Articles tagged "Kidney"

2020 American Transplant Congress
Geographic Distribution of End-Stage Renal Disease in the US: The First Description of an “ESRD Belt”
R. D. Reed¹, H. Qu¹, P. A. MacLennan¹, M. N. Mustian¹, D. Anderson¹, A. C. Kale¹, B. J. Orandi¹, B. A. Shelton¹, V. Kumar², M. J. Hanaway¹, J. E. Locke¹
¹Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ²Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
*Purpose: Previous research has demonstrated that population health is associated with organ supply and transplantation; this is particularly true in the southeastern United States, which…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Hyperspectral Imaging of Human Kidney Allografts
R. Sucher¹, H. Köhler², A. Lederer¹, H. M. Hau¹, I. Gockel¹, D. Seehofer¹
¹Department of Visceral, Transplant-, Thoracic and Vascular Surgery, University Clinic Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany, ²Innovation Center for Computer Assisted Surgery, University Clinic Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
*Purpose: Hyperspectral imaging (HSI) is capable to deliver non-contact, non-ionizing and non-invasive quantitative diagnostic information about tissue pathology, morphology and composition, based on the spectral…
2020 American Transplant Congress
The Role of CXCL16/CXCR6 in Mediating Macrophage Chemotaxis and M1 Macrophage Polarization in Murine Renal Ischemia Reperfusion Injury
W. Zhang¹, X. Zhang², G. Tu², C. Yang¹, G. Qi¹, M. Xu¹, T. Zhu¹
¹Department of Urology, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China, ²Department of Critical Care Medicine, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
*Purpose: The objective of this study is to investigate the role of Chemokine (C-X-C motif) ligand 16 (CXCL16) and its unique receptor C-X-C chemokine receptor…
2020 American Transplant Congress
One Year of COIIN Outcomes: Did Cohorts A and B Maintain Graft Survival?
J. Foutz, R. J. Carrico, K. Sisaithong, H. Tosoc-Haskell, D. Klassen
United Network for Organ Sharing, Richmond, VA
*Purpose: The Collaborative Innovation and Improvement Network (COIIN) was a 3-year OPTN project aimed at increasing the utilization of kidneys with a kidney donor profile…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Body Mass Index on Methodsof Assessing Glomerular Filtration Rate in Living Kidney Donors
Y. Lu¹, A. Naik¹, R. Doshi², K. Woodside³, M. Doshi¹
¹Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ²Internal Medicine, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, ³Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
*Purpose: The current Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) policy on living kidney donors (LKD) require that all LKD candidates have measured glomerular filtration rate…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Improving Value Delivery in Living Donor Kidney Transplant Through Process Improvement
S. Anand, J. Browning, W. Stapley, M. Egbert, J. Krong, J. Zobell, A. Herbert, S. Dow, L. Dong, D. Morris, T. Srinivas
Intermountain Medical Center, Murray, UT
*Purpose: To increase living donation through process improvement.*Methods: Quality improvement project, with intention to substantially improve the living donor (LD) transplant (Tx) rate. Participants: All…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Social Determinants as Indicators for Medication Adherence and Graft Function in Pediatric Kidney Transplant Recipients
S. Craven, K. Clark, A. Feryn, S. Ponce, G. Laird, A. Al-Uzri
Oregon Health & Science Univ, Portland, OR
*Purpose: To examine the association of social determinants of health (SDoH), the conditions in which people are born and live, with medication adherence and graft…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Chronic Diarrhea in Renal Transplant Recipients: A Metagenomic Study of Gut Microbiota Composition and Functionality
J. C. Swarte¹, R. M. Douwes¹, S. Hu², R. Gacesa², H. J. Harmsen³, R. K. Weersma², S. J. Bakker¹
¹Internal Medicine - Nephrology, University Medical Centre Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands, ²Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Medical Centre Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands, ³Medical Microbiology, University Medical Centre Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
*Purpose: Chronic diarrhea is a common problem in renal transplant recipients (RTR) and can lead to a lower quality of life. However, in many patients…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Optical Trocar Entry Technique in Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy
A. R. Alshehri¹, A. K. Mahmoud², K. O. Bin Saad², G. A. Aboalsamh²
¹General Surgery, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, ²Adult Organ Transplant Surgery, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
*Purpose: The published data of safety, practicality and applicability of the optical trocar entry technique in laparoscopic donor nephrectomy in general have been previously investigated.…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Use of Donor-Derived Cell-Free DNA Assay to Monitor Treatment Response to Allograft Rejection in Pediatric Renal Transplant Recipients
J. Steggerda¹, H. Phan Pizzo², J. Garrison², X. Zhang³, M. Haas⁴, I. Kim¹, S. Jordan¹, D. Puliyanda²
¹Comprehensive Transplant Center, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, West Hollywood, CA, ²Pediatric Nephrology, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, West Hollywood, CA, ³HLA Laboratory, Cedars-Sinai Med Center, West Hollywood, CA, ⁴Pathology, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, West Hollywood, CA
*Purpose: Acute rejection (AR) accounts for 13%-21% of graft failure in pediatrics (peds), with the number, severity, and response to treatment being a major determinant…