Articles tagged "Kidney transplantation"

2015 American Transplant Congress
Analysis of the Temporal Evolution of Causes of Graft Loss Among Kidney Transplant Recipients in a US Southern State
M. Kadian,¹ M. Posadas Salas,¹ M. Kamel,¹ D. Taber,² M. Salazar,¹ P. Mohan,¹ T. Srinivas.¹
¹Department of Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC; ²Department of Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC.
The past decade of kidney transplantation has seen many changes in immunosuppression (IS), donor, and recipient characteristics. This study analyzes the associations between the aforementioned…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Clinical Outcomes of Living Kidney Donors With Medullary Sponge Kidney
W. Cheungpasitporn, C. Thongprayoon, B. Brabec, W. Kittanamongkolchai, S. Erickson.
Nephrology and Hypertension, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.
Background: Patients with medullary sponge kidney (MSK) commonly encounter recurrent nephrolithiasis. The objective of this study was to assess the clinical and safety outcomes of…
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Change in Frailty Between Evaluation for Kidney Transplantation and Transplantation
M. McAdams DeMarco, E. King, N. Desai, N. Dagher, B. Lonze, R. Montgomery, D. Segev.
Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD.
BACKGROUND: Frailty prevalence is high and predicts early hospital readmission, length of stay and mortality in adults of all ages undergoing kidney transplantation (KT). The…
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Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs) Associated With Acute Rejection in European American Kidney Transplant Recipients: A Genome Wide Association Study (GWAS)
A. Israni,¹ C. Dorr,¹ M. Miller,² D. Schladt,¹ K. Sanghavi,³ A. Muthusamy,¹ R. Remmel,³ W. Guan,⁴ B. Wu,⁴ W. Oetting,³ P. Jacobson,³ A. Matas,⁵ For DeKAF Genomics & GEN03 Investigators.¹
¹Medicine, MMRF, Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN; ²Psychology, University of MN, Minneapolis, MN; ³Pharmacy, University of MN, Minneapolis, MN; ⁴Biostatistics, University of MN, Minneapolis, MN; ⁵Surgery, University of MN, Minneapolis, MN.
Purpose: Acute rejection (AR) is associated with increased risk of allograft loss. Therefore, we conducted a GWAS to determine SNPs associated with AR in a…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Native Americans and Post-Kidney Transplant Follow-Up: Lower in Quantity and Quality?
S. Stith,¹ F. Barrantes.²
¹Department of Economics, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM; ²Renal Medicine Associates/Presbyterian Transplant Center, Albuquerque, NM.
Background: Native Americans have been shown to face decreased access to waitlisting and transplantation.They appear to have similar short-term survival prospects post-transplant to those of…
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Parameters of Machine Perfusion Evaluating Quality of Kidneys from DCD/ECD Donors
G. Chen, C. Wang, J. Qiu, M. Han, X. He, L. Chen.
Organ Transplant Center, The first affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Background Donors from donation after cardiac death(DCD) and expanded criteria donors(ECD) have poorer outcomes compared to standard deceased donors(SCD). It is important to evaluate quality…
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High Intra-Patient Variability in Tacrolimus Trough Blood Levels Increases the Risk of Death-Censored Graft Loss After Kidney Transplantation
E. Rodrigo,¹ D. San Segundo,² J. Ruiz,¹ M. López-Hoyos,² A. Benito,¹ M. de Cos,³ Z. Albines,¹ M. Serrano,¹ M. Arias.¹
¹Nephrology, University Hospital Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Cantabria, Spain; ²Immunology, University Hospital Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Cantabria, Spain; ³Pharmacology, University Hospital Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Cantabria, Spain.
Kidney graft loss rates beyond the first year showed only small improvements over past decades. Advances in maintenance immunosuppressive therapy contributed to the improvements seen…
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Efficacy and Safety of Desensitization Protocol Based On Rituximab Plus MMF in ABO-Incompatible Kidney Transplantation Without Splenectomy
K. Takahashi,¹ K. Saito,² S. Takahara,³ S. Fuchinoue,⁴ T. Yagisawa,⁵ A. Aikawa,⁶ Y. Watarai,⁷ N. Yoshimura,⁸ K. Tanabe,⁴ K. Morozumi,⁹ M. Shimazu.¹⁰
¹Niigata Organ Transplant Foundation, Niigata, Japan; ²Graduate School of Medical ＆ Dental Sciences, Niigata University, Niigata, Japan; ³Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan; ⁴Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan; ⁵Jichi Medical University Hospital, Tochigi, Japan; ⁶Toho University, Faculty of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan; ⁷Nagoya Daini Red Cross Hospital, Aichi, Japan; ⁸Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan; ⁹Masuko Memorial Hospital, Aichi, Japan; ¹⁰Tokyo Medical University Hachioji Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan.
Purpose: An open-label, single arm, multicenter clinical study has been conducted in Japan for prospective examination of the efficacy and safety of desensitization protocol with…
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Long-Term Outcomes of Spousal Donor Kidney Transplantation According to the Spousal Relationship
J. Kim,¹ K. Jun,¹ M.-H. Kim,¹ S. Ahn,¹ J. Hwang,¹ S. Kim,¹ S. Park,¹ B. Choi,² S. Kim,² C. Yang,² Y. Kim,² I. Moon.¹
¹Surgery, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea; ²Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea.
We investigated long-term outcomes of spousal donor grafts and factors affecting graft survival in spousal kidney transplantation. Between July 1997 and December 2013, we performed…
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Optimal Management of Distal Ureteric Stricture Following Renal Transplantation: A Systematic Review
J. Kwong, D. Schiefer, G. Anas, J. Archambault, P. Luke, A. Sener.
Urology, Western University, London, ON, Canada.
Introduction And Objective: Ureteric stricture is the most common complication following renal transplantation, with an incidence of 3%. Of all ureteric strictures, 73% occur at…