Articles tagged "Kidney transplantation"

2015 American Transplant Congress
mTOR-Based CNI Minimization Vs Withdrawal in African American Kidney Transplant Recipients
J. Fleming,¹ D. Taber,² N. Pilch,¹ H. Meadows,¹ C. Mardis,¹ J. McGillicuddy,² S. Nadig,² K. Chavin,² P. Baliga,² C. Bratton.²
¹Pharmacy, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC; ²Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC.
The purpose of this study was to compare mTOR-based CNI withdrawal vs. minimization in African American (AA) kidney transplant (KTx) recipients.METHODS: This was a single-center,…
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Reassessing Tubulitis and Interstitial Infiltrate: Creating a New Probabilistic Definition of TCMR
P. Halloran, I. Salazar, M. Lopez, J. Chang.
Alberta Transplant Applied Genomics Centre, Edmonton, Canada.
Conventional diagnosis of T cell-mediated rejection (TCMR) in kidney transplant biopsies relies on interstitial inflammation (i-lesions), tubulitis (t-lesions), vasculitis (v-lesions) and experience-derived interpretation rules. The…
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The Effects of Dialysis Vintage and Hypertensive Renal Failure on Colonoscopy Findings During Kidney Transplant Evaluation
Y. Zheng,¹ K. Chaung,¹ P. Park,¹ J. Augustine,² N. Sarabu,² J. Schulak,² E. Sanchez,² V. Humphreville,² J. Ammori,² K. Woodside.²
¹School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH; ²Department of Surgery, University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Cleveland, OH.
Colonoscopy as a screening modality starting at age 50 has recently undergone scrutiny due to concerns over the risks and benefits. We sought to identify…
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Vaccination to Prevent the High Herpes Zoster Incidence After Renal Transplantation
M. Kho,¹ W. Weimar,¹ D. Boveé,¹ M. Boer-Verschragen,¹ A. van der Eijk,² N. van Besouw.¹
¹Internal Medicine - Nephrology and Transplantation, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands; ²Viroscience, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
Introduction: Herpes zoster (HZ) is the clinical manifestation of varicella zoster virus (VZV) reactivation and occurs more frequently in people with a suppressed immune system.…
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A Single Center Study of the Implementation Costs of the New Kidney Allocation System
C. Bostic, T. Stern, S. Niederhaus, J. Bromberg, D. Leeser.
Transplantation, University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD.
Background: Changes to the Kidney Allocation System (KAS) required transplant programs to utilize resources to prepare for its implementation. A complex strategy was developed which…
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Longitudinal Follow-Up of Cardiovascular Comorbidity in Pediatric Renal Transplant Recipients – Results from the 4C-T Study
A. Melk,¹ D. Thurn-Valsassina,¹ B. Schmidt,¹ A. Duzova,² B. Soezeri,³ A. Bayazit,⁴ S. Caliskan,⁵ U. Querfeld,⁶ K. Ažukaitis,⁷ E. Wuehl,⁷ F. Schaefer.⁷
¹Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany; ²Hacettepe University Medical Faculty, Ankara, Turkey; ³Ege University Medical Faculty, Izmir, Turkey; ⁴Cukurova University, Faculty of Medicine, Adana, Turkey; ⁵Istanbul University Cerrahpasa Medial School, Istanbul, Turkey; ⁶Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany; ⁷Centre for Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Heidelberg, Germany.
Purpose: Children with chronic kidney disease (CKD) carry an increased cardiovascular risk. Cardiovascular death is the second leading cause of death in children after renal…
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Non-Invasive Diagnosis of Post Kidney Transplant Complications by Urinary Exosomal mRNA Analysis
H. Harada,¹ T. Murakami,² C. Yamamoto,² M. Mitsuhashi.²
¹Kidney Transplant Surgery, Sapporo City General Hospital, Sapporo, Japan; ²Hitachi Chemical Research Center, Inc., Irvine, CA.
IntroductionMonitoring of kidney allograft status is important for the graft longevity. Conventional urinary markers are not sensitive and specific enough to diagnose graft injuries so…
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Outpatient Management of Delayed Graft Function (DGF) Is Associated With Reduced Length of Stay and Acute Rejection
B. Muth,¹ B. Astor,¹ J. Turk,¹ M. Mohamed,¹ S. Parajuli,¹ D. Kaufman,² D. Mandelbrot,¹ A. Djamali.^1,2
¹Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; ²Department of Surgery, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI.
Delayed graft function (DGF) increases hospital length of stay (LOS) and risk for readmission, rejection, early graft loss and death. We created a multidisciplinary DGF…
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Referral for Kidney Transplantation in Georgia: Data from the RaDIANT Community Study
S. Pastan,¹ J. Gander,¹ L. Plantinga,¹ L. Sauls,² E. Gibney,³ L. Mulloy,⁴ J. Krisher,² R. Patzer.¹
¹Emory University, Atlanta; ²Southeastern Kidney Council, Raleigh; ³Piedmont Hospital, Atlanta; ⁴Georgia Regents University, Augusta, GA.
PurposeThe rate of kidney transplantation (KTx) varies significantly across US dialysis facilities. Referral for KTx from dialysis facility providers is the first key step in…
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Development of a Targeted Genetic Renal Disease Panel With NexGen Sequencing for Unbiased Testing of Living Kidney Donors for Genetic Kidney Disease
C. Thomas,¹ Z. Stewart,³ A. Mansilla,² S. Mason,² A. Kwitek,² C. Campbell,² R. Smith,^1,2 R. Smith.^1,2
¹Internal Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA; ²Institute of Human Genetics, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA; ³Surgery, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA.
Recent studies indicate that living donors biologically related to their transplant recipient may be at higher risk of ESRD compared to unrelated donors, possibly secondary…