Articles tagged "Kidney"

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
Impact of Allograft Nephrectomy on Outcomes in Second Kidney Transplantation
N. Sato, Y. Kakuta, T. Kanzawa, K. Unagami, M. Okumi, H. Ishida, K. Tanabe
Urology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan
*Purpose: The impact of failed allograft nephrectomy on the outcome of second kidney transplantation is not clear. We evaluated the effects of the first allograft…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Transcriptomic Profiling of Paired Serum and Biopsy Samples from FSGS Patients
C. Kuscu¹, M. Kiran², A. Wolen¹, C. Kuscu¹, A. Bajwa¹, J. Eason¹, D. Maluf¹, E. Akalin³, V. Mas¹
¹Transplant Research Institute, James D. Eason Transplant Institute, Department of Surgery, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, ²Department of Systems and Computational Biology, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India, ³Department of Medicine and Surgery, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, NY
*Purpose: Pathogenesis and molecular footprints of focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) after kidney transplantation whether it is primary or secondary is unknown. Herein, we studied a…
2020 American Transplant Congress
The Effect of Pulsatile Pump Perfusion on Hepatitis C Viremia and Transmission in Kidney Transplantation: A Prospective Pilot Study
R. Forbes¹, B. Concepcion¹, D. Clapper², B. Dubray¹, A. Miller², D. Shaffer¹, K. Johnson²
¹Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, ²Tennessee Donor Services, Nashville, TN
*Purpose: With increasing utilization of hepatitis C (HCV) viremic donor organs for aviremic recipients, there may be a role for kidney pulsatile pump perfusion to…
2020 American Transplant Congress
10-Year Experience Transplanting Very Highly Sensitized Patients with End Stage Renal Disease
J. Diaz¹, J. Kennedy², S. Chinnakotla³, P. Verghese⁴
¹Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, MN, ²University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, ³Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, ⁴Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Nephrology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
*Purpose: Very highly sensitized (VHS) individuals (calculated reactive antigen (cPRA) ≥ 95%) have increased rejection risk which negatively impacts kidney transplant outcomes. Multiple strategies have…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Simultaneous Robotic Kidney Transplantation and Sleeve Gastrectomy versus Transplant Alone for Morbidly Obese Patients with End-Stage Renal Failure: A Prospective Randomized Trial
K. A. Tulla, P. West-Thielke, P. DiCocco, O. Okoye, K. Bruno, J. Almario Alvarez, M. Spaggiari, I. G. Tzvetanov, E. Benedetti
University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: The purpose of this study is to demonstrate that simultaneous robotic assisted kidney transplant and robotic assisted sleeve gastrectomy results in fewer surgical complications…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Temporal Trends in Depression and Anxiety in Potential Live Kidney Donors
A. Ravi, D. Bakhai, E. Clifton, S. Norman, A. Naik, Y. Lu, R. Parasuraman, M. Doshi
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
*Purpose: Psychosocial factors, including mental health status, are an important part of donor evaluation due to its altruistic nature. Yet, little is known about the…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Improving Consent Rate for High Kidney Donor Profile Index Kidneys
L. Malinzak, A. Patel, A. Malilay, K. Dandron, A. Landrum, S. Gray, L. Lewis, K. Lord, R. Stampley, D. Kim
Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI
*Purpose: Many deceased donor kidneys remain unused in this country. The UNOS formed Collaborative Improvement and Innovation Networks (COIIN) to tackle this issue, in which…
2020 American Transplant Congress
One Year of the OPTN’s SLK Allocation Policy
A. Wilk¹, R. Formica², A. Wiseman³, R. Hirose⁴, D. Mulligan², D. Stewart¹
¹United Network for Organ Sharing, Richmond, VA, ²Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, ³Univ of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, ⁴UCSF, San Francisco, CA
*Purpose: Simultaneous Liver-Kidney (SLK) allocation policy went into effect on 8/10/17, establishing medical eligibility criteria for adult SLK candidates and creating a “Safety Net” for…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Relationship between Tacrolimus Intrapatient Variability and Medication Adherence in Kidney Transplant Recipients
A. D. Leino, K. Abuls, J. L. Rodgers, K. Kuntz
The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH
*Purpose: Intrapatient variability (IPV) has been established as a risk factor for poor post-transplant outcomes. IPV is frequently proposed to be related to nonadherence but…