Articles tagged "Kidney transplantation"

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…
2015 American Transplant Congress
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…
2015 American Transplant Congress
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…
2015 American Transplant Congress
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…
2015 American Transplant Congress
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…
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Changes in Immunophenotypes After Conversion from Calcineurin Inhibitors to mTOR Inhibitors in Renal Transplant Recipients
A. Yildiz,^1,4 M. Cavusoğlu,¹ S. Adin,² Y. çaliskan,¹ A. Ozkok,¹ H. Tasçi,³ G. Deniz,² M. Sariyar.³
¹Internal Medicine, Nephrology, Istanbul School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey; ²Immunology, Experimental Medicine and Research Center, Istanbul, Turkey; ³General Surgery, Medicana Organ Transplant Center, Istanbul, Turkey.
Chronic toxicity of calcineurin inhibitors (CNI) is one of the major causes of chronic allograft loss. Conversion from CNI to mTOR ((mammalian target of rapamycin)…
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OX40 Gene: A Potential Target for the Care of Chronic T-Cell Mediated Rejection (TCMR)
F. Schena,¹ C. Curci,¹ F. Sallustio,¹ M. Trpevski,¹ G. De Palma,¹ M. Fiorentino,² M. Rossini,² M. Quaglia,³ E. Bozzola,³ S. Zanini,⁴ L. Furian,⁴ A. Toscano,⁵ E. Gallo,⁶ L. Gesualdo,² P. Stratta,³ P. Rigotti,⁴ F. Citterio,⁵ L. Biancone.⁶
¹C.A.R.S.O. Consortium, Valenzano, Italy; ²University of Bari, Bari, Italy; ³A.O.U. Maggiore della Carità, Novara, Italy; ⁴University of Padova, Padua, Italy; ⁵Cattolica Sacro Cuore University, Rome, Italy; ⁶University of Torino, Turine, Italy.
Introduction:TCMR is characterized by the reduction of vessel lumen with marked intimal thickening, fibrous hyperplasia and a strong component of leukocyte infiltrate. Aim of our…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Kidney Transplant Telehealh Clinic Improves Access to Long-Term Follow-Up and Decreases Costs: The Experience of the Iowa City VA Transplant Program
R. Kalil,^1,2 C. Thomas,^1,2 D. Katz.^1,2
¹Univesity of Iowa, Iowa City; ²Iowa City VAMC, Iowa City.
Kidney transplant (KT) recipients living in areas distant from transplant centers face more challenges in maintaining adequate follow-up due to long travel distances, greater costs,…
2015 American Transplant Congress
The Impact of FcγRIIA, FcγRIIIA and C1QA Genes Polymorphism On Infectious Complications Following Renal Transplantation
L. Das, Y. Tanaka, S. Verma, S. Shimizu, K. Ide, H. Ohdan.
Department of Gastroenterological and Transplant Surgery, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan.
AIM- Infectious complication is the leading cause of graft and patient loss after renal transplantation (RT). Under immunosuppressive condition when acquired immunity is suppressed, components…