Articles tagged "Kidney"

2019 American Transplant Congress
Oxygenated Hypothermic Machine Perfusion of Kidneys Donated after Circulatory Death: An International Randomised Controlled Trial
I. Jochmans¹, H. S. Hofker², L. Davies³, S. Knight³, J. Pirenne¹, R. J. Ploeg³, -. on behalf of COPE and participating centres⁴
¹Abdominal Transplant Surgery, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, ²University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands, ³University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, ⁴Belgium, Netherlands, United Kingdom
*Purpose: An international, double-blinded, randomised, paired phase 3 trial designed to determine the effect on 1-year graft function of continuous oxygenated (HMPO) vs non-oxygenated hypothermic…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Technology Triggered Adherence Intervention – Preliminary Findings
T. E. Kaiser¹, N. S. Ejaz¹, S. Tremblay¹, N. J. Parrish², J. Benavides², B. Rehe², A. Govil¹, E. S. Woodle¹, R. R. Alloway¹
¹University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, ²UC Health, Cincinnati, OH
*Purpose: Medication non-adherence (M-NA) after renal transplant (RT) increases the risk of graft failure. We conducted a prospective, randomized, single center trial to evaluate 3…
2019 American Transplant Congress
The Implementation and Impact of an Opioid Minimization Protocol in an Urban Renal Transplant Population
A. Lichvar, M. Campara, E. Benedetti, J. Benken
University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: The opioid epidemic within the United States has devastated patients and their families in addition to triggering a national public health crisis. Unnecessary prescribing…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Chronic Kidney Disease among Liver Transplant Candidates: A Rising Burden and Its Impact on Post-Liver Transplant Outcomes
G. Cullaro¹, E. C. Verna², B. P. Lee¹, J. C. Lai¹
¹UCSF, San Francisco, CA, ²Columbia University, New York, NY
*Purpose: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is the end manifestation of persistent renal damage, a pathology distinct from the reversible acute kidney injury (AKI). This distinction…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Aquaporins May Be Involved in Renal Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury by Affecting the Pyroptosis of Renal Tubular Epithelial Cells
T. Lin, Y. Fan, Y. Jiang, J. Liu, Z. Wang, L. Li, T. Song, Z. Huang, X. Wang
Organ Transplantation Center, Urology Department, Urology Research Institute, WestChina Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
*Purpose: To determine whether aquaporins (AQPs) are involved in renal ischemia-reperfusion injury (IRI) by affecting the pyroptosis of renal tubular epithelial cells.*Methods: Hypoxia reoxygenation (H/R)…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Urinary Biomarkers of Kidney Injury in Liver Transplant Recipients with Calcineurin Inhibitors Based Immunosuppression
D. Maluf¹, V. Bontha¹, A. Bajwa², A. Abdelaal¹, C. Koo¹, J. D. Eason², V. Mas²
¹UTHSC, Memphis, TN, ²Transplant Institute, Memphis, TN
*Purpose: Renal dysfunction post solid organ transplantation is common and associated with several risk factors. Messenger RNA encoding for genes expressed along the nephron and…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Can Financial Incentives Improve Patient Compliance with Optn Live Kidney Donor Follow-Up Policy? Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial
M. Henderson, M. Waldram, S. DiBrito, A. Thomas, F. Al Ammary, S. Ottman, A. Massie, J. Garonzik Wang, D. Segev
Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: The Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) requires transplant hospitals to monitor live kidney donors (LKDs) for 2 years post-donation. However, the majority (57%)…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Surgical Outcome and Analysis of Risk of Complications in Kidney Donors Receiving Laparoscopic Live Donor Nephrectomy
C. Yang, C. Yeh, C. Lee, C. Chen, I. Lai, P. Lee, M. Tsai
Department of Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
*Purpose: Laparoscopic live donor nephrectomy has adopted for more than 20 years. But the operative procedure is still technically demanding, and allows almost no margin…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Regeneration of Kidney with a Novel Biomimetic Vascular Scaffold
S. Min¹, H. Mo¹, A. Han¹, J. Ha¹, J. Yoo²
¹Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul 110-744, Korea, Republic of, ²Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC
*Purpose: Appropriate vascularization is one of the most important issues to be addressed in the clinical application of 3D bioengineered organ.*Methods: We have fabricated biomimetic…
2019 American Transplant Congress
When to Hold: Apixaban in Renal Transplant Recipients
V. H. Do¹, D. Haakinson², K. D. Belfield¹
¹Yale New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT, ²Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
*Purpose: Renal transplant recipients (RTRs) may develop deep venous thrombosis (DVT), pulmonary embolism (PE), or atrial fibrillation requiring treatment with oral anticoagulation. There is limited…