Articles tagged "Kidney transplantation"

2021 American Transplant Congress
Influence of Vitamin D Status on the Prognosis of Covid 19 in Patients with Kidney Transplant
J. Ugalde-Altamirano, I. Revuelta, A. Carrillo, M. Xipell, F. Cofan, N. Esforzado, E. Montagud, G. Piñeiro, A. Molina, P. Ventura, D. Cucchiari, F. Oppenheimer, F. Diekmann, J. Campistol, B. Bayes, J. Torregrosa
Nephrology, Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
*Purpose: The protective role of Vitamin D as an immunomodulator has been demonstrated in different pathologies included the viral etiology. This effect has been described…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Impact of CHA2DS2-VASc Score on Postoperative Mortality Following Kidney Transplant
J. Klein¹, M. Rangel¹, Z. Spigel², E. Hollinger¹, D. Olaitan¹, M. Hertl¹, E. Chan¹
¹Surgery, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, ²Surgery, Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh, PA
*Purpose: This study aimed to assess the correlation between CHA2DS2-VASc score and postoperative kidney transplant survival. The conditions captured in the CHA2DS2-VASc score are commonly…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Utility of Screening-Bead Assay in Post-Transplant Testing of Donor-Specific Antibodies (DSA) and Antibody-mediated Rejection (ABMR) in Renal Allografts
A. Agrawal¹, E. Dijke², A. Murray³, P. Campbell³
¹Transplant Nephrology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ²Lab. Medicine and Pathology, University of Alberta Hospital, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ³Division of Nephrology, Dept. of Medicine, University of Alberta Hospital, Edmonton, AB, Canada
*Purpose: ABMR is a major cause of poor long-term graft survival. Though post-transplant monitoring of HLA DSAs can aid in risk stratification and optimizing immunosuppression,…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes from High KDPI Kidneys Utilized for Dual Kidney Transplantation
J. Wagler¹, K. Mitchell², S. Ohara³, R. Heilman², S. K. Reddy², H. Khamash², C. Jadlowiec²
¹Mayo Clinic Arizona, Phoenix, AZ, ²Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, AZ, ³Valleywise Health General Surgery Residency Program, Phoenix, AZ
*Purpose: In light of the ongoing organ shortage, dual kidney transplantation (DKT), utilizing two adult kidneys from the same donor for one recipient, has been…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Kidney Paired Exchange in Children in the United-states
J. Hogan¹, A. G. Thomas², J. Verbesey³, D. L. Segev⁴
¹Transplant Research Center, Department of Surgery, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, ²Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, ³Department of Surgery, Medstar Georgetown Transplant Institute, Washington, DC, ⁴Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: Kidney paired exchange (KPE) plays an increasing role in the landscape of adult living donor transplant (LDTx) in the US. LDTx is the treatment…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Blood Type A2/a2b to B Renal Transplantation: A Single Center Retrospective Cohort Study
V. S. Tatapudi, N. Alnazari, R. Chand, N. M. Ali, B. E. Lonze, R. A. Montgomery
NYU Langone Transplant Institute, NYU Langone Health, New York, NY
*Purpose: Blood type B candidates on the deceased donor kidney waitlist have a lower transplantation rate and longer wait time than candidates of other blood…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Increased T Cell Cross-dressing in Accepted Kidney Allografts
Q. Yuan¹, S. Hong², E. Szuter², I. Rosales², Y. Zhao², B. Gonzalez-Nolasco², G. Benichou², P. Russell², J. Madsen², R. Colvin², A. Alessandrini²
¹Massachusetts General Hospital/Chinese PLA General Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
*Purpose: Kidney allografts transplanted across certain mouse strain combinations (e.g. DBA/2 to B6) develop tolerance while other combinations do not (e.g. B6 to DBA/2). We…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Risk Classification Models for Kidney Graft Failure
M. G. Naik¹, K. Budde¹, D. Telmo Neves²
¹Medical Department, Division of Nephrology and Internal Intensive Care Medicine, Charité, Berlin, Germany, ²Intelligent Analytics for Massive Data, German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence, Berlin, Germany
*Purpose: Longterm graft survival after kidney transplantation is stagnant over the last decades. An individual risk assessment for graft failure is needed. In our project…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Early Transplant Education Increases CKD 3-5 Patients’ Knowledge and Informed Decision-Making About Chronic Kidney Disease and Living Donor Kidney Transplant
A. D. Waterman¹, S. H. Kawakita², B. Dub³, Y. A. Iraheta¹, A. L. Murillo², T. Menser⁴, B. Mittman³
¹UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, ²Terasaki Institute, Los Angeles, CA, ³Research and Evaluation, Kaiser Permanente, Pasadena, CA, ⁴The Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston, CA
*Purpose: Early education about chronic kidney disease (CKD) and living donor kidney transplant (LDKT) outside of transplant centers is inconsistent, with patients in CKD 3…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Frequency and Types of Pharmacist Interventions and Risk Assessments Occurring During the 12-Month Transafe Rx Randomized Controlled Trial
H. M. Gonzales, J. N. Fleming, D. J. Taber
MUSC, Charleston, SC
*Purpose: Clinical pharmacists have unique education and training to identify and mitigate medication (med) safety issues in high-risk populations, such as kidney transplant (KTX). The…