Articles tagged "Kidney"

2019 American Transplant Congress
No Plan is a Bad Plan! Results of the American Society of Transplantation (AST) Living Donor Community of Practice Mortality Workgroup Survey on Disaster Planning Following a Living Donor Death
M. L. Henderson¹, S. E. Van Pilsum Rasmussen¹, M. M. Waldram¹, K. L. Lentine², D. A. Mandelbrot³, R. L. Hays³, D. G. Maluf⁴, M. Cooper⁵
¹Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD, ²Saint Louis University, St Louis, MO, ³University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, ⁴University of Tennessee, Memphis, TN, ⁵Georgetown University, Washington, DC
*Purpose: The risk of perioperative mortality following living kidney and liver donation, although extremely low, must not be considered a ‘never event’. While the risks…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Kidney Volumes in Healthy Donors – Does Size Really Matter?
F. R. Schwartz¹, B. I. Shaw², F. Vernuccio¹, F. Rigiroli¹, F. Gonzalez¹, R. Lerebours³, K. Ravindra², D. Marin¹
¹Radiology, Duke University, Durham, NC, ²General Surgery, Duke University, Durham, NC, ³Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Duke University, Durham, NC
*Purpose: To assess the relationship between craniocaudal renal diameters and renal volumes, as well as the frequency of appropriate renal selection for transplant using conventional…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Beneficial Association between Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone-System Blockade Usage and Graft Prognosis in Allograft Immunoglobulin A Nephropathy
S. Park¹, C. Baek², M. Yu³, Y. Kim¹, J. Moon¹, H. Go², Y. Kim², J. Lee⁴, S. Min¹, J. Ha¹, K. Moon¹, Y. Kim¹, C. Ahn¹, S. Park², H. Lee¹
¹Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ²Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ³Hanyang University Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ⁴Seoul National University Hospital, Boramae Medical Center, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
*Purpose: Although immunoglobulin A nephropathy (IgAN) is associated with a high risk of renal allograft failure, evidences for its treatment, including renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system blockade (RAASB)…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Near-Infrared Fluorescence Imaging with ZW800-1 Dye to Assess Donor Kidneys While on Ex-Vivo Normothermic Machine Perfusion
A. S. Arykbaeva¹, K. M. Rozenberg², M. L. Lo Faro², J. Hunter², J. B. Doppenberg¹, A. R. Valentijn³, A. G. Terwisscha van Scheltinga³, H. Putter⁴, I. P. Alwayn¹, J. V. Frangioni⁵, J. Burggraaf⁶, A. L. Vahrmeijer¹, R. J. Ploeg², V. A. Huurman¹
¹Department of Surgery, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ²Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences, Oxford, United Kingdom, ³Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Toxicology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ⁴Department of Biomedical Data Sciences, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ⁵Curadel, LCC, Marlborough, MA, ⁶Centre for Human Drug Research, Leiden, Netherlands
*Purpose: At present, more older and higher risk donor kidneys are accepted resulting in increased uncertainty about quality. This may result in unjustified discard of…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Quantitative Epstein-Barr Virus Viral Load Monitoring in Pediatric Kidney Transplantation
C. Metran¹, M. E. Araujo¹, R. Cardoso¹, G. Araujo¹, T. De Paula¹, L. Cristofani², F. Penteado³, M. F. Pereira³, A. Watanabe¹
¹Pediatric Nephrology, ICr HC FMUSP, São Paulo, Brazil, ²Pediatric Oncology, ICr HC FMUSP, São Paulo, Brazil, ³Pediatric Infectology, ICr HC FMUSP, São Paulo, Brazil
*Purpose: Epstein Barr virus (EBV) belongs to the family of herpesvirus and is associated with a wide range of malignancies, including post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder (PTLD).…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Hepatitis A Hospitalizations among Kidney Transplant Recipients in the United States: A Nationwide Study
W. Cheungpasitporn¹, C. Thongprayoon², P. Ungprasert³, K. Wijarnpreecha⁴, P. T. Kroner⁴
¹Nephrology, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS, ²Nephrology and Hypertension, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ³Nephrology, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Bangkok, Thailand, ⁴Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL
*Purpose: Hepatitis A illness severity increases in immunosuppressed patients and one of important indicators of hepatitis A illness severity is whether patients require hospitalization. This…
2019 American Transplant Congress
One Study: A Consortium Model of Clinical Trials Optimized for Comparing New Immune Therapies via Centralized Immune Monitoring
B. Sawitzki¹, S. Schlickeiser¹, M. Streitz¹, K. Jürchott¹, J. Hutchinson², E. Geissler², P. Investigators³
¹Charite Universitätsmedizin, Berlin, Germany, ²University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany, ³ONE Study Consortium, EU, Germany
*Purpose: Immune regulatory cell subpopulations can potentially control immune responses to allow immunosuppression (IS) drug minimization. In the ONE Study, an EU FP7-funded research group…
2019 American Transplant Congress
National Trends in Bariatric Surgical Practice for Patients with End-Stage Renal Disease
K. H. Sheetz¹, K. J. Woodside¹, V. B. Shahinian², J. B. Dimick¹, S. A. Waits¹
¹Department of Surgery, University of Michigan Hospitals and Health System, Ann Arbor, MI, ²Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Hospitals and Health System, Ann Arbor, MI
*Purpose: Despite growing enthusiasm for the use of bariatric surgery in obese patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD), national practice patterns in this patient population…
2019 American Transplant Congress
A Novel Genomic Approach for Acute Rejection across All Age Groups in Kidney Transplantation
B. I. Shaw, D. K. Cheng, Q. Cheng, C. R. Acharya, A. D. Kirk, E. T. Chambers
Pediatrics/Surgery, Duke University, Durham, NC
*Purpose: Acute Rejection remains a significant complication in kidney transplantation that affects long-term outcomes. Using a large collection of gene expression data obtained from multiple…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Racial Disparity in Pre-Kidney Transplant Work-Up
J. Buggs¹, H. Mohamed², C. Myer³, S. Lloyd⁴, E. Rogers¹, H. Pearson¹, J. Clement¹, D. Zunick¹, A. Kumar², V. Bowers¹
¹Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, FL, ²University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, ³University of Tampa, Tampa, FL, ⁴University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
*Purpose: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the disparity, by race, for pre-kidney transplant work-up completion rates of referred patients.*Methods: We conducted a…