Articles tagged "Pediatric"

2019 American Transplant Congress
The Utility of Donor and Recipient BK Virus Antibody Testing Prior to Renal Transplantation in Risk Assessment for Developing BK Viremia
N. Donmez, S. I. Al-Akash
Driscoll Children's Hospital, Corpus Christi, TX
*Purpose: The correlation between donor (DON) and recipient (REC) BKV antibody (AB) titers and BK viremia in renal transplant (RTx) has not been well-studied in…
2019 American Transplant Congress
En Bloc Kidney Transplant from Infant Donors Less Than 5kg into Adult Recipients
Z. Wang, Q. Xia, M. Wang, H. Li, J. Liu, J. Liu, J. Liu
Urology, Union hospital, Wuhan, China
*Purpose: To explore the feasibility of en bloc kidney transplantation from infant donors less than 5kg into adult recipients.*Methods: A retrospective analysis was conducted of…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Donor-Derived Cell-Free DNA (dd-cfDNA) Course after Rejection in Pediatric Kidney Transplant Recipients
R. D. Swinford¹, A. M. De Golovine¹, C. Bell¹, A. Pai¹, A. R. Edwards¹, S. Connor², J. S. Bynon¹
¹Pediatrics, UTHealth, McGovern Medical School, University of Texas at Houston, Houston, TX, ²Transplantation, Memorial Hermann Hospital, Houston, TX
*Purpose: Accurate identification of successful treatment for rejection (R) without repeat kidney biopsy (KB) in kidney transplantation is an unmet need. The few existing biomarkers…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Standardizing Blood Pressure Measurement across 17 Pediatric Transplant Centers: The Improving Renal Outcomes Collaborative
M. E. Seifert¹, R. Garro², R. P. George², G. Barletta³, C. W. Belsha⁴, A. Chaudhuri⁵, J. W. Goebel⁶, L. Wickman⁷, D. Matossian⁸, J. Misurac⁹, C. Nailescu¹⁰, C. R. Nguyen¹¹, M. Pearl¹², A. Pollack¹³, C. S. Pruette¹⁴, P. Singer¹⁵, P. S. Verghese¹⁶, B. A. Warady¹⁷, D. S. Dahale¹⁸, D. K. Hooper¹⁸
¹University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL, ²Emory University, Atlanta, GA, ³Phoenix Children's Hospital, Phoenix, AZ, ⁴Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO, ⁵Stanford University, Stanford, CA, ⁶Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO, ⁷Michigan Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁸Lurie Children's Hospital, Chicago, IL, ⁹University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, ¹⁰Riley Hospital For Children, Indianapolis, IN, ¹¹Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA, ¹²UCLA Mattel Children’s Hospital, Los Angeles, CA, ¹³Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA, ¹⁴Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ¹⁵Cohen Children's Medical Center, New Hyde Park, NY, ¹⁶University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, ¹⁷Children's Mercy Kansas City, Kansas City, MO, ¹⁸Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH
*Purpose: We report efforts from the Improving Renal Outcomes Collaborative (IROC) to standardize appropriate BP measurement across 17 pediatric kidney transplant centers.*Methods: 17 centers participated…
2019 American Transplant Congress
De Novo Glomerulonephritis after Non Renal Abdominal Organ Transplantation
C. Farkas¹, R. B. Ettenger¹, J. Zuckerman², R. S. Venick³, P. Weng¹
¹Pediatric Nephrology, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, ²Pathology, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, ³Pediatric Gastroenterology, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: Pediatric recipients of non renal abdominal organs may develop renal abnormalities of uncertain etiology. We describe for the first time de novo lupus-like glomerulonephritis…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Transport Medium Fluid Cultures in Paediatric Renal Transplantation: Are We Ready to Make a Consensus on Prophylaxis?
D. Furnell¹, S. Boyle¹, N. Kessaris², S. D. Marks¹, J. Stojanovic¹
¹Nephrology, Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, United Kingdom, ²Transplantation, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
*Purpose: To establish the rate of positive transport medium fluid cultures and sensitivity to antibiotics in paediatric renal transplant recipients.*Methods: We analysed the electronic records…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Post-Transplant Lymphoproliferative Disorders in Pediatric Renal Transplant Recipients: Case Series of 5 Patients
M. E. Araujo¹, C. Metran¹, R. Cardoso¹, G. Araujo¹, T. De Paula¹, L. Cristofani², M. F. Pereira³, D. David⁴, A. Watanabe¹
¹Pediatric Nephrology, ICr HC FMUSP, São Paulo, Brazil, ²Pediatric Oncology, ICr HC FMUSP, São Paulo, Brazil, ³Pediatric Infectology, ICr HC FMUSP, São Paulo, Brazil, ⁴Anatomopathology, HC FMUSP, São Paulo, Brazil
*Purpose: Post-transplant Lymphoproliferative Disorders (PTLD) after solid organ transplantation is a complication of chronic immunosuppression (IS) and is generally associated with Epstein Barr virus (EBV)…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Pictogram Tool to Improve Medication Adherence in Heart Transplant Families with Limited English Proficiency and Low Health Literacy
A. C. Rothkopf¹, J. Chen², N. Jasiak-Panek³, K. Le³, A. Joong⁴, L. J. Addonizio¹
¹Pediatric Cardiology, Columbia University, New York, NY, ²Department of Pharmacy, Columbia University, New York, NY, ³Department of Pharmacy, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL, ⁴Pediatric Cardiology, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: Rejection in heart transplant recipients significantly limits long-term survival, impairs quality of life, and increases both direct and indirect costs of care. Preventing rejection…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Elevated Donor Derived Cell Free DNA (dd-cfDNA) Levels in the Presence of Donor Specific Antibodies (DSA) Are a Strong Predictor of Antibody Mediated Rejection (ABMR) in Pediatric Renal Transplant Recipients
D. Puliyanda¹, R. D. Swinford², H. Pizzo¹, J. Garrison¹, I. Kim¹, A. M. De Golovine², S. Jordan¹
¹Pediatric Nephrology, Cedars-Sinai Med Ctr, Los Angeles, CA, ²Pediatric Nephrology, UTHealth, Houston, TX
*Purpose: A renal biopsy, the gold standard for the diagnosis of antibody mediated rejection (ABMR) in transplant recipients, is invasive and may be associated with…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Impact of a Novel Digital Medicine Program on Adherence and Utilization in Pediatric Transplant Patients
S. Sullivan¹, K. N. Triplett¹, C. Sacks², M. Tran², D. M. Desai³
¹Solid Organ Transplant, Children's Medical Center, Dallas, Dallas, TX, ²Proteus Digital Health, Redwood City, CA, ³Transplant Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, TX
*Purpose: Purpose: Optimal allograft function and long-term graft survival depends on many factors, including adherence to a complex medication regimen. Methods of measuring adherence are…