2019 American Transplant Congress
Sub-Optimal Renal Recovery and Progressive Chronic Kidney Disease after Living Kidney Donation
*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
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
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
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
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
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…2019 American Transplant Congress
Withaferin A as a Possible Therapy for Chronic Allograft Nephropathy
*Purpose: One of the possible steps in the development of post-transplant interstitial fibrosis is epithelial to mesenchymal transition (EMT) of proximal renal tubular cells with…2018 American Transplant Congress
The Impact of Pre-Operative Opioid Use on Delayed Graft Function in Adult Kidney Transplant Recipients
Background and Objectives: Opioid use is associated with AKI and ATN through both direct and indirect mechanisms, including alterations in the autonomic nervous system, the…2018 American Transplant Congress
Implementation of Intensive Standardized Follow-Up in Kidney Transplant Recipients
Introduction & Objective: Kidney transplant recipients have higher rates of prolonged hospitalization and readmission rates. We aimed to identify modifiable predictors of 30-day readmission and…2018 American Transplant Congress
Etiologies and Long-Term Outcomes of Acute Kidney Injury in Older Kidney Transplant Recipients
Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC.
Older kidney transplant recipients face challenges of post-transplant complications related to frailty and comorbidity burden. They are particularly vulnerable to acute kidney injury (AKI) due…
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