Articles tagged "Kidney transplantation"

2016 American Transplant Congress
Renal Efficiency: A New Metric for Evaluating Kidneys in Living Donors.
A. Diez, K. Rima, J. Von Visger, U. Nori, T. Pesavento, A. Rajab, M. Henry, R. Pelletier.
The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH.
Donor age, quality of the graft, and the size/weight of the donated kidney are factors that may affect subsequent transplant outcomes. Morphological renal measurements may…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Hypothermic Machine Perfusion Ameliorates Vasospasm and Edema of Podocytes and Renal Tubular Epithelial Cells Through Upregulating Expression of Krüppel-Like Factors 2.
Z. Zhong,¹ D. Ko,² Y. Wang,¹ Q. Ye.¹
¹Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Institute of Hepatobiliary Diseases of Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, China; ²Massachusetts General Hospital, Department of Urology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
Protective mechanisms of hypothermic machine perfusion (MP) remain largely unknown. Vascular branches of the renal arteries of 6 kidneys in 320 donors were unexpectedly injured…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Robotic Kidney Transplantation in Obese Recipients Can Lead to Superior Outcomes in Terms of Wound Infection and Graft Survival – 48 Months of Follow-up.
I. Tvetanov, S. Garcia Aroz, M. Spaggiari, J. Hoonbae, J. Oberholzer, E. Benedetti.
Surgery, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL.
Introduction: Traditionally kidney transplantation (KT) in obese recipients has been associated with high rates of surgical site infections (SSI). We hypothesize that robotic kidney transplantation…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Early Hospital Readmissions After Kidney Transplantation on Graft Function.
I.-K. Kim, M. Ju, S. Son.
Surgery, Gangnam Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Early hospital readmissions are common after kidney transplantation. We investigated the relationship between early hospital readmissions and clinical outcomes in a single-center retrospective study that…
2016 American Transplant Congress
CMV Monitoring Reduces Risk of Clinical Complications in Kidney Transplant Recipients.
A. Gilbert, M. Cooper, J. Verbesey, R. Ghasemian, P. Abrams, J. Moore, M. Grafals, J. Chahine, S. Punnett, E. Hall, I. Anzak, B. Javaid.
MedStar Georgetown Transplant Institute, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC.
Objective: Review the advantages of CMV viral load monitoring in preventing CMV associated complications in kidney transplant recipientsMethods: All individuals who underwent a kidney transplant…
2016 American Transplant Congress
C1q Assays Are Not Associated with Clinical or Serologic Endpoints.
A. Gilbert,¹ M. Zaheer,¹ O. Timofeeva,² M. Awwad,² D. Li,² S. Rosen-Bronson,² B. Javaid,¹ M. Grafals,¹ J. Verbesey,¹ P. Abrams,¹ M. Cooper.¹
¹Medicine, MedStar Georgetown Transplant Institute, Washington, DC; ²Pathology, MedStar Georgetown Transplant Institute, Washington, DC; ³Surgery, MedStar Georgetown Transplant Institute, Washington, DC.
PURPOSE: The c1q assay has been proposed as a potential adjunct to standard donor specific antibody (DSA) testing designed to improve the specificity to identify…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Immune Tolerance Monitoring in Renal Allograft Tolerance Induced by Transient Mixed Chimerism in Nonhuman Primates and Humans.
K. Hotta, T. Oura, K. Crisalli, D. Sachs, B. Cosim, T. Kawai.
Center for Transplantation Science, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA.
Background: Successful induction of allograft tolerance in MHC-mismatched kidney transplantation has been achieved after induction of transient chimerism in both nonhuman primates (NHP) and humans.…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Tacrolimus Dosing, Trough Concentrations and Dose Adjustments Compared Between Two Generic Formulations in Adult Kidney Transplant Recipients.
D. Taber, V. Phan, A. Wilton, N. Pilch, H. Meadows, J. Fleming, C. Mardis, A. Mardis, C. Bratton, K. Chavin, J. McGillicuddy, S. Nadig, P. Baliga.
MUSC, Charleston, SC.
Objective: The aim of this study was to assess if changing between two different formulations of generic tacrolimus ([tac] Mylan® and Dr. Reddy's Lab®) impacts…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Vaccination Status and Titers Before and After Pediatric Renal Transplantation: An Analysis of the CERTAIN Registry.
B. Höcker,¹ M. Aguilar,¹ P. Schnitzler,² L. Pape,² L. Dello Strologo,² N. Webb,² M. Bald,² G. Genc,² H. Billing,² J. König,² A. Büscher,² F. Thiel,² S. Marks,² M. Pohl,² M. Wigger,² R. Topaloglu,² A. Fichtner,¹ S. Rieger,¹ K. Krupka,¹ B. Tönshoff.¹
¹University Children's Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany; ²CERTAIN Research Community, Italy, United Kingdom, Turkey, Germany.
Purpose:Prevention of systemic viral and bacterial infections by effective vaccination in kidney allograft recipients is of vital importance, but data on the vaccination status in…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Quality Improvement Initiative to Provide Comprehensive Pharmacy Services to Kidney Transplant Patients at a Small Transplant Center.
J. Dickson,¹ W. Vincent III,¹ L. Wu,² J. Thurman,¹ J. Francis,³ M. Nuhn.⁴
¹Pharmacy, Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA; ²Northeastern University, Boston, MA; ³Renal Medicine, Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA; ⁴Transplant Surgery, Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA.
Purpose: Previously, kidney transplant pharmacy services at our institution were limited to medication profile review before and after transplant surgery. Following an OPTN accreditation site…