Articles tagged "Kidney transplantation"

2021 American Transplant Congress
Initial Experience with Growth Hormone Receptor Knockout in Pig-to-Baboon Kidney Transplantation: Effect on Ureteric Viability and Kidney Growth
C. Hansen-Estruch¹, H. Iwase¹, A. Jagdale¹, T. Yamamoto¹, M. H. Bikhet¹, J. Foote², H. Hara¹, D. Anderson¹, P. Porrett¹, D. Eckhoff¹, D. Ayares³, W. Eyestone³, J. Locke¹, D. K. Cooper¹
¹Xenotransplantation Program, Department of Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ²Department of Microbiology and Animal Resources Program, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ³Revivicor, Blacksburg, VA
*Purpose: The purpose of this study was to report outcomes of pig-to-baboon renal transplants using a novel growth hormone receptor knockout (GHRKO) organ-source pig created…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Dietary Intake and Mycophenolate Mofetil-related Diarrhea Following Kidney Transplantation
G. Onyeaghala¹, L. Teigen², B. Guo², Y. Doronin¹, M. Al-Kofahi², B. Wu², W. Guan², C. Staley², S. Riad², A. Matas², R. Remmel², W. Oetting², C. Dorr¹, P. Jacobson², A. Israni¹
¹Nephrology, Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute, Minneapolis, MN, ²University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
*Purpose: The treatment of Mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) related diarrhea in kidney transplants recipients involves providing lower MMF doses more frequently to maintain the same daily…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Identification and Validation of a Prognostic Index for Renal Allograft Survival Based on the Geo Database
X. Zhang, Z. Wang, Z. Han, J. Tao, X. Ju, R. Tan, M. Gu
The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
*Purpose: Chronic allograft injury (CAI) following kidney transplantation is still a threat to the allograft long-term survival. This study was designed to explore and analyze…
2021 American Transplant Congress
An Evaluation of Pjp Prophylaxis and Anemia Among Renal Transplant Recipients
J. Hedvat, N. Poladi, D. Salerno, G. Dube, N. Lange
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY
*Purpose: Dapone and atovaquone are therapeutic options for PJP prophylaxis in renal transplant recipients. The objective of this study was to evaluate the incidence of…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Clinical Characteristics, Risk Factors and Outcomes of Norovirus Infection in Renal Transplant Patients: A Retrospective Single Center Study
T. Brooks¹, T. Crilley¹, B. Gaglani², N. Jakharia²
¹Department of Internal Medicine, Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, Winston Salem, NC, ²Division of Infectious Diseases, Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, Winston Salem, NC
*Purpose: Norovirus gastrointestinal infection has been identified as a cause of significant morbidity among immunocompromised hosts, particularly hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT) and solid organ…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Clinical and Pathological Features of Lobar Nephronia in Renal Allograft
Y. Wang¹, Z. Yan¹, Y. Liu¹, Y. Zhou¹, Y. He¹, W. Zeng¹, R. Xia¹, W. Deng¹, J. Xu¹, C. Wu², Y. Miao¹
¹Department of Organ Transplantation, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China, ²Department of Urology and Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
*Purpose: Lobar nephronia (acute focal nephritis) is a rare form of nephritis which can be presented as a renal mass and misdiagnosed as renal cancer,…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Organ Decline Rate and Outcomes of Shared Kidneys from OneLegacy OPO Donation Service Area in Los Angeles
M. Hussain¹, P. Homkalrias¹, K. Wheeler², G. Danovitch¹, S. Bunnapradist¹
¹UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, ²OneLegacy, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: Background: 20% recovered kidneys are discarded in the US. Southern California has a high number of End-Stage Kidney Disease patients and the waitlist time…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Two-for-One Kidney Transplant Outcomes
C. Malanga¹, H. Madeem², K. Robichaux², J. Buggs³, A. Kumar¹, V. Bowers³
¹Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, ²Honors College, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, ³Transplant Surgery, Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, FL
*Purpose: In the United States, over 91,000 people are on the waiting list for a kidney transplant. Concurrently, 3,500 kidneys deemed to be of marginal…
2021 American Transplant Congress
True Living Donation Experiences: A Thematic Analysis of Storytelling from Kidney Living Donors
E. Ho¹, E. H. Wood², R. Pines³, L. A. Davis⁴, S. M. Advani⁵, A. D. Waterman²
¹Terasaki Institute, Los Angeles, CA, ²UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, ³Cottage Hospital, Santa Barbara, CA, ⁴DeSales University, Center Valley, PA, ⁵National Human Genome Research Institute (NIH), Bethesda, MD
*Purpose: Personal experiences of living donors (LDs) or recipients (Rs) can motivate more individuals to pursue living donor kidney transplant. After building a library of…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Predictors of Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation in an Urban, Obese Adult Renal Transplant Population
A. Lichvar, Z. Ress, M. Tabriz, H. Jenkins, T. Walsh, I. Tzvetanov, E. Benedetti, M. Campara
University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: Postoperative atrial fibrillation (POAF) is a common surgical complication. Renal transplant (RT) recipients possess risk factors that may lead to a higher incidence of…