Articles tagged "Pediatric"

2018 American Transplant Congress
Creatinine Monitoring by Remote Blood Spot Testing in Pediatric Kidney Transplant Recipients
J. Dickerson,¹ K. Jacot,² M. Sinkey,² J. Smith.³
¹Laboratory Medicine, Seattle Children's, Seattle; ²Transplant, Seattle Children's, Seattle; ³Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle.
Introduction: Pediatric kidney transplant patients are monitored frequently with laboratory testing to assess kidney transplant function and to optimize therapeutic drug levels. Challenges to timely…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Recurrence of Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) and Response to Prolonged Plasmapheresis Therapy: A Single Center Pediatric Experience
A. Bobrowski, D. Matossian.
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL.
FSGS is the most common glomerular cause of ESKD in pediatric patients. The risk of recurrence after kidney transplant (KT) is 30-60%, and half of…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Chronic Rejection: Risk Factors, Clinical Presentation and Outcome in Pediatric Liver Transplant Recipients: A Single Center Experience
T. Miloh, A. Cheng, D. Schady, R. Himes, K. Mysore, K. Hosek, J. Goss.
Texas Children's Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX.
Chronic rejection (CR) is the leading indication for long term graft loss. We discuss our centers' experience with CR diagnosis and management. Method: Electronic medical…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Evaluation of the Use of Oral Valganciclovir for the Treatment of Cytomegalovirus Infections in Pediatric Intestinal Transplant Recipients: A Single Center Review
M. Henry, M. Vacha, M. Keck, D. Florescu.
Nebraska Medicine, Omaha, NE.
Purpose: To evaluate the safety and efficacy of oral valganciclovir in treating cytomegalovirus (CMV) infections in pediatric intestinal transplant recipients (pITR).Methods: This retrospective review included…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Anticoagulation in Pediatric Liver Transplantation; the Pros and Cons
M. Werner,¹ R. de Kleine,¹ M. de Boer,¹ V. de Meijer,¹ R. Scheenstra,² H-.J. Verkade,² F. Bodewes,² S. Bontemps,³ T. Lisman,¹ R. Porte.¹
¹HPB Surgery & Liver Transplantation, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands; ²Pediatric Gastroenterology & Hepatology, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands; ³Pediatric Intensive Care, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands.
Background: Hepatic artery thrombosis (HAT) and portal vein thrombosis (PVT) are serious causes of morbidity and mortality after pediatric orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT). To minimize…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Lymphocyte Proportions Post Thymectomy Are Associated with Allergic Disorders in Heart Transplanted Children
T. Kim,¹ L. Ionescu,^1,2,3 N. Avdimiretz,⁴ M. Larsen,^1,2,3 F. Murdoch,^1,2 B. Motyka,^1,2,3 S. Gilmour,^1,2 L. West,^1,2,3 S. Urschel.^1,2,3
¹Pediatrics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada; ²Stollery Children's Hospital, Edmonton, AB, Canada; ³Alberta Transplant Institute, Edmonton, Canada; ⁴The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada.
Background: Allergic disorders are more common in pediatric heart transplant (HTx) recipients than non-transplanted children, with young age at HTx and thymectomy being risk factors.…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Preemptive Transplantation before and after the Introduction of Kidney Allocation System, in Pediatric and Young Adult End Stage Renal Disease Patients
R. George,¹ M. Basu,² R. Garro,¹ J. Hogan,¹ R. Patzer.²
¹Pediatric Nephrology, Emory University & Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA; ²Dept of Surgery and Dept of Epidemiology, Emory University and Rollins School of Public Health, Atlanta, GA.
Background: Among the various options of renal replacement therapy (RRT), preemptive transplantation (pTx) is the modality of choice in children. The objective of this study…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Protocol Biopsies after Paediatric Kidney Transplantation: A Single Centres' 17 Year Experience
T. Alsulaimi,¹ M. Aloufi,² S. Grisaru,¹ S. Samuel,¹ L. Hamiwka.¹
¹Paediatric Nephrology, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada; ²Pediatric Nephrology, Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
PURPOSE: Standard laboratory measures are not sensitive indicators of kidney dysfunction following transplantation and may be less reliable in paediatric recipients. Early graft surveillance may…
2018 American Transplant Congress
High Prevalence of Hypertension and Alterations in Rhythmicity in Recipients of Pediatric Transplants
N. Memaran,¹ M. Kirchner,² R. Blöte,¹ B. Maecker-Kolhoff,³ I. Goldschmidt,¹ C. Müller,⁴ J. Epping,⁵ R. Sugianto,¹ B. Borchert,¹ B. Schmidt,⁶ E. Wühl,⁷ A. Melk.¹
¹Department of Pediatric Kidney, Liver and Metabolic Diseases, Hannover Med. School, Hanover, Germany; ²Department of Medical Biometry, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany; ³Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Hannover Med. School, Hanover, Germany; ⁴Department of Pediatric Pulmonology, Allergology, and Neonatology, Hannover Med. School, Hanover, Germany; ⁵Department of Medical Sociology, Hannover Med. School, Hanover, Germany; ⁶Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, Hannover Med. School, Hanover, Germany; ⁷Division of Pediatric Nephrology, University Children's Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany.
Hypertension (HTN) is a major issue after transplantation (Tx). Ambulatory blood pressure (BP) monitoring (ABPM) permits the diagnosis of masked HTN and nocturnal HTN. Fourier…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Evaluation of a Change in CMV Prevention Strategy Following Pediatric SOT
S. Pangonis, A. Miethke, F. Flores, M. Schecter, S. Kocoshis, D. Lazear, T. Hemmelgam, B. Taylor, G. Paulsen, L. Danziger-Isakov.
Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH.
Optimal cytomegalovirus(CMV) prevention strategy following solid organ transplantation(SOT) is uncertain. We report on CMV disease with implementation of prophylaxis-based prevention with intensive monitoring.We retrospectively evaluated…