Articles tagged "Kidney transplantation"

2022 American Transplant Congress
Kidney Transplantation from Covid-19 Deceased Donors
M. M. Ibrahim, M. Merzkani, H. Murad, A. Pande, E. Dubberke, T. Alhamad
Medicine/Nephrology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO
*Purpose: Transplant volumes decreased significantly during the first months of global pandemic of COVID-19, followed by a shift in the standard of care of transplant…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Understanding Transplant Awareness in Pre-Kidney Transplant Recipients – Role of Surgeon Visit
G. Defelice, H. Harrington, M. Ratcliff, D. Moravec, E. Wands, A. Sauviac, A. Paramesh, A. Vijay
Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA
*Purpose: Education for pre-Kidney Transplant recipient candidates aims to improve their knowledge and understanding about the transplant process, outcomes and potential complications and facilitate adjustment…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Early Post-Operative Thrombotic Microangiopathy in Deceased Donor Kidney Transplant: A Retrospective Case Series
R. Seneriz¹, A. Mattiazzi¹, G. Guerra¹, T. Harrington², M. Velasquez³
¹Miami Transplant Institute, Miami, FL, ²University of Miami, Miami, FL, ³Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, FL
*Purpose: Transplant associated thrombotic microangiopathy (TA-TMA) is characterized by endothelial injury along with thrombocytopenia, microangiopathic hemolytic anemia (MAHA) and kidney graft dysfunction. It can be…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Early versus Late Ureteral Stent Removal in Pediatric Kidney Transplant Recipients
A. McGrath¹, L. Maestretti¹, S. Samreth¹, K. Sheth², P. Grimm², A. Chaudhuri², A. Gallo²
¹Stanford Children's, Palo Alto, CA, ²Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
*Purpose: Routine placement of ureteral stent in pediatric kidney transplantation prevents complications by reducing vesicoureteral junction kinking, and promoting drainage from the transplant kidney to…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Exploring the Differential Access Hypothesis: Do Black Kidney Transplant Candidates Have Less Social Network Access to Potential Living Donors Than White Candidates?
J. Daw¹, M. Roberts¹, T. Purnell²
¹Sociology & Criminology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, ²Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: This study assesses the ‘differential access’ hypothesis that non-Hispanic Black kidney transplant candidates in the United States have access to fewer healthy, willing potential…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Association of Native Kidney Disease with De Novo Cancer Development After Kidney Transplant
Y. Caliskan¹, D. Axelrod², R. Li¹, W. Cheungpasitporn³, M. Schnitzler¹, M. McAdams DeMarco⁴, J. Ahn⁴, T. Alhamad⁵, H. Randall¹, S. Bae⁴, D. Segev⁴, K. L. Lentine¹
¹Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, MO, ²University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, ³Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ⁴John Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ⁵Washington University in Saint Louis, Saint Louis, MO
*Purpose: Primary glomerulonephritis (GN) and congenital anomalies of the kidney and urinary tract (CAKUT) have been shown to be associated with cancer development in the…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Digital Spatial Profiling of Kidney Allograft Biopsies with Chronic Allograft Dysfunction in African American Transplant Recipients
C. R. Dorr¹, S. A. Elmer¹, B. Wu², B. Guo², J. Czyzyk², G. Crary³, G. Onyeaghala¹, W. Oetting², P. Jacobson², R. B. Mannon⁴, G. Agarwal⁵, J. Maltzman⁶, A. Matas², A. Israni³
¹Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute, Minneapolis, MN, ²University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, ³Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN, ⁴Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ⁵University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁶Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
*Purpose: Understanding tissue heterogeneity is important to identify the molecular and cellular mechanisms of kidney allograft loss in African American (AA) transplant recipients. Our aim…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Belatacept-Based Maintenance Immunosuppression Promoted Long-Term Antibody-Mediated Rejection Free Graft Survival After Desensitization in Sensitized Multiparous Female Recipients
M. Manook, I. Anwar, R. Schmitz, Z. Fitch, J. Yoon, A. Jackson, J. Kwun, S. Knechtle
Duke Transplant Center, Durham, NC
*Purpose: Amongst sensitized patients awaiting a transplant, females are disproportionately represented. To date, nonhuman primate (NHP) models of transplantation have relied on male animals, sensitized…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Association of Change in Kidney Volume with Proteinuria After Donation
M. Tsujita¹, K. Uchida¹, K. Morozumi¹, K. Futamura², T. Hiramitsu², M. Okada², S. Narumi², N. Goto², Y. Watarai²
¹Masuko Memorial Hospital, Nagoya, Japan, ²Japanese Red Cross Aichi Medical Center Nagoya Daini Hospital, Nagoya, Japan
*Purpose: In living kidney transplantation, the risk of end-stage kidney disease in kidney donors is crucial, however, it still remains to be resolved. Any useful…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Clinical Relevance of Class II HLA Mismatches in Living Donor Kidney Transplantation
J. Lan¹, M. Kadatz¹, D. Chang¹, R. Liwski², E. Wagner², P. Campbell², J. Gill¹, J. Gill¹
¹University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ²On behalf of Canadian HLA Advisory Committee, Ottawa, ON, Canada
*Purpose: The benefit of class II HLA matching is primarily shown in deceased donor kidney transplantation. The objective of this study was to determine the…