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Articles tagged "Kidney transplantation"

  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Change in Health-Related Quality of Life 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.

    BACKGROUND: Kidney transplantation (KT) recipients have been found to have higher Health-related quality of life (HRQOL) than patients undergoing other forms of renal replacement therapy.…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    A Novel DSA Flow Cytometer Crossmatch (DSA-FXM) to Eliminate Ambiguous Auto- and Allo-FXM Results

    G. Chen, L. Lin, D. Tyan.

    Pathology, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA.

    Introduction:Though usually rejected on theoretical grounds, a positive Auto-FXM could result from either or both auto-reactive non-HLA or HLA-antibodies (Ab). Furthermore, a positive Auto-FXM serum…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Outcomes of Treatment of Late Antibody-Mediated Rejection in Primary Renal Transplant Recipients – A Single Center Experience

    R. Prashar, A. Patel, K. Venkat.

    Division of Nephrology and Transplant Institute, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI.

    Background: Successful reversal of early post-transplant antibody mediated rejection (AMR) is well documented, but data on the results of treatment of late AMR are lacking.…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Thymoglobulin Dosing Efficacy: The Role of ALC on Infection and Rejection

    H. Sarumi, C. Borscheid, G. Sieger, B. Fast, S. Hogan, K. Vassar, T. Pruett.

    University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN.

    There are varied Thymoglobulin® (Thymo) induction regimens accepted among transplant programs. Our center uses five doses of Thymo at 1.25mg/kg, yielding a total goal of…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Effect of Everolimus on Cardiovascular Parameters in De Novo Kidney Transplant Recipients: 12-Month Results from the ELEVATE Study

    H. Holdaas,1 M. van der Giet,1 J. de Fijter,1 A. Speziale,2 C. Escrig,2 G. Junge,2 Z. Wang,3 J. Cruzado.1

    1For the ELEVATE Study, Oslo, Norway; 2Novartis, Basel, Switzerland; 3Novartis Corporation, East Hanover, NJ.

    Background: Long-term exposure to calcineurin inhibitors (CNIs) contributes to an unfavorable cardiovascular (CV) risk profile, including inferior renal allograft function and premature graft loss with…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Clinical Outcome of Patients With De Novo C1q Binding Donor-Specific HLA Antibodies After Renal Transplantation

    J. Bamoulid,1 A. Roodenburg,2 O. Staeck,1 C. Schoenemann,2 N. Lachmann,2 K. Budde.1

    1Nephrology, Charite Hospital-University of Medicine, Berlin, Germany; 2HLA Laboratory, Charite Hospital-University of Medicine, Berlin, Germany.

    A. Not all de novo donor-specific HLA antibodies (dnDSA) are causing immediate graft loss. The importance of complement-binding DSA was recently shown with a commercial…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Impacts of Mycophenolate Mofetile Addition to Very Low Exposure Everolimus and Calcineurine Inhibitor Based Immunosuppression in De Novo Kidney Transplantation

    Y. Watarai,1 M. Okada,1 K. Futamura,1 K. Ito,1 T. Yamamoto,1 M. Tsujita,1 T. Hiramitsu,1 N. Goto,1 S. Narumi,1 T. Kobayashi.2

    1Transplant Surgery, Nagoya Daini Red Cross Hospital, Nagoya, Japan; 2Applied Immunity, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan.

    Purpose: Prospective randomized study of MMF addition to everolimus (EVR) based immunosuppression was evaluated in clinical outcomes as well as protocol biopsies findings and donor…
  • 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…
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