Articles tagged "Renal failure"

2015 American Transplant Congress
Is There a Difference in Patient and Graft Survival in Children Weighing <20 kg Versus Those Weighing >20 kg at the Time of Renal Transplantation?
P. Chandak,¹ J. Stojanovic,² R. Sivaprakasam,³ N. Mamode,¹ F. Calder,¹ J. Olsburgh,¹ M. Drage,¹ C. Callaghan,¹ J. Taylor,¹ G. Koffman,¹ J. Taylor,² S. Marks,⁴ N. Kessaris.¹
¹Transplant Surgery, Guys and St Thomas Hospitals NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom; ²Nephrology, Evelina Childrens Hospital, London, United Kingdom; ³Transplant Surgery, Royal London Hospital, London, United Kingdom; ⁴Department of Nephrology and Transplantation, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London, United Kingdom.
Introduction: Renal transplantation (RTx) is the gold standard treatment modality for end-stage kidney disease. There are increased challenges in pediatric renal transplant recipients (pRTR) under…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Risk of Cause-Specific ESRD in Live Kidney Donors
S. Anjum, A. Muzaale, A. Massie, S. Bae, D. Segev.
Johns Hopkins, Baltimore.
The purpose of this study is to investigate the risk of developing cause-specific ESRD in live kidney donors over time.METHODS: We studied a cohort of…
2015 American Transplant Congress
1-Year Safety and Efficacy of Eculizumab in Adult aHUS Patients, With or Without a History of Renal Transplant
C. Legendre,¹ J. Kincaid,² C. Bedrosian,² C. Loirat.³
¹University Paris Descartes & Hôpital Necker, Paris, France; ²Alexion, Cheshire, CT; ³Assistance Publique–Hôpitaux Paris, Hôpital Robert-Debré, Paris, France.
Background: Atypical hemolytic-uremic syndrome (aHUS) is a life-threatening, chronic disease of complement-mediated TMA. In aHUS, renal transplantation is associated with post-transplant (TP) TMA and ∼50–70%…