Articles tagged "Kidney"

2020 American Transplant Congress
Decision-Making, Motivations and the Donation Experience among HLA-Identical Living Kidney Donors at UCLA – A Qualitative Study
E. L. Wood¹, S. George², N. Kogut¹, E. Lum³, J. Veale¹
¹Urology, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, ²Fielding School of Public Health, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, ³Medicine, Nephrology, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: Studies on motivations and decision-making processes of living donors have previously identified recipient relationship, fear of loss and altruism as important modifying factors of…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Evaluation of Pretransplant Serologies and Vaccination Rates in Kidney Transplant Candidates
S. Schneider, C. Truax, A. Carlson, B. Clark, B. Sirandas, L. Smith
Department of Pharmacy Services, University of Utah Health, Salt Lake City, UT
*Purpose: Assessing serologic status presents opportunities to provide live vaccinations to solid organ transplant (SOT) candidates. This is especially important given the increased risk of…
2020 American Transplant Congress
High Volume, Highly Efficient, Outcome- Centric KPD Program: A Single Center Experience with Direct Exchange Based Strategies
K. Al Meshari, D. Broering, I. Alahmadi, S. Raza, T. Ali, A. Alabbassi, H. Alahdal, F. Alzayer
King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
*Purpose: We report our three and a half year experience with direct exchange (loop) based strategy single center KPD program.*Methods: 1. Inclusion of HLA and…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Hepatitis C Antibody Seroconversion in Kidney Transplant Patients from HCV Antibody Positive/NAT Negative Donors Does Not Deteriorate Renal Allograft Outcome
R. Rattanavich, M. De Vera, T. Hoang, R. Villicana
Loma Linda University, Transplant Institute, San Bernadino, CA
*Purpose: Prior studies have shown that almost 50% of kidney transplant patients from hepatitis C Ab+/NAT - donors have seroconverted but its impact on renal…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Analysis of Rejection, Rejection Therapy and Renal Function in the BEST Trial
H. Kuzaro¹, A. R. Shields², A. Wiseman³, S. Tremblay¹, A. Christianson¹, D. Kaufman⁴, J. Leone⁵, A. Matas⁶, P. West-Thielke⁷, R. R. Alloway¹, E. S. Woodle¹
¹U Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, ²The Christ Hospital, Cincinnati, OH, ³U Colorado, Denver, CO, ⁴U Wisconsin, Madison, WI, ⁵Tampa General, Tampa, FL, ⁶U Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, ⁷UIC, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: The BEST Trial (Belatacept-based Early Steroid Withdrawal) compared two belatacept (BELA)-based early corticosteroid withdrawal (ESW) regimens and alemtuzumab (ALEM) or rabbit antithymocyte globulin (rATG)…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Establishment of a National Kidney Exchange Program in Mexico: Pro-Renal
A. Cicero¹, L. Basagoitia², E. F. Velez³, A. Dib-Kuri⁴, A. E. Roth⁵, M. A. Rees⁶
¹Transplant Surgery, ABC Medical Center, Mexico City, Mexico, ²Transplant Nephrology, Centro Mexicano Pro-Donación Renal, A.C., Mexico City, Mexico, ³Medical Director, Centro Mexicano Pro-Donación Renal, A.C., Mexico City, Mexico, ⁴Director, Centro Mexicano Pro-Donación Renal, A.C., Mexico City, Mexico, ⁵Department of Economics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, ⁶Transplant Surgery, University of Toledo Medical Center, Toledo, OH
*Purpose: Expose the need of an effective kidney paired exchange program in Mexico*Methods: Describe how Pro-Renal works. Expose weaknesses of Mexican Health System. Compare our…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Once Weekly Fluconazole is Effective for the Prevention of Oral Candidiasis in Kidney Transplant Recipients
J. Lockridge, D. Roberts, K. Spence, M. Stack, S. Rehman, A. Olyaei
OHSU, Portland, OR
*Purpose: Oropharyngeal candidiasis is an infection prevalent in renal transplant recipients, with significant concerns for invasive endoscopic workup and development into invasive fungal infections. While…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Short Term Outcomes in Kidney Transplant Patients Receiving De Novo Belatacept with Anti-Thymocyte Globulin Induction
B. Carlson, P. Cabrera, T. Harrison, K. Tejani, A. Centeno
Pharmacy, Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, FL
*Purpose: Mainstay immunosuppressive therapy after kidney transplant is a calcineurin inhibitor (CNI) based regimen. Nephrotoxicity is a common adverse effect of CNIs which can lead…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Comparing Surgical and Urological Complications Over Time in Deceased Donor Kidney Transplantation
A. Mekhaimar, H. Maple, N. Mamode, R. H. Zakri, N. Kessaris
King's College London/Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital, London, United Kingdom
*Purpose: Despite advances in perioperative and post-transplant management over time, complications still occur following deceased donor (DD) kidney transplantation. This study aimed to determine the…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Predicting Kidney Discard among Donors Age 0-3: A Discard Risk Index
M. Joshi, M. Price, A. Rana
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
*Purpose: Among pediatric kidney donors the discard rate is highest among donors under 3-years-old. This study aims to identify factors predicting discard and construct a…