Articles tagged "Kidney transplantation"

2016 American Transplant Congress
Effect of Telehealth Monitoring on Early Hospital Readmission After Renal Transplantation.
K. Noon,¹ N. Sarabu,¹ J. Augustine,¹ D. Hricik,¹ B. Deleva,¹ K. Woodside,² M. Aeder,¹ J. Foote,¹ A. Bruno,¹ K. Walsh,¹ M. Johnston,¹ V. Humphreville,¹ E. Sanchez.¹
¹University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH; ²University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.
Introduction: Early hospital readmission (EHR) is an important quality metric of hospitals' performance. Kidney transplant surgery has a high EHR rate. It is not known…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Implementation of a Risk Stratified Approach for Prevention of Hepatitis B Reactivation Post Kidney Transplant.
M. Cote,¹ M. Pavlakis,² J. Ethridge,¹ C. Currier,² M. Curry,² E. Khankin,² F. Cardarelli,² K. Richards,^1,2 C. Rogers.^1,2
¹Department of Pharmacy, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston; ²Transplant Institute, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston.
A large percentage of patients with end stage renal disease are known to be Hepatitis B virus (HBV) positive. A 2015 consensus guideline on use…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Detection of Endothelial Cell Specific Molecule-1 According to Allograft Status After Kidney Transplantation.
J.-W. Seo, S.-Y. Kim, Y.-G. Kim, Y.-H. Jeong, Y.-H. Lee, J.-Y. Moon, T.-W. Lee, C.-G. Ihm, S.-H. Lee.
Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
To investigate urine ESM-1(endothelial cell specific molecule-1) as well as plasma ESM-1 level from renal allograft recipients, we show whether there is the difference of…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Intragraft Molecular Pathways Associated with Tolerance Induction in Renal Transplantation.
L. Gallon,¹ J. Leventhal,¹ C. Dumur,² J. Mathew,¹ L. Nadimpalli,¹ A. Shetty,¹ S. Ildstad,³ V. Mas.²
¹Medicine/Nephrology, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL; ²Medicine/Nephology, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA; ³Immunology, University of Louisville, Louisville, KT.
Organ transplantation relies upon nonspecific immunosuppressive (IS) agents to prevent graft rejection. However, IS drugs have significant toxicities and chronic rejection occurs despite their usage.…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Storage Kidneys Prior to Transplantation Using First Polish Preservation Solution "Biolasol" – Preliminary Report.
A. Jozwik,¹ P. Domagala,¹ R. Kieszek,¹ M. Wszola,¹ M. Bieniasz,¹ M. Serwanska-Swietek,¹ M. Durlik,² F. Ryszka,³ A. Chmura,¹ A. Kwiatkowski.¹
¹Department of General Surgery and Transplantology, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland; ²Departments of Transplantology and Nephrology, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland; ³BIOCHEFA, Sosnowiec, Poland.
One of the factors affecting function of the transplanted organ is a method of its storage. The aim of the study is to evaluate the…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Everolimus and Low-Dose Ciclosporin on Cytomegalovirus Replication and Disease in Pediatric Renal Transplantation.
B. Höcker,¹ S. Zencke,¹ L. Pape,² K. Krupka,¹ L. Kösters,¹ A. Fichtner,¹ L. Dello Strologo,² I. Guzzo,² R. Topaloglu,² B. Kranz,² J. König,² M. Bald,² N. Webb,² A. Noyan,² H. Dursun,² S. Marks,² Z. Ozcakar,² F. Thiel,² H. Billing,² M. Pohl,² H. Fehrenbach,² P. Schnitzler,¹ T. Bruckner,¹ L. Weber,² R. Feneberg,² T. Ahlenstiehl-Grunow,² B. Tönshoff.¹
¹University Children's Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany; ²Certain Research Community, Germany, Italy, Turkey, United Kingdom.
Purpose: Preclinical studies indicate an anti-cytomegalovirus (CMV) activity of the mammalian target of rapamycin inhibitor (mTORi) everolimus (EVR), but data in pediatric renal transplant recipients…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Optimal Integration of Kidney Exchange Programs with Antibody Reduction Therapy to Increase Successful Transplant in Difficult to Match Recipients.
K. Melancon,¹ N. Koizumi,² M. Gentili,³ C. Callender.⁴
¹Surgery, George Washington University Hospital, Washington, DC; ²Public Policy, George Mason Univ, Arlington, VA; ³Operations Research, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY; ⁴Surgery, Howard University Hospital, Washington, DC.
Kidney paired donation (KPD) allows incompatible pairs to exchange kidneys with other incompatible pairs. However, evidence suggests there stills exist barriers to KPD utilization, especially…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Graft Loss Due to Recurrence of Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis in Second Renal Transplant.
V. Aggarwal, A. Gruessner, R. Gruessner, V. Whittaker, S. Narsipur.
Transplant, Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY.
Introduction : Focal segmental glomerular sclerosis (FSGS) glomerulonephritis can recur in renal transplants, and can potentially lead to graft loss. The rate of graft loss…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Give One and Done? Evaluating a Change in Surgical Prophylaxis in Kidney Transplant Recipients.
K. Bliven, C. Truax, K. Snow, N. Kenyon, A. Carlson, S. Yeager, L. Smith.
Pharmacy, University of Utah Hospital and Clinics, Salt Lake City, UT.
Surgical-site infections (SSIs) occur in up to 11% of kidney transplant (txp) patients (pts). There is no consensus on the optimal peri-op prophylaxis regimen for…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Anti-Thymocyte Globulin Induced Thrombocytopenia and Bleeding After Kidney Transplantation.
M. Dokus,¹ A. Patel,¹ J. Iuppa,² E. Venniro,³ A. Danzig,¹ J. Cooley,² J. Taylor,³ R. Kashyap,¹ M. Orloff.¹
¹Department of Surgery, Division of Transplant and Hepatobiliary Surgery, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY; ²Department of Pharmacy, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY; ³Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY.
Background: Bleeding is a significant challenge after renal transplantation. Anti-thymocyte globulin (ATG) induced thrombocytopenia may increase bleeding after kidney transplantation (KTx), but this association has…