Articles tagged "Outcome"

2018 American Transplant Congress
The Anterior Rectus Sheath Approach Resulted in No Difference in Wound Complication Rates in Obese versus Non-Obese Renal Transplant Recipients
S. King,² S. Hill,² L. Lipscomb,² A. Jones,² R. Jeffries,² J. Africa.¹
¹Glickman Institute, Cleveland Clinic - Charleston Area Medical Center, Cleveland, OH; ²Urology and Renal Transplant, Charleston Area Medical Center, Charleston, WV.
The anterior rectus sheath (ARS) approach is a modification of the conventional Kuss procedure for kidney transplant (KT). We have previously described the ARS approach…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Identification of Exosomal Isletokines Released by Pancreatic Islets in Response to Inflammatory Stress
P. Saravanan,¹ G. Yoshimatsu,¹ R. Bhattacharjee,¹ C. Chang,¹ C. Darden,¹ B. Naziruddin,² M. Lawrence.¹
¹Islet Cell Lab, Baylor Scott & White Research Institute, Dallas, TX; ²Transplantation, Baylor Simmons Transplant Institute, Dallas, TX.
Purpose: To identify isletokines released by exosomes from human islets that have been exposed to hypoxic or inflammatory conditions and define stress signaling pathways that…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Factors Associated with the Development of Chronic Kidney Disease after Liver Transplantation
M. Kalisvaart, A. Schlegel, P. Trivedi, K. Roberts, D. Mirza, T. Perera, J. Isaac, J. Ferguson, P. Muiesan.
Liver Unit, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, United Kingdom.
BackgroundRenal dysfunction is a common complication after liver transplantation. The increased use of DCD livers has been associated with postoperative acute kidney injury (AKI). However,…
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Frailty Assessment Pilot Study in Older Kidney Transplant Recipients
B. Abdalla, B. Hale-Durbin, J. Schaenman, C. Lee, G. Danovitch.
UCLA, Los Angeles, CA.
Older patients are more often being considered for kidney transplantation, however many candidates are on the waitlist for several years. We sought to evaluate the…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Increasing the Donor Pool for Highly Sensitized Patients with Allele Specific Antibodies: Optimizing the Virtual Crossmatch (vXM)
A. Zhang,¹ Z. Zaky,² J. Africa,³ D. Good,¹ R. Bray,⁴ H. Gebel.⁴
¹Allogen Laboratories, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland; ²Glickman Urological & Kidney Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland; ³Transplant Surgery, Charleston Area Medical Center, Charleston; ⁴Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta.
Background:Since implementation of the current Kidney Allocation System, highly sensitized patients with 98-100% cPRA (HSPs) are receiving ~10% of deceased donor kidneys compared to <2%…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Early Infectious Outcomes of Older Adults Undergoing Kidney Transplantation (KT). A Case Control Study
M. Hemmersbach-Miller,^1,2 K. Schmader.³
¹Infectious Diseases, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC; ²Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, NC; ³Geriatrics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC.
Study Purpose: Our aim was to investigate if among older KT recipient, the types of infections, number of rejections, graft and patient survival in the…
2018 American Transplant Congress
The Utility of an Online Survival Calculator in Selecting Older Candidates for Kidney Transplantation
M. Shwetar, K. Abdel-Kader, B. Concepcion.
Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN.
Background: Older patients referred for kidney transplantation are medically complex. A posttransplant survival prediction model is publicly available online and may aid physicians in selecting…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Pre-Operative Predictors of Health-Related Quality of Life for Pancreas Transplant Recipients
I. Mosca,³ S. Mittal,¹ J. Smith,² P. Friend.^1,3
¹Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom; ²Nuffield Department of Population Health, Health and Economics Research Centre, University of Oxford, Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom; ³Oxford Transplant Centre, Oxford University NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom.
A) AimsThe aim of this study is to identify the relative importance of pre-operative recipient and donor factors as possible predictors of post-pancreas transplant health-related…
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A Decade of Dual Kidney Transplantation Reveals Excellent Patient Outcomes from Otherwise Discarded Organs
I. Rajput, S. Farid, A. Hakeem, M. Jameel, N. Ahmad, O. Masood.
Department of Organ Transplantation, St. James's University Hospital, Leeds, United Kingdom.
IntroductionBridging the disparity between the kidney waiting list and donor pool remains challenging. For highly sensitised patients and older recipients the wait is contributing to…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Renal Transplant Outcomes in Recipients Weighing 8-10 Kilograms
P. Singer, Y. Tseng, C. Sethna, L. Castellanos-Reyes, E. Molmenti, A. Fahmy, E. Grodstein, L. Teperman.
Pediatric Nephrology and Transplantation, Cohen Children's Medical Center, New Hyde Park, NY.
Background: Renal transplant is the optimal treatment for children with end-stage renal disease (ESRD). Most centers require a minimum weight of about 10 kg for…