Articles tagged "Kidney transplantation"

2016 American Transplant Congress
Neighborhood Socioeconomic Characteristics Influence Access to Kidney Transplantation Independently of Individual Socioeconomic Status.
J. Adler, J. Markmann, D. Chang, H. Yeh.
Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA.
INTRODUCTION: Ensuring fair and equitable access to kidney transplantation (ATT) is of paramount importance. Socioeconomic disadvantage is associated with worse access to healthcare. Understanding the…
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Impact on Wound Healing Events After Early Conversion to Everolimus in De Novo Renal Transplant Recipients: 24-Month Results from the Randomized ELEVATE Study.
B. Nashan,¹ M. van der Giet,¹ H. Holdaas,¹ M. Zeier,¹ J. Pascual,¹ Y. Avihingsanon,¹ P. Lopez,² J. Aguilar-Sanchez,² J. Kochuparampil,² Z. Wang,³ J. Cruzado,¹ J. De Fijter.¹
¹ELEVATE Study Group, Hamburg, Germany; ²Novartis, Basel, Switzerland; ³Novartis Pharmaceutical Corporation, East Hanover.
BackgroundWound healing events (WHE) are probably the most common type of post-transplant (Tx) surgical complication. Due to its antiproliferative properties, mammalian target of rapamycin inhibitors…
2016 American Transplant Congress
TRANSFORM: A Modern Approach to Evaluate Long-Term Outcomes of Everolimus with Reduced-Calcineurin Inhibitors in De Novo Kidney Transplant Recipients[mdash]Baseline Characteristics.
M. Henry.
On behalf of the TRANSFORM Investigators, Division of Transplantation Surgery, Wexner Medical Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH.
Purpose: Acute rejection and poor graft function are two major risk factors for allograft failure in kidney transplant (KTx) recipients (KTxR). Although, graft survival and…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Simultaneous En-Bloc Dual Transplantation: A New Approach.
D. Nghiem.
Department of Surgery, Division of Transplantation, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA.
Purpose: Most techniques of Dual Transplantation are based on the sequential placement of each kidney. This requires more dissection, anesthesia time, and exposes the recipient…
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Pre-Existing Diabetes Mellitus Type 2 and Insufficiently Controlled Post-Transplant HbA1c in Kidney Transplantation.
F. Halleck, D. Khadzhynov, L. Lehner, E. Schrezenmeier, M. Duerr, A. Kleinsteuber, K. Budde, O. Staeck.
Nephrology, Charité University, Berlin, Germany.
Background Limited data have been reported on the outcomes of kidney transplant recipients (KTR) with pre-existing diabetes mellitus type 2 (preDM) at time of transplantation…
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Deceased Donor Kidney Transplantation in the Setting of Positive Donor-Specific Antibodies.
B. Orandi,¹ J. Montgomery,² E. Kraus,¹ D. Segev,¹ R. Montgomery,¹ N. Alachkar.¹
¹Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore; ²University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
Recent changes to the kidney allocation system favor highly sensitized transplant candidates, resulting in these patients receiving more offers for deceased donor (DD) kidneys. Despite…
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Reduced CMV Infection Using Single Low-Dose of Rabbit Anti-Thymocyte Globulin in Kidney Transplanted Recipients.
M. Paula, C. Felipe, M. Cristelli, P. Orlandi, L. Viana, G. Basso, P. Carvalho, C. Montenegro, A. Lima, I. Pietrobom, H. Tedesco-Silva, J. Medina-Pestana.
Hospital do Rim - UNIFESP, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
BACKGROUND: Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection is associated with significant morbidity and mortality after solid organ transplantation and the historic incidence of our institution was 77%. Aiming…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Managing the Kidney Waiting List: Pride and Prejudice.
F. Smith,¹ C. Sheehan,¹ A. Farney,¹ J. Rogers,¹ G. Orlando,¹ A. Reeves-Daniel,² A. Palanisamy,² R. Stratta.¹
¹Surgery, Wake Forest, Winston-Salem, NC; ²Internal Medicine, Wake Forest, Winston-Salem, NC.
Management of the kidney waiting list (WL) is an essential and dynamic aspect of the pretransplant process; however, it remains under-studied and underappreciated. The study…
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Ineligible: Attitudes and Follow-Up of Individuals Ruled Out of Living Kidney Donation.
D. Dobosz,¹ C. Thiessen,¹ J. Gannon,¹ S. Li,¹ K. Kennedy,² D. Gray,³ A. Mussell,³ E. Gordon,² S. Kulkarni,¹ P. Reese.³
¹Yale U, New Haven; ²Northwestern U, Chicago; ³U Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
Background: Little is known about the experiences of individuals who begin living kidney donor (LKD) evaluation but are turned down due to ineligibility. We assessed…
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Influence of Cold Ischemia Time in Kidney Transplants from Small Pediatric Donors.
L. Kayler,¹ M. Lubetzky,² P. Friedman.³
¹Erie County Medical Center, Buffalo; ²Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx; ³Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx.
Clinicians may be reluctant to transplant small pediatric kidneys that also have prolonged cold ischemia time (CIT) for fear of an additional deleterious effect since…