Articles tagged "Kidney"

2022 American Transplant Congress
Donor App Increases Awareness and Overall Rates of Living Kidney Donation
T. Shamaa¹, I. Bajjoka¹, H. Kandalaft¹, R. Prashar², M. Callaghan¹, C. Crombez¹, S. J. Serra¹, M. Abouljoud¹, J. Denny¹
¹Transplant and Hepatobiliary Surgery, Henry Ford Transplant Institute, Detroit, MI, ²Transplant Nephrology, Henry Ford Transplant Institute, Detroit, MI
*Purpose: The rate of living donor kidney transplants (LDKTs) performed has declined overall regardless of race. Studies show that web-based tools increase access to living…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Modern Medicine Needs Modern Technology Tools
Z. S. Soltani,, S. Soltani
Ochsner Foundation Hospital, New Orleans, LA
*Purpose: Dd-cfDNA has been used as a non-invasive biomarker for allograft injury and has been shown to detect subclinical rejection with higher predictive power compare…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Cold Pulsatile Perfusion of Donor Kidneys Varies Significantly by Procuring Organ Procurement Organization Indicating Both Over and Underutilization of This Preservation Method
D. S. Keith, E. Lessmann
Kidney Transplant, Ascension Sacred Heart Hospital, Pensacola, FL
*Purpose: To assess the usage and variability cold pulsatile perfusion preservation in the United States based on procuring organ procurement organization (OPO).*Methods: All donors procured…
2022 American Transplant Congress
A Novel, High Throughput Droplet Digital PCR-Based Indel Quantification Method for the Detection of Circulating Donor-Derived Cell-Free DNA After Kidney Transplantation
J. G. Verhoeven¹, K. Boer¹, A. M. Peeters¹, M. C. Clahsen-van Groningen², J. I. Roodnat¹, J. van de Wetering¹, D. Nieboer³, D. A. Bost⁴, C. C. Baan¹, D. A. Hesselink¹
¹Department of Internal Medicine, Erasmus MC Transplant Institute, Rotterdam, Netherlands, ²Department of Pathology, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands, ³Department of Public Health, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands, ⁴JETA Molecular, Utrecht, Netherlands
*Purpose: Donor-derived cell-free DNA (ddcfDNA) is a promising minimally invasive biomarker for acute rejection (AR) in kidney transplant recipients. To assess the diagnostic value of…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Kidney Transplant Recipients Who Had Covid-19 Prior to Transplant: A Single-center Experience
S. Sultan, M. Aull, R. Craig-Schapiro, E. C. Liu, J. H. Lee, S. Kapur
New York Presbyterian / Weill Cornell, New York, NY
*Purpose: In the early recovery phase after the initial surge of the COVID-19 pandemic, a question emerged in the context of resuming transplant activity: should…
2021 American Transplant Congress
One-year Outcomes of a Multicenter Trial of Transplantation of Hcv Viremic Kidney Donors into Hcv Uninfected Recipients
M. Sise¹, D. Goldberg², D. Schaubel³, J. Kort⁴, R. Alloway⁵, J. Friedewald⁶, R. Fontana⁷, S. Sultan⁸, N. Desai⁹, R. Chung¹, P. Reese¹⁰
¹Mass General Hospital, Boston, MA, ²U-Miami, Miami, FL, ³U. Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁴Abbvie, Chicago, IL, ⁵U Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, ⁶Northwestern U., Evanston, IL, ⁷U. Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁸Cornell, New York City, NY, ⁹Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD, ¹⁰U. Pennslyvania, Philadelpha, PA
*Purpose: As interest in transplantation of Hepatitis C virus (HCV)-viremic kidneys into HCV-uninfected (HCV+ to HCV- KT) recipients increases, understanding clinical outcomes beyond HCV clearance…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Patterns and Inhibition of Cell Death During Static Cold Storage of Human Kidneys
J. R. DiRito¹, G. Chickering², J. T. Langford¹, D. Stern¹, S. Hosgood³, M. L. Nicholson³, E. Gavathiotis⁴, R. N. Kitsis⁵, M. Saltzman², J. S. Pober⁶, G. T. Tietjen⁷
¹Surgery, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, ²Biomedical Engineering, Yale University, New Haven, CT, ³Surgery, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom, ⁴Biochemistry and Medicine, Wilf Family Cardiovascular Research Institute, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, ⁵Surgery, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, ⁶Immunobiology, Yale University, New Haven, CT, ⁷Surgery and Biomedical Engineering, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
*Purpose: As the donor population continues to age and accumulate co-morbidities, more marginal kidneys are being retrieved for transplantation. However, estimates suggest that more than…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Covid-19 Reinfection in a Kidney Transplant Patient
Z. Saeed Zafar, D. Malhotra
Nephrology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
*Purpose: Several cases have demonstrated positive SARS-CoV-2 PCR testing in patients who were initially shown to have cleared the infection. These reinfections may represent new…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Long Term Outcomes of Kidney Transplantation from Deceased Donors with Terminal Acute Kidney Injury
J. Rogers¹, R. Stratta², A. Farney², G. Orlando², C. Jay², A. Reeves-Daniel³, A. Mena-Gutierrez³, N. Sakhovskaya³, K. Gurung², B. Sharda², J. Rogers²
¹Surgery, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC, ²Surgery, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston Salem, NC, ³Internal Medicine, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston Salem, NC
*Purpose: Long term outcomes of kidney transplantation from deceased donors with terminal acute kidney injury (AKI) are not well defined.*Methods: Single center retrospective review of…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Preempting Misconceptions: An Educational Initiative for Preemptive Kidney Transplant Candidates
T. Menser¹, M. Hobeika², H. Ibrahim², A. Khan¹, B. Cruz², J. Sharp², A. Gaber²
¹Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston, TX, ²Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX
*Purpose: reemptive living donor kidney transplantation (pLDKT) offers many advantages for patients with advanced chronic kidney disease. However, pLDKT represents less than 1 out of…