Articles tagged "Kidney transplantation"

2015 American Transplant Congress
Ureteral Length in Living Donor Kidney Transplantation; Does Size Matter?
L. Ooms, I. Slagt, J. IJzermans, T. Terkivatan.
Transplant Surgery, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
Introduction: Urological complications are common after kidney transplantation. The aim of this study is to evaluate the effect of ureteral length on ureter strictures or…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Effectiveness of Protocol-Driven Induction Therapy in Adult Kidney Transplant Recipients
J. Casale, J. Fleming, D. Taber, C. Staino, K. Boyle, K. Covert, N. Pilch, H. Meadows, C. Mardis, K. Chavin, C. Bratton, J. McGillicuddy, T. Srinivas, P. Baliga.
MUSC, Charleston, SC.
Background: Induction therapy significantly improves graft outcomes in kidney transplantation, but the optimal agent based on patient characteristics and immunologic risk is unknown. While many…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Clinical and Pathologic Predictors of Response to Belatacept Conversion
S. Patel, H. Morris, D. Cohen, S. Mohan, L. Ratner, R. Crew.
Columbia Universtiy, New York.
INTRO: Calcineurin inhibitors have improved kidney transplant and recipient survival, their use has significant nephrotoxicity. Belatacept is a recently approved immunosuppressant that is not nephrotoxic…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Improved Long-Term Graft Survival in Renal Transplant Recipients With Donor Specific Antibodies (DSA) After Mycophenolic Acid Escalation
L. Rebellato,¹ K. Parker,² F. Rana,³ S. Kendrick,⁴ C. Morgan,⁵ C. Haisch,⁵ M. Everly,⁶ R. Harland,⁵ P. Bolin.³
¹Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, East Carolina University, Brody School of Medicine, Greenville, NC; ²Vidant Medical Center, Greenville, NC; ³Internal Medicine, East Carolina University, Brody School of Medicine, Greenville, NC; ⁴Eastern Nephrology Associates, Greenville, NC; ⁵Surgical Immunology and Transplantation, East Carolina University, Brody School of Medicine, Greenville, NC; ⁶Terasaki Foundation, Los Angeles, CA.
Background: DSA formation in post-renal transplant patients is associated with chronic rejection and graft failure. Previous studies in our population indicate DSA formation is a…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Is BK Viral Subtype Distribution of Donor And/Or Recipient Important for Subsequent BK Viral Infection After Living-Donor Transplantation?
A. Schwarz,¹ S. Linnenweber-Held,¹ H. Haller,¹ A. Heim,² C. Schmitt.²
¹Nephrology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany; ²Virology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.
Background: Source and risk factors for developing BK virus (BKV) infection after renal transplantation are unresolved. By genotyping of urine and blood, we looked for…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Interim Safety Experience in Transplant Patients Treated With Belatacept (Nulojix) in the Post-Approval Setting
T. Kou, J. Braga, S. Sibabrata, J. Preston, M. Harler, A. Gomez.
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Princeton, NJ.
Purpose: Belatacept is a selective T-cell costimulation blocker indicated for prophylaxis of organ rejection in adult patients receiving a kidney transplant in combination with basiliximab…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Excellent Outcomes With Deceased Donor Kidney Transplants With a Terminal Creatinine >= 3
L. Matsuoka,¹ E. Alicuben,¹ K. Woo,¹ H. Shidban,¹ Y. Qazi,² M. Smogorzewski,² S. Alexopoulos.¹
¹Department of Surgery, USC Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA; ²Department of Nephrology, USC Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA.
Purpose: Kidneys from deceased donors with elevated creatinine are frequently discarded due to concerns about poor post-transplant outcomes. In this study we sought to determine…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Recipient Immunity to Murine Cytomegalovirus Influences Natural Killer Cell Responses in Infected Renal Allografts
M. Shimamura,¹ M. Li,¹ B. Chen,² J. George.²
¹Pediatric Infectious Diseases, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL; ²Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham.
BACKGROUND: Human cytomegalovirus (CMV) is associated epidemiologically with renal allograft loss, but the impact of recipient CMV immunity upon graft survival is unclear. Natural killer…
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…