Articles tagged "Kidney transplantation"

2016 American Transplant Congress
Original KDRI Predicts Kidney Graft Failure in a Brazilian Cohort.
J. Reusing Jr.,¹ C. Nihei,¹ A. Lino de Souza,² E. David-Neto,¹ C. Ventura.³
¹Kidney Transplant Unit, Hospital das Clínicas, University of São Paulo School of Medicine, São Paulo, SP, Brazil; ²Psychobiology Department, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil; ³Renal Transplant Unit, Hospital das Clinicas of the University of Sao Paulo Medical School, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Current US allocation system for kidney transplantation (KT) is based on KDRI (Kidney Donor Risk Index). In Brazil, it is still based on HLA-compatibility; donor…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Alkaline Phosphatase a New Marker for Graft Outcome and High Pulse Wave Velocity in Renal Transplant Recipients.
S. Sezer,¹ E. Tutal,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: Alkaline phosphatase (ALP) is a marker of bone turnover which is widely used for estimating type of bone turnover in patients with end-stage renal…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Clinical Significance of C3d Binding Donor Specific Anti-HLA Antibodies (DSA) Detected by Single Antigen Beads (SAB) After Kidney Transplantation.
R. Pelletier,¹ I. Balazs,² P. Adams,³ P. Steller,³ N. DiPaola,⁴ L. Rankin,³ A. Diez,⁵ M. Henry.¹
¹Surgery/Transplant, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH; ²Discovery Research, Immucor, Inc, Stamford, CT; ³Tissue Typing Laboratory, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH; ⁴Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX; ⁵Nephrology, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH.
A new Luminex-based SAB method detects DSA compliment fixing via C3d-binding. This study compares the clinical outcomes in kidney recipients that developed de novo DSA…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Kidney Transplant Induction Therapies: Risks of Death, Allograft Failure, Sepsis, and Cancer.
N. Koyawala,¹ J. Silber,² P. Rosenbaum,¹ R. Bloom,¹ W. Wang,² A. Hill,² S. Nazarian,¹ D. Sawinski,¹ J. Trofe,¹ M. Lim,¹ J. Schold,³ P. Reese.¹
¹University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; ²The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia; ³Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland.
Induction therapies are commonly used during kidney transplantation (~85% of transplants in 2012). Existing studies of induction therapy are limited by short follow-up and/or absence…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Impact of the New Kidney Allocation System on Highly Sensitized Patients: Single Center Report.
A. Mattiazzi,¹ W. Kupin,¹ D. Roth,¹ L. Chen,² G. Burke,² G. Ciancio,² P. Ruiz,² R. Vianna,² G. Guerra.¹
¹Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Miami Transplant Institute, Miami, FL; ²Department of Surgery, Miami Transplant Institute, Miami, FL.
Background: Highly sensitized patients (HSP) with calculated Panel Reactive Antibody (cPRA) >80% are known to have extensive waiting time on UNOS list. The new kidney…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Clinical Outcomes of Kidney Allograft Recipients with Apolipoprotein L1 (APOL1) Risk Alleles from Living Kidney Donors.
C. Dorr,^1,2,3 A. Hart,^1,2,3 D. Schladt,¹ A. Muthusamy,¹ R. Mannon,⁴ W. Oetting,² A. Matas,² P. Jacobson,² A. Israni.^1,2,3
¹Minneapolis Medical Research Foundation, Minneapolis; ²University of Minnesota, Minneapolis; ³Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis; ⁴University of Alabama, Birmingham.
Background:Apolipoprotein L1 (APOL1) alleles G1 and G2 in deceased donors are associated with poor kidney allograft survival. However, the effect of these alleles in living…
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Urinary Neutrophil Gelatinase-Associated Lipocalin in Living Kidney Donor Nephrectomy.
Y. Yoon,¹ H. Lee,¹ D. Joo,² K. Huh,² M. Kim,² S. Kim,² Y. Kim,² W. Han.¹
¹Urology, Urological Science Institute, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea; ²Transplantation Surgery, Research Institute for Transplantation, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Introduction: Urinary neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (uNGAL) is a marker for acute kidney injury. This study was conducted to evaluate the efficacy of perioperative uNGAL in…
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Donor Interstitial Fibrosis and Tubular Atrophy (IFTA) Are Not Independent Risk Factors for a Lower GFR at One Year.
R. Heilman, I. Qaqish, M. Smith, H. Khamash, B. Kaplan, K. Reddy.
Mayo Clinic, Phoenix.
BackgroundDonor age is a determinant of allograft outcome after deceased donor kidney transplant (DDTx). Our aim was to determine if chronic changes on a reperfusion…
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Hospital Readmissions in the First Year Post Transplant Over a 12-Year Span at a Single Center.
C. Avila, I. James, G. Phillips, A. El-Hinnawi, A. Rajab, R. Pelletier, M. Henry, G. Bumgardner.
The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH.
There is an increased focus on hospital readmissions as a driver of health care costs and indicator of health care quality. Study Purpose: Understanding the…
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Preemptive CMV Prophylaxis in Renal Transplant Recipients Receiving Everolimus Immunosuppression Reduces Cytomegalovirus Infection.
G. Spagnoletti, M. Salerno, V. Bianchi, N. Silvestrini, F. Apponi, J. Romagnoli.
Surgery - Renal Transplant Unit, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy.
Introduction.Aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of preemptive prophylaxis of CMV infection in kidney transplant recipients (KTx) receiving polyclonal antibodies…