Articles tagged "Pediatric"

2021 American Transplant Congress
Native Nephrectomy in Pediatric Kidney Transplant Recipients
D. Yoeli¹, A. Sater¹, A. Peace¹, M. E. Wachs¹, M. Bock², M. A. Adams¹
¹Transplant Surgery, Children’s Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO, ²Pediatric Nephrology, Children’s Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO
*Purpose: Data on native nephrectomy in children with renal disease requiring kidney transplantation is scarce. The aim of this study was to characterize demographics and…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Pediatric Kidney Transplantation – Has KAS Made a Difference?
O. Charnaya¹, S. Yu², A. Goldberg³, J. Garonzik-Wang², D. Segev², P. Verghese⁴
¹Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ²Transplant Surgery, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ³University of Manitoba, Winninpeg, MB, Canada, ⁴Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: Racial and ethnic minority pediatric transplant candidates have known disparities in access to kidney transplantation. The Kidney Allocation System (KAS), implemented in 2014, was…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Adenovirus-Specific T Cells for Steering of Immunosuppression After Pediatric Kidney Transplantation in the Randomized Controlled Ivist Trial
T. Ahlenstiel-Grunow¹, X. Liu², R. Schild³, J. Oh³, C. Taylan⁴, L. T. Weber⁴, H. Staude⁵, M. Verboom⁶, C. Schröder⁷, R. Sabau⁷, A. Großhennig², L. Pape¹
¹Pediatrics II, University Hospital of Essen, Essen, Germany, ²Institute of Biostatistics, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany, ³Pediatric Nephrology, University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany, ⁴Pediatric Nephrology, University of Colgne, Köln, Germany, ⁵Pediatric Nephrology, University Hospital of Rostock, Rostock, Germany, ⁶Institute of Transfusion Medicine and Transplant Engineering, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany, ⁷Institute for Clinical Pharmacology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
*Purpose: Pharmacokinetic monitoring alone is insufficient to estimate the intensity of immunosuppression after pediatric kidney transplantation (Tx). Levels of virus-specific T cells (Tvis) have been…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Longitudinal Studies of Blood Donor-derived Cell Free DNA (dd-cfDNA) Show Predictable Rise at Time of BK Viremia or Viruria in Pediatric Kidney Transplant Recipients (PKTx)
R. Dandamudi¹, H. Gu¹, C. Goss¹, S. Federman², R. Woodward², S. Dholakia², L. Walther¹, V. Dharnidharka¹
¹Washington University in St Louis, St. Louis, MO, ²CareDx, Brisbane, CA
*Purpose: Blood levels of dd-cfDNA elevate in various forms of kidney transplant injury, most notably used for detecting potential acute rejection. A few adult studies,…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Food Insecurity and Impact on Transplant Outcomes in Pediatric Kidney Transplant Recipients
A. Moin, P. Verghese, R. Engen, D. Matossian
Pediatric Nephrology, Lurie Children's Hospital, chicago, IL
*Purpose: Food insecurity (FI), defined as inconsistent access to food or worry over shortage of food that prevents an active and healthy life, has not…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Kidney Paired Donation in Pediatrics: An Underused Opportunity?
J. Smith¹, M. Skeans², R. Engen³, S. Bartosh⁴
¹Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA, ²SRTR, Minneapolis, MN, ³Lurie Children's Hospital, Chicago, IL, ⁴Univ of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
*Purpose: Kidney paired donation (KPD) provides the opportunity for ABO-mismatched or HLA-incompatible pairs to receive a living donor kidney transplant. The superior graft survival among…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Mhealth Family Self-Management Intervention for Families of Transplanted Children
S. M. Lerret¹, R. White-Traut², B. Medoff-Cooper³, S. I. Ahamed⁴, P. Simpson⁵, R. Schiffman⁶
¹Department of Pediatrics, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, ²Children's Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, ³University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁴Department of Computer Science, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI, ⁵Department of Biostatistics, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, ⁶University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI
*Purpose: Nearly 2,000 children undergo solid organ transplant in the US annually. In our previous research with transplant families, parents reported difficulty coping with the…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Longitudinal Studies of Blood Anellovirus DNA Prior to Acute Rejection or Major Infection Events in Pediatric Kidney Transplant Recipients (PKTx)
R. Dandamudi, H. Gu, C. Goss, H. Gula, K. Wylie, V. Dharnidharka
Washington University in St Louis, St. Louis, MO
*Purpose: Blood levels of the ubiquitous but non-pathogenic anellovirus (AnV) taxa have been postulated to represent a biomarker of the overall state of immunosuppression after…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Portal Vein Challenges in Pediatric Liver Transplantation: The Utility of Interposition Grafts as an Acceptable Management Strategy
R. Hogen, K. Etesami, J. Cervantes, Y. Kwon, S. Zielsdorf, J. Emamaullee, Y. Genyk
Division of Hepatobiliary and Abdominal Organ Transplantation, Keck School of Medicine of USC, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: To examine our single center experience in the operative management of pediatric liver transplantation (LT) patients with challenging portal vein (PV) anomalies.*Methods: We retrospectively…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Care Processes and Structures Associated with Higher Medication Adherence: The Positive Adherence Study
A. Dabirzadeh¹, B. Foster¹, M. Dahhou¹, S. Mital²
¹Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada, ²Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada
*Purpose: We aimed to identify care processes and structures that are independently associated with higher medication adherence among adolescent and young adult transplant recipients.*Methods: We…