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea; ³Department of Surgery, Seoul National University Boramae Medical Center, Seoul, Korea; ⁴Department of Internal Medicine, Asan Medical Center and University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea; ⁵Department of Surgery, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea; ⁶Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Boramae Medical Center, Seoul, Korea.
Backgrounds: The numbers of elderly kidney transplantation is increasing, but there are limited studies about the use of immunosuppressant in this group. We investigated the…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Clinical Correlation Between Pairs of Kidneys Transplanted from the Same Donor.
A. Baheerathan, H. Beckwith, A. McLean, D. Taube, M. Willicombe.
Imperial College Renal and Transplant Centre, Hammersmith Hospital, London, United Kingdom.
Introduction: Concordance of allograft outcomes between kidneys transplanted from the same donor has previously been reported. However recipient characteristics become increasingly important after the immediate…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Circulating Soluble-Klotho Levels Modestly Increase After Renal Transplantation.
S.-J. Tan,¹ A. Crosthwaite,² D. Langsford,³ V. Obeysekere,⁴ F. Ierino,^2,5 M. Roberts,^5,6 S. Holt,¹ T. Hewitson,¹ K. Dwyer,^3,5,7 N. Toussaint.¹
¹Dept of Nephrology, The Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Australia; ²Dept of Nephrology, Austin Hospital, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia; ³Dept of Nephrology, St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia; ⁴Dept of Endocrinology, St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia; ⁵Victorian Kidney Transplantation Collaborative, Melbourne, Australia; ⁶Dept of Renal Medicine, Eastern Health, Box Hill, Australia; ⁷School of Medicine, Deakin University, Geelong, Australia.
Background: Klotho, a co-receptor for FGF23, is predominantly expressed in kidney and reported to have anti-oxidant and anti-fibrotic properties. Soluble-Klotho (sKl), the cleaved circulating protein,…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Antibody-Mediated Rejection Can Be Assessed by Histology When DSA Is Unknown or Negative.
J. Reeve,¹ P. Halloran.²
¹Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada; ²Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
Diagnosis of antibody-mediated rejection (ABMR) in kidney transplants currently requires the presence of donor-specific antibody (DSA) and histologic lesions above somewhat arbitrary cutoffs. DSA is…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Induction Agent Use and Outcomes in Older KT Recipients: Patient and Center Level Associations.
M. McAdams-DeMarco, Q. Huang, X. Luo, B. Orandi, S. Dorry.
Johns Hopkins, Baltimore.
Background: Clinical trials of induction agents typically exclude older recipients, so our practice in older recipients is extrapolated from this. Older adults are different, so…
2016 American Transplant Congress
New Kidney Allocation System: Friend or Foe?
F. Cabeza,² A. Dejman,¹ A. Torres,³ J. Gaynor,² P. Ruiz,² D. Roth,² W. Kupin,² G. Burke,² G. Ciancio,² L. Chen,² R. Vianna,² A. Mattiazzi,² G. Guerra.²
¹Nephrology and Hypertension, University of Miami, Miami, FL; ²Kidney Transplant, Miami Transplant Institute, Miami, FL; ³Internal Medicine, Hospital San Jose Tec de Monterrey, Mexico D.F., Mexico.
BACKGROUND The new kidney allocation (KAS) system was implemented 12/2014 to increase recipient life years gained annually and facilitate the transplantation of harder to match…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Text Messaging Facilitates Follow-Up Communication with Live Donors.
J. Moore, A. Massie, J. Berger, J. Montgomery, S. Dorry.
Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
Close live kidney donor follow-up requires new methods of communicating with donors. Text messaging offers a low-cost method of contacting live organ donors and may…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Fractional Excretion of NGAL Instead of ^99mTcMAG₃Renography to Monitor Resolution of Delayed Graft Function.
J. Bank, M. Reinders, L. Noordermeer, M. Mallat, S. van der Kooij, C. van Kooten, J. de Fijter.
Nephrology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands.
Introduction: Kidneys transplanted from extended criteria donors have a higher prevalence of delayed graft function (DGF). Early identification of factors that prolong duration of DGF…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Anterior Rectus Sheath Approach for Renal Transplant: An Open Minimal Incision with Decreased Wound Complications.
S. Phillips,¹ S. Hill,¹ L. Lipscomb,¹ B. Sankari,² S.-C. Chueh,² J. Africa.²
¹Charleston Area Medical Center, Charleston, WV; ²Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH.
Preventing wound complications is an important goal in all surgery. The reduction of modifiable risk factors, like surgical approach, is an important step towards protecting…