Articles tagged "Kidney transplantation"

2022 American Transplant Congress
Complete and High-Resolution HLA Typing Improves the Accuracy of Post-Transplant Assessment of De Novo Anti-Donor Immune-Mediated Events
M. Meneghini¹, A. Perona², E. Crespo³, F. J. Bemelman⁴, P. M. Reinke⁵, O. Viklicky⁶, M. Giral⁷, O. Bestard¹
¹Vall d'Hebron University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain, ²Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, ³Nephrology and Transplantation Laboratory, Vall d’Hebron Institut de Recerca (VHIR), Barcelona, Spain, ⁴Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ⁵Charité Universitätsmedizin, Berlin, Germany, ⁶Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine (IKEM), Prague, Czech Republic, ⁷Nantes Université, Inserm, CHU Nantes, Nantes, France
*Purpose: High-resolution (HR) HLA typing using NGS technology has shown to improve the accuracy of assessing donor-recipient compatibility and characterization of pre-transplant anti HLA antibodies…
2022 American Transplant Congress
An Additional Dose Of Viral Vector Covid-19 Vaccine And Mrna Covid-19 Vaccine In Kidney Transplant Recipients: A Randomized Controlled Trial
J. Bruminhent¹, C. Setthaudom², P. Phornkittikorn³, P. Chaumdee³, S. Prasongtanakij⁴, S. Srisala⁴, K. Malathum¹, S. Boongird⁵, A. Nongnuch⁵, M. Assanatham⁵, S. Kiertiburanakul¹
¹Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand, ²Immunology Laboratory, Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand, ³Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand, ⁴Office of Research, Academic Affairs and Innovation, Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand, ⁵Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
*Purpose: An additional dose of the COVID-19 vaccine following a primary series is recommended for solid organ transplant recipients. However, a comparison of the immunogenicity…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Does a Second Transplant Increase the Risk for CMV Infection? An Evaluation of the Incidence of CMV Viremia in the Previously Transplanted Kidney Recipient
J. Byrns¹, G. Katz-Greenberg²
¹Pharmacy, Duke University Hospital, Durham, NC, ²Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
*Purpose: Cytomegalovirus (CMV) viremia is a common complication of kidney transplant recipients (KTR) with significant morbidity/mortality. Patients who receive multiple transplants are potentially at a…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Clinical Significance of the Living Kidney Donor Profile Index in Living Kidney Donors for Predicting of Post-Transplant Outcome: Korean Organ Transplantation Registry
J. Kim¹, D. Kim¹, S. Yoon¹, S. Kang¹, J. Kim¹, H. Hwang¹, K. Jeong¹, H. Ko², C. Jung³, D. Kim⁴, Y. Kim⁵, J. Yang⁶, C. Ahn⁷
¹Department of Nephrology, Kyung Hee University hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ²Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ³Department of Transplantation and Vascular Surgery, Korea University Anam Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ⁴Department of Surgery, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju Severance Christian Hospital, Wonju, Korea, Republic of, ⁵Department of Internal Medicine, Inje University Busan Paik Hospital, Busan, Korea, Republic of, ⁶Department of Surgery, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ⁷Department of Nephrology, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
*Purpose: According to recent reports, a risk index for living donor kidney transplantation (LDKT) such as the Kidney donor profile index (KDPI), a non-invasive method…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Comparative Outcomes at a Single Center for 71 Deceased Donor Kidney Transplants from Donors with Sars-CoV-2 RNA Detection
C. E. Koval¹, E. Poggio², M. Eltemamy³, Y. Lin², M. Duck⁴, N. Shrestha⁵, A. Wee²
¹Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, ²Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ³The Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ⁴Nephrology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, ⁵Infectious Diseases, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH
*Purpose: Extra-pulmonary organs from donors with SARS-CoV-2 detection during donor evaluation are not accepted by many centers due to theoretical concerns for productive infection and…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Outcome Predictors with Perioperative Kidney Transplant Midodrine Usage
R. Watson¹, S. Mullins², S. Williams³, F. Fakhre⁴, K. Robichaux⁴, S. Mohammed⁴, M. Gosselin³, A. Kumar⁵, J. Buggs¹, V. Bowers¹
¹Transplant Surgery, Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, FL, ²Florida A &M University, Tallahassee, FL, ³University of Tampa, Tampa, FL, ⁴University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, ⁵Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
*Purpose: Midodrine is an alpha-1 agonist drug commonly used to aid hypotension in kidney transplant patients. Little is described regarding outcomes with midodrine in kidney…
2022 American Transplant Congress
The Roles of Intrarenal B Cells in Regulating Antibody Mediated Rejection After Kidney Transplantation
H. Zhang¹, C. Cavazzoni¹, E. Bechu¹, B. Hanson¹, M. A. Podestà¹, D. Kreisel², A. Alessandrini³, P. Sage¹
¹Transplantation Research Center, Renal Division, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ²Department of Surgery, Washington University in St Louis, St. Louis, MO, ³Center for Transplantation Sciences, Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard, Boston, MA
*Purpose: Alloimmune rejection after kidney transplantation is associated with substantial infiltration of immune cells such as T and B cells in transplanted grafts. However, the…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Late and Recurrent Acute Graft Pyelonephritis on Long-Term Kidney Graft Outcomes
M. Pacaud¹, L. Colas¹, C. Kerleau², F. Le Borgne³, M. Giral², S. Brouard¹, J. Dantal²
¹CRT2I, Université de Nantes, Nantes, France, ²Service de Néphrologie et immunologie clinique, CHU de Nantes, Nantes, France, ³INSERM UMR 1246-SPHERE, Université de Nantes, Nantes, France
*Purpose: While Urinary tract infections are the most common infections in kidney transplant recipients, the impact of late acute graft pyelonephritis (AGPN) on graft outcomes…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Quality of Life of Brazilian Kidney Transplant Patients: A Sub-Project of ADHERE Brazil Multicenter Study
A. R. Almeida¹, F. R. Grincenkov², F. A. Colugnati¹, J. O. Medina³, S. De Geest⁴, H. Sanders-Pinheiro¹, S. ADHERE BRAZIL¹
¹Nephrology, Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Juiz de Fora, Brazil, ²Psychology, Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Juiz de Fora, Brazil, ³Nephrology, Hospital do Rim. Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, ⁴Department of Public Health, Institute of Nursing Science, Basel, Switzerland
*Purpose: While the quality of life (QoL) is known to improve after kidney transplant (KT), epidemiologic data are limited in Brazil. We aimed to describe…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Use of Everolimus and Reduced Calcineurin Inhibitors in Bk Nephropathy: Insights from Follow-Up and Surveillance Biopsies
Z. S. Zaky, M. Spinner, B. Stephany
Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
*Purpose: BK virus-associated nephropathy (BKVAN) is a clinically important entity that results in an allograft loss in kidney transplant recipients (KTRs). Mammalian target of rapamycin…