Articles tagged "Kidney"

2021 American Transplant Congress
A Patient-Centered Perspective on Progress in Transplantation
B. Hickner¹, N. Galvan², R. Cotton², C. O'Mahony², J. Goss², A. Rana²
¹Department of Student Affairs, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, ²Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
*Purpose: This study aimed to provide a patient-centered perspective on change in transplantation outcomes through analysis of intent-to-treat survival, which accounted for donor shortages by…
2021 American Transplant Congress
DSA Causes Mild Molecular ABMR-like Changes in Many Biopsies Not Diagnosed as Rejection
P. F. Halloran¹, K. S. Madill-Thomsen¹, &. the INTERCOMEX Study Group²
¹Alberta Transplant Applied Genomics Centre, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ²., ., AB, Canada
*Purpose: In the multicenter study INTERCOMEX, we developed a microarray-based system (MMDx) for diagnosing antibody-mediated and T cell-mediated rejection (ABMR, TCMR) in kidney transplant biopsies…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Evaluation of Meningococcal Vaccine Response Among Solid Organ Transplant Recipients Receiving Eculizumab
R. Arora¹, C. Kane¹, K. Cunningham¹, M. Ison²
¹Pharmacy, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL, ²Divisions of Infectious Diseases and Organ Transplantation, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: Patients receiving eculizumab are at a 1,000-2,000-fold increased risk of invasive meningococcal infections. Therefore, the Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices recommends that these patients…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Unquantified Blips Lead to CMV Slips – Post Transplant CMV Monitoring in High Risk Kidney Transplant Recipients
A. T. Payne¹, J. G. Timpone², A. Gilbert², B. Thomas², B. K. Lindner²
¹Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC, ²Medstar Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC
*Purpose: Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is a significant cause of morbidity, mortality, and graft failure after solid organ transplantation, with high risk (D+/R-) patients being the highest…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Induction Immunosuppression Selection on Clinical Outcomes in Kidney Transplant Recipients During the COVID-19 Pandemic in New York City
K. Khalil, S. Jonchhe, J. Stern, T. C. Lewis, N. Alnazari, B. Lonze, Z. Stewart Lewis, N. Ali
Transplant Institute, NYU Langone Health, New York, NY
*Purpose: As an early epicenter in the coronavirus pandemic, our center modified induction immunosuppression strategies for transplantation. We sought to determine if changes in induction…
2021 American Transplant Congress
The Experience of 1000 Hand Assisted Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy for 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: Due to the profound organ shortage, living donor kidney transplantation becomes more necessary. Hand assisted laparoscopic donor nephrectomy (HALDN) is widely performed to lessen…
2021 American Transplant Congress
In Search of a Better Outcome: Opting Into the Live Donor Paired Kidney Exchange Program
A. J. Vinson¹, B. Kiberd², K. J. Tennankore¹
¹Nova Scotia Health Authority Division of Nephrology, Departm, Halifax, NS, Canada, ²Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada
*Purpose: Live donor kidney transplantation is the best option for patients with End-Stage Kidney Disease (ESKD), if a donor is available. However, this may not…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Panic in the Pandemic: A Medical Decision Analysis Examining When Kidney Transplant Programs Should Close
A. J. Vinson¹, B. Kiberd², K. Tennankore¹
¹Nova Scotia Health Authority Division of Nephrology, Departm, Halifax, NS, Canada, ²Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada
*Purpose: Pandemics greatly interfere with overall health care delivery as resources are diverted to combat the crisis. Kidney transplantation programs were closed temporarily during the…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Increasing Survival on the Kidney Transplant Waiting List: A Thirty-Three Year Analysis
E. L. Godfrey¹, P. T. Kambhampati¹, J. A. Goss², A. Rana²
¹Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, ²Division of Abdominal Transplantation, Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
*Purpose: The shortage of available donor kidneys remains the greatest obstacle to transplantation, with many patients spending years on the transplant list. During this time,…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Single Cell Analysis of Living Donor Kidneys Reveals Sex-based Diversity in Proximal Tubulargene Expression
C. M. McEvoy¹, J. M. Szusz², S. Clotet-Freixas¹, J. An², S. MacParland², G. Bader³, S. Q. Crome², A. Konvalinka¹
¹Ajmera Transplant Centre, Toronto General Hospital Research Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²Immunology and Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto General Hospital Research Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³Donnolly Centre for Cellular and Biomolecular Research, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
*Purpose: Males with chronic kidney disease (CKD) experience a more rapid decline in kidney function and progression to end-stage kidney disease than females. In vitro…