Articles tagged "Kidney"

2021 American Transplant Congress
Association of Delayed Graft Function with Mortality Post-kidney Transplantation
N. Eguchi¹, H. Ichii², F. J. Ferrey¹, U. G. Reddy¹, D. C. Dafoe², H. Seo³, K. Kalantar-Zadeh¹, E. Tantisattamo¹
¹Division of Nephrology, Hypertension and Kidney Transplantation, Department of Medicine, University of California Irvine, Orange, CA, ²Division of Kidney and Pancreas Transplantation, Department of Surgery, University of California Irvine, Orange, CA, ³School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA
*Purpose: Given the ongoing shortage of donated organs, marginal kidneys with a higher possibility of delayed graft function(DGF) have been increasingly utilized. While DGF in…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Robotic Assisted Donor Nephrectomy: A Single Center Experience
A. Khan, A. Sharma, S. Lee, A. Cotterell, D. Kumar, L. Kamal, I. Moinuddin, D. Bruno, V. Kumaran, M. Levy, C. Bhati
Transplant Surgery, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
*Purpose: Robotic donor nephrectomy (RLDN) is an emerging procedure of choice for living kidney donors at many programs. This approach has benefit of minimal invasive…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Long-Term Renal Outcomes in Lung Transplant Recipients- A Single-Center Five-Year Experience
M. Doraiswamy, E. Obole, P. Singh, T. Pesavento
Comprehensive Transplant Center, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH
*Purpose: The increased longevity in Lung transplant (LTx) has led to an upsurge in chronic medical comorbidities, including Acute kidney injury (AKI), Chronic kidney disease…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Short Term Outcomes in Previously Covid Positive Living Kidney Donors and Their Recipients
R. Prashar, N. J. Khoury, M. Ramesh, A. K. Patel
Henry Ford Transplant Institute, Detroit, MI
*Purpose: Study short term outcomes of living kidney donors (LKD) who were previously infected with COVID 19, and in their recipients.*Methods: After a brief hiatus…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Identification of Distinct Blood Monocyte Phenotypes from Transplant Kidney Recipients Undergoing Cellular (TCMR) and Mixed Antibody Mediated Rejection (ABMR)
C. Macedo, E. Bailly, K. Louis, M. Lucas, A. Zeevi, P. Randhawa, D. Metes
Starzl Transplantation Institute, Pittsburgh, PA
*Purpose: Monocytes play an important role in immune defense by initiating adaptive immunity. They are heterogeneous, plastic, and present different subsets: classical (CD14++CD16-), intermediate (CD14+CD16+),…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Implications of Trends in Child to Parent Kidney Donation in Whites and African Americans
N. Jean, S. Krishnamoorthy, Y. Kyeso, P. Cunningham, N. Murthy, R. McGill, M. Josephson
Nephrology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: Racial disparities in access to transplantation referral, wait listing and transplant receipt are well described. African Americans (AA) receive fewer living donor transplants than…
2021 American Transplant Congress
The Impact of Maintenance Immunosuppression Withdrawal on Sensitization Status After Renal Graft Failure
R. Hod Dvorai, A. Almonte, C. Hubbell, M. Laftavi, R. Shahbazov, R. Saidi, O. Pankewycz, J. Leggat, M. Hanlon, B. Gallay
SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY
*Purpose: Maintaining immunosuppression (IS) following failed renal transplant may lead to increased risk for infections and malignancies; on the other hand, withdrawal can lead to…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Processes to Successfully Utilize Hepatitis C (HCV) Infected Donor Kidneys as Standard of Care
A. Dao¹, A. Reyad¹, J. Guiteau¹, M. Madhrira², S. Allam²
¹Transplant, Medical City Fort Worth, Fort Worth, TX, ²Tarrant Nephrology Associates, Premier Physicians Group Health, Fort Worth, TX
*Purpose: Despite robust evidence supporting the safety and efficacy of HCV-infected donor kidneys, great heterogeneity continues to exist regarding centers willingness to utilize these in…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Early Parathyroidectomy for Management of Post-transplant Hyperparathyroidism: A Case Series
A. Gokhale, J. Chancay, S. Johnson, R. P. Owen, F. Tedla, A. Bhansali, V. Sehgal, R. Shapiro, G. De Boccardo
Recanati Miller Transplant Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY
*Purpose: Secondary hyperparathyroidism (HPT) gradually resolves after successful kidney transplantation (KT), and parathyroidectomy (PTX) is reserved for patients whose HPT persists longer than a year…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Robotic versus Open Mini-incision Living Donor Nephrectomy: Single Center Experience
S. Lee¹, S. Z. Wang², A. Khan¹, A. Sharma¹, D. Kumar³, L. Kamal³, A. Cotterell¹, V. Kumaran¹, D. Bruno¹, M. Levy¹, C. Bhati¹
¹Transplant Surgery, Virginia Commonwealth University hospital, Richmond, VA, ²Medical School, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, ³Transplant Nephrology, Virginia Commonwealth University hospital, Richmond, VA
*Purpose: A minimally invasive approach is the gold standard for living donor nephrectomy (LDN). While robotic surgery is commonly used for native nephrectomies and urological…