Articles tagged "Kidney"

2020 American Transplant Congress
Belatacept Monthly Therapy: Transplant Recipients’ Experience
S. N. Little¹, É. N. Arsenault Knudsen², D. A. Mandelbrot¹
¹Transplant, University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, Madison, WI, ²University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, Madison, WI
*Purpose: While graft and patient outcomes with belatacept have been relatively well documented, the decision to use belatacept for kidney transplant recipients rests in part…
2020 American Transplant Congress
HIV+ Living Kidney Donors in the United States: Cases and a Clinical Paradigm
D. Segev¹, C. Wolfe², D. Brown³, D. Fine³, K. Neumann⁴, N. Martinez⁵, D. Ostrander³, F. Al Ammary³, A. Tobian³, A. W. Baker⁶, C. Durand³
¹Surgery, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ²Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, ³Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ⁴Unaffiliated, N/A, VA, ⁵Unaffiliated, N/A, GA, ⁶Duke University, School of Medicine, Durham, NC
*Purpose: To report clinical characteristics and outcomes of two people living with HIV who underwent laparoscopic donor nephrectomy*Methods: To facilitate donor selection, we first conducted…
2020 American Transplant Congress
The Influence of the Donor Kidney Weight to Recipient Body Weight Ratio on Long-Term Renal Graft Outcomes
S. Yang¹, J. Lee¹, Y. Jung², B. Kim³, M. Kim¹, S. Kim¹, Y. Kim¹, K. Huh¹
¹Department of Transplantation Surgery, Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ²Department of Surgery, Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ³Department of Nephrology, Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
*Purpose: To study the impact of the relative donor kidney size on long-term graft function and survival, we investigated the living donor renal transplants outcomes.*Methods:…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Torque Teno Virus for Risk Stratification of Graft Rejection and Infection in Kidney Transplant Recipients – A Prospective Observational Trial
K. Doberer, G. Böhmig, E. Puchhammer, G. Bond
Medical University Vienna, Vienna, Austria
*Purpose: The non-pathogenic and ubiquitous Torque Teno virus (TTV) is associated with immunosuppression in solid organ transplant recipients. This trial was designed to assess the…
2020 American Transplant Congress
7-Years Retrospective Cohort of CNI to Belatacept Conversion
A. Morel¹, C. Dudreuilh¹, A. Moktefi², D. Kheav³, D. Mokrani¹, K. El Sakhawi¹, C. Champy⁴, P. Rémy¹, P. Grimbert¹, M. Matignon¹
¹Nephrology, APHP Henri Mondor, Créteil, France, ²Anatomopathology, APHP Henri Mondor, Créteil, France, ³Immunology, APHP Saint Louis, Paris, France, ⁴Urology, APHP Henri Mondor, Créteil, France
*Purpose: Analyze the long-term evolution after calcineurin inhibitors (CNIs) to Belatacept conversion in kidney allograft recipients.*Methods: In this single-center retrospective study, we collected all patients…
2020 American Transplant Congress
HLA-DQ Plays an Important Role in Graft Survival in African American Transplant Recipients
L. M. Rebellato¹, W. Irish², D. Leeser², J. Tuttle², C. E. Haisch²
¹Pathology, The Brody School of Medicine at ECU, Greenville, NC, ²Surgery, The Brody School of Medicine at ECU, Greenville, NC
*Purpose: Our kidney transplant (KTx) program serves a medically underserved and racially diverse area of a southern state. The purpose of this study was to…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Re-Transplantation (Tx) in Pediatric Patients with Failure of Primary Transplant (Tx) Due to Recurrent Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis (FSGS). A Pediatric Nephrology Research Consortium (PNRC) Study
A. Maniar¹, D. Hooper², C. Sethna¹, P. Singer¹, A. Z. Traum³, E. Kotzen⁴, K. Sanderson⁴, P. S. Verghese⁵, S. I. Al-Akash⁶
¹Pediatrics, Cohen Children's Medical Center of New York, New Hyde Park, NY, ²Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ³Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁴University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, ⁵University of Minnesota Children's Hospital, Minneapolis, MN, ⁶Driscoll Children's Hospital, Corpus Christi, TX
*Purpose: FSGS is a leading cause of end stage renal disease (ESRD). Tx in patients with FSGS may lead to graft failure due to recurrence…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Post-Transplant Rebound and Not Baseline Anti-A Titers are Associated with Acute Antibody-Mediated Rejection in A₂– to B/O Incompatible Kidney Transplantation
V. Kumar, D. Mompoint-Williams, M. Marques, P. MacLennan, M. Mustian, J. Locke
University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
*Purpose: Decreased antigen expression among blood group A subtype 2 (A2) donor kidneys allows these organs to be considered as universal donors; under the new…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Association with Acute Kidney Injury and Chronic Kidney Disease after Liver Transplantation
R. Ide, M. Ohira, H. Ohdan
Department of Gastroenterological and Transplant Surgery, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
*Purpose: Although early survival after liver transplantation (LT) has improved, late complications such as renal dysfunction have been discussed as a problem. Here, we have…
2020 American Transplant Congress
The Prevalence of Preemptive Transplantation at a Large Volume Kidney Transplant Center
T. Menser¹, M. J. Hobeika², S. G. Yi², T. Nisar¹, A. Gaber²
¹Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston, TX, ²Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX
*Purpose: In the wake of the Executive Order on Advancing American Kidney Health, it is essential to fully examine the current care paradigm for chronic…