Articles tagged "Kidney transplantation"

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
Kidney Transplant Outcomes Stratified by Age with a Calcineurin and Steroid Free Regimen
R. Scalzo¹, M. Harris¹, J. Morris², J. Byrns¹
¹Pharmacy, Duke University Hospital, Durham, NC, ²Nephrology, Duke University Hospital, Durham, NC
*Purpose: To evaluate the impact of an alemtuzumab, belatacept, and sirolimus based regimen on renal function stratified by age in kidney transplant (KT) patients.*Methods: This…
2021 American Transplant Congress
The Impact of Donor Age and Donor-Recipient Age Difference on Living Donor Kidney Transplantation
T. Hiramitsu¹, T. Tomosugi², K. Futamura², M. Okada², N. Goto², T. Ichimori², S. Narumi², Y. Watarai²
¹Nagoya Daini Red Cross Hospital, Myokencho Showaku, Japan, ²Nagoya Daini Red Cross Hospital, Nagoya, Japan
*Purpose: The impact of donor age and donor-recipient age difference on living donor kidney transplantation have not been investigated simultaneously.*Methods: A total 805 adult living…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Development and Validation of a Nomogram for Remnant Kidney Function After Living-donor Donation
M. Dou, P. Tian, B. Zheng, G. Deng, Y. Shi, C. Ding
The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China
*Purpose: This study was to develop and validate a nomogram to predict remnant kidney function after living-donor kidney donation.*Methods: We conducted a retrospective cohort study…
2021 American Transplant Congress
A2 to B Deceased Donor Renal Transplantation Outcome Analysis: Single Center Experience
S. Bindroo, M. Doshi
Nephrology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
*Purpose: Initial experience under kidney allocation system (KAS) implemented in December 2014 showed equivalent outcomes for A2 to B kidney transplantation compared with ABO compatible…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Transplant Center Volume in High-risk Recipient Association with Graft and Patient Survival
M. A. Merzkani, H. Murad, M. Mattu, S. Husami, M. Wang, V. Hu, S. Chang, T. Alhamad
Transplant, Washington University, Saint Louis, MO
*Purpose: Evaluation of high-risk recipients in transplant centers involves an intensive multidisciplinary medical evaluation and requires extensive coordination amongst various teams to follow-up on these…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Who Can be Matched via Kidney Exchange?
D. C. McElfresh¹, M. Curry², S. E. Booker³, D. Stewart³, M. Stuart³, R. Leishman⁴, T. Sandholm⁵, J. Dickerson²
¹Applied Mathematics, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, ²Computer Science, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, ³United Network for Organ Sharing, Seattle, WA, ⁴UNOS, Seattle, WA, ⁵Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
*Purpose: Valuable time and resources are spent screening medically-compatible patients and donors for kidney exchange. Exchanges with tens or hundreds of patients can have thousands…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Impact of COVID-19 Crisis on Disparities in Living Kidney Donation in the US
J. Wainright, S. Booker, J. Foutz, A. Henderson, R. Goff, L. Cartwright, D. Klassen
Research, UNOS, Richmond, VA
*Purpose: The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in a dramatic decrease in living kidney donation (LKD) in the U.S. This study investigated the effect of the COVID…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Black Disparity in Access to Kidney Transplant Waitlist Worsens in Illinois After New Kidney Allocation System (kas)
S. Park¹, D. Simpson¹, N. Katariya², J. Friedewald³, B. Ho³, D. P. Ladner¹
¹Transplant Outcomes Research Collaborative, Comprehensive Transplant Center, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ²Division of Transplant Surgery, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ³Transplant Nephrology, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: We hypothesized racial/ethnic disparities to access the kidney transplant (KT) waitlist (WL) remain after the implementation of the new kidney allocation system (KAS) at…