2020 American Transplant Congress
Geographic Variation in Characteristics of High-KDPI Donors
1United Network for Organ Sharing, Richmond, VA, 2Dell Seton Medical Center, Austin, TX
*Purpose: The kidney donor profile index (KDPI) was incorporated into kidney allocation in the United States in 2014, and discard rates for high-KDPI donors (86-100%)…2020 American Transplant Congress
Native Nephrectomy at the Time of Transplant: Risk for Adrenal Injury?
*Purpose: Living donor studies have demonstrated that native nephrectomy (Nx) is associated with transient but symptomatic loss of adrenal function. Although surgical complications from simultaneous…2020 American Transplant Congress
Increased Graft Survival Following Implementation of the Kidney Allocation Score
1Surgery, Duke University Hospital, Durham, NC, 2Surgery, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC
*Purpose: The Kidney Allocation Score (KAS) was developed to improve matching of donor and recipients; we examine the effect of this change on transplantation practice…2020 American Transplant Congress
Risk Factors for Failing Native Kidney Function after Successful PTA
SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY
*Purpose: Patients with labile diabetes and good kidney function are often advised to wait until kidney function deteriorates and then undergo a SPK rather than…2020 American Transplant Congress
ESRD Risk Prediction for Black vs. White Related Living Kidney Donors
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
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
*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
*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…2019 American Transplant Congress
De Novo Complement-Activating Donor Specific Antibodies in Pediatric Renal Transplant Recipients Are Highly Responsive to Therapy
Pediatric Nephrology, Stanford, Los Altos, CA
*Purpose: Antibody mediated rejection remains a common cause for pediatric renal allograft loss. After recognizing that graft failure was more common in our pediatric renal…2019 American Transplant Congress
United Kingdom National Outcomes of Transplants from Paediatric Donors: 10 Years Experience
Transplantation, Guy's and St Thomas NHS trust, London, United Kingdom
*Purpose: Paediatric donors have been contributing to the kidney donor pool but there are concerns regarding the small nephron mass, hyperfiltration, technical issues including risks…
- « Previous Page
- 1
- …
- 46
- 47
- 48
- 49
- 50
- …
- 101
- Next Page »