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Articles tagged "Renal failure"

  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Etiology and Timing of ESRD After Kidney Donation.

    A. Matas, D. Berglund, B. Sengupta, H. Ibrahim.

    UofMN, Mpls

    ESRD after kidney donation may occur because of nephrectomy-induced decreased GFR followed by normal age-related decline, by onset of kidney or systemic disease (e.g., HTN),…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Patients with Renal Failure Have a pERK-Dependent Defective TCR-Mediated Activation of CD4+ T Cells.

    L. Huang, N. Litjens, N. Kannegieter, M. Klepper, C. Baan, M. Betjes.

    Internal Medicine, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands

    Introduction Patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) have an impaired immune response with a prematurely aged T cell system. Mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs) including extracellular…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Increased T Cell Exhaustion in Dialysis Patients.

    M. Bastiaansen, A. Uffing, L. Riella.

    Transplantation Research Center, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA

    Infection is a major complication post-transplantation. Evaluating the immune system prior to transplant may allow better optimization of immunosuppression dose. T cell exhaustion has been…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Non-Donor-Specific Anti-HLA Antibodies Have an Adverse Impact in Kidney Graft Outcomes.

    J. Malheiro,1 S. Tafulo,2 L. Dias,1 L. Martins,1 I. Beirão,1 A. Castro-Henriques.1

    1CHP, Porto, Portugal; 2IPST, Porto, Portugal

    Few studies have studied the impact of non-donor-specific antibodies (NDSA) in kidney transplantation (KT), with most showing no impact of these antibodies. As antibody-mediated graft…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Acute Renal Replacement Therapy in Pediatric Liver Transplantation: A Predictor of Increased Risk.

    M. Wong,1 R. Venick,2 V. Agopian,1 S. Ebaid,1 S. McDiarmid,2 A. Zarrinpar,1 D. Farmer,1 R. Busuttil,1 F. Kaldas.1

    1Surgery, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA; 2Pediatric Gastroenterology, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA

    BackgroundAmong pediatric patients (≤18 yrs) awaiting liver transplantation (LT), limited data exist on the prognostic significance of acute (<90d) renal replacement therapy (RRT) prior to…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Improved Creatinine Immediately Post-LVAD Predicts Lower AKI Risk After Heart Transplant.

    A. Nanavati,1 Y. He,3 N. Moazami,2 S. Demirjian,1 B. Stephany.1

    1Nephrology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH; 2Heart and Vascular Institute,Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH; 3University of Rochester, Rochester, NY

    Background-Left ventricular assist device(LVAD) placement often improves renal function in patients with advanced heart failure. In those bridged to transplant with LVAD support it is…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Sequential Liver-Kidney Transplantation Is Equivalent to Simultaneous Liver–Kidney Transplantation in Candidates Requiring Dialysis Pre-Transplant.

    M. Mulvihill, B. Yerokun, R. Davis, K. Anderson, M. Hartwig, A. Barbas.

    Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC

    Introduction: Liver transplant is the optimal therapy for patients with end-stage liver disease (ESLD). Appropriately-selected candidates with renal impairment benefit from transplantation of liver and…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Kidney Re-Transplant Rate in Simultaneous Kidney Pancreas Transplant Recipients.

    M. McCormick, J. Luo, A. Hoffman.

    Transplant, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE

    Bladder drainage, although no longer the most commonly performed method for exocrine drainage of the pancreas, remains an option for patients undergoing simultaneous pancreas- kidney…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Serum Phosphorus and Cardiovascular Disease Outcomes, Graft Failure, or Total Mortality in Chronic Kidney Transplant Recipients.

    B. Merhi,1 T. Shireman,2 M. Carpenter,3 J. Kusek,4 P. Jacques,5 M. Pfeffer,6 A. Levey,7 M. Rao,7 J. Kim,8 J. Ix,9 A. Bostom.1

    1Medicine, Rhode Island Hospital, Chepachet, RI; 2Gerontology, Brown Uinversity, Chepachet, RI; 3Public Health, UNC, Chapel Hill, NC; 4NIDDK, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD; 5Nutritional Epidemiology, Tufts Human Nutrition Research Center, Boston, MA; 6Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA; 7Medicine, Tufts New England Medical Center, Boston, MA; 8Medicine, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada; 9Medicine, Veterans Administration Medical Center, San Diego, CA

    Mild hyperphosphatemia may be present in chronic kidney transplant recipients [KTRs]. Limited data are available from large, multicenter KTR cohorts assessing the potential relationships between…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Geographic Variability in Access to Transplant Centers for Children with End-Stage Renal Disease.

    C. Toro,1 M. Ross,1,2 D. Wiebe,2 S. Amaral.1,2

    1Pediatrics, The Children's Hospital of Phila, Philadelphia, PA; 2Biostatistics and Epidemiology, The University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.

    Background: Kidney transplantation is the optimal treatment for pediatric end-stage renal disease (ESRD); yet, there is substantial variability in waiting times for deceased donor kidneys…
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