Articles tagged "Kidney/pancreas transplantation"

2017 American Transplant Congress
Elevated Serum Lipase Levels in Simultaneous Pancreas and Kidney Transplantation May Indicate Anti-HLA Donor Specific Antibody Response.
B. Javaid, T. Raza, P. Abrams, S. Ghasemian, J. Moore, A. Gilbert, M. Grafals, J. Verbesey, M. Cooper.
Kidney and Pancreas Transplant Program, MedStar Georgetown Transplant Institute, MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC
Background: Development of anti-HLA donor specific antibodies (DSAs) has been associated with inferior pancreas transplant outcomes. We analyzed data for pancreas and kidney transplant recipients…
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Simultaneous Pancreas/Kidney Transplant Recipients Are Predisposed to Symptomatic CMV-Infection and Concomitant Infectious Complications.
T. Schachtner,^1,2,3 M. Zaks,¹ A. Kahl,¹ P. Reinke.^1,2
¹Nephrology and Internal Intensive Care, Charite Campus Virchow Clinic, Berlin, Germany; ²Berlin-Brandenburg Center for Regenerative Therapies, Charite Campus Virchow Clinic, Berlin, Germany; ³Berlin Institute of Health BIH, Berlin, Germany
Infections have increased in simultaneous pancreas/kidney transplant recipients (SPKTRs) with CMV-infection being the most important viral infection with adverse impact on patient and allograft outcomes.…
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Access to Simultaneous Pancreas and Kidney Transplant (SPK) Should Not Be Restricted to BMI > 28.
M. Laftavi, A. Gruessner, V. Whittaker, Z. Acun, O. Pankowycz, R. Gruessner.
SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY
Background: Currently, UNOS guidelines require that uremic, insulin-dependent type 1 diabetic patients have a body mass index (BMI) < 28m/kg2 in order to be eligible…
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Pregnancy After Kidney-Pancreas Transplantation: Maternal and Offspring Outcomes.
S. Rao,¹ L. Coscia,² D. Armenti,² S. Constantinescu,^1,2 M. Moritz.^2,3,4
¹Medicine, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA; ²Gift of Life Institute, Transplant Pregnancy Registry International, Philadelphia, PA; ³Surgery, Lehigh Valley Health Network, Allentown, PA; ⁴Morsani College of Medicine, USF, Tampa
This study analyzed 109 pregnancies (116 outcomes) in 62 female kidney-pancreas (KP) recipients reported to the Transplant Pregnancy Registry International (TPR). Data were collected via…
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Type 1 Diabetic Patients Have Better Endothelial Function After Simultaneous Pancreas-Kidney Transplantation Than After Kidney Transplantation with Continued Insulin Therapy.
A. Kolonko,² A. Kowalik,¹ J. Ziaja,¹ D. Kaminska,³ A. Owczarek,⁴ A. Kujawa-Szewieczek,² M. Kusztal,³ J. Badura,¹ D. Bozek-Pajak,¹ A. Zakrzewska,⁵ P. Choreza,⁴ R. Krol,¹ S. Chlopicki,⁵ M. Klinger,³ A. Wiecek,² J. Chudek,⁶ L. Cierpka.¹
¹Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland; ²Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland; ³Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland; ⁴Medical University of Silesia, Sosnowiec, Poland; ⁵Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland; ⁶Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland
Objective: The improvement of blood glucose metabolism in type 1 diabetic (T1D) patients after simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplantation (SPK) is anticipated to slow progression of vascular…
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Donor Age Is the Most Important Predictor of Longterm Graft Function in Simultaneous Pancreas-Kidney Transplantation from Donors After Cardiac Death.
J. Chen,¹ D. Mikhail,^1,2 H. Sharma,³ A. Hijazi,¹ D. Nap,¹ L. Stitt,⁴ J. Jevnikar,⁵ M. Cooper,⁶ P. Luke,^1,2 A. Sener.^1,2
¹Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, London, Canada; ²Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, Western University, London, London, Canada; ³Division of General Surgery, Department of Urology, Western University, London, Canada; ⁴LW Stitt Statistical Services, London, Canada; ⁵Faculty of Engineering and Architectural Sciences, Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada; ⁶Georgetown University, Washington
STUDY PURPOSE: We analyzed data from UNOS to determine the effects of donor age, donor BMI, and organ cold ischemic time on DCD-SPK graft outcomes.METHODS:…
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Outcome of Systemic Monitoring of DSA and Protocol Management to Optimize Renal Allograft Outcome in a Single Transplant Center.
S. Chang,¹ I. Mallawaarachchi,² C. Yip,¹ T. Shanahan,³ A. Gundroo,¹ A. Dwivedi,² S. Patel,⁴ M. Zachariah.¹
¹Internal Medicine, University of Buffalo, Buffalo, NY; ²Biomedical Sciences, Texas Tech University, El Paso, TX; ³IMMCO Diagnostics, Buffalo, NY; ⁴Surgery, University of Buffalo, Buffalo, NY
Denovo (dn) donor specific antibody (DSA) development has been shown to adversely affect long-term allograft survival. To improve graft outcome for kidney (K) transplant (Tx)…
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Factors in Association with Sepsis Differ Between Simultaneous Pancreas/Kidney and Single Kidney Transplant Recipients.
T. Schachtner,^1,2,3 M. Zaks,¹ A. Kahl,¹ P. Reinke.^1,2
¹Nephrology and Internal Intensive Care, Charite Campus Virchow Clinic, Berlin, Germany; ²Berlin-Brandenburg Center for Regenerative Therapies, Charite Campus Virchow Clinic, Berlin, Germany; ³Charite and Max-Delbrück Center, Berlin Institute of Health BIH, Berlin, Germany
As immunosuppressive therapy and allograft survival have improved in simultaneous pancreas/kidney transplant recipients (SPKTRs), the increased incidence of infection has become a major hurdle of…
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The Incidence and Outcomes of Fever of Unknown Origin After Pancreas Transplantation.
R. Klasek,¹ S. Kuten,¹ S. Patel,^1,3 D. Nguyen,¹ E. Graviss,¹ A. Gaber,¹ R. Knight.¹
¹Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX; ²Veloxis Pharmaceuticals, Cary, NC
Previous studies have shown that approximately 20% of febrile episodes in transplant recipients are not associated with infection. At our center, fever of unknown origin…
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Impact of Pancreas Transplant Failure in Quality of Life in Simultaneous Kidney Pancreas Transplantation.
B. Alharbi, S. Aquil, H. Sharma, O. Ali, P. Luke, A. Sener.
Departments of Surgery and Microbiology and Immunology, Matthew Mailing Center for Translational Transplant Studies, Western University, London, London, ON, Canada
BackgroundBoth kidney and pancreas transplantation have been shown to be associated with improved quality of life (QoL). In fact, one of the most important outcomes…