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Articles tagged "Kidney"

  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Increasing Obesity Prevalence in the United States Pediatric End-Stage Renal Disease Population

    B. Shelton,1 P. MacLennan,1 R. Reed,1 M. Mustian,1 D. McWilliams,1 D. Sawinski,2 J. Locke.1

    1Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL; 2Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.

    Background: Obesity prevalence among children in the United States (US) is high, but the rate of increase has slowed over time. Among pediatric end-stage renal…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Krüppel-Like Factor 15 is a Key Suppressor of the Glomerular Epithelial Cell Fibrosis under Centrifugal Force Driven Pressure

    M. Yu,1 Y. Kim,1 H. Lee,1 J. Lee,2 R. Cha,3 C. Lee,4 Y. Kim,1 S. Yang.5

    1Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea; 2Seoul National University Boramae Medical Center, Seoul, Korea; 3National Medical Center, Seoul, Korea; 4Cheju Halla General Hospital, Jeju, Korea; 5Seoul National University Kidney Research Institue, Seoul, Korea.

    Hypertension is known to be responsible for a reduction in the number of functional nephrons of glomeruli due to fibrosis, which develops into a chronic…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Liver Transplants from Older Donors Have Worse Outcomes in Elderly Recipients with Renal Dysfunction

    R. Schilke,1 M. Safwan,1 S. Nagai,1 M. Abouljoud,2 A. Patel.1

    1Transplant Institute, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI; 2Nephrology, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI.

    Background: Most end stage liver disease patients suffer from concomitant renal insufficiency. We aimed to study influence of donor age on outcomes in elderly liver…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Comparison of Three Approaches for Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy: Transvaginal, Transumbilical Single Site and Retroperitoneal

    M. Miura, H. Higashiyama.

    Department of Urology and Renal Transplantation Surgery, Sapporo Hokuyu Hospital, Sapporo, Japan.

    Objectives: Reduction of burdens to live kidney donors are important. The aim of this study was to compare the surgical outcomes of 3 approaches we…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    National Study of Living Donor Program Protocols, Processes, and Resources within U.S. Transplant Centers

    D. Moore,1 M. Dietrich,1 P. Buerhaus,2 J. Rodrigue,3 A. Minnick.1

    1Vanderbilt University, Nashville; 2Montana State University, Bonzeman; 3Beth Israel Deaconess MC, Boston.

    Purpose: There is limited research that describes living donor (LD) program processes and protocols. This study aimed to describe LD program protocols, processes, and resources…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Endothelin A Receptor (ETaR) siRNA Ameliorates Renal Ischemia Reperfusion Injury through Upregulating Expression of eNOS in Rats

    Y. Jia, L. Li, T. Zhu.

    Shanghai Key Labratory of Organ Transplantation, Department of Urology, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.

    Aims: To explore the protective effect of Endothelin A Receptor (ETaR) siRNA on renal ischemia reperfusion injury and its underlying mechanism.Methods: The model of unilateral…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Program-Specific Transplant Rate Ratios: Association with Allocation Priority at Listing and Posttransplant Outcomes

    A. Wey, S. Gustafson, N. Salkowski, J. Pyke, B. Kasiske, A. Israni, J. Snyder.

    SRTR, Mineapolis.

    The Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients (SRTR) has updated the transplant rate and waitlist mortality risk-adjustment models to include a wider range of candidate characteristics…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Preparation for Transfer to Adult Kidney Transplant Care: Impacts of Providing Written Guidance

    H. Stephens,1 M. Clementi,1 A. Al-Uzri, M. Wright,4 S. Iragorri,2 D. Rozansky,2 R. Jenkins,2 J. Wade,3 K. Richardson,5 K. Freeman.1

    1Institute on Development & Disability, Department of Pediatrics, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR; 2Department of Pediatrics, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR.

    Objective: Survey youth and parents in a pediatric kidney transplant clinic with the following aims: 1) Compare pre- and post-intervention experiences with the transition process;…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Predicting Acute Kidney Injury after Orthotopic Liver Transplantation Using a Recurrent Neural Network

    A. Bishara, R. Kothari, M. Bokoch, C. Niemann, D. Adelmann.

    UCSF, San Francisco.

    In patients undergoing orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT), the incidence of acute kidney injury (AKI) is up to 60%. Prediction of the individual patient's risk of…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Morbidity Outcomes in Live Kidney Donors in the UK: 15 Year Compartive Cohort Study

    N. Krishnan,1 L. Mumford,3 G. Lipkin,4 S. Fletcher,1 I. Dasgupta,5 P. Gill,6 R. Ryan,7 N. Raymond.8

    1Renal Unit, University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire NHS Trust, Coventry, United Kingdom; 2Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Coventry University, Coventry, United Kingdom; 3Statistics and Clinical Studies, Organ Donation and Transplant, National Health Services Blood and Transplant, Bristol, United Kingdom; 4Renal Unit, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, United Kingdom; 5Renal Unit, Heart of England Hospitals, Birmingham, United Kingdom; 6Academic Unit of Primary Care, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom; 7Primary Care, West Midlands, Birmingham, United Kingdom; 8Statistics, University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire NHS Trust, Coventry, United Kingdom.

    Understanding risks and long-term outcomes of live kidney donation is essential.To investigate longer-term morbidity outcomes of live kidney donors (LD) compared to healthy controls.Ethics approval…
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