Articles tagged "Kidney"

2020 American Transplant Congress
Trends in Liver Transplantation in Patients with Renal Failure Since Implementation of Simultaneous Liver-Kidney Allocation Policy
P. J. Altshuler, O. Shaheen, A. P. Shah, J. Glorioso, A. Frank, C. Ramirez, W. Maley, A. S. Bodzin
Department of Surgery, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
*Purpose: To reduce potentially unnecessary kidney utilization, as of August 10, 2017 a new allocation policy was implemented restricting Simultaneous Liver Kidney (SLK) transplant to…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes and Health Care Utilization after Early Hospital Dismissal in Kidney Transplantation: An Analysis of 1001 Consecutive Cases
E. Calderon¹, Y. Chang², J. M. Chang¹, C. Velazco¹, E. Giorgakis¹, A. A. Moss¹, H. Khamash³, R. Heilman³, K. S. Reddy¹, A. K. Mathur¹
¹Transplant Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, AZ, ²Kern Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, AZ, ³Department of Nephrology, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, AZ
*Purpose: Perioperative care after kidney transplantation has improved with reduction in length of operative stay to as low as two days, but this has an…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Long-Term Follow-Up of a Phase 2 Clinical Trial to Induce Tolerance in Living Donor Renal Transplant Recipients
J. Leventhal¹, J. Mathew¹, J. Galvin², L. Gallon¹, D. Belshe¹, K. Ravindra³, M. Horwitz³, J. Miller¹, S. Ildstad⁴
¹Northwestern, Chicago, IL, ²UIC, Chicago, IL, ³Duke, Durham, NC, ⁴U Louisville, Louisville, KY
*Purpose: 37 pts have been transplanted since 2009 in a phase 2 protocol to induce tolerance in recipients of living donor renal allografts (KTx). The…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Single Center Outcomes after Fully Robotic Live Donor Nephrectomy: Right versus Left
B. Ruch, C. Bhati, A. Khan, S. Lee, V. Kumaran, D. Bruno, A. Cotterell, M. Levy, A. Sharma
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
*Purpose: Robotic assisted live donor nephrectomy (LDN) is being increasingly adopted across transplant centers worldwide. Right LDN is perceived to be difficult due to anatomical…
2020 American Transplant Congress
A Call to Action: Finding the Right Kidney for All Potential Recipients
G. Guerra, L. Preczewski, A. Harshman, G. Ciancio, R. Vianna, J. Figueiro, M. Muldoon
Miami Transplant Institute, Miami, FL
*Purpose: The dialysis burden in patients with end stage renal disease (ESRD) awaiting a kidney transplant (KT) is a huge driver of morbidity, mortality, and…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Enhancing Kidney Allograft Decision Making: An Organ Offer Simulation Study
J. Mansy¹, J. Case¹, D. Stewart², H. McGehee², K. Lindblad², R. Schaffer¹, J. Fisher¹, J. Rice¹, S. Kurian¹, C. Marsh¹
¹Scripps Center for Organ and Cell Transplantation, La Jolla, CA, ²United Network for Organ Sharing Research Department, Richmond, VA
*Purpose: This study was designed to identify opportunities to improve UNOS organ allocation as well as providers’ decision-making process for cadaveric kidney offers. Using its…
2020 American Transplant Congress
The Level of Plasm Donor-Derived Cell-Free DNA in Kidney Transplant Patients with Severe Pneumonia
L. Liu¹, H. Liu², F. Liu², L. Shu², L. Peng¹
¹Xiangyang Hospital No. 2 of Central South University, Changsha, China, ²AlloDx, Shanghai; Suzhou, China
*Purpose: Pulmonary infection is one of the common complications after kidney transplantation. Donor-derived cell-free DNA (ddcfDNA) is a new biomarker to diagnose allograft injury. Currently,…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Active Vitamin D Prior to Transplant Affects Post-Transplant Outcomes
L. Al Dahabreh¹, C. Abou-Mitri¹, L. Negrea¹, K. Chavin², T. Srinivas¹, A. Padiyar¹
¹Medicine, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, OH, ²Surgery, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, OH
*Purpose: Little is known regarding optimizing waitlist management of end stage renal disease to improve post-transplant outcomes. Active vitamin D is associated with improved outcomes…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Outreach as a Way to Improve Access to Kidney Transplants: A Model to Align with Future of Kidney Disease Care
A. Govil¹, P. Gudsoorkar¹, C. Siemer², C. King², T. Diwan¹, E. Woodle¹, S. Shah¹, C. V. Thakar¹
¹Univ of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, ²UC Health, Cincinnati, OH
*Purpose: In 2018, there were more than 100,000 patients wait-listed for kidney transplant whereas only around 21,000 patients received a kidney transplant. Increasing access to…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Kidney Transplantation for the Prevention of Aggravation of Peripheral Arterial Disease in the Diabetic Ischaemic Lower Limb. A Multicenter Propensity Score Matched Cohort Study in Japan
M. Taniguchi
Division of Transplant Surgery, St. Mary Hospital, Kurume, Japan
*Purpose: Japan substantially outperforms other countries in survival of patients receiving haemodialysis (HD). Unadjusted 5-year survival was 60% in Japan, 39% in the USA, and…