Articles tagged "Kidney"

2019 American Transplant Congress
Exercise for Solid Organ Transplant Candidates and Recipients: A Joint Position Statement of the Canadian Society of Transplantation (CST) and Canadian Network for Rehabilitation and Exercise for Solid Organ Transplant Optimal Recovery (CAN-RESTORE)
T. Janaudis-Ferreira¹, S. Mathur², R. Deliva³, N. Howes⁴, C. Patterson⁵, A. Räkel⁶, S. So⁵, L. Wickerson⁷, M. White⁶, Y. Avitzur⁵, O. Johnston⁸, N. Heywood⁹, S. Singh⁷, S. Holdsworth¹⁰
¹School of Physical and Occupational Therapy, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, ²University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴London Health Sciences Centre, London, ON, Canada, ⁵The Hospital For Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁶University of Montreal Hospital Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁷University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁸Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ⁹McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada, ¹⁰Canadian Donation and Transplantation Research Program, Edmonton, AB, Canada
*Purpose: Exercise training has been shown to be beneficial across several chronic disease groups that may lead to solid organ transplantation (SOT), and across organ…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Prognostic Value of C3d Fixing Preformed Donor-Specific Antibody in Crossmatch-Positive Living Kidney Transplantation
K. Miyake¹, M. Okumi¹, Y. Kakuta¹, K. Unagami², M. Furusawa¹, H. Ishida², K. Tanabe¹
¹Urology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Sinjuku, Japan, ²Organ Transplant Medicine, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Sinjuku, Japan
*Purpose: The occurrence of acute antibody-mediated rejection (ABMR) was higher in flow cytometric crossmatch (FCXM)-positive patients despite desensitization, and complement binding ability of donor specific…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Simultaneous Pancreas and Kidney Transplant Outcomes after Induction Therapy with Thymoglobulin Compared with Alemtuzumab
B. Masters¹, F. Bartlett², C. Drachenberg³, S. Bartlett³, R. Barth³, J. Scalea³, A. Haririan³
¹University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD, ²Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, MO, ³University of Maryland, School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: The purpose of this study is to compare the outcomes of simultaneous pancreas and kidney transplant (SPK) recipients after two T-cell depleting induction agents:…
2019 American Transplant Congress
The Complexity of T Cell-Mediated Rejection Scenarios: Identifying BK in Biopsies with TCMR
P. F. Halloran and The INTERCOMEX Investigators¹, G. Gupta², J. Reeve³
¹University of Alberta, Edmonton AB, AB, Canada, ²Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, ³Alberta Transplant Applied Genomics Centre, Edmonton, AB, Canada
*Purpose: Some transplanted kidneys have concomitant T cell-mediated rejection (TCMR) and BK virus nephropathy (BK). The histologic diagnosis in BK sometimes overlooks the TCMR component,…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Identification of Antibodies Reactive to Vimentin in a Rat Kidney Transplant Model of Chronic Antibody-Mediated Rejection
S. Reese, N. Wilson, L. Ptak, J. Sullivan, W. Burlingham, A. Djamali, S. E. Panzer
University of Wisconsin Madison, Madison, WI
*Purpose: As many as 30% of patients with chronic active antibody-mediated rejection (cAMR) lack HLA-specific antibodies. Recently, researchers identified clinical relevance of non-HLA antibodies, including…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Clinical Implications of Belatacept Conversion in a High-Risk, Urban Renal Transplant Population
B. Valdepenas, J. Benken, E. Benedetti, Z. Hajjiri, A. Lichvar
University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: Conversion to belatacept as maintenance immunosuppression has gained traction to prevent calcineurin inhibitor (CNI) induced toxicities in renal transplant (RTx) recipients. However, limited knowledge…
2019 American Transplant Congress
The Implications of Donor Proteinuria in Deceased Donor Kidney Transplantation
A. Vinson, T. Keough-Ryan, K. West, K. Tennankore
Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada
*Purpose: The implications of pre-terminal donor urinalysis findings on post-transplant kidney graft survival has not been previously explored. An abnormal donor urinalysis may reflect donor…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Standardized Pain Management Post Donor Nephrectomy Results in Decreased Length of Stay
N. Alvey¹, B. Hohoff², M. Brokhof¹, N. Kenyon¹, E. Hollinger³
¹Pharmacy, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, ²Transplant, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, ³Surgery, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: Laparoscopic donor nephrectomy has reduced the burden associated with open surgery, but a significant percentage of donors still suffer from postoperative pain. It is…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Pregnancy in Renal Transplant Recipients A Single Center Retrospective Study
O. PISCORAN¹, K. Bhatia¹, T. Augustine¹, S. Kopargaonkar², J. Gillham²
¹Renal Transplantation, Manchester Foundation Trust, MRI, Manchester, United Kingdom, ²Manchester Foundation Trust, MRI, Manchester, United Kingdom
*Purpose: Pregnancies after renal transplantation (RT) are classified as high risk and are reported to generate maternal and foetal complications. The aim of this study…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Pharmacist-Led Management of Post-Transplant Hyperglycemia Reduces Hospitalizations
V. H. Do¹, I. Figueroa², A. Elshafie³, R. Belfort De Aguiar³, D. Haakinson³, E. Cohen¹
¹Yale New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT, ²Western New England School of Pharmacy, Springfield, MA, ³Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
*Purpose: Renal transplant recipients (RTRs) are at risk of developing post-transplant hyperglycemia (PTHG), defined as blood glucose > 180 mg/dL within the first 45 days…