Articles tagged "Kidney transplantation"

2021 American Transplant Congress
Infectious Complications and Malignancy After Kidney Transplantation in the Elderly Population
L. Liriano-Ward, M. Parides, Y. Al Azzi, C. Pynadath, M. Ajaimy, P. Loarte, J. Graham, S. Greenstein, M. Le, H. Yaffe, M. Kinkhabwala, J. Rocca, E. Akalin
Montefiore Medical Center, New York, NY
*Purpose: All patients, regardless of age, may benefit from renal transplantation due to improved quality of life and decreased mortality. However, elderly patients are at…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Conversion from Tacrolimus to Envarsus in Rapid Metabolizers for Prevention of BK Infection
G. Towns, G. Agarwal, C. Kew
Transplant Nephrology, UAB, Birmingham, AL
*Purpose: The incidence of BK virus infection is high among rapid metabolizers (RM) in kidney transplant (KT) patients. RM can be identified using validated and…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes in Highly Sensitized Kidney Transplant Recipients Receiving DCD Organs
A. Diamond¹, L. Rodrigues², A. Di Carlo³, S. Karhadkar³
¹Pharmacy, Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, ²Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, ³Surgery, Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
*Purpose: Highly sensitized (HS) patients experience longer wait times for kidney transplantation despite prioritization by the Kidney Allocation System. Kidney transplants performed from donors defined…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Use of Hepatitis B N.A.T. Positive Kidneys in Hepatitis B Immune Recipients
E. Stephenson¹, B. Nangunuri², T. McCune³
¹Nephrology and Critical Care, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA, ²Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA, ³Nephrology, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA
*Purpose: There is an increasing demand for kidney donations as roughly 4000 people die on the waitlist each year while the number of kidneys being…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Information-Seeking Behavior During Covid-19: Opportunities for Communication and Care Transition Improvements
S. H. Advani¹, S. M. Advani², Y. A. Iraheta³, A. Murillo⁴, H. A. Gritsch³, A. D. Waterman³
¹Terasaki Institute, Bethesda, MD, ²National Human Genome Research Institute, Bethesda, MD, ³UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, ⁴Terasaki Institute, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: To learn more about how at-risk dialysis and transplant patients sought health information during COVID-19 and what was most helpful, we conducted a mixed-methods…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Iguratimod Reduce Panel Reactive Antibody in High Mismatched Renal Transplant Recipients: A Retrospective Propensity Score-Matched Study
D. Feng, Z. Wang, Z. Han, J. Tao, X. Ju, R. Tan, M. Gu
The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
*Purpose: To evaluate the clinical efficacy and safety of iguratimod (IGU) for reducing panel reactive antibody (PRA) in high mismatched renal transplant recipients.*Methods: Eligible recipients…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Tolerability of Mycophenolate Mofetil in Elderly Kidney Transplant Recipients: A Retrospective Cohort Study
S. Witek¹, G. Malat², D. Sawinski², C. Sammons², C. LaFratte¹, A. Forte¹, R. Samudralwar¹, S. Lyle¹, J. Rashid¹, J. Trofe-Clark²
¹Dept of Pharmacy, Hospital of the Univ of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ²Penn Transplant Institute, Hospital of the Univ of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
*Purpose: Optimal immunosuppression in elderly kidney transplant recipients (KTRs) is not well-defined, with MMF being poorly tolerated at standard doses. This study aims to compare…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Identifying Health-System Level Barriers and Facilitators to Living Donor Kidney Transplantation: A Comparative Case Study
A. Horton¹, M. Fortin², P. Nugus³, D. Landsberg⁴, M. Paquet², M. Cantarovich¹, S. Sandal¹
¹Nephrology, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada, ²Nephrology, Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada, ³Family Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁴Nephrology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
*Purpose: Despite the well-known advantages of living donor kidney transplantation (LDKT), rates at many centers have stagnated or declined. In Canada, there are large interprovincial…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Early Experience with Broad Renal Genetic Testing in an Academic Transplant Center
E. Tantisattamo¹, K. Brossart², N. Ioannou², S. McCormick², P. R. Billings², H. Tabriziani²
¹Division of Nephrology, Hypertension and Kidney Transplantation, Division of Nephrology, Hypertension and Kidney Transplantation, Department of Medicine, University of California Irvine School of Medicine, Orange, CA, ²Natera, Inc., San Carlos, CA
*Purpose: Genetic testing is an emerging tool in kidney transplantation (KT), particularly to assess risk of recurrent disease in patients with KT and for selection…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Plasma Donor-Derived Cell-Free DNA Levels Risk-Stratify Kidney Allograft Injury with Isolated Transplant Glomerulitis
L. Bu¹, S. Anand², A. Pai³, J. S. Bromberg⁴, G. Gupta⁵, I. Moinuddin⁵, T. Alhamad⁶, V. Bowers⁷, S. Ghosh⁸, W. Tian⁸, E. Stites⁹
¹University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, ²Intermountain Medical Center, Murray, UT, ³University of Texas McGovern Medical School, Houston, TX, ⁴University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ⁵Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, ⁶Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, ⁷Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, FL, ⁸CareDx, Brisbane, CA, ⁹University of Colorado, Aurora, CO
*Purpose: The Banff lesion Glomerulitis (g) characterizes the degree of microvascular glomerular inflammation. Some studies have demonstrated glomerulitis in the absence of C4d in association…