Articles tagged "Kidney transplantation"

2021 American Transplant Congress
A Kidney Waitlist Outcomes Timeline to Visualize Candidate Offers and Outcomes
C. Schaffhausen¹, J. Miller², A. Matas³, A. Israni⁴, A. Wey⁵, A. Hart⁴
¹Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute / University of Minnesota (UMN), Minneapolis, MN, ²Chronic Disease Research Group, Minneapolis, MN, ³Department of Surgery, UMN, Minneapolis, MN, ⁴Hennepin Healthcare / UMN, Minneapolis, MN, ⁵Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients, Minneapolis, MN
*Purpose: While transplant centers closely monitor posttransplant outcomes for each transplant recipient, centers currently lack data to monitor waitlist outcomes of individual candidates. Candidates who…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Intersecting Disparities in Health Literacy Among Renal Patients Experiencing Transplant Barriers
C. W. Nonterah, K. Workman, S. Shah
Psychology, University of Richmond, Richmond, VA
*Purpose: Recent data from the United States Renal Data System (USRDS, 2020) indicate that 131, 636 patients were diagnosed with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) in…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Dietary Intake of Calories and Protein in the Acute Phase Following Kidney Transplant: Opportunities for Improvement
L. Teigen¹, G. Onyeaghala¹, Y. Doronin², B. Guo¹, B. Wu¹, J. Abrahante¹, D. Schladt¹, W. Guan¹, C. Staley¹, M. Al-Kofahi¹, S. Riad¹, A. Matas¹, R. Remmel¹, W. Oetting¹, C. Dorr¹, P. Jacobson¹, A. Israni¹
¹University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, ²Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute, Minneapolis, MN
*Purpose: Nutritional therapy post kidney transplant includes both an acute (1-1.5 months post-transplant) and a chronic phase. To date, most of the available literature has…
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Association of Belatacept Conversion on Patient and Allograft Survival in Kidney Transplant Recipients with Congestive Heart Failure
H. Mogallapalli
Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
*Purpose: Calcineurin inhibitors (CNI) exert deleterious effect on cardiovascular risk in kidney transplant recipients (KTRs). Belatacept conversion may reduce CV risk in KTRs. We hypothesized…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Seasonal and Income-related Factors in Live Kidney Donation in the United States from 1995 to 2019
F. Al Ammary¹, A. Arking², G. Kaddu², J. Garonzik Wang², A. B. Massie², D. Segev², A. Muzaale²
¹Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ²Surgery, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: For nearly two decades, the annual number of US live kidney donors has been characterized by striking and worrying patterns of general decline that…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Anterior Rectus Sheath versus Standard Gibson Approach to Kidney Transplantation: A Randomized Double-blinded Controlled Trial
P. Murthy, M. Lyon, M. Fascelli, M. Spinner, E. Miller, Y. Lin, D. Goldfarb, V. Krishnamurthi, A. Wee, M. Eltemamy
Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
*Purpose: Purpose: The anterior rectus sheath (ARS) approach to kidney transplantation (KT) involves a small skin incision to incise the ARS and medially retract rectus…
2021 American Transplant Congress
En Bloc Kidney Transplantation from Pediatrics Weighing Less Than 5 Kg: Single Center Analysis of 31 Cases
Z. Wang¹, X. Zeng², Q. Xia², J. Peng², H. Xiao², J. Liu², H. Li²
¹Urology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Union Hospital, Wuhan, China, ²Urology, Union Hospital, Wuhan, China
*Purpose: Very low bodyweight pediatrics are rarely chosen as donors because of potential higher risk for complications such as early allograft thrombosis, and possible latter…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Risk Factors and Outcome of Transplant Renal Artery Stenosis in Kidney Transplant Recipients – A Nested Case-control Study
D. Choudhary¹, A. Sharma¹, R. Vijayvergiya², G. Kasinadhuni², D. Kenwar¹, S. Singh¹
¹Renal & Pancreas Transplant Surgery, Pgimer Chandigarh, Chandigarh, India, ²Cardiology, Pgimer Chandigarh, Chandigarh, India
*Purpose: Transplant renal artery stenosis (TRAS) is a treatable cause of renal allograft dysfunction. It presents commonly in the early post-transplant period with variable clinical…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Pre-Screening on OPTN Kidney Paired Donation Pilot Program Transplant and Refusal Rates
S. E. Booker¹, R. Leishman¹, J. Musick¹, M. Oley¹, T. Sandholm², J. Dickerson³, M. Pavlakis⁴, V. Casingal⁵
¹UNOS, Richmond, VA, ²Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, ³University of Maryland, College Park, MD, ⁴Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, ⁵Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, NC
*Purpose: The OPTN Kidney Paired Donation Pilot Program (KPDPP) donor pre-screen tool allows centers to review and pre-accept or pre-refuse potential donors for individual candidates…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Association of Obesity and Early Post Kidney Transplantation Complications
V. Sandra, N. Sanichar, D. Tsapepas, K. L. King, J. Van Bever, K. Toma, A. Hussain, S. Mohan
Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY
*Purpose: Although the prevalence of obesity among kidney transplant recipients is rising, there continues to be reluctance to waitlist obese candidates. We sought to determine…