Articles tagged "Kidney"

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…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Capturing Stories about Living Kidney Donation Using Storytelling Capture Technology: A Feasibility Assessment
A. D. Waterman¹, C. S. Anderson¹, O. N. Ranasinghe¹, Y. Cui², S. Brecher¹, W. Balliet³
¹Division of Nephrology, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, ²Terasaki Research Institute, Los Angeles, CA, ³Division of Bio-behavioral Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
*Purpose: Humans are storytelling beings. Hearing real-life stories about living donor kidney transplant (LDKT) can motivate and educate others about living donation including its risks…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Anti-cmv Antibody (cmv-ab) And Cmv-specific Cytotoxic T Cell (cmv-tc) Positivity Are Essential To Control Severe Viremia In Seronegative (sero[-]) Pediatric Kidney Transplant Recipients (ped Ktx Pts).
B. Shin, H. Pizzo, D. Puliyanda, A. Petrosyan, D. Lovato, S. C. Jordan, M. Toyoda
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: CMV infection represents a significant morbidity factor in KTx Pts, especially CMV sero(-) Ped Pts as infections tend to be more severe and recurrent.…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Developing a Patient Specific Search: Feedback from Kidney Transplant Candidates and Recipients
W. T. McKinney¹, M. J. Bruin², C. R. Schaffhausen¹, S. Chu², J. Snyder³, A. Matas⁴, B. Kasiske⁵, A. K. Israni¹
¹Nephrology, Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute, Minneapolis, MN, ²College of Design, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, ³Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients, Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute, Minneapolis, MN, ⁴Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, ⁵Department of Medicine, Hennepin Healthcare, Minneapolis, MN
*Purpose: Patients in need of kidney transplantation face numerous obstacles when identifying a transplant center for treatment. Acceptance criteria, waiting time, and post-transplant allograft survival…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Costs of Kidney Recoveries Varies Dramatically across Organ Procurement Organizations
J. P. Roberts¹, J. Bragg-Gresham², P. J. Held³
¹Univ of California-San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ²University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ³Stanford, Stanford, CA
*Purpose: Report on the wide variation across OPOs in the cost of kidney recovery from deceased donors.*Methods: Cost reports (CMS 216-94 Form) from 52 Independent…