Articles tagged "Renal failure"

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…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Cyclo(His-Pro) Prevents Against Renal Injury Through Activating Nrf2-Mediated Pathway
J. Moon¹, Y. Kim¹, H. Jung², J. Kim¹, W. Ju³, H. Lee¹, J. Lee⁴, C. Lee⁵, D. Kim¹, Y. Kim¹, S. Yang⁶
¹Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ²R&D Center, NovMetaPharma Co., Ltd, Pohang, Gyeongbuk, Korea, Republic of, ³Seoul National University Biomedical Research Institute, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ⁴Nephrology Clinic, National Cancer Center, Goyang, Korea, Republic of, ⁵Cheju Halla General Hospital, Jeju-do, Korea, Republic of, ⁶Kidney Research Institute, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
*Purpose: Cyclic(His-Pro) (CHP) is an endogenous cyclic dipeptide that has antioxidative, anti-inflammatory effect via Nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor (Nrf2) pathway. Endogenous CHP is distributed…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Chronic Kidney Disease Alters the T Cell Response to Murine Cytomegalovirus
R. L. Crepeau¹, H. Li¹, H. S. Koehler², M. L. Ford¹, P. D. Winterberg³
¹Surgery, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, ²Microbiology and Immunology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, ³Pediatrics, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
*Purpose: We have previously reported that patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) accumulate memory T cells bearing markers of sustained antigen stimulation and enhanced pro-inflammatory…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Comparative Analysis of Patient Outcomes between Urology-Led versus General Surgery-Led Kidney Transplant Centers
A. Mishra¹, A. Cohen¹, N. Koizumi², A. Ortiz³, K. Pai¹, B. Bullock¹, S. Sureddi¹, J. Ortiz¹
¹The University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences, Toledo, OH, ²George Mason University, Arlington, VA, ³Albany Medical College, Albany, NY
*Purpose: To assess renal patient outcomes between kidney transplant centers across the United States based on whether their surgical leader was initially trained via the…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Geographic Variation in Listing for Kidney Transplantation: A State-Level Assessment of Access among Patients with End-Stage Renal Disease in the United States
M. N. Mustian, H. Qu, D. Anderson, P. A. MacLennan, R. D. Reed, C. Kale, B. Orandi, B. A. Shelton, V. Kumar, M. Hanaway, J. E. Locke
University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
*Purpose: Barriers to deceased donor kidney transplantation (DDKT) exist, including referral for transplant and waitlist addition, which may vary regionally. The objective of this study…