Articles tagged "Kidney"

2019 American Transplant Congress
Racial and Ethnic Differences in Physician Trust and Hypertension Treatment Adherence among Living Kidney Donors in the United States
J. S. Wilson Jr¹, L. Cooper², M. Johnson², M. Waldram², Y. Yu², J. Perkins², D. Crews², N. Lacy³, M. Henderson², A. Massie², K. Lentine⁴, D. Segev², T. Purnell²
¹Williams College, Williamstown, MA, ²Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ³North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, ⁴St. Louis University, St. Louis, MO
*Purpose: Among living kidney donors who develop hypertension (HTN), little is known about racial/ethnic differences in the relationship between physician trust levels and adherence to…
2019 American Transplant Congress
The Use of High Volume Perioperative Normal Saline Increases the Risk of Delayed Graft Function after Kidney Transplantation
K. Kolodzie¹, O. S. Cakmakkaya², E. S. Boparai³, M. Tavakol⁴, J. Feiner¹, C. U. Niemann⁵
¹Anesthesia & Perioperative Care, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ²Dept. of Medical Education, University Istanbul – Cerrahpasa, Istanbul, Turkey, ³School of Medicine, George Washington University, Washington, DC, ⁴Dept. of Surgery, Division of Transplantation, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ⁵Anesthesia & Perioperative Care, and Dept. of Surgery, Division of Transplantation, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
*Purpose: Metabolic and physiologic effects of high volume perioperative Normal Saline (NS) resuscitation are well described, but the impact on delayed graft function (DGF) remains…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Regional Disparities In The Transplant Rates Across Unos Regions Pre- And Post-kidney Allocation System Policy Implementation
A. C. Perez-Ortiz, E. Heher, N. Elias
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
*Purpose: Geographic distribution of organs for transplant is a critical component of the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) policies. However, there is no single…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Kidney Donor Outcomes ≥ 50 Years Post Donation
D. Keys, S. Jackson, A. Matas
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
*Purpose: Data on true long-term follow-up (LTFU) of living kidney donors (LD) is sparse. Given this, the acceptance of young donors can be a challenging…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Racial Variation in ESRD Diagnosis Patterns among Prior Living Kidney Donors on the OPTN Kidney Waiting List
J. Wainright¹, A. Robinson¹, A. Wilk¹, D. Klassen², W. Cherikh¹, C. Custer¹, R. Brown³, D. Stewart¹
¹Research, UNOS, Richmond, VA, ²Office of the Chief Medical Officer, UNOS, Richmond, VA, ³Organ Center, UNOS, Richmond, VA
*Purpose: We studied End Stage Renal Disease diagnosis patterns among prior living kidney donors (PLDs) who received candidate PLD priority on the OPTN kidney waiting…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Donation After Circulatory Death Kidneys With Prolonged Delayed Graft Function Present Widespread Metabolic And Translational Deficiencies At Time Of Retrieval
M. L. Lo Faro¹, K. Rozenberg¹, H. Huang¹, S. Maslau¹, H. Leuvenink², E. Sharples³, R. Ploeg¹
¹Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, ²University Medical Centre Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands, ³Oxford Transplant Centre, Oxford, United Kingdom
*Purpose: Delayed graft function (DGF) is acute renal failure post-transplant, commonly defined as the need for dialysis in the first week post-transplant. Injury at time…
2019 American Transplant Congress
High Urinary Neutrophil Gelatinase Lipocalins (NGAL) Levels in Kidney Perfusates as Predictor of a Better Renal Function
A. Angeletti, C. Donadei, V. De Pace, I. Capelli, V. Corradetti, C. Zannini, F. Alviano, L. Bonsi, G. Comai, M. Ravaioli, G. La Manna
DIMES, S.Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, Bologna University, Bologna, Italy
*Purpose: Neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL) has recently emerged as a biomarker of different conditions, but the biological role remains unclear. We hypnotized that NGAL has…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Estrogen Mediated Protection in Renal Ischemia Reperfusion Injury (IRI) is Extrinsic to the Kidney
D. D. Aufhauser¹, S. J. Concors¹, P. T. Hernandez¹, Z. Wang¹, L. Krumeich¹, D. R. Murken¹, G. Ge¹, W. W. Hancock², M. H. Levine¹
¹Surgery, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ²Pathology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
*Purpose: IRI causes morbidity in renal transplantation and other surgical scenarios. A better understanding of the molecular mechanisms of IRI is required so that strategies…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Epidemiology of Parvovirus B19 and Anemia among Kidney Transplant Recipients
N. Khoury¹, C. Thongprayoon², N. Leeaphorn³, J. Bruminhent⁴, W. Cheungpasitporn⁵
¹Henry Ford Transplant Institute, Detroit, MI, ²Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ³University of Missouri, Kansas City, MO, ⁴Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand, ⁵University of Mississippi, Jackson, MS
*Purpose: Persistent anemia has been described in kidney transplant (KTx) recipients with Parvovirus B19 virus infection. However, epidemiology of Parvovirus B19 and Parvovirus B19-related anemia…
2019 American Transplant Congress
C1q Dominant Deposits in Renal Transplant Biopsies Are Not Associated with Allograft Dysfunction
A. Babu¹, S. Williamson², N. Khoury¹, M. Safwan¹, A. Patel¹
¹Transplant Institute, Henry Ford Hospitals, Detroit, MI, ²Pathology Surgical, Henry Ford Hospitals, Detroit, MI
*Purpose: Complement deposition in renal allograft biopsies and native kidneys may represent an ongoing inflammatory process. We studied the significance of incidental finding of predominant…