Articles tagged "Kidney"

2016 American Transplant Congress
Gender Differences in Longitudinal eGFR of Living Kidney Donors in a Health Information Exchange.
M. Henderson,¹ T. McFarlane,¹ A. Massie,² D. Segev,² B. Dixon.^1,3
¹Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN; ²Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD; ³Regenstrief Institute, Indianapolis, IN.
Background: The trajectory of post-donation eGFR in living donors is poorly described. Our objective was to explore the association between baseline donor characteristics and post-donation…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Utility of a Scoring Tool for Living Kidney Donor Volunteers.
S. Lien,¹ L. Willey,² A. Lecuyer-Koich,² M. Voges,² T. Dunn.²
¹Marian University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN; ²Division of Transplant Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN.
A comprehensive yet efficient evaluation of living kidney donor volunteers (LKDV) is key to a successful transplant program. Donor selection is complex and must balance…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Ex-Vivo Normothermic Perfusion (EVNP) Attenuation of Kidney Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury (IRI): A Proposed Mechanism.
I. Palma,¹ S. Kabagambe,¹ Y. Smolin,¹ T. Boyer,¹ I. Palma,¹ O. Fiehn,² Y.-J. Chen,¹ J. Sageshima,¹ C. Santhanakrishnan,¹ C. Troppmann,¹ R. Perez.¹
¹Department of Surgery, University of California, Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA; ²Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology & Genome Center, University of California-Davis, Davis, CA.
Introduction: EVNP has the potential to repair deceased donor renal IRI. We hypothesize that EVNP may attenuate renal IRI via alteration of lipid metabolism.Methods: Eight…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Protocol for Health Information Exchange Living Donor Cohort Discovery.
M. Henderson,¹ A. Roberts,² A. Massie,³ D. Segev,³ W. Goggins,¹ C. Stone,¹ B. Dixon.^1,2
¹Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN; ²Regenstrief Institute, Indianapolis, IN; ³Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD.
Health information exchange (HIE) is the sharing of clinical and administrative data across the boundaries of health care institutions, health data, repositories, and states that…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Pediatric Access to Kidney Transplantation Under KAS.
W. Cherikh,¹ D. Stewart,¹ A. Kucheryavaya,¹ M. Aeder,² E. Brewer.³
¹UNOS, Richmond, VA; ²Univ. Hosp. Case Med Ctr, Cleveland, OH; ³Texas Children's Hosp/Baylor College Medicine, Houston, TX.
Background. Under the kidney allocation system (KAS) implemented on Dec 4, 2014, pediatric (ped) priority is now based on Kidney Donor Profile Index (KDPI) <35%…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Learning Curve of Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy for Abdominal Transplant Surgery Fellows.
O. Serrano,¹ A. Bangdiwala,² D. Vock,³ V. Kirchner,¹ T. Dunn,¹ E. Finger,¹ T. Pruett,¹ A. Matas,¹ R. Kandaswamy.¹
¹Surgery, Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN; ²Biostatistics, Masonic Cancer Center, Minneapolis, MN; ³Biostatistics, Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN.
PURPOSE: Laparoscopic donor nephrectomy (LDN) requires a high degree of surgical competence and skill. UNOS recommends that fellowship-trained surgeons participate in 15 LDN to be…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Landscape of Hypertension Treatment in Former Kidney Donors.
L. Ferrara, O. Sanchez, D. Berglund, A. Matas, H. Ibrahim.
U of MN, Mpls.
The aim of this analysis is to describe the general epidemiological features for the development of hypertension and the most frequent medical therapies prescribed in…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Rapid Withdrawal of Donation After Cardiac Death Donors.
K. Mekeel,¹ J. Trageser,² W. Garrison,² J. Berumen,¹ L. Stocks,² A. Hemming.¹
¹Surgery, University of California-San Diego, La Jolla, CA; ²Lifesharing, San Diego, CA.
Purpose: Potential organ donors may be lost if procurement needs to occur emergently due to hemodynamic instability or family request, in particular if serologies and…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Reciprocal Effects of HDAC1 and HDAC2 Deletion on Renal Cold Ischemia Survival and Nuclear Co-Repressor Complex Expression.
D. Aufhauser Jr,¹ D. Murken,¹ Z. Wang,¹ A. Samanta,² G. Ge,¹ T. Bhatti,³ W. Hancock,^2,3 M. Levine.¹
¹Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA; ²Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA; ³Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA.
Introduction: Class I histone/protein deacetylases (HDACs) 1 and 2 bear >85% protein sequence homology and conventionally are thought to have similar function via occupancy in…
2016 American Transplant Congress
A Novel Intra-Abdominal Cooling System Prevents Graft Warming During Implantation for Robotic-Assisted Renal Transplantation.
R. Meier, M. Hagen, C. Joliat, J.-B. Buchs, A. Nastasi, R. Ruttimann, F. Lazeyras, P. Morel, L. Bühler.
Visceral and Transplant Surgery, Department of Surgery, Geneva University Hospitals and Medical School, Geneva, Switzerland, Geneva, Switzerland.
Background and objectiveRobotic kidney transplantation is minimal invasive and leads to decreased surgical site infection. In this stetting, warm ischemia time remains a valid concern.…