Articles tagged "Kidney transplantation"

2016 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Cold Ischemia Time on the Outcomes of Kidneys with KDPI >85%: Mate Kidney Analysis.
M. Sampaio, B. Chopra, K. Sureshkumar.
Nephrology, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA.
The new kidney allocation scheme recommends simultaneous local and regional offer for kidneys with KDPI >85% in order to minimize discard rates. It is unclear…
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Everolimus/Low Tacrolimus(TAC) Compared to MPA/RegularTAC for Renal Transplantation in the Elderly Recipient – Preliminary Analysis of the nEverOld Trial.
E. David-Neto,¹ F. Agena,¹ F. Ramos,¹ A. Triboni,¹ M. Altona,² V. Coelho,² N. Galante,¹ F. Lemos.¹
¹Kidney Transplant Service, Hospital das Clínicas, University of São Paulo School of Medicine, Sao Paulo, Brazil; ²Geriatric Service, Hospital das Clínicas, University of São Paulo School of Medicine, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
In the last decade, elderly patients (≥60y) have been more frequently listed for renal transplantation. From 2007 to 2014 the percentage of elderly renal transplant…
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Association of Neighborhood Poverty and Living Donor Kidney Transplant Rates by Donor Relationship to Recipient.
G. Vranic, A. Nishio Lucar, D. Keith.
Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA.
Background: Living donor (LD) kidney transplant is associated with increased access to transplant and improved patient and allograft outcomes. Despite the known benefits, LD rates…
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Lower Rates of Living Donor Kidney Transplantation(LD) Among African Americans: What Prevents Higher Rates of Donation?
A. Li, N. Foreman, M. Reissmann, C. Zuttermeister, A. Gilbert, M. Grafals, B. Javaid, S. Ghasemian, P. Abrams, M. Cooper, J. Verbesey.
MedStar Georgetown Transplant Institute, Washington, DC.
Purpose: African Americans (AA) are less likely to undergo LD kidney transplantation. Reasons may include decreased health literacy, increased obesity, or hypertension. We sought to…
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YKL-40 Predicts Renal Recovery in Deceased-Donor Transplantation.
J. Puthumana,¹ I. Hall,¹ P. Reese,² B. Schröppel,³ F. Weng,⁴ H. Thiessen-Philbrook,¹ M. Doshi,⁵ V. Rao,¹ C. Lee,⁶ J. Elias,⁶ L. Cantley,¹ C. Parikh.¹
¹Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT; ²Renal-Electrolyte and Hypertension Division, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA; ³Section of Nephrology, University Hospital, Ulm, Germany; ⁴Saint Barnabas Medical Center, Livingston, NJ; ⁵Division of Nephrology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI; ⁶School of Medicine and Biological Sciences, Brown University, Providence, RI.
Background Deceased-donor kidneys with acute kidney injury (AKI) are often discarded for fear of poor transplantation outcomes. Donor biomarkers that predict post-transplant renal recovery could…
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Lessons Learned Transplanting High KDPI Kidneys Over a Decade: Improvements in Graft Survival Stem from Lower Rates of Early Graft Loss.
S. Sanoff,¹ K. Ravindra, D. Vikraman, U. Patel, D. Sudan, W. Irish.²
¹Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC; ²CTI Clinical Trial and Consulting Services, Raleigh, NC.
Purpose. The Kidney Donor Profile Index (KDPI) recently replaced SCD/ECD designations, to provide transplant centers a more precise estimate of predicted graft survival, with the…
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Age and Education Level Are Predictors of Patient Preferences for Educational Formats in ESRD Patients Undergoing Transplant Education.
K. Leick,¹ J. Jones,¹ S. Witte,² L. Hunsicker,³ Z. Stewart.¹
¹Dept of Surgery, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA; ²Dept of Social Services, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA; ³Dept of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA.
Background: Health literacy impacts hospitalizations and mortality. ESRD patients have reduced health literacy due to a high proportion of lower educational background and socioeconomic resources.…
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The Impact of Different Immunosuppressive Protocols on Early and Long Term Outcomes After Kidney and Pancreas Transplantation.
A. Rajab, R. Pelletier, A. El-Hinnawi, E. Elkhammas, G. Bumgardner, M. Henry.
Surgery/Transplant, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH.
Between January 1990 and December 2014, 800 combined kidney pancreas transplant procedures were performed at The Ohio State University. The immunosuppressive protocols have changed significantly…
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Poor HLA Matching May Reduce the Beneficial Effect of ABOi Pairs Entering the Paired and Pooled Scheme.
M. Willicombe, C. Lawrence, R. Charif, A. McLean, J. Galliford, D. Taube.
Imperial College Renal and Transplant Centre, Hammersmith Hospital, London, United Kingdom.
Introduction: Paired/pooled donation (PPD) facilitates transplantation between UK donor-recipient pairs who are either HLA or blood group incompatible, in whom transplantation is either contraindicated or…
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Post-Transplant Reduction of Long Lived Plasma Cells from Peripheral Circulation Is Associated with Acute Rejection in Kidney Transplant Recipients.
R. Minz,¹ R. Dhital,² M. Minz,² R. Nada,³ A. Sharma,² S. Singh,² D. Kenwar.²
¹Immunopathology, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India; ²Renal Transplant Surgery, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India; ³Histopathology, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
Introduction:Plasma cells (PC) are usually defined functionally as antibody secreting cells (ASC). Depending upon their life span, they could either be short lived or long…