Articles tagged "Renal dysfunction"

2018 American Transplant Congress
Peri-Operative Hemoglobin, Blood Transfusion and Delayed Graft Function in Kidney Transplant Recipients
S. MacIsaac, A. Ramankumar, C. Saw, V. Naessens, M. Cantarovich, D. Baran, S. Paraskevas, J. Tchervenkov, P. Chaudhury, S. Sandal.
MUHC, Montreal, Canada.
Background: Studies in the non-kidney transplant (KT) literature support an absolute hemoglobin concentration (Hb) threshold of 70 g/L for transfusion, unless otherwise indicated. Some reports…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Influence of Liver Allograft Steatosis on Postoperative Acute Kidney Injury
C. Jadlowiec,¹ S. Mao,² D. Abdelwahab,¹ A. Nehra,² T. Taner.²
¹Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, AZ; ²Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.
With the ongoing organ shortage, there has been an increased interest in using moderately steatotic liver allografts. The impact of such allografts on recipients' post-liver…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Persistent Progressive Acute Kidney Injury and Graft Failure Post Liver Transplantation
T. Hussaini,^1,4 N. Partovi,^1,4 E. Yoshida,^2,4 S. Erb,^2,4 C. Scudammore,^3,4 S. Chung,^3,4 V. Marquez.^2,4
¹Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada; ²Faculty of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada; ³Faculty of Medicine, Division of Surgery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada; ⁴Liver Transplant Program, Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Background:Acute kidney injury (AKI) in the setting of liver transplantation (LT) is a common and multifaceted complication. Recently, with the widespread adaptation of Acute Kidney…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Probability of Developing Chronic Kidney Disease 1 Year after Living Donor Nephrectomy Correlates with Baseline Kidney Volume and Function
I. Hall, A. Shaaban, S. Beddhu, F. Shihab.
University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT.
Purpose: Living kidney donor outcomes are tremendously important, especially given expanding donor eligibility. Relative to other predictors, the relationship between remaining kidney volume and post-donation…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Benefit of Anti-Hepatitis B Immunoglobulin(HBIG) Monotherapy Compared to HBIG Combined with Entecavir in Long Term Renal Function
J. Lee,¹ D. Kim,¹ J. Lee,² S. Kim,³ H. Lee,⁴ S. Song,⁵ J. Lee,¹ M. Ju,¹ G. Choi,¹ D. Joo,¹ J. Choi,¹ S. Kim,¹ Y. Jung.¹
¹Department of Surgery, Yonsei University of College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea; ²Department of Surgery, CHA Bundang Medical Center, Seongnam, Republic of Korea; ³Department of Surgery, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju, Republic of Korea; ⁴Department of Surgery, Ilsan Hospital, Ilsan, Republic of Korea; ⁵Department of Surgery, Ehwa Wonmen Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Background: To reduce the HBV reinfection after liver transplantation, anti-hepatitis B immunoglobulin (HBIG) alone or combination with antiviral nucleotide analogues are usually used regimen. However,…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Non-Invasive Proteomics to Detect Biomarkers for Kidney Allograft Dysfunction
M. Watson,¹ M. Srivastava,³ D. Little,¹ O. Eidelman,³ R. Nee,¹ A. Bera,³ J. Karaian,³ D. Oliver,¹ H. Pollard,³ R. Jindal.²
¹Nephrology, USU-Walter Reed, Bethesda, MD; ²Surgery, USU-Walter Reed, Bethesda, MD; ³Anamtomy, Physiology and Genetics, USU-School of Medicine, Bethesda, MD.
Background: Non-invasive biomarkers are needed for monitoring patients to predict early acute rejection (AR). We hypothesized that protein biomarkers released from rejecting allograft tissues can…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Postoperative Renal Function Predicts Length of Stay for Incisional Hernia Repair after Liver Transplantation
J. Butler, D. O'Brien, J. Kays, C. Kubal, B. Ekser, J. Fridell, R. Mangus, J. Powelson.
Transplant Surgery, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN.
Background: Incisional hernia repair (IHR) is the most frequently performed general surgery procedure after orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT). Although enhanced recovery protocols for general surgery…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Association of Leptin with Cystatin C in Kidney Allograft Dysfunction
A. Bera,¹ M. Watson,² N. Gana,¹ J. Karaian,¹ S. Radhakrishnan,¹ M. Subramanian,¹ D. Little,² R. Nee,² A. Chatterjee,¹ S. Rothwell,¹ H. Pollard,¹ R. Jindal,³ M. Srivastava.¹
¹Anatomy, Physiology and Genetics, USU-School of Medicine, Bethesda, MD; ²Nephrology, USU-Walter Reed, Bethesda, MD; ³Surgery, USU-Walter Reed, Bethesda, MD.
Background: Non-invasive biomarkers are needed for monitoring recipients of kidney allografts to predict acute rejection (AR). We hypothesized that protein biomarkers released from rejecting allograft…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Magnitude of Pre-Biopsy Decline in Renal Function and Its Association with Allograft Rejection
S. Voora,¹ P. Ahearn,¹ M. Tavakol,² K. Johansen,^1,3 E. Ku.¹
¹Division of Nephrology, UCSF, San Francisco, CA; ²Department of Surgery, UCSF, San Francisco, CA; ³Department of Epidemiology/Biostatistics, UCSF, San Francisco, CA.
Introduction: Acute rejection is a significant cause of morbidity, and transplant biopsy remains the gold standard for diagnosing rejection. To our knowledge there have been…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Tuberculosis among Kidney Transplant Patients Compared to Dialysis and Non-Dialysis CKD Patients over a Decade Period
A. Metry, I. Al Salmi, F. Al Ismaili, A. Hola, F. Shaheen, I. Al Salmi.
The Renal Medicine, The Royal Hospital, Muscat, Oman; The Renal Medicine, The Royal Hospital, Muscat, Oman; The Renal Medicine, The Royal Hospital, Muscat, Oman; The Renal Medicine, The Royal Hospital, Muscat, Oman; SCOT, SCOT, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; The Renal Medicine, The Royal Hospital, Muscat, Oman.
USRDS showed that 1.2% & 1.6% incidences of tuberculosis-TB in patients on peritoneal dialysis and hemodialysis-HD, respectively. Kidney transplant-KTX patients have higher rates.We studied the…