Articles tagged "Kidney transplantation"

2016 American Transplant Congress
New Kidney Allocation System: Friend or Foe?
F. Cabeza,² A. Dejman,¹ A. Torres,³ J. Gaynor,² P. Ruiz,² D. Roth,² W. Kupin,² G. Burke,² G. Ciancio,² L. Chen,² R. Vianna,² A. Mattiazzi,² G. Guerra.²
¹Nephrology and Hypertension, University of Miami, Miami, FL; ²Kidney Transplant, Miami Transplant Institute, Miami, FL; ³Internal Medicine, Hospital San Jose Tec de Monterrey, Mexico D.F., Mexico.
BACKGROUND The new kidney allocation (KAS) system was implemented 12/2014 to increase recipient life years gained annually and facilitate the transplantation of harder to match…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Text Messaging Facilitates Follow-Up Communication with Live Donors.
J. Moore, A. Massie, J. Berger, J. Montgomery, S. Dorry.
Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
Close live kidney donor follow-up requires new methods of communicating with donors. Text messaging offers a low-cost method of contacting live organ donors and may…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Fractional Excretion of NGAL Instead of ^99mTcMAG₃Renography to Monitor Resolution of Delayed Graft Function.
J. Bank, M. Reinders, L. Noordermeer, M. Mallat, S. van der Kooij, C. van Kooten, J. de Fijter.
Nephrology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands.
Introduction: Kidneys transplanted from extended criteria donors have a higher prevalence of delayed graft function (DGF). Early identification of factors that prolong duration of DGF…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Anterior Rectus Sheath Approach for Renal Transplant: An Open Minimal Incision with Decreased Wound Complications.
S. Phillips,¹ S. Hill,¹ L. Lipscomb,¹ B. Sankari,² S.-C. Chueh,² J. Africa.²
¹Charleston Area Medical Center, Charleston, WV; ²Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH.
Preventing wound complications is an important goal in all surgery. The reduction of modifiable risk factors, like surgical approach, is an important step towards protecting…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Relationship Between Dialisys Duration and Prevalence of Cardiovascular Diseases in Kidney Transplantation Recipients.
K. Unagami,¹ M. Okumi,² T. Hirai,² Y. Okabe,³ K. Masutani,⁴ T. Shimizu,² K. Omoto,² M. Inui,² H. Ishida,² T. Kitazono,⁴ K. Nitta,¹ K. Tanabe,² The Japan Academic Consortium of Kidney Transplantation (JACK).
¹Nephrology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan; ²Urology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan; ³Surgery, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan; ⁴Medicine and Clinical Science, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
Background: Among kidney transplantation (KTx) recipients, the prevalence of Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is high. However, to our knowledge, the relationship between the prevalence of CVD…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Parainfluenza-3 Infections Early After Kidney Transplantation.
I. Helanterä,¹ V.-J. Anttila,² M. Lempinen.¹
¹Transplantation and Liver Surgery, Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland; ²Department of Infectious Diseases, Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland.
A. Purpose: Parainfluenza (PIV) is able to cause serious and even fatal infections after hematopoietic stem cell and lung transplantation. Limited data are available about…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Role of Preformed IgM Donor Human Leucocyte Antigen (HLA) Specific Antibodies in HLA Incompatible Renal Transplantation.
A. Andreou, A. Babu, T. Barber, R. Higgins, D. Briggs, D. Mitchell, N. Khovanova, T. Shaikhina, S. Daga.
Renal, University Hospitals Coventry and Wawickshire, Coventry, United Kingdom; Life Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom; School of Mathematics and Engineering, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom.
Introduction: Pre-transplant IgG antibody screening is common due to its established role of predicting rejection and graft survival; the role of pre-formed IgM human leukocyte…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Memory Regulatory T Cell: A Potential Actor in Immunological Operational Tolerance in Kidney-Transplant Patients via the ATP Degradation into Adenosine.
M. Durand,^1,2 F. Braza,¹ N. Degauque,¹ F. Dubois,² M. Chesneau,¹ P. Guérif,^1,3 M. Giral,^1,3 S. Brouard.¹
¹ITUN-INSERM U1064, Nantes, France; ²University of Nantes, Nantes, France; ³Biotherapy Clinical Investigation Center, Nantes, France.
Regulatory T cells (Tregs) are essential actors in the control of self-tolerance and exacerbated inflammation. In experimental transplantation Tregs are critical to achieve alloantigen tolerance…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes in Black vs Non-Black Patients Administered Belatacept (Bela) or Cyclosporine (CsA) in BENEFIT-EXT.
S. Florman,¹ A. Durrbach,² V. Duro Garcia,³ K. Calderon,⁴ U. Meier-Kriesche,⁴ M. Polinsky,⁴ H. Zhao,⁴ J. Medina Pestana.⁵
¹Mount Sinai Med Ctr, New York; ²Univ Hôpital of Bicêtre, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France; ³Hosp Dom Vicente Scherer, Porto Alegre, Brazil; ⁴BMS, Lawrenceville; ⁵Hosp do Rim, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Studies consistently show worse outcomes for black vs non-black kidney transplant recipients. At 7 yrs post-transplant in BENEFIT-EXT (NCT00114777), bela was associated with similar graft…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Alemtuzumab Is Safe and Effective Induction Therapy in Highly Sensitized (HS) Pediatric Patients Undergoing Transplantation.
I. Kim,¹ J. Choi,¹ A. Vo,¹ A. Kang,¹ M. Toyoda,¹ J. Mirocha,² E. Kamil,¹ S. Louie,¹ O. Galera,¹ S. Jordan,¹ D. Puliyanda.¹
¹Comprehensive Transplant Center, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA; ²Biostatistics Core, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA.
Introduction: Studies show that alemtuzumab, a potent lymphocyte-depleting agent, is well-tolerated in pediatric renal transplantation. We report on the use of alemtuzumab induction in HS…