Articles tagged "Kidney transplantation"

2021 American Transplant Congress
Leukopenia in the Renal Transplant Population
A. Johnson¹, G. Karadkhele², C. Larsen¹
¹Emory University, Atlanta, GA, ²Surgery, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
*Purpose: Leukopenia is a common complication for transplant patients on immunosuppression, but etiologies, timing, and outcomes are only superficially understood.*Methods: All patients undergoing kidney transplant…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Comparison of Next Generation Sequencing Donor-derived Cell Free DNA Assay Utilizing Whole Genome Sequencing
N. Singh¹, M. S. Naseer¹, D. Aultman², H. Shokouh-Amiri², G. Zibari²
¹Transplant, John C. McDonald Regional Transplant Center - Willis Knighton Health System, Shreveport, LA, ²Advanced Surgery, John C. McDonald Regional Transplant Center - Willis Knighton Health System, Shreveport, LA
*Purpose: Circulating donor-derived cell free DNA (dd-cfDNA) is a non-invasive biomarker of kidney allograft injury with a high negative predictive value for ruling out acute…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Pulmonary Infections in Patients with Kidney Transplant: Epidemiology, Risk Factors and Impact of a Dedicated Pre-Transplant Infectious Disease Consultation
E. Feredj
Infectious Disease, APHP Henri Mondor, Créteil, France
*Purpose: We aim to describe the spectrum of pulmonary infections after kidney transplant, to identify risk factors and to evaluate the impact of pre transplant…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Risk Factors of COVID-19 in Kidney Transplant Recipients
M. M. Alkadi, E. Abuhelaiqa, M. Asim, O. Fituri, R. Elidrisi, R. Abdul Rahiman, M. Elshirbeny, M. Othman, A. Hamad, A. Ashour, A. Hamdi, A. Nauman, H. Tohid, M. Jarman, H. Al-Malki
Nephrology-Medicine, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar
*Purpose: Kidney transplant recipients have been shown to develop a severe form of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) that poses a significant mortality risk. The aim of…
2021 American Transplant Congress
SARS-CoV-2 Infection Among Kidney Transplant Recipients: A Multicenter Brazilian Cohort Study
T. Sandes-Freitas¹, J. Medina-Pestana², o. COVID-19 Brazil Study Group³
¹Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza, Brazil, ²Hospital do Rim, São Paulo, Brazil, ³Brazil, Brazil, Brazil
*Purpose: Limited data are available on COVID-19 clinical presentation and outcomes among kidney transplant (KT) recipients.*Methods: Multicenter Brazilian cohort of KT patients with laboratory-confirmed SARS-CoV-2…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes of Deceased Donor Transplants with Donor Specific Antibodies Before and After the New Kidney Allocation System
R. Crew, P. Khairallah, S. S. Patel
Columbia University, New York, NY
*Purpose: KAS forced centers to list unacceptable HLA antigens. Some centers excluded antigens at any level of anti-HLA Ab. Our center only excluded antibodies posing…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Hypoperfusion Warm Ischaemia Time in Renal Transplants from Donors After Circulatory Death
I. D. Kostakis¹, T. Kassimatis¹, C. Flach², N. Karydis¹, N. Kessaris¹, I. Loukopoulos¹
¹Department of Transplantation, Guy’s Hospital, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom, ²School of Population Health and Environmental Studies, King’s College London, London, United Kingdom
*Purpose: Donor hypoperfusion before asystole in renal transplants from donors after circulatory death (DCD) has been considered responsible for worse outcomes than those from donors…
2021 American Transplant Congress
The Impact of Health Literacy on Kidney Transplant Listing
G. Chen¹, J. Siahaan², L. Leon Novelo², I. Rizvi³, A. M. De Golovine⁴, A. R. Edwards⁴, A. Pai⁴, W. A. Dar³
¹Abdominal Transplant, Memorial Hermann Hospital, Houston, TX, ²Department of Biostatistics and Data Science, School of Public Health The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, ³Department of Surgery, McGovern Medical School The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, ⁴Department of Internal Medicine, Renal Diseases and Hypertension, McGovern Medical School The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX
*Purpose: Limited health literacy has long been associated with poor health outcomes in the general population, but there have been few studies investigating the association…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Association of Delayed Graft Function with Mortality Post-kidney Transplantation
N. Eguchi¹, H. Ichii², F. J. Ferrey¹, U. G. Reddy¹, D. C. Dafoe², H. Seo³, K. Kalantar-Zadeh¹, E. Tantisattamo¹
¹Division of Nephrology, Hypertension and Kidney Transplantation, Department of Medicine, University of California Irvine, Orange, CA, ²Division of Kidney and Pancreas Transplantation, Department of Surgery, University of California Irvine, Orange, CA, ³School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA
*Purpose: Given the ongoing shortage of donated organs, marginal kidneys with a higher possibility of delayed graft function(DGF) have been increasingly utilized. While DGF in…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Sirolimus (srl) versus Everolimus (evr) versus Mycophenolate (mpa) in Kidney Transplant Recipients Receiving Anti-thymocyte Globulin Induction (r-atg), Tacrolimus (tac), and Prednisone
H. Tedesco Silva Junior, C. Felipe, L. Viana, M. Cristelli, N. Tenorio, V. Lima, V. Azevedo, K. Ficher, J. Rezende, R. Foresto, M. Nakamura, Y. Dreige, J. Taddeo, C. Zito, J. Medina
Hospital do Rim, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
*Purpose: The aim of this study is to compare the efficacy and safety of SRL versus EVR versus MPA in kidney transplant recipients.*Methods: This is…