Articles tagged "Kidney"

2022 American Transplant Congress
Tacrolimus After Rabbit Antithymocyte Globulin And Infliximab Induction Immunosuppression In Kidney Transplantation
O. Viklicky¹, G. Bold², O. Bestard³, P. Hruba¹, I. Zahradka¹, N. M. Otto², M. Stein², A. Sefrin², S. Christakoudi⁴, P. M. Reinke²
¹Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Prague, Czech Republic, ²Charité, Berlin, Germany, ³Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain, ⁴King's College, London, United Kingdom
*Purpose: Selective targeting of effector/memory T cells as induction immunosuppression has been discussed in kidney transplantation. Confidence-interval-estimation study may help to estimate range of the…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Prevalence of Mycophenolate Mofetil (MMF) Discontinuation and Outcomes in Pediatric Kidney Transplants (PKTX): A PNRC Study
A. Moudgil¹, K. Sgambat¹, E. Benoit², A. Jain³, M. Seifert⁴, C. Katsoufis⁵, L. Harshman⁶, A. Mansuri⁷, M. Somers⁸
¹Nephrology, Children's National Med. Ctr., Washington, DC, ²Nephrology, Boston's Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, ³Nephrology, Wayne State University, Troy, DC, ⁴Nephrology, The University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL, ⁵Nephrology, Holtz Children's Hospital, Miami, FL, ⁶Nephrology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, ⁷Nephrology, Children's Hospital of Georgia, Augusta, GA, ⁸Nephrology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA
*Purpose: MMF is discontinued in PKTX for various reasons. In this Pediatric Nephrology Research Consortium (PNRC) study, we determined prevalence and reasons for MMF discontinuation…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Pediatric Kidney Transplant Delays Due To Respiratory Viruses: A Provider Survey
T. A. Heald-Sargent¹, S. Manz², T. Barton³, P. Verghese⁴
¹Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Lurie Children's Hospital/Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ²Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, MI, ³Pediatric Infectious Diseases, UT Health San Antonoio, San Antonio, TX, ⁴Pediatric Nephrology, Lurie Children's Hospital/Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: This study aimed to characterize the management and impact of respiratory viral infections on pediatric kidney transplantation waitlisted candidates.*Methods: An IRB-approved, anonymous REDCap survey…
2022 American Transplant Congress
HCK is a Key Regulator for Macrophage Polarization in Kidney Fibrosis
C. Wei, M. Chen, Z. Sun, Z. Yi, C. He, W. Zhang
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY
*Purpose: Interstitial fibrosis and tubular atrophy (IF/TA) is common histological abnormality in biopsy of kidney transplants. Our previous study from a prospective human kidney transplant…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Clinical Significances Of Anti-collagen Type I And Type Iii Antibodies In Antibody-mediated Rejection
S. Park¹, S. Yang¹, K. Moon¹, J. Ha¹, Y. Kim¹, E. Song¹, H. Lee²
¹Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ²Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
*Purpose: It is important to determine the clinical significance of non-human leukocyte antigen (HLA) antibodies and their association with antibody-mediated rejection (ABMR) of kidney allografts.*Methods:…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Foley Catheter Removal on Day One Following Kidney Transplantation
I. Bezherano¹, L. Kayler²
¹Medicine, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Buffalo, NY, ²Erie County Medical Center, Buffalo, NY
*Purpose: Early Foley catheter (Foley) removal after kidney transplantation (KTX) may reduce length of stay (LOS), however, a paucity of data exists as to the…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Early Il-33 Action on Myeloid Cells is Critical In Resistance to Systemic Candida Albicans Infection
H. Cho¹, S. Park¹, B. Kwon², H. Park¹, Y. Kim³, J. Lee⁴, J. Park⁴, K. Park⁴, K. Yoo⁴
¹Department of Surgery, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Ulsan, Korea, Republic of, ²School of Biological Sciences, University of Ulsan, Ulsan, Korea, Republic of, ³Biomedical research center, Ulsan University Hospital, Ulsan, Korea, Republic of, ⁴Department of Internal Medicine, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Ulsan, Korea, Republic of
*Purpose: Invasive candidiasis could be a cause of morbidity and mortality in immunocompromised patients with organ or bone marrow transplantation. In this study, we systematically…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Early Clinical Complications Following HLA-Incompatible Living Donor Kidney Transplantation
J. D. Motter¹, K. Jackson¹, A. Massie¹, J. Garonzik-Wang², D. Segev¹
¹Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ²University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
*Purpose: Incompatible living donor kidney transplant recipients (ILDKTr) require desensitization to facilitate transplantation across donor-specific antibody (DSA); however, this substantial upfront immunosuppression may result in…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Augmented Reality in Hand-Assisted Retroperitoneal Donor Nephrectomy – Procedure Step Adjusted Evaluation for the Surgeons’ Benefits
R. Wahba¹, L. Krames², J. Hogervorst³, R. R. Datta¹, M. N. Thomas¹, P. Suppa³, D. L. Stippel¹
¹Department of General, Visceral, Cancer and Transplantation Surgery, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital of Cologne, University of Cologne, Köln, Germany, ²Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institute of Biomedical Engineering (IBT), Karlsruhe, Germany, ³Olympus Surgical Technologies Europe, Hamburg, Germany
*Purpose: To identify procedure steps where a patient-specific CT-reconstructed virtual 3D model of the kidney displayed on the screen can support the surgeon while performing…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Progression from Kidney Transplant Referral to Initiating the Pre-Transplant Evaluation: What Causes the Break Down?
T. Menser, M. J. Hobeika, E. Hsu, L. W. Moore, A. D. Waterman, A. O. Gaber, R. J. Knight
Houston Methodist, Houston, TX
*Purpose: The transplant treatment pathway is marred by both socio-economic and racial/ethnic disparities at each stage of the process, which includes conversion from referral to…