Articles tagged "Kidney transplantation"

2021 American Transplant Congress
Changes to Allocation of En Bloc Deceased Donor Kidneys to Low Epts Patients
A. Robinson¹, M. Pavlakis², V. Casingal³
¹United Network for Organ Sharing, Richmond, VA, ²Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, ³Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, NC
*Purpose: The OPTN implemented a policy on September 5, 2019 standardizing en bloc deceased donor kidney allocation in order to efficiently place and utilize kidneys…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Optimizing Usage of High KDPI Kidneys
Y. Ng¹, C. Kling², L. Sibulesky², J. Perkins²
¹Medicine/Nephrology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ²Surgery/Transplant, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
*Purpose: Among recipients of high kidney donor profile index (KDPI) kidneys, it is unclear if certain recipients fair better than others. Using data from the…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Current Opioid Utilization Practices of Kidney Transplant Centers in the United States: A National Survey of Institutional Practices
A. Lichvar¹, H. Kim¹, A. Ingemi², J. Jarrett¹
¹University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, ²Sentara Healthcare, Norfolk, VA
*Purpose: The opioid epidemic in the United States (US) and the known risks of opioid utilization highlight the need for better understanding of pain management…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Early Hypertransaminasemia in Kidney Transplant Recipient: Influence of Donor Type and Clinical Significance
E. Solà-Porta, M. Redondo-Pachón, S. Núñez-Delgado, C. Arias-Cabrales, M. Mir, A. Buxeda, C. Burballa, M. Crespo, J. Pascual, M. Pérez-Sáez
Nephrology, Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain
*Purpose: The increase in transaminases after kidney transplant (KT) is frequent. Although the cause is unknown, it has been associated with factors such as immunosuppression,…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Early Conversion to Belatacept-based Therapy Improves Graft Function in Renal Transplant Patients
N. Huang¹, C. J. Yang², I. Movileanu¹, R. H. Dvorai³, K. M. Ecal¹, R. F. Saidi¹, A. N. Ayla Senay¹, B. Gallay⁴, M. J. Hanlon¹, S. Narsipur⁴, M. R. Laftavi¹, R. Shahbazov¹
¹Surgery, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, ²Pharmacy, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, ³Pathology, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, ⁴Medicine, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY
*Purpose: Our goal in this study was to assess the impact of early vs late conversion to Belatacept based (Bela) IS in kidney transplant (KT)…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Rituximab Induction Therapy on Donor-specific Anti-HLA Antibodies in Abo-compatible Kidney Transplant Recipients
T. Yagisawa¹, T. Kanzawa¹, K. Unagami², M. Furusawa¹, M. Inui¹, H. Ishida², K. Tanabe¹
¹Department of Urology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan, ²Department of Organ Transplant Medicine, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
*Purpose: Development of de novo donor-specific anti-HLA antibodies (dnDSA) after kidney transplantation remains strongly associated with antibody-mediated rejection (AMR), which leads to poor graft outcome.…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Urine Donor-derived Cell-free is Valuable for Predicting BK Polyomavirus-associated Nephropathy in Kidney Transplant Recipients
G. Huang¹, X. Chen¹, Y. Huang¹, J. Li¹, R. Deng¹, W. Chen², J. Qiu¹, S. Deng¹, G. Chen¹, Q. Fu¹, C. Wu¹, J. Fei¹, L. Liu¹, L. Chen¹, C. Wang¹
¹Organ Transplant Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China, ²Department of Pathology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
*Purpose: Our previous study has proved that urine donor-derived cell-free DNA (dd-cfDNA) can assist in the diagnosis of BK polyomavirus-associated nephropathy (BKPyVAN), but its specificity…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Treatment of Bk Virus With Intravenous Immunoglobulin in Pediatric Kidney Transplant
D. Mohammad, D. Kim, R. Baracco, G. Kapur, A. Jain
Pediatric Nephrology and Transplant Services, Children's Hospital of Michigan, Detroit, MI
*Purpose: To study the prevalence of BK viremia (BKV) and BK Virus Nephropathy (BKVN) utilizing plasma BK quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction (qPCR) and report outcomes…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Treatment of Refractory Chronic Active Antibody-Mediated Rejection: Improvement in Histopathology are Delayed Compared to the Reduction in Donor Specific Antibodies
K. R. Degner¹, S. Parajuli¹, F. Aziz¹, N. Garg¹, M. Mohamed¹, D. A. Mandelbrot¹, S. E. Panzer¹, L. Hidalgo¹, N. A. Wilson¹, S. R. Reese¹, K. Van Hyfte¹, W. Zhong¹, P. Nickerson², A. Djamali¹
¹University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, ²University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
*Purpose: There are limited options for the treatment and management of refractory chronic active antibody-mediated rejection (cABMR) after kidney transplantation. Longitudinal histologic data in patients…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Intermediate Outcomes Following Early Inflammatory Changes on Surveillance Biopsies
I. Melgarejo¹, V. Viswanathan², A. Sharma¹, P. Sood¹, C. Puttarajappa¹, N. Shah¹, M. Molinari¹, A. Tevar¹, C. Wu¹, S. Hariharan¹, R. Mehta¹
¹Starzl Transplant Institute, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, ²Department of Renal-electrolyte, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA
*Purpose: The implications on early inflammatory changes on surveillance biopsies on intermediate and long-term outcomes is unclear.*Methods: Of the 1000 kidney transplant (live donor and…