Articles tagged "Pediatric"

2015 American Transplant Congress
Pediatric Liver Transplantation: An Outcome Analysis of a 30-Year Single Center Experience
A. Weissenbacher,¹ C. Margreiter,¹ R. Oberhuber,¹ M. Maglione,¹ B. Cardini,¹ J. Grahammer,¹ T. Müller,² R. Margreiter,¹ S. Schneeberger.¹
¹Department for Visceral, Transplant and Thoracic Surgery, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria; ²Department of Paediatrics I, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria.
Introduction: In this study we aim to assess factors influencing long-term patient and graft survival as well as surgical parameters and risk factors influencing organ…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Early Relapse of Atypical HUS Following ABO Incompatible Living Related Paediatric Renal Re-Transplant Successfully Treated With Eculizumab
J. Stojanovic,¹ A. Adamusiak,² N. Sebire,³ S. Marks,¹ N. Mamode.²
¹Department of Paediatric Nephrology, Great Ormond Street Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom; ²Department of Transplantation, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom; ³Department of Histopathology, Great Ormond Street Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom.
Background. The female patient presented at 3 years of age with clinical features suggestive of aHUS confirmed genetically as complement factor I mutation (heterozygous for…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Longitudinal Follow-Up of Cardiovascular Comorbidity in Pediatric Renal Transplant Recipients – Results from the 4C-T Study
A. Melk,¹ D. Thurn-Valsassina,¹ B. Schmidt,¹ A. Duzova,² B. Soezeri,³ A. Bayazit,⁴ S. Caliskan,⁵ U. Querfeld,⁶ K. Ažukaitis,⁷ E. Wuehl,⁷ F. Schaefer.⁷
¹Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany; ²Hacettepe University Medical Faculty, Ankara, Turkey; ³Ege University Medical Faculty, Izmir, Turkey; ⁴Cukurova University, Faculty of Medicine, Adana, Turkey; ⁵Istanbul University Cerrahpasa Medial School, Istanbul, Turkey; ⁶Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany; ⁷Centre for Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Heidelberg, Germany.
Purpose: Children with chronic kidney disease (CKD) carry an increased cardiovascular risk. Cardiovascular death is the second leading cause of death in children after renal…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Lung Biopsy Findings in Pediatric Lung Transplant Patients With Restrictive Physiology
J. Blatter,¹ F. White,² A. Faro,¹ P. Michelson,¹ U. Boston,³ P. Eghtesady,³ S. Sweet.¹
¹Department of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO; ²Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO; ³Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO.
Background: Long-term survival in pediatric lung transplantation is limited by bronchiolitis obliterans (BO), but varieties of chronic lung allograft dysfunction (CLAD) are poorly understood. Restrictive…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Increased Fibroblast Growth Factor 21 Levels in Biliary Atresia Patients
D. Li, T. Lu, Y. Shan, C. Shen, X. Hua, M. Zhang, Q. Xia.
Renji Hospital, Shanghai, China.
Background: Fibroblast growth factor (FGF)-21, a hormone predominantly secreted by the liver, has recently been reported as a key circulating adipokine involving in metabolic disorders…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Pregnancy Outcomes in Female Kidney Recipients Who Conceived Before Age 20
L. Coscia,¹ D. Armenti,¹ S. Constantinescu,² M. Moritz.¹
¹National Transplantation Pregnancy Registry, Gift of Life Institute, Philadelphia; ²Medicine, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia; ³Lehigh Valley Health Network, Allentown.
The purpose of this study was to examine the pregnancy outcomes among female kidney recipients who conceived before age 20. Data were collected by the…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Long-Term Efficacy and Safety of an EVR- Vs. an MMF-Based Regimen After Pediatric Kidney Transplantation (KTX): A Case-Control Study Within the CERTAIN Registry
L. Pape,¹ T. Ahlenstiel-Grunow,¹ B. Hoecker,² M. Bald,³ K. Kruppka,² B. Toenshoff,² L. Brunkhorst.¹
¹Pediatric Nephrology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, NDS, Germany; ²Pediatric Nephrology, University Children's Hospital, Heidelberg, BW, Germany; ³Pediatric Nephrology, Olgahospital, Stuttgart, BW, Germany.
Background: Only short-term trials using everolimus (EVR) in children after KTX have been published. Hereby we present 4 year data on low-dose ciclosporin A (CsA),…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Genetic Diversity Epstein-Barr Virus Latent Gene EBNA-1 Among Transplant Patients and Patients With Infectious Mononucleosis
K. Sullivan,¹ S. Isabel,¹ E. Maria,¹ P. Tara,¹ Y. Simon,¹ K. Nasser,¹ N. Vicky,² A. Upton.¹
¹Department of Infections Diseases, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada; ²Transplant Centre, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Introduction:-The distribution of Epstein Barr Virus (EBV)-associated pathologies varies worldwide. It is associated with the majority of cases of post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder (PTLD). The EBNA-1…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Medication Adherence in Adolescents With Kidney Transplant and Chronic Kidney Disease: Patient/Caregiver Report Vs. Provider Perception
C. Pruette,¹ T. Brady,¹ S. Mendley,² B. Fivush,¹ S. Tuchman,³ A. Green,¹ M. Eakin,¹ K. Riekert.¹
¹Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD; ²University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD; ³Children's National Medical Center, Washington, DC.
Background: Medication adherence in adolescent kidney transplant (KT) recipients is poor, with non-adherence (NA) ranging from 5-71%, and NA is associated with poor graft survival.…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Living Donor Transplant Rates in Children Are Declining
D. Keith, A. Nishio Lucar, G. Vranic.
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA.
Living donor (LD) transplant rates have been declining since 2004 in adult candidates. We sought to determine if this trend is also occurring in pediatric…