Articles tagged "Kidney"

2019 American Transplant Congress
Frailty and Causes of Morbidity and Mortality in Kidney Transplant Recipients
L. Greco, S. Kaur, K. Lau, A. Fagenson, A. Di Carlo, S. Karhadkar
Surgery, Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
*Purpose: Frailty has been shown to be predictive of patient outcomes following renal transplantation. The purpose of this study is to analyze the effects of…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Partial Parathyroidectomy And Allograft Function In Renal Transplant Patients
M. Gao¹, E. Vilayur¹, D. Ferreira², C. Bendinelli¹, C. Sankoorikal¹
¹John Hunter Hospital, New Lambton Heights, Australia, ²Liverpool Hospital, Liverpool, Australia
*Purpose: Studies have previously shown that total parathyroidectomy in the renal transplant patient may adversely affect allograft function. The primary aim of this study was…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Sensitivity of 5-Tier System to Unadjusted Confounding
N. Salkowski, A. Wey, J. Snyder
SRTR, Minneapolis, MN
*Purpose: The Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients (SRTR) fits risk-adjusted models for its semiannual program-specific reports (PSRs). Although SRTR adjusts for as many important risk…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Recipient Predictors of Post-Donation End Stage Renal Disease in Living Kidney Donors
J. Wainright¹, A. Robinson¹, A. Wilk¹, D. Klassen², W. Cherikh¹, L. Cartwright¹, D. Stewart¹
¹Research, UNOS, Richmond, VA, ²UNOS, Richmond, VA
*Purpose: We studied associations between kidney transplant recipient diagnosis and other factors and development of ESRD among related living kidney donors (LKDs).*Methods: Using OPTN listing…
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…