Articles tagged "Kidney transplantation"

2016 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Social Support on Feelings of Powerlessness and Attitudes Towards the Kidney Transplant in Long-Term Inner City Recipients.
S. Wu, A. Brar, M. Markell.
Medicine, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY.
Psychosocial factors play an important role in the post-transplant period, affecting adherence and quality of life. We investigated the relationships between social support, attitude towards…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Identifying Social Barriers to Health Literacy in ESRD Patients Undergoing Kidney Transplant Evaluation.
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 Work, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA; ³Dept of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA.
Background: Low health literacy is associated with increased hospitalizations and mortality. ESRD patients have reduced health literacy as ESRD disproportionately affects the elderly and individuals…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Long-Term Efficacy and Safety of Everolimus Based Immunosuppression on De Novo Kidney Transplantation with 7 Years Follow-Up.
Y. Watarai, M. Okada, K. Futamura, T. Nagai, T. Yamamoto, M. Tsujita, T. Hiramitsu, N. Goto, S. Narumi, T. Kobayashi.
Transplant Surgery, Nagoya Daini Red Cross Hospital, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan; Kidney Transplant Surgery, Aichi Medical University, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan.
Purpose: Long-term efficacy and safety of everolimus (EVR) based immunosuppression for de novo kidney transplant recipient who were involved in A1202 study from our institute…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Acute Rejections and Incidence of De Novo DSA Depend on Donor Factors and Deceased Donor Kidney Associated Risk Assessed by the Kidney Donor Profile Index (KDPI).
O. Staeck, D. Khadzhynov, L. Lehner, A. Kleinsteuber, M. Duerr, E. Schrezenmeier, K. Budde, F. Halleck.
Nephrology, Charite, Berlin, Germany.
Introduction: Little data exist analyzing the influence of donor kidney quality on the immunologic outcome and applying the KDPI in a European cohort.Methods: This retrospective…
2016 American Transplant Congress
The UKKDRI Score Predicts Outcomes of Deceased Donor Transplantation Using a Steroid Sparing Immunosuppressive Protocol.
A. Wardle, M. Willicombe, D. Goodall, A. McLean, D. Taube.
Imperial College REnal and Transplant Centre, Hammersmith Hospital, London, United Kingdom.
The UK kidney donor risk-index (UKKDRI) was developed to provide a simplistic clinical tool to help determine quality of an allograft and aid informed consent.…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Thorough Pre-Transplant Evaluation and Appropriate Case Selection Is the Mainstay for Better Survival in Recipients with Malignancy.
W. Yin.^1,2
¹Surgery, School of Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan; ²Surgery, Dalin Tzu Chi General Hospital, Chia-I, Taiwan.
IntroductionMalignancy has become one of the three major causes of death after transplantation in the past decade and is thus increasingly important in all organ…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Urine IP-10 as the Biomarker for ABMR in Kidney Transplant Recipient with DGF.
N. Townamchai,¹ A. Leelahavanichakul,² J. Supapol,³ S. Wattanatorn,¹ Y. Avihingsanon,¹ K. Praditpornsilpa.¹
¹Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Chulalongkorn University and King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand; ²Department of Microbiology, Chulalongkorn University and King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand; ³Department of Surgery, Chulalongkorn University and King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand.
Background: In the setting of DGF in kidney transplantation (KT), early acute ABMR, which needs early treatment, has to be differentiated from simple ischemic acute…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes in Obese Renal Transplant Recipients Using High versus Low-Dose Thymoglobulin.
N. Jasiak,¹ C. Stromayer,¹ J. Thielke,¹ J. Chen,² J. Chen,¹ B. Talon,¹ R. Rubin-Tobar,¹ E. Benedetti,² P. West-Thielke.^1,2
¹Pharmacy, University of Illinois, Chicago; ²Transplant Surgery, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL.
Background: Dosing of rabbit anti-thymocyte globulin (rATG) induction in renal transplant recipients is highly variable by transplant center. Optimizing rATG dose becomes extremely important for…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Reciprocal Effects of HDAC1 and HDAC2 Deletion on Renal Cold Ischemia Survival and Nuclear Co-Repressor Complex Expression.
D. Aufhauser Jr,¹ D. Murken,¹ Z. Wang,¹ A. Samanta,² G. Ge,¹ T. Bhatti,³ W. Hancock,^2,3 M. Levine.¹
¹Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA; ²Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA; ³Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA.
Introduction: Class I histone/protein deacetylases (HDACs) 1 and 2 bear >85% protein sequence homology and conventionally are thought to have similar function via occupancy in…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Living Kidney Donor Priorities for Outcomes: A Nominal Group Technique Study.
C. Hanson,^1,2 J. Kanellis,^3,4 G. Wong,^1,2 J. Pinter,² S. Chadban,^5,6 J. Chapman,⁷ J. Craig,^1,2 J. Gill,⁸ A. Garg,⁹ J. Lewis,^1,2 A. Tong.^1,2
¹Sydney School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia; ²Centre for Kidney Research, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, Australia; ³Department of Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia; ⁴Department of Nephrology, Monash Medical Centre, Melbourne, Australia; ⁵Department of Renal Medicine, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, Australia; ⁶Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia; ⁷Centre for Transplant and Renal Research, Westmead Hospital, Sydney, Australia; ⁸Division of Nephrology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada; ⁹Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Western University, London, Canada.
Background: Living kidney donors face risks associated with nephrectomy. While this is justified with informed consent, screening and follow up, the outcomes that are most…