Articles tagged "Kidney transplantation"

2021 American Transplant Congress
The Impact of the Kidney Transplant Journey on Patient’s and Parent’s Identities and Self-Management
J. C. Dunbar¹, E. E. Bascom², W. Pratt², J. Snyder², J. M. Smith³, A. H. Pollack³
¹University of Washington Information School, Seattle, WA, ²University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ³Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA
*Purpose: Describe the experiences of pediatric patients and their families after kidney transplant. Our qualitative study aimed to understand (1) how these individuals describe and…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Treatment and Outcomes of Kidney Transplant Recipients with C4d Negative Antibody Mediated Rejection
M. Walsh, L. Lineberger, M. Brokhof, N. Kenyon, N. Alvey
Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: The purpose of this study is to describe and evaluate treatment practices and patient outcomes for kidney transplant recipients with presence of C4d negative…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Recurrence and Outcome of Anti-GBM Glomerulonephritis After Kidney Transplantation: A Belgian Multicenter Study
S. Coche
Nephrology, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Brussels, Belgium
*Purpose: Recurrence of anti-glomerular basement membrane (anti-GBM) glomerulonephritis (GN) in the kidney graft is a rare event, described in limited case reports and registry analysis.…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Bacterial Infection on HLA Allosensitization Among Kidney Recipients on the Waitlist
D. P. Cina¹, K. R. Sherwood², S. Dobrer², J. Wong³, F. Fenninger², M. Kadatz⁴, P. Keown⁴, J. Lan⁴
¹Department of Urologic Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ²University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ³Department of Laboratory Medicine, Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ⁴Department of Nephrology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
*Purpose: The clinical relevance of HLA allosensitization associated with bacterial infection remains poorly defined. The primary objective of this study is to determine the incidence,…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Needs of People with Kidney Transplantation During the Covid 19 Pandemic and Its Confinement, and the Role of Communication Technologies Through the “Patient Experience”
I. Revuelta¹, E. Palou², R. Scandurra³, F. Oppenheimer¹, F. Diekmann¹, J. Escarrabill², B. Bayés¹
¹Department of Nephrology and Kidney Transplant, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain, ²Chronic care program and patient experience, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain, ³Department of Statistics, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
*Purpose: During the COVID-19 pandemic, healthcare services have focused on the care of acute processes and there is a risk of not meeting the needs…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Bamlanivimab for Covid-19 in Kidney Transplant Patients
M. Y. Jan, S. El-Sayegh, M. S. Yaqub, D. P. Mishler, O. Adebiyi, M. D. Anderson, T. E. Taber, A. Sharfuddin
Nephrology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN
*Purpose: Treatment options for patients with COVID 19 have limited efficacy in reducing severity and duration of viral symptoms as well as progression to severe…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Renal Transplant Outcomes of Kidney-only vs. Multi-organ Deceased Donors
J. Espinales¹, Z. C. Giffen¹, D. Schneider², R. James³, N. Koizumi³, O. Ekwenna¹, J. Ortiz⁴
¹University of Toledo Medical Center, Toledo, OH, ²UC Irvine School of Medicine, Irvine, CA, ³George Mason University, Arlington, VA, ⁴Albany Medical Center, Albany, NY
*Purpose: We sought to determine the relative outcomes of kidneys from kidney-only or multi-organ deceased donors.*Methods: Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients data from 2010-2019 were…
2021 American Transplant Congress
A Multimodal Interrogation of Human Renal Allografts
D. Dadhania¹, R. Ding¹, H. Xu², C. Lee¹, C. Snopkowski¹, T. Salinas¹, T. Muthukumar¹, J. Lee¹, R. Woodward², M. Grskovic², S. Dholakia², M. Suthanthiran¹
¹Weill Cornell Medicine - NYPH, New York, NY, ²CareDx, New York, NY
*Purpose: Development and validation of noninvasive biomarkers of kidney allograft rejection should improve transplant outcomes. CTOT-04 study validated urinary cell mRNA signature (CTOT04-Sig) for T-cell…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Successful Outcomes from Selected Akin3 Donors Requiring Renal Replacement: Avenue for Increase in Organ Utilization
P. Budhiraja¹, R. L. Heilman¹, M. L. Smith², H. A. Khamash¹, L. Kodali¹, A. A. Moss³, A. K. Mathur³, C. Jadlowiec³, K. S. Reddy³
¹Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, AZ, ²Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, AZ, ³Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, AZ
*Purpose: Our aim was to determine outcomes with transplanting kidneys from deceased donors with severe acute kidney injury requiring acute renal replacement therapy.*Methods: We included…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Right Kidneys and Kidneys with Complex Anatomy are More Likely to be Transplanted to the Waiting List in a National Kidney Paired Donation Program
N. Osbun¹, A. Thomas², A. Waterman³, J. Veale¹, D. Segev², D. Leeser⁴
¹Urology, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, ²Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ³University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, ⁴East Carolina University, Greenville, NC
*Purpose: In the era of laparoscopic donor nephrectomy, there is a preference for left kidneys with a single renal artery. In paired exchange, the receiving…