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…
2016 American Transplant Congress
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…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Survival Advantage with Older Live Donor Compared to Standard Criteria Deceased Donor Kidney Transplantation in Older Recipients.
P. Abrams, M. Cooper, J. Verbesey, R. Ghasemian, M. Grafals, A. Gilbert, J. Moore, J. Fenton, C. Cannon, J. Rapisurra, B. Javaid.
MedStar Georgetown Transplant Institute, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC.
Objective: Analyze post-transplant outcomes in older recipients of kidney transplants from older live donors compared to older recipients of standard criteria deceased donor kidney transplants.Methods:…
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Clinical Significance of Isolated v1 Arteritis in Renal Transplantation.
D. Mikhail,^1,3 J. Wei,³ D. Kleinsteuber,² M. Gabril,^2,3 A. Sener,^1,3 M. Moussa,^2,3 P. Luke.^1,3
¹Department of Surgery, Division of Urology, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, ON, Canada; ²Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, ON, Canada; ³Undergraduate Medicine, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, ON, Canada.
INTRO: The presence of intimal arteritis (v) in renal transplant biopsies (Bx) establishes Grade II-III AVR (Acute Vascular Rejection) according to the Banff Classification. The…
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Deceased Donor Urine C5a Predicts Donor and Recipient Acute Kidney Injury.
B. Schroppel,¹ P. Heeger,² I. Hall,³ M. Doshi,⁴ F. Weng,⁵ P. Reese,⁶ C. Parikh.³
¹University Hospital, Ulm, Germany; ²Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York; ³Program of Applied Translational Research, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven; ⁴Wayne State University, Detroit; ⁵Barnabas Health, Livingston; ⁶University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
Anti-complement therapies are currently being tested in human kidney transplantation to prevent DGF. In this large prospective, cohort study of 469 deceased organ donors, we…
2016 American Transplant Congress
High KDPI Kidneys (>85%) Do Not Adversely Affect HRQOL After Kidney Transplantation.
R. Forbes, I. Feurer, D. LaNeve, C. Gamble, D. Shaffer.
Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN.
Background. Since December 2014, deceased donor kidneys are allocated based on a kidney donor profile index (KDPI) by four sequences, A thru D. Estimated kidney…
2016 American Transplant Congress
KDPI Outcomes and Discard Rates – The Contradiction of the U.S. and European Approach.
L. Lehner, A. Kleinsteuber, F. Halleck, D. Khadzhynov, M. Duerr, K. Budde, O. Staeck.
Dept. of Nephrology CCM, Charite Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Introduction: Only a few data exist on the KDPI in European patients (pts). We evaluated the influence of donor factors assessed by the KDPI on…
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Hospital Readmissions Following Incompatible Kidney Transplantation: A Multi-Center Study.
B. Orandi, E. King, X. Luo, S. Bae, B. Lonze, R. Montgomery, D. Segev.
Johns Hopkins, Baltimore.
Desensitization and incompatible live donor kidney transplantation (ILDKT) has improved survival vs. forgoing transplant or waiting for a compatible one. It is unknown if increased…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Young, Caucasian, Better Educated and Less Socially Deprived Patients Are More Likely to Be Transplanted with a Living Donor Kidney in the UK.
D. Wu,¹ M. Robb,² C. Watson,³ R. Ravanan,⁴ J. Forsythe,¹ W. Metcalfe,¹ C. Dudley,⁴ C. Bradley,⁵ H. Draper,⁶ A. Bradley,³ G. Oniscu.¹
¹Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom; ²NHSBT, Bristol, United Kingdom; ³University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom; ⁴Southmead Hospital, Bristol, United Kingdom; ⁵University of London, London, United Kingdom; ⁶University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom.
IntroductionLiving donor kidney transplantation (LDKT) has significant benefits over deceased donor kidney transplantation (DDKT) in terms of improved survival and timely access to transplant. There…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Continuous Antithymocyte Globulin (rATG) for Treatment of Renal Allograft Rejection: Preliminary Analysis of a Prospective, Randomized Trial.
S. Patel, R. Knight, S. Kuten, J. Nolte, A. Gaber.
Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX.
Intravenous (IV) rATG for acute rejection (AR) is primarily given on an inpatient basis due to its daily administration, IV access requirement, and monitoring. The…