Articles tagged "Kidney transplantation"

2021 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes After Usage of Organs from Deceased Organ Donors with Sepsis – A Single-center Experience
A. Sharma¹, D. Choudhary¹, D. Kenwar¹, S. Singh¹, S. kumar¹, K. jain², N. Bansal³, A. Ravi¹
¹Renal & Pancreas Transplant Surgery, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, Chandigarh, India, ²Anesthesiology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, Chandigarh, India, ³Transplant Coordinator, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, Chandigarh, India
*Purpose: The deceased Organ Donation rate is around 0.8/million in our nation. There remains a severe shortage of organs worldwide, leading to a trend towards…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Understanding Early Transplant Preparation: CKD 3-5 Patients’ Transplant Knowledge and Actions at Kaiser Permanente Southern California
R. Pines¹, S. H. Kawakita², G. H. Kim³, O. Ranasinghe⁴, B. Mittman⁵, B. Dub⁵, H. Wilhalme³, A. D. Waterman³
¹Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital, Santa Barbara, CA, ²Terasaki Institute, Los Angeles, CA, ³UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, ⁴Outbreak Management Branch, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, Los Angeles, CA, ⁵Research and Evaluation, Kaiser Permanente, Pasadena, CA
*Purpose: While consensus exists on the need to educate patients earlier about transplant, delays in education persist, leaving patients insufficient time to make optimal renal…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Risk Factors for Low Bone Density and Vertebral Fracture in Kidney Transplant Recipients: A Cross-sectional Cohort Study
A. Velioglu¹, B. Kaya¹, B. Aykent¹, B. Ozkan², M. S. Karapinar¹, H. Arikan¹, E. Asicioglu¹, O. Bugdayci³, D. Gogas Yavuz⁴, S. Tuglular¹
¹Nephrology, Marmara University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey, ²Marmara University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey, ³Radiology, Marmara University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey, ⁴Endocrinology, Marmara University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey
*Purpose: Kidney transplantation (KT) recipients are at increased risk of low bone density (LMD) and fractures. In this retrospective study, we investigated bone mineral density…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Evaluation of Empiric Extended-Release Tacrolimus Dosing in Adult Kidney Transplant Recipients
C. Patel, S. Lee, D. M. Salerno, N. W. Lange, J. Hedvat
Pharmacy, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY
*Purpose: Envarsus XR® (extended-release [XR] tacrolimus) is the standard of care tacrolimus formulation at our center for de novo maintenance immunosuppression in adult kidney transplant…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Decreased Pca and Regional Anesthesia Requirements Following Robotic Donor Nephrectomy
J. C. Alonso-Escalante, L. Machado, K. R. Tabar, R. P. Tindall, N. Thai, T. Uemura
Surgery, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA
*Purpose: Robotic donor nephrectomy is increasingly popular, however, studies have not yet shown a clear benefit. The main aim of this study is to evaluate…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Application of Incisional Wound Vac to Decrease Wound Complications and Surgical Site Infections: A Single Center Pilot Project
E. K. Venniro, M. Dokus, J. Taylor, R. Kashyap
University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY
*Purpose: Wound complications and surgical site infections (SSIs) are common but morbid complications of transplant in immunosuppressed patients. Kidney transplant patients who are obese, highly…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Nutrition, Body Habitus, and Food Insecurity, in Pediatric Kidney Transplant Recipients
A. Wilkerson¹, J. Figueroa¹, C. Kang¹, R. Garro², M. Kamel¹, R. P. George²
¹Emory University, Atlanta, GA, ²Emory University and Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA
*Purpose: Appropriate nutrition and physical activity are critical for optimal post-transplant recovery and long term outcomes, especially in pediatric populations. Both malnutrition and obesity are…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Kidney Transplantation Outcomes Over Last Six Decades- A Single-center Experience
A. Dinesh¹, S. Jackson², A. Matas¹
¹University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN, ²Analytics Consulting Services, M Health Fairview, Minneapolis, MN
*Purpose: During the last 6 decades, the science around kidney transplantation has evolved tremendously resulting in significant improvements in kidney allograft and patient survival. There…
2021 American Transplant Congress
I Would Do Whatever It Took”: Understanding the Motivation, Education and Experiences of Kidney Paired Donation Participants
R. Pines¹, Y. A. Iraheta², L. Ambriz², K. A. Dahmani², E. H. Wood², M. Cooper³, A. D. Waterman²
¹Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital, Santa Barbara, CA, ²UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, ³Medstar Georgetown Transplant Institute, Washington, DC
*Purpose: To improve kidney paired donation (KPD) educational programs, we conducted semi-structured interviews to understand motivations of past recipients and donors to participate in KPD,…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Equity in Access to Kidney Transplants by Race/ethnicity in the Covid-19 Era
D. Stewart¹, A. Robinson², K. Bradbrook², A. Wilk², D. Klassen³
¹United Network for Organ Sharing, Richmond, VA, ²Research, United Network for Organ Sharing, Richmond, VA, ³Chief Medical Officer, United Network for Organ Sharing, Richmond, VA
*Purpose: The direct impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on minority populations has been well documented, and it is conceivable that disparities in access to kidney…