Articles tagged "Renal dysfunction"

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…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Pediatric Kidney Allograft Outcomes Following Identification of Transplant Glomerulopathy by Electron Microscopy
J. Grodsky, R. Craver, I. Ashoor.
LSU Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA.
We have previously shown that electron microscopy (EM) can facilitate early diagnosis of transplant glomerulopathy (TG) in pediatric kidney transplant biopsies (Bx) with normal light…
2017 American Transplant Congress
A Novel Equation, GRAIL (GfR Assessment in Liver Disease) Correctly Classifies Patients with Reduced GFR and Predicts Development of ESRD.
S. Asrani,¹ L. Jennings,¹ M. Nadim,² J. Levitsky,³ J. Trotter,¹ G. Klintmalm.¹
¹BUMC, Dallas, TX; ²USC, LA, CA; ³NW, Chicago, IL
Estimating glomerular filtration rate(CKD-EPI, MDRD-4, MDRD-6) is poor in liver patients with renal dysfunction(GFR<30ml/min). We developed a model for GFR Assessment In Liver disease(GRAIL) before…
2017 American Transplant Congress
α-Lipoc Acid Improve the Short Term Outcomes in Human Liver Transplantation.
P. Casciato,¹ N. Ambrosi,² C. Fiorella,² M. Vasquez,¹ A. Gadano,¹ M. de Santibañes,¹ E. de Santibañes,¹ M. Zandomeni,¹ M. Chahdi,¹ J. Laquinandi,¹ P. Santofimia Castaño,³ J. Iovanna,³ E. Chuluyan,² C. Incardona.⁴
¹Liver Transplantation Unit, Hospital Italiano, Buenos Aires, Argentina; ²CEFYBO, UBA-CONICET, Facultad de Medicina, Buenos Aires, Argentina; ³INSERM, Center of Research in Cancerology of Marseille (CRCM), Marseille, France; ⁴Fundación GADOR, GADOR, Buenos Aires, Argentina
In liver transplantation (LT) the postreperfusion syndrome (PRS) is a serious intraoperative complication. The effect of α-lipoic acid (ALA) has not been evaluated. A double…
2017 American Transplant Congress
Streamlining Discharge Pathways in Kidney Transplant Recipients with Delayed Graft Function.
E. Chan, J. Kim.
Division of Nephrology and the Kidney Transplant Program, University of Toronto, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background180 end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients undergo kidney transplantation at the Toronto General Hospital Multi-Organ Transplant Unit yearly. 30% develop delayed graft function (DGF), defined…
2017 American Transplant Congress
Felodipine Diminishes Decline in Glomerular Filtration Rate in Lung Transplanted Patients Treated with Cyclosporine: A Randomized Placebo Controlled Trial.
M. Hornum,¹ M. Iversen,² P. Oturai,³ M. Andersen,² M. Zemtsovski,⁴ P. Bredahl,⁴ N. Bjarnason,² K. Christiansen,⁵ J. Carlsen,² C. Møller,⁶ B. Feldt-Rasmussen,¹ M. Perch.²
¹Nephrology, Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark; ²Cardiology, Section for Lung Transplantation, Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark; ³Clinical Physiology and Nuclear Medicine, Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark; ⁴Cardiothoracic Anaesthesiology, Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark; ⁵Public Health, Section of Biostatics, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark; ⁶Cardiothoracic Surgery, Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
Background. Calcium channel blockers may ameliorate the decline in renal function caused by calcineurin inhibitors in lung transplant (LTX) recipients. We previously demonstrated a 47…

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