Articles tagged "Kidney transplantation"

2015 American Transplant Congress
Post-Transplant Changes in Serum Creatinine and Beta-2 Microglobulin Predict Acute Tubular Necrosis in the Early Post-Transplant Period
P. Liu,¹ A. Djamali,^1,2 D. Kaufman,^2,1 B. Astor.¹
¹Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI; ²Department of Surgery, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI.
Purpose: To evaluate the utility of early post-transplant changes in serum creatinine (SCr) and beta-2 microglobulin (B2M) in differentiating acute tubular necrosis (ATN) and other…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Assessing Transplant Attitudes: Understanding Minority Men's Perspectives on the Multifarious Barriers to Organ Donation
B. Hinck, B. Naelitz, B. Jackson, M. Howard, A. Nowacki, C. Modlin.
Glickman Urologic and Kidney Institute - Minority Men's Health Center, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH.
African-Americans comprise 13% of the US population; yet compose 34% of the kidney transplant waiting list and only 14% of cadaveric donors and 11% of…
2015 American Transplant Congress
High Prevalence of Allograft Rejection in Kidney Recipients With a Mild Increase in Serum Creatinine: Interim Report of the ANIDAR Study
S. De Serres,¹ J. Ho,² J.-F. Cailhier,³ H. Cardinal,³ O. Désy,¹ P. Vallin,¹ S. Béland,¹ I. Côté,¹ I. Houde,¹ R. Noël,¹ I. Lapointe,¹ M. Agharazii.¹
¹Renal Division, CHU de Quebec Hôtel-Dieu, Laval University, Quebec, QC, Canada; ²Sections of Nephrology & Biomedical Proteomics, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada; ³CHUM, Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada.
The long-term prognosis of kidney transplants may be impacted by delayed diagnosis of rejection. Guidelines suggest that recipients with an increase of serum creatinine (Scr)…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Body Mass Index (BMI) Mismatch in Deceased Kidney Donation Is an Independent Risk Factor for Graft Failure
O. Staeck,¹ D. Khadzhynov,¹ M. Mahn,² K. Budde,¹ F. Fuller,² F. Halleck.¹
¹Nephrology, Charite Universitaetsmedizin, Berlin, Germany; ²Urology, Charite Universitaetsmedizin, Berlin, Germany.
IntroductionThe influence of this BMI-mismatch in deceased kidney donors and their recipients on graft survival is so far not well characterized.MethodsRetrospective long-term observational study of…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Infections After Alemtuzumab Induction: A Non Issue?
A. Smith, M. John, I. Dortonne, A. Paramesh, M. Killackey, R. Zhang, B. Lee, J. Buell.
Transplant Institute, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA.
Background: Alemtuzumab is a powerful induction agent that depletes multiple lymphocyte cell lines resulting in leukopenia and/or neutropenia with concerns over infectious complications. This study…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Should We Ever Pay Living Kidney Donors? Focus Group Study of Public Opinion
A. Tong,^1,2 A. Ralph,^1,2 J. Chapman,³ G. Wong,^1,2,3 J. Gill,⁴ M. Josephson,⁵ C. Hanson,^1,2 J. Craig.^1,2
¹School of Public Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia; ²Centre for Kidney Research, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, Australia; ³Centre for Transplant and Renal Research, Westmead Hospital, Sydney, Australia; ⁴Division of Nephrology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada; ⁵Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago.
Background: The unmet demand for kidney transplantation has generated intense controversy about introducing incentives for living kidney donors to increase donation rates. Such debates may…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Assessment of Renal Function in Kidney Transplant Recipients Through Therapeutic Drug Monitoring of Vancomycin
A. Thamer, N. Elias, C. Varughese, T. Gift, J. Fishman, S. Shao.
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA.
Background: Determining the dose of renally eliminated drugs such as vancomycin in kidney transplant recipients is often challenging due to unclear tools to assess renal…
2015 American Transplant Congress
The Value of Perfusion Fluid Culture Analysis in Deceased Donor Renal Transplants. 5 Years Single Centre Experience
A. Al Midani, S. Collier, K. Welman, B. Fernando, B. Lindsey, C. Forman, N. Banga.
Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom.
Introduction: Microbiological analysis of kidney perfusion/transport solution is not routinely performed in all UK transplant centres. The aim of this study is to assess the…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Proteinuria as Non-Invasive Marker for Renal Allograft Histology and Survival: A Population-Based Study
M. Naesens, E. Lerut, M.-P. Emonds, D. Kuypers.
University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Background:Proteinuria is routinely measured for assessment of renal allograft status, but its diagnostic value for transplant pathology and herewith-related prognostic value remain unclear.Methods:We included 1518…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Immunologic Long-Term Outcome of Living Kidney Transplantation Depending On the Donor-Recipient Relationship
D. Khadzhynov, F. Halleck, D. Schmidt, S. Kreimer, K. Budde, O. Staeck.
Nephrology, Charite Universitaetsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Background. Only few data is available about long-term immunologic outcomes of living kidney transplantation (KTx) depending on the donor-recepient relationship.Patients and methods. This single center…