Articles tagged "Renal dysfunction"

2020 American Transplant Congress
Diagnostic Method of Acute Kidney Rejection after Transplantation Using Metabolome Analysis via a Liquid Biopsy Approach
H. Iwamoto
Department of Kidney Transplantation Surgery, Tokyo Medical University, Hachioji Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan
*Purpose: At present, a definitive diagnosis of organ dysfunction after transplantation (such as acute rejection) is dependent on conventional histopathological evaluation using an invasive biopsy…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Improvement of Renal Function Prior to Liver Transplantation is Not Associated with Better Long-Term Renal Outcome or Mortality
M. Sterneck¹, T. Horvatits², M. Touma², U. Herden³, A. Lohse², L. Fischer³
¹University Medical Center Hamburg Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany, ²Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany, ³Transplant Surgery, University Medical Center Hamburg Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
*Purpose: Since introduction of the MELD score in the liver allocation system, renal impairment in OLT recipients has become a topic of increasing importance. This…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Converting from Tenofovir Disoproxil Fumarate to Tenofovir Alafenamide for Treatment of Patients with Hepatitis B Following Liver Transplantation
C. Cheng
Department of General Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Linkou, Kwei-Shan Township, Taoyuan, Taiwan
*Purpose: Taiwan has a high prevalence of hepatitis B (HBV) and HBV related end-stages liver diseases are the leading causes of liver transplantation (LT). Tenofovir…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Renal Safety of Entecavir and Tenofovir with Hepatitis B Immunoglobulin in Liver Transplant Patients
J. Lee¹, E. Kim¹, S. Yang¹, D. Kim², S. Kim¹, J. Park³, H. Choi⁴, B. Kim³, D. Joo¹, M. Kim¹, S. Kim¹, J. Lee¹
¹Department of Transplantation Surgery, Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ²Department of Surgery, Wonju Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Wonju, Korea, Republic of, ³Department of Internal Medicine, Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ⁴Department of Internal Medicine, Gangnam Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
*Purpose: Combination of potent nucleos(t)ide analougues (NAs) and hepatitis B immunoglobulin is recommended after liver transplantation for the prevention of hepatitis B virus (HBV) recurrence.…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Sub-Optimal Renal Recovery and Progressive Chronic Kidney Disease after Living Kidney Donation
Y. Kim¹, C. Jeong², H. Kim², J. Ha³, C. Ahn¹, Y. Kim¹, H. Lee¹
¹Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ²Department of Urology, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ³Department of Surgery, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
*Purpose: Post-operative renal recovery after nephrectomy is a substantial problem to be addressed in living kidney donors. Herein, we explored factors associated with renal recovery…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Partial Parathyroidectomy And Allograft Function In Renal Transplant Patients
M. Gao¹, E. Vilayur¹, D. Ferreira², C. Bendinelli¹, C. Sankoorikal¹
¹John Hunter Hospital, New Lambton Heights, Australia, ²Liverpool Hospital, Liverpool, Australia
*Purpose: Studies have previously shown that total parathyroidectomy in the renal transplant patient may adversely affect allograft function. The primary aim of this study was…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Complement Blockade in Kidney Recipients Prevents Delayed Graft Function and Antibody-Mediated Rejection in Non-Human Primates
M. Eerhart¹, J. Reyes¹, C. Blanton¹, J. Danobeitia¹, P. Chlebeck¹, L. Zitur¹, J. Coonen¹, S. Capuano¹, A. D’Alessandro¹, J. Torrealba², W. Zhong¹, Y. Yankol¹, L. Fernandez¹
¹University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, ²UT Southwestern, Dallas, TX
*Purpose: Ischemia-reperfusion injury (IRI) leading to inflammation, complement activation, cytokine release and acute kidney injury has been implicated in the mechanism for delayed graft function…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Immunologic Impact Of Native Kidney Function On Liver Transplant Patients
M. Mujtaba, S. Merwat, J. Fair, M. Bilal, A. Chatila, R. Kulkarni, J. Zou, S. Hussain, A. Gamilla-Crudo
Univ. of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX
*Purpose: Renal failure in the setting of liver transplantation (LTx) is common and has an adverse impact on short and long-term graft and patient survival.…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Early Impact of the New United Network for Organ Sharing Simultaneous Liver-Kidney Transplantation Allocation Policy: Improved Standardization but Similar Utilization
G. Cullaro¹, E. C. Verna², J. C. Lai¹
¹UCSF, San Francisco, CA, ²Columbia University, New York, NY
*Purpose: In an effort to standardize SLKT utilization, UNOS/OPTN implemented a new SLKT policy on August 10th, 2017. We aimed to characterize the early impact…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Single-center Retrospective Analysis of Prophylaxis and Treatment of Pneumocystis Carinii Pneumonia in Patients with Poor Renal Function
Y. Fu, J. Pan, Z. Shen
Kidney-Pancreas Transplant Department., Tianjin First Central Hospital, Tianjin, China
*Purpose: Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PcP) is a potentially life-threatening complication in renal transplant recipients. Although the use of trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (TMP-SMX) chemoprophylaxis after kidney transplantation is…

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