Articles tagged "Kidney"

2020 American Transplant Congress
ESRD Risk Prediction for Black vs. White Related Living Kidney Donors
J. Wainright¹, A. Robinson¹, A. Wilk¹, D. Klassen², W. Cherikh¹, L. Cartwright¹, D. Stewart¹
¹Research, UNOS, Richmond, VA, ²Chief Medical Officer, UNOS, Richmond, VA
*Purpose: We studied 25-year risk of post-donation ESRD in black (n=10,214) and white (n=45,700) first-degree related living kidney donors (RLKDs) who donated in the US…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Relative Transplant Center Organ Volumes are Associated with Patient and Graft Survival
J. T. Adler, T. C. Tsai, S. K. Malek, S. G. Tullius, J. S. Weissman
Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
*Purpose: Transplant programs differ in relative volume of kidney and liver transplants. While there is a known volume-outcome relationship for organ-specific transplantation at an institutional…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Ex-Vivo Repair of Complex Hilar Renal Artery Aneurysms and Auto-Transplantation of Solidary Kidney
K. Zhao¹, A. Naji²
¹University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, OH, ²University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
*Purpose: We present a case of ex-vivo repair of complex renal hilar saccular aneurysm followed by auto-transplantation of the solitary kidney.*Methods: The patient was a…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Graphene Quantum Dots Prevent Glomerular and Interstitial Injury in Murine Adriamycin Nephropathy Through Macrophage Depletion
Y. Kim¹, K. Kim¹, J. Lee¹, J. Moon¹, J. Kim¹, J. Lee², Y. Kim¹, S. Yang¹
¹Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ²Internal Medicine, Nephrology Clinic, National Cancer Center, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
*Purpose: Macrophage infilatration is a key feature of the pathogenicity associated with glomerular and tubulo-interstitial injury in kidney disease. Graphene quantum dots (GQDs) are considered…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Conversion to a Belatacept Based Immunosuppression Regimen in Renal Transplant Recipients
K. Paplaczyk, K. Cunningham, C. D'Agostino, D. Pinelli, J. Schulte, A. Shetty
Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: Belatacept, a co-stimulation blocker, is an alternative anti-rejection agent that may avoid nephrotoxic or intolerable adverse effects of calcineurin inhibitor (CNI) or mammalian target…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Genetic Testing of Living Related Donors for Inherited Renal Disease Improves Evaluation and Promotes Informed Choice of At-Risk Living Donors
C. P. Thomas¹, M. E. Freese¹, D. A. Katz²
¹Internal Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, ²Surgery, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
*Purpose: Living kidney donors (LKDs) with a family history of kidney disease are at higher risk of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) compared to LKDs without…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Mental Health of Unspecified Anonymous Living Kidney Donors after Donation
W. Zuidema¹, S. Ismail², J. Wetering van de¹, L. Raalten van², W. Weimar¹, E. Massey¹
¹Internal Medicine, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, Netherlands, ²Psychiatry, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, Netherlands
*Purpose: Aim: Anonymous living kidney donors donates to an unknown stranger. These donors undergo psychosocial assessment to minimize likelihood of psychological harm from donation. The…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Predicting Renal Graft Function Post Transplantation Using Clinical and Biological Features Supported by Machine Learning Algorithms
Y. Gao¹, Y. Cui¹, C. Kuscu², C. Kuscu², L. Gallon³, A. Bajwa², E. Akalin⁴, J. D. Eason², D. Maluf², V. Mas²
¹Department of Genetics, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, ²Dept of Surgery, Transplant Research Institute, James D. Eason Transplant Institute, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, ³Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ⁴Albert Einstein Medical College, New York, NY
*Purpose: Predicting renal function post transplantation is a frequent challenge impacting physician decisions and patient quality of life. We aimed to develop a composite score…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Utilization of Kidneys with Microthrombi and Acute Kidney Injury
W. De Faria, E. Shipman, G. Ciancio, G. Guerra
Miami Transplant Institute, Miami, FL
*Purpose: Kidneys continue to be discarded for reasons such as surgical damage, high kidney donor profile index (KDPI), prolonged cold ischemia time, and acute kidney…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Ethical and Financial Consequences of Incidental Radiological Findings During Living Kidney Donor Evaluation
R. Mao, R. Kulkarni, C. Duran, H. Stevenson-Lerner, M. Mujtaba, J. Fair, M. Kueht
University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX
*Purpose: Living kidney donation (LKD) provides a unique situation in that diagnostic studies are ordered on a presumably healthy individual. Literature has shown that preoperative…