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Articles tagged "Kidney transplantation"

  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Sociodemographic and Comorbidity Differences Between Dialysis, Waitlisted and Transplant Patients in the UK: Findings from the ATTOM Study.

    D. Wu,1 M. Robb,2 C. Watson,3 R. Ravanan,4 J. Forsythe,1 A. Bradley,3 G. Oniscu.1

    1Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom; 2NHSBT, Bristol, United Kingdom; 3University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom; 4Southmead Hospital, Bristol, United Kingdom.

    IntroductionAccess to Transplantation and Transplant Outcome Measures (ATTOM) is a prospective cohort study involving all 72 UK renal units, investigating factors affecting access to and…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    The Presence of CMV-Specific T-Cells in CMV-Seronegative Kidney Transplant Recipients Predicts Outcome After Kidney Transplantation.

    T. Schachtner,1,2 M. Stein,2 P. Reinke.1,2

    1Nephrology and Internal Intensive Care, Charite Campus Virchow Clinic, Berlin, Germany; 2Berlin-Brandenburg Center for Regenerative Therapies, Charite Campus Virchow Clinic, Berlin, Germany.

    CMV-seronegative kidney transplant recipients (KTRs) from CMV-seropositive donors are at highly increased risk of primary CMV-infection with associated inferior outcomes after kidney transplantation. Presence of…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Graft Outcomes in Pediatric Kidney Transplants Are Better with Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy and High Volume Centers.

    J. Burg,1 D. Scott,1 K. Roayaie,1 E. Maynard,1 J. Barry,2 C. Enestvedt.1

    1Abdominal Organ Transplantation, OHSU, Portland, OR; 2Urology, OHSU, Portland, OR.

    Purpose Initial reports for pediatric kidney recipients suggested superior outcomes for open donor (ODN) compared to laparoscopic donor nephrectomy (LDN). Current outcomes based on donor…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Long-Term Outcomes of ATG versus IL-2 Receptor Antagonist in Low Risk Kidney Transplant Recipients: Donor Factors.

    F. Al Ammary, S. Bae, A. Massie, N. Desai, N. Dagher, E. Kraus, A. Wiseman, D. Segev.

    JHU, Baltimore; CU, Denver.

    Controversy exists regarding the optimal choice of induction therapy in low-risk kidney transplant (KT) recipients. Current guidelines specify induction choices in KT based on recipient…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Associations of Risk Factors and Kidney Retransplant Outcomes Vary Between Three Common Induction Agents: Results from the Analysis of Over Ten-Thousand Cases in Ten Years.

    A. Santos, X. Wen, M. Casey, S. Rehman, K. Womer.

    Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL.

    BACKGROUND: There is no published study comparing the significance of risk factors for graft outcomes associated with common induction regimens combined with tacrolimus and mycophenolate…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Superior Waitlist and Equivalent Transplant Outcomes Among Hepatitis C RNA-Positive Patients Who Are Willing to Accept Hepatitis C Seropositive Kidneys.

    J. Sageshima,1 A. de Mattos,2 C. Troppmann,1 C. Santhanakrishnan,1 J. McVicar,1 B. Gallay,2 M. Gandhi,2 M. Alnimri,2 R. Perez.1

    1Surgery, University of California-Davis, Sacramento, CA; 2Internal Medicine, University of California-Davis, Sacramento, CA.

    Background: kidney transplantation from hepatitis C seropositive (HCV+) donors may benefit hepatitis C RNA-positive (RNA+) candidates, but it is not clear how the acceptance/listing status…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Subtype-Compatible (A2/A2B–>B) Transplantation Under KAS Increases Access 3-Fold for Blood Type B Patients, yet Very Few Candidates Are Listed as Eligible.

    D. Stewart,1 W. Cherikh,1 A. Kucheryavaya,1 C. Bryan,2 N. Turgeon,3 M. Aeder.4

    1UNOS, Richmond, VA; 2Midwest Transplant Network, Westwood, KS; 3Emory, Atlanta, GA; 4Univ Hosp Case Med Ctr, Cleveland, OH.

    Background: Prior to the new kidney allocation system (KAS; 12/4/14), 8 OPOs participated in a voluntary policy variance permitting allocation of kidneys from subtype “A2”…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Early Steroid Withdrawal in African American Kidney Transplant Recipients: A Propensity Score Matching Analysis.

    D. Taber, M. Gebregziabher, T. Srinivas, K. Chavin, P. Baliga, L. Egede.

    MUSC, Charleston, SC.

    Objective: The aim of this study was to assess the safety of steroid withdrawal in African American (AA) kidney transplant (KTX) recipients.Methods: Longitudinal cohort study…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Acute Operative Complications and 1,5,& 10 Year Outcomes in Living Donors by Type of Live Donor Nephrectomy – UK Cohort Study.

    N. Krishnan,1 L. Bradbury,2 N. Raymond.1

    1Renal & Transplantation, University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire NHS Trust, Coventry, United Kingdom; 2Statistics, National Health Service, Organ Donation & Transplant, Bristol, United Kingdom.

    It is important to have a better understanding of the short and long term outcomes and risks of kidney donation. We studied the occurrence of…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Potential Kidney Donors with Asymptomatic Micorsocpic Hematuria: Histopathological Findings & Outcomes.

    E. Hassan,1,2 H. Aleid,1 T. Zulfiquar,1 I. Ibrahim,1,3 H. Almana.4

    1Department of Kidney & Pancreas Transplantation, King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; 2Department of Nephrology, Fayoum University, Fayoum, Egypt; 3Department of Nephrology, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt; 4Department of Anatomic Pathology, King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

    Background: Microscopic hematuria is not uncommon in potential kidney donors. After excluding urological causes, most of these donors require kidney biopsy to exclude glomerular lesions.…
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