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Articles tagged "Kidney transplantation"

  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Outcomes After Right Kidney Living Donor Transplant Are Associated With Center Volume

    R. Reed, P. MacLennan, B. Shelton, D. Sonnier, M. Hanaway, J. Goodman, C. Young, M. Deierhoi, J. Locke.

    Surgery/Transplantation, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL.

    Background: Right kidney living donor transplant (RKLDT) is a high-risk, low-volume procedure that is associated with increased risk for early graft failure. It is unclear…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Elderly Transplant Recipients Have Improved Graft Survival

    S. Reule,1 R. Foley,1 A. Matas,2 H. Ibrahim.1

    1Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN; 2Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN.

    Background: The upper age limit to receive a kidney transplant has progressively risen, but the outcomes of elderly (ages > 70) transplant recipients remain understudied.…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Improving the Predictive Value of the Virtual Crossmatch: Is the C1Q Assay Needed?

    A. Colovai,1 C. Savchik,1 P. Masiakos,1 S. Calp-Inal,2 L. Kayler,3 E. Akalin.2

    1Transplant Immunology Laboratory, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY; 2Nephrology, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY; 3Surgery, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY.

    The criteria for reporting unacceptable HLA antigens of renal transplant candidates differ greatly between transplant centers. In the attempt to refine these criteria, the experience…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    The Association of Basiliximab and Antithymocyte Globulin Induction With Delayed Graft Function

    D. Felix,1 B. Astor,2 D. Hager,1 A. Djamali.2

    1Department of Pharmacy, University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, Madison, WI; 2Department of Medicine - Division of Nephrology, University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, Madison, WI.

    The impact of selection of induction immunosuppression agent on incidence of delayed graft function (DGF) remains unclear. A total of 1,980 deceased donor kidney transplant…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Influence of Cold Ischemia Time in Combination With Donor Ischemic Events on Kidney Transplant Outcomes

    M. Lubetzky, Y. Xia, P. Friedmann, C. Cortes, L. Kayler.

    Transplantation, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY.

    Deceased-donor kidneys may be exposed to various ischemic events either from donor instability as evidenced by acute kidney injury (AKI) or donation after circulatory death…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Risks for Readmission Post-Renal Transplant: A Co-Morbid Condition

    M. John, A. Smith, I. Dortonne, A. Paramesh, M. Killackey, B. Lee, R. Zhang, J. Buell.

    Transplant Institute, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA.

    Background: Recently CMS addressed “excessive” readmission rates with a punitive 5% cut in reimbursement. For decades renal transplantation has been highly regulated with published outcomes…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Infectious Complications in ABO Incompatible Kidney Transplantation Recipient According to the Rituximab Dose

    J. Lee,1 J. Lee,1 S. Kim,2 M. Ju,1 D. Joo,1 M. Kim,1 S. Kim,1 Y. Kim,1 H. Kim,2 K. Huh.1

    1Department of Transplantation Surgery, Yonsei University Health System, Seoul, Republic of Korea; 2Department of Laboratory Medicine, Yonsei University Health System, Seoul, Republic of Korea.

    BackgroundDesensitization with rituximab and intravenous immunoglobulin improves ABO incompatible (ABOi) kidney transplantation (KT) outcomes. However, infections have been noted in association with rituximab administration. In…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Age Should Not Be Considered a Contraindication for Living Kidney Donation

    D.-A. Moutzouris, R. Charif, J. Galliford, J. McDermott, H. Dulku, H. Orr, D. Taube, M. Loucaidou.

    Imperial College Renal and Transplant Centre, Hammersmith Hospital, London, United Kingdom.

    The increasing numbers of patients with ESRD on the transplant waiting list has been the main driving force for expanding the donor pool. Acceptance of…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    The Potential of E-Health to Improve Adherence: Exploring the Patients' View

    D. Slaats,1 M. Tielen,1 M. Laging,1 T. van Gelder,2 W. Weimar,1 E. Massey.1

    1Internal Medicine, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, Netherlands; 2Internal Medicine and Hospital Pharmacology, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, Netherlands.

    Introduction. Transplant outcomes can be negatively influenced by medication nonadherence. Therefore, there is a need for effective interventions to improve adherence. In recent years due…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    A Non-Invasive Urinary Common Rejection Module (uCRM) Gene Expression Score Enables Accurate Discrimination of Acute Rejection in Kidney Transplant Patients

    O. Bestard,1,2 T. Sigdel,1 Y. Ng,1 S.-C. Hsieh,1 S. Roedder,1 N. Dvorak,1 T. Tran,1 M. Sarwal.1

    1Department of Transplant Surgery, UCSF, San Francisco, CA; 2Kidney Transplant Unit, Bellvitge University Hospital, Barcelona, CAT, Spain.

    A common rejection module (CRM) consisting of 11 genes expressed on allograft biopsies was recently shown to be highly accurate to discriminate patients undergoing acute…
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