Articles tagged "Kidney transplantation"

2016 American Transplant Congress
Hospitalization and Living Donor Kidney Transplantation Among Waitlisted End Stage Renal Disease Patients in the US.
K. Newman,^1,2 A. Adams,² S. Pastan,² R. Lynch,² R. Zhang,¹ R. Patzer.^1,2
¹Emory University Rollins School of Public Health, Atlanta, GA; ²Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA.
Background: For End Stage Renal Disease Patients (ESRD) waitlisted for a deceased donor kidney, living donor kidney transplantation (LDKT) could allow for earlier transplantation and…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Interaction Between Kidney Tissue Proteome and Humoral Immunity in Antibody Mediated Rejection.
A. Konvalinka,¹ A. Chruscinski,² S. Kim,¹ K. Tinckam,¹ I. Jurisica,³ R. John.⁴
¹Medicine/Division of Nephrology, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada; ²Medicine/Division of Cardiology, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada; ³Medical Biophysics and Computational Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; ⁴Pathology, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada.
PURPOSE: Antibody-mediated rejection (AMR) is caused by antibodies against human leukocyte antigens (HLA) on graft endothelium, and non-HLA antibodies that target endothelial and epithelial proteins.…
2016 American Transplant Congress
ABO-Incompatible Living Kidney Transplantation at Multicenter Japanese Case Series: Evolution of Outcomes and Immunosuppressive Management.
K. Tanabe,¹ M. Okumi,¹ M. Furusawa,¹ K. Unagami,¹ T. Hirai,¹ H. Shirakawa,² T. Shimizu,¹ K. Omoto,³ M. Inui,¹ H. Ishida.¹
¹Urology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan; ²Urology, Ohkubo Hospital, Tokyo, Japan; ³Urology, Todachuo General Hospital, Saitama, Japan.
[lsaquo]Background[rsaquo]ABO-incompatible living kidney transplantation (ABO-ILKT) has been performed to broaden the range of donor types used for living related kidney transplantation (LKT). Recently, ABO-ILKT has…
2016 American Transplant Congress
The Impact of Graft Thin Upper Pole Arterial Branch Ligation on Adult Living Donor Kidney Transplantation.
T. Hiramitsu, M. Okada, T. Yamamoto, M. Tsujita, N. Goto, S. Narumi, Y. Watarai.
Transplant and Endocrine Surgery, Nagoya Daini Red Cross Hospital, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan.
ObjectiveIn kidney transplanation, some upper pole branches are too thin to be reconstructed. The impact of graft thin upper pole arterial branch ligation on adult…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Acute Allograft Glomerulopathy: A Distinct Form of Cellular Rejection.
O. AL-Badri, M. Alexander, F. Cosio, L. Cornell.
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.
Background: Acute allograft glomerulopathy (AAG) is an unusual glomerular lesion of allografts with endocapillary hypercellularity, markedly enlarged endothelial cells occluding the capillary lumen, and absence…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Long-Term Follow-Up of Renal Transplant Recipients (RTR) Treated with IVIG for De Novo Donor Specific Antibodies (DSA).
R. Knight,¹ S. Patel,¹ J. Loucks-DeVos,² S. Kuten,¹ A. Gaber.¹
¹Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX; ²Kansas University Medical Center, Kansas City, KS.
Intravenous immune globulin (IVIG) may be beneﬁcial for pre-emptive treatment of de novo DSA in RTR without biopsy-proven acute rejection (AR). Herein, we present long-term…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes of Kidney Transplantation in Obese Recipients – Single Center Experience.
A. El-Hinnawi, A. Rajab, G. Bumgardner, L. Haj Naser, R. Plews, I. James, M. Henry, R. Pelletier.
Surgery, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH.
Background: With the obesity epidemic, there is an increased prevalence of obesity amongst patients with ESRD. Controversy exists regarding post-transplant outcomes in obese kidney transplant…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Correlation of the Shear Wave Elastography with Renal Function in Kidney Transplant Recipients: A Proof of Concept Study.
J. Dosal-Bañuelos, A. Flores-Mendoza, L. Morales-Buenrostro, M. Díaz-Zamudio.
Radiology and Nephrology, National Institute of Medical Sciences and Nutrition SZ, México, Distrito Federal, Mexico.
Background: Non-invasive biomarker for kidney allograft fibrosis is needed. Shear wave elastography is a relatively new technique to assess tissue stiffness. Graft rejection and chronic…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Non-adherence to Appointments Is a Strong Predictor of Medication Non-Adherence and Outcomes in Kidney Transplant Recipients.
M. Posadas Salas, R. Pullalarevu, M. Kamel, A. Chokkalingam, R. Browning, B. Kadri, M. Salazar, T. Srinivas, D. Taber.
Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC.
Disparities in healthcare access and non-adherence are important aspects of transplantation that affect outcomes. This study aims to investigate the impact of non-adherence to laboratory…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Comparison of Low Dose and Very Low Dose Extended-Release Tacrolimus / MMF in De Novo Kidney Transplant Recipients.
Y. Watarai,¹ M. Okada,¹ K. Futamura,¹ T. Nagai,¹ T. Yamamoto,¹ M. Tsujita,¹ T. Hiramitsu,¹ N. Goto,¹ S. Narumi,¹ T. Kobayashi.²
¹Transplant Surgery, Nagoya Daini Red Cross Hospital, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan; ²Kidney Transplantation, Aichi Medical University, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan.
Recently, once-daily tacrolimus extended-release formulation (TACER) has been accepted in kidney transplantation, however its optimal dosing are not well evaluated. We have validated low dose…