Articles tagged "Kidney"

2019 American Transplant Congress
Pneumocystis jirovecii Pneumonia among Kidney Transplant Recipients: The Forgotten Infection
L. Bowman¹, R. Baliga², K. Zeitler¹
¹Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, FL, ²Florida Kidney Physicians, Tampa, FL
*Purpose: In the era of prophylaxis, pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PJP) is a rare post-transplant complication, particularly among kidney transplant recipients (KTR). Cases of PJP in…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Characterization Of Microscopic Hematuria Following Renal Transplant
M. L. McDonald¹, T. N. Duong², N. Datta², H. A. Gritsch¹, S. Bunnapradist²
¹Department of Urology, Kidney and Pancreas Transplant Programs, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, ²Division of Nephrology, Kidney and Pancreas Programs, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: The American Urological Association (AUA) recommends a CT Urography and cystoscopy for the evaluation of a single episode of microscopic hematuria (MH) in the…
2019 American Transplant Congress
The Effects Of Simultaneously Training Additional Surgeons In The Living Donor Robotic Assisted Kidney Transplant
J. D. Stracke, M. Safwan, L. Malinzak, A. Yoshida
Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI
*Purpose: Minimally invasive surgery is an ever-developing field in surgery. Numerous international transplant programs have reported the success and safety of robotic assisted kidney transplant…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Prevalence of Overweight and Obesity in Children after Kidney Transplantation. Risk Factors and Outcomes
M. L. Monteverde¹, J. M. Velasco¹, M. E. Izzo², M. Mannarino², J. P. Ibanez¹, A. B. Chaparro¹, C. E. Vezzani¹
¹Nephrology, Hospital de Pediatria JP Garrahan, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ²Food and Nutrition, Hospital de Pediatria JP Garrahan, Buenos Aires, Argentina
*Purpose: 1) To describe prevalence of overweight and obesity and changes in body mass index (BMI) and height Z-score at transplant time (T0) and 12…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Evaluation of Mycophenolate Mofetil Exposure in Renal Transplant Recipients
M. C. Ott¹, S. Mietz², S. Chang³
¹Department of Pharmaceutical Services, Erie County Medical Center, Buffalo, NY, ²Department of Pharmacy, Indiana University Health, Indianapolis, IN, ³Department of Medicine, Jacobs School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciencess, Buffalo, NY
*Purpose: Mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) is the most commonly prescribed immunosuppressant following transplantation in the United States. However, the occurrence of MMF therapy-related adverse events including…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Did COIIN Cohort A Maintain Graft Survival Performance While Increasing Moderate to High KDPI Transplants?
J. Foutz, R. J. Carrico, K. Sisaithong, H. Tosoc-Haskell, D. Klassen
Research, United Network for Organ Sharing, Richmond, VA
*Purpose: The Collaborative Innovation and Improvement Network (COIIN) was a 3-year OPTN project aimed at increasing the utilization of kidneys with a kidney donor profile…
2019 American Transplant Congress
The Role of CD47/SIRPα and CD47/TSP-1 Pathways in Pig-to-Baboon Kidney Transplantation Using hCD47 Transgenic Kidneys
K. Takeuchi¹, Y. Ariyoshi¹, T. Pomposelli¹, L. Boyd¹, D. Ekanayake-Alper¹, S. Arn¹, R. Hawley¹, D. Ayares², M. Lorber³, M. Sykes¹, D. Sachs¹, R. Johnson⁴, K. Yamada¹
¹CCTI/Surgery, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, ²Revivicor Inc., Blacksburg, VA, ³Lung BioTechnology PBC, Silver Spring, MD, ⁴Division of Renal Diseases and Hypertension, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO
*Purpose: We have recently reported that both CD80 upregulation and the degradation of SMPDL-3b on glomerular podocytes are involved in the development of post kidney…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Chronic Changes on Time Zero Living Donor Allograft Biopsy Do Not Portend Future Kidney Function
A. Agarwal¹, A. Sites², K. L. Brayman¹, A. Doyle³, J. Oberholzer¹, A. Nishio-Lucar³
¹Surgery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, ²Transplant, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, ³Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
*Purpose: The predictive ability of implantation biopsies of kidney allografts on either future recipient or living donor kidney function has not been fully elucidated. Herein,…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Using an Electronic Medical Record Tool to Document Transplant Option Discussions among Patients with EGFR ≤ 20 mL/min/1.73m²
A. Yishak¹, R. R. Brentari², R. M. Love La Londe³, E. Clark⁴, E. Clark⁴, J. Sun⁵, S. Vupputuri⁶
¹Nephrology, MAPMG, Mc Lean, VA, ²KP National Transplant Service, Oakland, CA, ³KP National Transplant Services, Oakland, CA, ⁴KP National Transplant Services, silver spring, MD, ⁵KP, Rockville, MD, ⁶MAPRI, MAPMG, Rockville, MD
*Purpose: The purpose of this study, in a large integrated health system, was to improve: 1) the documentation of transplant option discussions by providers among…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Proteomics Reveals Molecular Window and Metabolism of Normothermically Perfused Human Kidneys
A. Weissenbacher¹, H. Huang², A. Thorne³, L. M. Lo Faro³, J. Hunter³, R. Ploeg³, C. C. Coussios⁴, P. J. Friend³, B. Kessler⁵
¹Visceral, Transplant and Thoracic Surgery, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria, ²Nuffield Department o Medicine, Target Discovery Institute, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, ³Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, ⁴Oxford Institute of Biomedical Engineering, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, ⁵Nuffield Department o Medicine, Target Discovery Instituteiscovery Institute, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
*Purpose: We have shown that 24h normothermic kidney perfusion (NKP) with urine recirculation (URC) is superior to non URC for maintaining homeostasis previously. However, the…