Articles tagged "Kidney"

2015 American Transplant Congress
Detriemental Impact of DGF and CIT On Longterm Survival After Kidney Transplantation in Elderly Recipients
C. Denecke,^1,2 M. Biebl,^1,2 C. Bösmüller,² F. Aigner,^1,2 T. Dziodzio,^1,2 R. Sucher,^1,2 S. Weiss,² J. Pratschke,^1,2 R. öllinger.^1,2
¹Allgemein, Viszeral – und Transplantationschirurgie, Charite Virchow Klinikum, Berlin, Germany; ²Viszeral, Transplantations – und Thoraxchirurgie, Medizinische Universität Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria.
Background: In kidney transplantation, the association of cold ischemia time (CIT) and delayed graft function (DGF) is particularly detriemental in grafts from marginal donors. In…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Identifying Predictors for 30-Day Readmission in Renal Transplant Recipients
J. Weber,¹ B. Astor,² D. Cray,³ A. Djamali,² D. Kaufman,⁴ D. Mandelbrot,² S. Parajuli,² M. Schanning,³ E. Snyder,¹ M. Mohamed.²
¹Surgical Nursing, UW Hospital & Clinics, Madison, WI; ²Department of Medicine, UW School of Medicine & Public Health, Madison, WI; ³Business Planning & Analysis Department, UW Hospital & Clinics, Madison, WI; ⁴Department of Surgery, UW School of Medicine & Public Health, Madison, WI.
Purpose: The aim of this study is to determine risk factors associated with 30-day hospital readmissions in renal transplant recipients.Methods: This single center longitudinal study…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Recovery After Living Donor Laparoscopic Nephrectomy
D. Larson, J. Wiseman, D. Berglund, C. Jacobs, C. Garvey, H. Ibrahim, A. Matas.
U of MN, Mpls.
Living donors (LDs) require time away from daily activities and work for the surgery and recovery. In general, LDs are counselled that they should be…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Risk of End-Stage Renal Disease After Living Donor Liver Transplantation: Overall Incidence and Comparisons to Deceased Donor Recipients
D. Goldberg,¹ R. Ruebner,² P. Abt.³
¹Division of Gastroenterology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA; ²Division of Nephrology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA; ³Department of Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
Introduction: Since initiation of MELD-based allocation for liver transplants, the risk of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) post-liver transplantation has increased. Recent US data demonstrated comparable,…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Medication Non-Adherence in Those Waiting for a Transplant
M. Wakefield,¹ D. Murillo,² C. Russell,³ C. Ashbaugh,¹ S. Potts,² L. Blakley,² A. Deere.¹
¹Department of Surgery, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO; ²Transplant Institute, Research Hospital, Kansas City, MO; ³School of Nursing and Health Studies, University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, MO.
Purpose: Though poor medication adherence among adult kidney transplant patients is alarmingly high with distressing consequences, no one has systematically examined medication non-adherence in those…
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Concerted T-Cell Activity Against Early and Late BKV-Antigens Is Necessary for Viral Clearance
B. Weist,^1,2 M. Schmueck,² M. Dziubianau,² P. Reinke,^1,2 N. Babel.^1,2
¹Department of Nephrology, Charite Universitaetsmedizin, Berlin, Germany; ²BCRT, Charite Universitaetsmedizin, Berlin, Germany.
Polyomavirus-BK (BKV) associated nephropathy is a known cause of graft failure. No specific therapy is established so far and viral load monitoring accompanied by adjustment…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Pre-Liver Transplant Urinary Proteome Analysis Does Not Predict Development of Chronic Kidney Disease After Transplantation
D. Milongo,^1,3 J. Bascands,^2,3,4 L. Esposito,^1,3 L. Lavayssière,^1,3 A. Del Bello,^1,3 L. Rostaing,^1,3,5 J. Schanstra,^2,3,4 N. Kamar.^1,3,5
¹Department of Nephrology and Organ Transplantation, CHU Rangueil, Toulouse, France; ²Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), U1048, Institut of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Disease, Toulouse, France; ³Université Toulouse III Paul-Sabatier, Toulouse, France; ⁴Plateau de Protéomique des Liquides Biologiques, Institut of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Disease, Toulouse, France; ⁵INSERM U1043, IFR–BMT, Toulouse, France.
Background and aims: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a common complication after liver transplantation. Kidney biopsies cannot be easily performed before liver transplantation to predict…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Recreational Marijuana Use Is Not Associated With Worse Kidney Allograft Outcomes
G. Greenan, M. Anders, A. Leeser, J. Bromberg, S. Niederhaus.
Department of Surgery, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD; Department of Anesthesiology, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD; Department of Surgery, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD; Department of Surgery, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD; Department of Surgery, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD.
Background: As marijuana (MJ) legalization is ongoing, kidney transplant programs need to develop listing criteria for MJ users. No data exist on whether recreational MJ…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Is Electron Microscopy Adding a Diagnostic Advantage in the Evaluation of Renal Allograft Biopsies for Antibody Mediated Rejection (AMR)?
J. Papadimitriou, M. Chaudhry, C. Drachenberg, R. Ugarte, D. Klassen, E. Ramos, C. Cangro, B. Thomas, M. Mavanur, A. Haririan.
Pathology and Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
Some electron microscopy (EM) findings have been consistently associated with antibody mediated microvascular injury; however, no large studies have been performed examining the concrete advantage…
2015 American Transplant Congress
APOL1 Risk Alleles in Live and Deceased Kidney Donors Are Associated With Shorter Renal Allograft Survival
M. Doshi,¹ M. Goggins,² S. Norman,³ S. Ho,⁴ C. Winkler,⁵ J. Kopp.⁶
¹Medicine, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI; ²Medicine, Henry Ford Transplant Institute, Detroit, MI; ³Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; ⁴Gift of Life, Ann Arbor, MI; ⁵NCI, NIH, Bethesda, MD; ⁶NIDDK, NIH, Bethesda, MD.
Kidneys from African American (AA) donors with two Apolipoprotein L1 (APOL1) risk alleles may be at higher risk of allograft loss after transplant. We sought…