Articles tagged "Renal failure"

2021 American Transplant Congress
Simultaneous Heart-Liver-Kidney Transplantation Survival: National and Single-Center Outcomes
U. A. Siddiqi¹, P. S. Combs¹, G. Kim², T. Baker³, Y. Becker¹, V. Jeevanandam¹
¹Section of Cardiac Surgery, University of Chicago Medicine, Chicago, IL, ²Section of Cardiology, University of Chicago Medicine, Chicago, IL, ³University of Chicago Medicine, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: Simultaneous Heart-Liver-Kidney transplantation (SHLKTx) is an incredibly rare, high-risk operation undergone by well-selected patients presenting with multi-organ failure. Our center has performed 10 of…
2021 American Transplant Congress
BK Virus-associated Nephropathy as a Cause of Renal Failure Post-lung Transplantation
A. Arjuna, M. T. Olson, B. Buddhdev, R. Tenorio, A. Omar, S. Tokman
Norton Thoracic Institute, St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, Phoenix, AZ
*Purpose: BK virus-associated nephropathy (BKVAN) is a common cause of renal dysfunction early after renal transplant. BKVAN is much rarer in non-renal solid organ transplant,…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Beyond the Margin: Using Kidneys from Donors on Dialysis
P. S. Patel¹, S. Karir², V. R. Peddi¹, H. Mahanty¹, S. Katznelson¹, J. Bellingham¹, N. Neidlinger¹, A. Hassoun¹, A. Sandhu¹, N. Garg¹, L. Mayen³, W. Bry¹
¹CPMC Dept of Transplantation, San Francisco, CA, ²Lewis and Clark College, Portland, OR, ³Donor Network West, San Ramon, CA
*Purpose: Outcomes for transplantation from donors with acute kidney injury have been favorable. The definition and severity of AKI have been variable. Donors who are…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Acute on Chronic Liver Failure (ACLF) Patients Have a Dynamic and Progressive Clinical Course Until Receiving a Liver Transplant: A 5-Year Study at the National Institute of Medical Sciences and Nutrition Salvador Zubiran, Mexico
E. Cervantes-Alvarez¹, M. J. Lizardo-Thiebaud¹, E. Alatorre-Arenas¹, O. Mendez-Guerrero¹, S. Yarza-Regalado¹, A. Torre¹, M. Vilatobá², D. Kershenobich¹, C. A. Huang³, N. Navarro-Alvarez¹
¹Gastroenterology, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Medicas y Nutricion Salvador Zubiran, Mexico City, Mexico, ²Surgery, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Medicas y Nutricion Salvador Zubiran, Mexico City, Mexico, ³Surgery, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, DENVER, CO
*Purpose: To characterize the clinical course of patients diagnosed with acute on chronic liver failure (ACLF) before undergoing liver transplantation. ACLF is characterized by an…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Improving Evaluation and Follow-Up of Living Kidney Donors: Role of Radioisotopic Glomerular Filtration Rate and Renal Functional Reserve
V. Cantaluppi¹, G. Guglielmetti¹, U. M. Morosini¹, A. Nappo¹, G. Merlotti¹, A. Airoldi¹, M. Quaglia¹, C. Ronco²
¹Nephrology and Kidney Transplantation Unit, University of Piemonte Orientale (UPO), Novara, Italy, ²Nephrology, Dialysis and Kidney Transplantation Unit, University of Padova, Vicenza, Italy
*Purpose: After donation, living kidney donors (KD) develop an early and transient loss of kidney function (KF), defined as Acute Kidney Injury (AKI). Its recovery…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Associations of Chronic Kidney Disease with Temperature, Ancestry and Employment
A. A. Connor, B. I. Shaw, K. V. Ravindra
Surgery, Duke University, Durham, NC
*Purpose: We sought to assess the suggested associations of chronic kidney disease (CKD) of unknown origin, also known as Mesoamerican Nephropathy, with temperature, ancestry and…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Efficacy of Robotic-Assisted Bilateral Nephrectomy from a Single Approach
G. Pan, M. Goodale, E. Martinez, G. Rofaiel
Surgery, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
*Purpose: Bilateral native nephrectomies have been established as beneficial for ESRD (end-stage renal disease) patients with select indications in pre-transplant settings to avoid related complications.…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Evaluation of Apixaban Usage in Solid Organ Transplant Patients with Renal Impairment
L. Rakouki, R. Yau, C. Tunwar
Pharmacy, CHI St. Luke's Health-Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center, Houston, TX
*Purpose: There remains a gap in the literature for apixaban dosing recommendations for treatment of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) or pulmonary embolism (PE) in special…
2020 American Transplant Congress
BK-Viral Nephropathy after Transplantation of a Non-Renal Organ
A. Schwarz¹, C. Bara², J. Braesen³, J. Gottlieb⁴
¹Nephrology Department, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany, ²Cardiothoracic Surgery Department, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany, ³Pathology Department, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany, ⁴Pulmonary Department, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
*Purpose: Patients with non-renal organ transplantation may suffer BK-viral nephropathy (BKVN) of their orthotopic kidneys by reactivation of their own viral population living in latency…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Non-HLA Antibodies in Severe Post-Operative Thrombotic Microangiopathy among Kidney Transplant Recipients
R. Bonakdar, P. Serrano Rodriguez
University of North Carolina Hospitals, Chapel Hill, NC
*Purpose: From August 2018 until July 2019, an alarming 6% of kidney transplant recipients at this transplant center had biopsy-proven thrombotic microangiopathy (TMA) within 1…