2015 American Transplant Congress
Transplantation of Kidneys from Donors With Acute Renal Failure: Five-Year Results from Double Center Experience
Background: Transplantation of kidneys from deceased donors with acute renal failure (ARF) has been described and represents an underutilized source of renal grafts. We reviewed…2015 American Transplant Congress
Stability of Kidney Allograft Function Is Improving Over Time Across All Donor Types
Medicine-Nephrology, University of BC, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Examination of changes in kidney function after transplantation could help identify subgroups of patients who may benefit from a change in clinical management. In the…2015 American Transplant Congress
Blood Pressure Evaluation by Three Different Modalities in Living Kidney Donors
Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH.
Screening for hypertension (HTN) is an important element of the living kidney donor (LKD) evaluation process. Since there are no general consensus about the blood…2015 American Transplant Congress
Comparison of the Clinical Outcome and Surgical Invasiveness for Living Donor Nephrectomy Between Conventional Laparoscopic Surgery and Single-Port Surgery
Urology, Akita University Graduate School of Medicine, Akita, Japan.
INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES:Single-port surgery (SPS) for living donor nephrectomy (LDN) is challenging. Whether SPS is less invasive compared to conventional laparoscopic surgery (CLS) using several…2015 American Transplant Congress
Incidence and Risk Factors of Contrast-Induced Nephropathy in Renal Allograft Recipients
University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati.
Background: Contrast-induced nephropathy (CIN) is associated with a significant increase in mortality and morbidity in patients with native kidneys. Data regarding CIN in renal allografts…2015 American Transplant Congress
Urinary Cell-Free DNA Is a Sensitive Marker of Early Renal Transplant Injury
Surgery, UC San Francisco, San Francisco, CA.
Introduction:Circulating donor-derived cell-free DNA (dd-cfDNA) has been reported as a surrogate of transplant injury in the blood but requires expensive donor and recipient DNA sequencing.Method:…2015 American Transplant Congress
Frailty in Patients Being Evaluated for Kidney Transplantation
BACKGROUND: In patients undergoing hemodialysis, frailty prevalence is high and predicts mortality and hospitalization. Little is known about frailty in patients with ESRD who are…2015 American Transplant Congress
Histopathological Criteria for Elevated Risk of Delayed Graft Function in German Pretransplantation Kidney Biopsies from Deceased Donors
Introduction:Delayed graft function (DGF) is more frequent with so called marginal kidney donors. Moreover, it is linked to increased recipient mortality and inferior transplant outcome.…2015 American Transplant Congress
Kidney Transplant Outcomes in Marijuana Users
Introduction: As Marijuana use is gaining social acceptance, many transplant centers face questions regarding candidacy of users for kidney transplantation. Currently its impact on post-transplantation…2015 American Transplant Congress
Birth Weight as a Marker of Nephron Mass: Impact on Renal Allograft Function
Nephron number has been considered a major determinant of renal allograft function and outcome. It has been demonstrated that low birth weights give rise to…
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