Articles tagged "Kidney transplantation"

2015 American Transplant Congress
Does Infection Impact On Tacrolimus Blood Levels in Kidney Transplant Recipients?
N. Kanaan,¹ C. Percy,¹ Z. Hassoun,² M. Mourad,³ C. Beguin,⁴ M. De Meyer,³ E. Goffin.¹
¹Nephrology, Cliniques Universitaires Saint Luc, Brussels, Belgium; ²Gastroenterology, Cliniques Universitaires Saint Luc, Brussels, Belgium; ³Abdominal Surgery and Transplantation, Cliniques Universitaires Saint Luc, Brussels, Belgium; ⁴Medical Information and Statistics, Cliniques Universitaires Saint Luc, Brussels, Belgium.
Background Tacrolimus (Tac) is the cornerstone of immunosuppressive therapy in kidney transplant recipients. It is metabolized by members of the cytochrome p450 (CYP) 3A subfamily…
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The Burden of Caregiving for Living Kidney Donors
H. Maple, N. Mamode.
Renal Transplantation, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom.
Introduction: A large number of kidney donors are also primary caregivers for their recipients. Whilst primary caregiver status is a well-established cause of psychopathology, it…
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Do Community-Solicited NDDs Experience More Coercion to Donate a Kidney Than Traditional NDD Donors?
D. Serur, G. Bretzlaff, P. Christos, F. Desrosiers, M. Charlton.
New York Presbyterian Weill Cornell, New York, NY.
BACKGROUND:Studies of non-directed donors (NDDs) have shown comparable psychosocial functioning to traditional donors. Within NDDs there are some that come forward in response to community…
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The Characteristics of Post-Operative Deep Vein Thrombosis in Kidney Transplant Recipients – Difference from Other Type of Surgery
J. Kim,¹ I. Moon,¹ M.-H. Kim,¹ K. Park,² S. Ahn,³ S. Park,⁴ S.-D. Kim,⁵ S. Kim.⁶
¹Surgery, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea; ²Surgery, Inha University, Incheon, Republic of Korea; ³Surgery, Yeouido St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea; ⁴Surgery, Uijeongbu St Mary's Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea; ⁵Surgery, Incheon St Mary's Hospital, Incheon, Republic of Korea; ⁶Internal Medicine, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Background Deep vein thrombosis (DVT) is a severe and common complication that occurs after a major operation. Despite the commonality of DVT, there is limited…
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Associations Between Deceased-Donor Urine Biomarkers of Kidney Injury and 6-Month Kidney Transplant Function
C. Parikh, I. Hall, M. Doshi, B. Schroppel, F. Weng, R. Hasz, P. Murray, V. Rao, H. Thiessen-Philbrook, J. Ficek, P. Reese.
TRIBE-AKI Consortium, New Haven, CT.
Assessment of organ quality is integral to allocation, yet existing tools have a limited ability to predict important transplant outcomes. We evaluated whether injury biomarkers,…
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Fracture Incidence in Adult Kidney Transplant Recipients
K. Naylor,^1,2 S. Jamal,³ G. Zou,¹ E. McArthur,⁴ N. Lam,^1,2 W. Leslie,⁵ A. Hodsman,² J. Kim,^4,6 G. Knoll,⁷ L.-A. Fraser,¹ J. Adachi,⁸ A. Garg.^1,2,4
¹Western University, London, ON, Canada; ²London Health Sciences Centre, London, ON, Canada; ³Women's College Research Institute, Toronto, Canada; ⁴Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, Canada; ⁵University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada; ⁶University Health Network, Toronto, Canada; ⁷Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Canada; ⁸McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada.
Background: It remains uncertain whether kidney transplant recipients are a high risk group for fracture. We conducted this study to provide a precise estimate of…
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HLA-DR Matching Improves Immunologic Outcomes in Elderly Kidney Transplant Recipients
F. Halleck, D. Khadzhynov, L. Liefeldt, P. Glander, J. Bamoulid, S. Kreimer, L. Lehner, K. Budde, O. Staeck.
Nephrology, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
BACKGROUND: The Eurotransplant senior program (ESP) neglects HLA matching for elderly (>65y) KTR. Only few data exist regarding the influence of HLA-DR-matching on immunologic outcomes.PATIENTS…
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24 Month Post Transplantation Follow Up of the Certitem Trial
E. Rondeau,¹ E. Cassuto,² V. Vuiblet,³ C. Legendre,⁴ P. Merville,⁵ Y. Le Meur,⁶ B. Moulin,⁷ P. Westeel,⁸ B. Hurault De Ligny,⁹ A. Lécuyer,¹⁰ M. Tindel,¹¹ N. Kamar.¹²
¹Hôpital Tenon, Paris, France; ²Hôpital Pasteur, Nice, France; ³Hôpital Maison Blanche, Reims, France; ⁴Hôpital Necker, Paris, France; ⁵Hôpital Pellegrin, Bordeaux, France; ⁶Hôpital La Cavale Blanche, Brest, France; ⁷Nouvel Hôpital Civil, Strasbourg, France; ⁸Hôpital Sud, Amiens, France; ⁹CHU, Caen, France; ¹⁰Novartis Pharma S.A.S, Rueil-Malmaison, France; ¹¹Keyrus Biopharma, Levallois-Perret, France; ¹²Hôpital Rangueil, Toulouse, France.
Background: CERTITEM has evaluated the effect of everolimus/calcineurin inhibitors free (CNI free) on fibrosis progression and results have been reported at 12 months (M12). Data…
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NFAT Regulated Cytokine Gene Expression for Immune Monitoring in Kidney Transplant Recipients
V. Tatapudi, A. Webber, C. Leung, F. Vincenti.
Div. of Nephrology, Dept. of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco Medical Center, San Francisco, CA.
Purpose of Study:To demonstrate that profiling kidney transplant recipients (KTR) on Tacrolimus (Tac) based immunosuppression based on quantitative analysis of NFAT (nuclear factor of activated…
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Prognostic Relevance of Rejection Episodes Detected Within the First 3 Weeks After Kidney Transplantation
V. Arelin,¹ H. Schrem,² F. Lehner,² W. Gwinner,¹ H. Haller,¹ M. Schiffer.¹
¹Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Lower Saxony, Germany; ²General, Visceral and Transplant Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Lower Saxony, Germany.
Background:The relevance of cellular rejection events detected in the early phase after kidney transplantation for graft survival and function remains to be elucidated. Especially the…