Articles tagged "Kidney transplantation"

2016 American Transplant Congress
Chemoprevention of Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma in Renal Transplant Recipients: A Case-Controlled Analysis.
R. Anand, R. Hung, S. Frame, K. Bramham, M. Wain, A. Cronin.
Guy's & St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom.
Organ transplant recipients are up to 200 times more likely to develop cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) than age-matched general populations. Systemic retinoids, such as…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Transplants without Borders – A Project for In Locus Training of New Transplants Centers in Brazil.
M. Perosa,¹ J. Branez,¹ L. Mota,¹ B. Zeballos,¹ H. Noujaim,¹ L. Ianhez,¹ L. Alvim,¹ D. Machado,¹ M. Moreno,¹ T. Genzini,¹ R. Kandaswamy.²
¹Transplant Department, Bandeirantes Hospital, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil; ²Transplant, Univ Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN.
The regional disparity in transplant activity is a huge problem in Brazil and in other countries. Brazilian transplant centers are concentrated in the coastal states,…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Advantages of Computerized Dosing Strategy in Tacrolimus Treatment of Renal Transplant Patients.
S.-Y. Kim,¹ S. Cho,¹ M.-J. Cho,¹ C. Lee,¹ A. Han,¹ C. Choi,¹ S. Ahn,¹ S.-I. Min,¹ S.-K. Min,¹ M. Park,² I. Jung,³ S. Kim,⁴ J. Ha.^1,2
¹Department of Surgery, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea; ²Korea Organ Donation Agency, Seoul, Korea; ³Department of surgery, Seoul Metropolitan Government - Seoul National University Boramae Medical Center, Seoul, Korea; ⁴Department of Surgery, Myoungji Hospital, Goyang-si, Korea.
Purpose: Tacrolimus (Tac) is widely used in immunosuppression for kidney transplant (KT) patients. Despite this, it is still difficult for expert physicians to achieve and…
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…
2016 American Transplant Congress
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…