Articles tagged "Kidney"

2020 American Transplant Congress
Arterial Flow, Lactate and NGAL as a Decision Making Trinity in Normothermic Kidney Preservation
A. Weissenbacher¹, M. L. Lo Faro², C. C. Coussios², P. J. Friend²
¹Visceral, Transplant and Thoracic Surgery, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria, ²University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
*Purpose: The aim of our study was to investigate biomarkers in a blood-based perfusate of normothermically perfused discarded human kidneys using urine recirculation as a…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Compatible Pairs- Providingan Option to Upgrade
V. Chipman¹, M. Cooper², S. Flechner³, G. Hil⁴, D. Leeser⁵, D. Mandelbrot⁶, M. Ronin⁴, D. Segev⁷, S. Syed⁸, A. Thomas⁹, A. Waterman¹⁰, G. R. Roll¹¹
¹Kidney Transplant, UCSF, San Francisco, CA, ²Georgertown, Washington, DC, ³Cleavland Clinic, Cleavland, OH, ⁴NKR, Babylon, NY, ⁵East Carolina Univ, Greenville, NC, ⁶University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, ⁷Johns Hopkins, Boltimore, MD, ⁸UCSF, San Francisco, CA, ⁹Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD, ¹⁰UCLA and Terasaki Research Institute, Los Angeles, CA, ¹¹Surgery, Division of Transplant, UCSF, San Francisco, CA
*Purpose: Compatible pairs (CPs) can enter an exchange program instead of donating directly. These pairs increase transplants (txp) by providing additional donors within an exchange…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Mortality Index Should Be Used to Provide Realistic Expectations Regarding Transplant Candidacy
Y. Chalicheemala¹, K. Chavin², T. Srinivas¹, A. Padiyar¹
¹Medicine, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, OH, ²Surgery, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, OH
*Purpose: Renal transplant improves outcomes of well-selected elderly patients with end stage renal disease. Older patients with significant comorbidities may not live long enough to…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Initial North American Experience in Renal Transplantation from Medical Assistance in Dying Donors
M. A. Levine, S. Sami, A. Sener, P. Luke
Surgery, London Health Sciences Centre, London, ON, Canada
*Purpose: In 2016, Canadian federal legislation was passed creating a regulatory framework for medical assistance in dying (MAiD) for individuals who are suffering from a…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Mass-Spectrometry Based Discovery of Tubular Injury Marker in Chronic Kidney Disease
J. Kim¹, D. Han¹, J. Jeong², J. Moon¹, S. Lee³, Y. Kim¹, K. Yoo⁴, D. Kim¹, Y. Kim¹, S. Yang¹
¹Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ²Veterans Health Service Medical Center, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ³Kangwon National University Hospital, Kangwon-do, Korea, Republic of, ⁴Ulsan National University Hospital, Ulsan, Korea, Republic of
*Purpose: Renal tubular injury and interstitial fibrosis are inevitable processes in the progression of chronic kidney disease (CKD). The purpose of this study is to…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Clinical Features and Outcomes of Post-Transplant Osteomyelitis in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients
S. Sarwar¹, G. Vilchez², M. M. Azar³, M. Malinis³
¹The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, ²University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, KY, ³Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
*Purpose: As survival time of solid organ transplant recipients (SOTR) increases, comorbidities associated with advancing age such as diabetes mellitus and peripheral arterial disease combined…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes of Kidney Donors with Impaired Fasting Glucose and Diabetes
S. Hebert, D. T. Nguyen, E. A. Graviss, H. E. Adrogue, A. Gaber, A. Matas, H. Ibrahim
Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX
*Purpose: Many kidney donor candidates with impaired fasting glucose (IFG) and all candidates with diabetes (DM) are excluded from donation. The diagnostic thresholds for IFG…
2020 American Transplant Congress
A Single Nucleotide Polymorphism of Tweak Predicts Arterio- and Arteriolohyalinosis in Kidney Transplants and is Associated with Allograft Survival
A. Karolin¹, D. Thottan¹, J. Zinsli¹, S. Rudloff¹, U. Huynh-Do¹, V. Banz², T. Berney³, M. Pascual⁴, T. Müller⁵, P. d’Amico⁶, I. Binet⁷, D. Sidler¹
¹Nephrology and Hypertension, University Bern, Bern, Switzerland, ²University Bern, Bern, Switzerland, ³University Hospital Genevia, Genevia, Switzerland, ⁴University Hospital Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland, ⁵University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ⁶Hospital St.Gallen, St.Gallen, Switzerland, ⁷University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
*Purpose: We have recently demonstrated that the TNF superfamily member is critical for the pathogenesis of Calcineurin Inhibitor Toxicity (CNT). CNT is a common side…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Has Every Possible Life Been Saved?: Rummaging Through the Discard Heap
A. L. Friedman, E. Marquez
LiveOnNY, NY, NY
*Purpose: To determine the reasons that deceased donor organs were allocated but not transplanted (TXP) in a large organ procurement organization (OPO).*Methods: All organs allocated…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Implicit Bias in Recipient Selection
Y. Sweidan¹, C. Mayuga¹, B. Daly¹, K. Chavin², T. Srinivas¹, A. Padiyar¹
¹Medicine, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, OH, ²Surgery, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, OH
*Purpose: The decision to place or exclude a candidate from the waitlist is not exclusively based on medical criteria. Scant literature exists regarding the intergroup…