Articles tagged "Kidney/liver transplantation"

2019 American Transplant Congress
Staged Procedure In Simultaneous Liver And Kidney Transplant -the “Swedish” Experience
A. Gravetz
Transplant Surgery, Swedish Medical Center, Seattle, WA
*Purpose: As many as 30% of liver transplant candidates have renal insufficiency requiring a combined liver and kidney transplantation. The prolonged and complex simultaneous liver-kidney…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Intra-Operative Kinetics of Anti-HLA Antibodies in Simultaneous Liver-Kidney Transplantation
M. Kueht, P. Jindra, M. Cusick, N. Galvan, A. Rana, J. Goss
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
*Purpose: In simultaneous liver-kidney transplantation (SLKT) in highly-sensitized patients, donor specific anti-HLA antibodies (DSA) can be present prior to transplant leading to positive crossmatch, yet…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Donor-Derived Cell-Free DNA in Urine Identifies BKVN with Graft Injury in BK Viruria Kidney Transplant Recipients
G. Huang¹, X. Chen¹, S. Yang², W. Chen², P. Chen³, X. Hou⁴, T. Jiang⁵, H. Liu⁵, X. Li⁵, C. Wang¹
¹Organ Transplant Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China, ²Department of Pathology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China, ³Department of clinical laboratory, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China, ⁴Guangzhou KingMed Center for Clinical Laboratory Co.,Ltd., Guangzhou, China, ⁵Research and Development, AlloDx Biotech Co.Ltd., Suzhou, China
*Purpose: BK Polyomavirus nephropathy (BKVN) is an important cause of dysfunction and failure of renal transplants. Elevated levels of donor-derived cell-free DNA (dd-cfDNA) in the…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes of En Bloc Simultaneous Liver-Kidney Transplantation Compared to the Traditional Technique
A. R. Cortez, T. C. Lee, A. Kassam, M. C. Morris, L. K. Winer, L. Sage Silski, M. C. Cuffy, T. S. Diwan, R. C. Quillin, S. A. Shah
University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
*Purpose: Simultaneous liver-kidney transplantation (SLKT) is indicated for patients with end-stage liver disease (ESLD) and concurrent renal insufficiency. En bloc SLKT has been reported as…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Bortezomib Attenuates the Progression of Epithelial to Mesenchymal Transition through Smurf1 Akt mTOR P70S6K Pathway in Rat Allograft Renal Interstitial Fibrosis Model
R. Tan, Z. Wang, S. Fei, Z. Han, J. Tao, X. Ju, M. Gu
No.300 Guangzhou Road of Nanjing, Nanjing, China
*Purpose: Our study was to detect the effects of Bortezomib and Smurf1 in the EMT and allograft renal interstitial fibrosis.*Methods: Biomarkers of EMT, as well…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Assessing Pressure to Donate among Potential Living Kidney Donors
D. R. Helfer¹, J. Stanton², E. A. King¹, A. K. Eno¹, J. M. Ruck¹, A. A. Shaffer¹, A. G. Thomas¹, M. M. Waldram¹, A. M. Cameron¹, J. Kahn¹, L. Erby¹, M. L. Henderson¹, D. L. Segev¹, J. M. Garonzik Wang¹
¹Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ²East Carolina University, Greenville, NC
*Purpose: In the setting of ongoing methods to increase living donation, including novel methods that harness the power of social media, it is imperative that…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Incidence and Predictors of Post-Kidney Biopsy (KBx) Bleeding in Liver Transplant (LT) Candidates with Renal Dysfunction
H. M. Wadei¹, P. Abader¹, N. Aslam², T. Jarmi¹, A. P. Keaveny¹, K. Croome¹, D. D. Lee¹, C. Taner¹
¹Department of Transplant, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL, ²Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL
*Purpose: Pre-LT kidney biopsy is seldom performed in LT candidates with renal dysfunction and/or proteinuria partially due to the limited information regarding KBx bleeding. We…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Effects of Co-Morbidities on Kidney Transplantation Outcome in South Korea: A Nationwide-Population Based Study
M. Yu¹, S. Park², J. Moon², J. Jeong², J. Kim², Y. Kim², K. Han³, Y. Kim², H. Lee²
¹Hanyang University Guri Hospital, Guri, Korea, Republic of, ²Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ³College of Medicine, Catholic University, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
*Purpose: Kidney transplantation (KT) has become the most effective treatment for end stage renal disease. Improvement of general medical care as well as immunosuppressive agents…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Early Impact of the New United Network for Organ Sharing Simultaneous Liver-Kidney Transplantation Allocation Policy: Improved Standardization but Similar Utilization
G. Cullaro¹, E. C. Verna², J. C. Lai¹
¹UCSF, San Francisco, CA, ²Columbia University, New York, NY
*Purpose: In an effort to standardize SLKT utilization, UNOS/OPTN implemented a new SLKT policy on August 10th, 2017. We aimed to characterize the early impact…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Renal Failure after Liver Transplantation: Benefits from a Little Pinch of KALT
R. Ruiz¹, K. Holmes², G. McKenna¹, N. Onaca¹, G. Testa¹, H. Fernandez¹, J. Bayer¹, A. Wall¹, E. Martinez¹, E. Martinez¹, A. Gupta¹, R. Goldstein¹, G. Klintmalm¹
¹Baylor All Saints Medical Center, Fort Worth, TX, ²Medical City Fort Worth, Fort Worth, TX
*Purpose: The development and consequences of renal failure after liver transplantation (LT) are well-chronicled. Kidney after liver transplantation (KALT) is the preferred treatment in this…