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Articles tagged "Kidney transplantation"

  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Six-Month Urinary CCL2 Levels Predict Long-Term Renal Allograft Outcome

    J. Ho,1 D. Rush,1 A. Gao,1 H. Hopfer,2 C. Wiebe,1 P. Nickerson,1 S. Schaub,2 P. Hirt-Minkowski.2

    1Internal Medicine, Nephrology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada; 2Transplantation Immunology & Nephrology, University Hospital, Basel, Basel, Switzerland.

    Graft loss is a major cause of morbidity and mortality. We have shown that 6-month urine CCL2 is an independent predictor for death-censored graft loss.…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Non-Inferior Outcomes of Third and Fourth Renal Transplant. An Analysis of Our Experience

    H. Sharma, P. Yiannollou, O. Masood, G. Giffruda, R. Dhanda, D. Van Dellen, T. Campbell, R. Pararajasingam, T. Augustine, A. Tavakoli, B. Forgacs.

    Transplant Surgery, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Manchester, United Kingdom.

    INTRODUCTIONOutcome of third and subsequent renal transplants have not been associated with favorable outcomes. We analyze our experience in patients with three or more kidney-transplants…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    The Impact of Hypertension, Chronic Pain, and Fatigue on Long-Term Quality of Life After Living Kidney Donation

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

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

    The rising prevalence of end-stage renal disease and Germany's chronic organ shortage subsequently calls more people upon to consider living kidney donation. The benefits for…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Frailty and Length of Stay in KT Recipients

    M. McAdams DeMarco, E. King, X. Luo, L. Kucirka, N. Desai, N. Dagher, B. Lonze, R. Montgomery, D. Segev.

    Johns Hopkins, Baltimore.

    BACKGROUND: In KT recipients, length of stay (LOS) is associated with early hospital readmission; yet, predictors of KT LOS are unclear.METHODS: Registry-based predictors of KT…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Validation of a Blood and Biopsy Gene Expression-Based Molecular Diagnostics for Subclinical Acute Rejection: Comparing DNA Microarrays Vs. Next-Generation RNA Sequencing

    S. Kurian,1 J. Friedewald,2 F. Harrison,1 T. Gelbart,1 S. Head,1 P. Ordoukhanian,1 M. Abecassis,2 D. Salomon.1

    1The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA; 2Northwestern University, Chicago, IL.

    Background: Microarray-based gene expression signatures for clinical diagnostics are well described. However, microarrays lack advantages offered by newer technologies such as Next Generation Sequencing (NGS):…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    The Penalty Faced By Native Americans in Kidney Transplantation: Decreased Access and Reduced Long-Term Survival

    S. Stith,1 F. Barrantes,2 K. Piorkowski.1

    1Department of Economics, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM; 2Renal Medicine Associates/Presbyterian Transplant Center, Albuquerque, NM.

    Background: Diabetes and ESRD disproportionately affect NAs (Native Americans), yet waitlisted NAs have lower rates of kidney transplantation than other racial/ethnic groups and worse longer…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Moderate KDPI (35-85) and High KDPI (>85) Grafts Yield Similar Graft Function and Survival

    A. Gupta,2 G. Francos,2 C. Gorn,3 A. Shah.1

    1Surgery, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA; 2Nephrology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA; 3Transplantation, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA.

    Purpose – To study the impact of donor KDPI on post-transplant kidney function and survival.Methods – We reviewed the records of 309 deceased donor kidney…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Incidence and Risk Factors for Emergency Department Visits Following Kidney Transplantation

    N. Elfadawy,1,2 E. Poggio,1 D. Goldfarb,1 L. Buccini,1 S. Flechner,1 J. Schold.1

    1Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH; 2Medical Research Institute - Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt.

    Emergency department (ED) visits contribute substantially to healthcare costs, transition-of-care errors and add to patient burden. There are approximately 135 million ED visits annually in…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Impact of Baseline and Postoperative Isoagglutinin Titer on Clinical Outcomes in ABO-Incompatible Living Donor Kidney Transplantation

    E. Shin,1 H. Cho,1 H. Kim,1 C. Baeck,1 H. Yu,1 D. Han,2 S.-K. Park.1

    1Internal Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea; 2General Surgery, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea.

    Background : ABO-incompatible (ABO-i) kidney transplantation (KT) has expanded in consequence of the development of desensitization protocol. However, the impact of baseline and postoperative isoagglutinin…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    A Single Centre Experience With the Living Donor Kidney Sharing Scheme: More Is Better!

    K. Thomas, H. Crawshaw, S. Sinha, P. Mason, P. Harden, C. Winnearls, E. Sharples, S. Reddy, M. Sullivan, J. Gilbert, I. Quiroga, R. Ploeg, A. Vaidya, P. Friend.

    Oxford Transplant Centre, Oxford University Hospitals, Oxford, Berkshire, United Kingdom.

    Introduction: The living donor kidney sharing scheme was introduced in the UK to expand the donor pool. In this study we have reviewed our experience…
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