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Articles tagged "Renal failure"

  • 2019 American Transplant Congress

    Outcomes for Robotic Pancreas Transplants in Obese Candidates

    M. Spaggiari, K. A. Tulla, O. T. Okoye, C. Di Bella, P. Di Cocco, J. A. Almario Alvarez, I. G. Tzvetanov, E. Benedetti

    University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL

    *Purpose: Pancreas transplantation has evolved to include select overweight and obese diabetes mellitus (DM) patients. A robotic approach can be utilized to treat obese transplant…
  • 2019 American Transplant Congress

    Donor Derived Cell Free DNA (dd-cfDNA) May Aid in the Diagnosis of BK Virus Nephropathy

    D. Brennan1, J. Bromberg2, J. Yee3, S. Dholakia3, M. Haas4

    1Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD, 2University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 3CareDx, Brisbane, CA, 4Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA

    *Purpose: Between 10% and 30% of renal transplant recipients (KTR) develop BK viremia; with 1-10% of KTR developing BK virus associated nephropathy (BKVAN), accounting for…
  • 2019 American Transplant Congress

    National Trends in Bariatric Surgical Practice for Patients with End-Stage Renal Disease

    K. H. Sheetz1, K. J. Woodside1, V. B. Shahinian2, J. B. Dimick1, S. A. Waits1

    1Department of Surgery, University of Michigan Hospitals and Health System, Ann Arbor, MI, 2Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Hospitals and Health System, Ann Arbor, MI

    *Purpose: Despite growing enthusiasm for the use of bariatric surgery in obese patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD), national practice patterns in this patient population…
  • 2019 American Transplant Congress

    Urinary Extracellular Vesicles-Related Protein Biomarkers for the Non-Invasive Monitoring of Rejection in Kidney Transplanted Patients

    L. Carreras-Planella1, I. Bancu2, D. Cucchiari3, L. Cañas2, J. Juega2, M. Franquesa1, M. Perez-Mir2, I. Revuelta3, F. Diekman4, R. Lauzurica2, F. Borràs1

    1REMAR-IVECAT Group, Institut Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain, 2Nephrology- Renal Transplant Unit, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain, 3Dept. Nefrologia i Trasplantament Renal, Institut Clínicde Nefrologia i Urologia (ICNU), Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain, 4Dept. Nefrologia i Trasplantament Renal, Institut Clínicde Nefrologia i Urologia (ICNU), Hospital Clinic, Badalona, Spain

    *Purpose: Chronic kidney rejection is currently the main cause of graft losses. Blood and urine analyses to monitor kidney transplanted patients are not specific, and…
  • 2019 American Transplant Congress

    AKI and Long-Term Risk for Cardiovascular Events in Patients after Kidney Transplantation

    R. Rahamimov1, M. Molcho2, I. Vahav2, E. Mor3, T. Y. van Dijk4, B. Rozen-Zvi1

    1Department of Nephrology, Rabin Medical Center, Petach Tikva, Israel, 2Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel, 3Department of Transplantation, Rabin Medical Center, Petach Tikva, Israel, 4Department of Emergency Medicine, Rabin Medical Center, Petach Tikva, Israel

    *Purpose: AKI was found to be associated with increased risk of major cardiovascular events (MACE) in the general population. Patients after kidney transplantation are prone…
  • 2019 American Transplant Congress

    Predicting Deceased Donor Kidney Transplant Outcomes: Comparing KDRI/KDPI with Machine Learning

    E. Pahl

    HealthTech Solutions, Inc., Coralville, IA

    *Purpose: To better predict outcomes of graft survival in kidney donation and ultimately save more lives for those waiting on the list.*Methods: Machine learning methods…
  • 2019 American Transplant Congress

    Organ Donation is an Indication for Renal Replacement Therapy (RRT)

    A. L. Friedman, E. Marquez, J. A. Lewis

    LiveOnNY, New York, NY

    *Purpose: A retrospective review of cases from one large organ procurement organization (OPO) was performed to determine whether the delivery of RRT as a component…
  • 2019 American Transplant Congress

    Initial Peritoneal sST2 Levels Are Associated with Peritoneal Failure and ST2 Blockade Mitigates TGF-β and High Glucose-Induced Peritoneal Fibrosis

    Y. Kim1, S. Lee1, M. Yu1, H. Lee1, Y. Kim1, C. Lee2, R. Cha3, S. Yang4

    1Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, 2Internal Medicine, Cheju Halla General Hospital, Cheju, Korea, Republic of, 3Internal Medicine, National Medical Center, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, 4kidney Research Institute, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of

    *Purpose: Peritoneal fibrosis (PF) is an intractable complication which leads to peritoneal membrane failure in peritoneal dialysis (PD). The aim of this study was to…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Race and Socioeconomic Disparities in Organ Type, Recovery and Readmission in Kidney Transplant Recipients

    A. Crane, T. Coy, N. Yerram, M. Eltemamy, E. Poggio, R. Fatica, A. Wee, C. Modlin, V. Krishnamurthi.

    Glickman Urology and Nephrology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland.

    Objectives: Racial and socioeconomic disparities are prevalent in healthcare, including for kidney transplant recipients. Post-transplant, patients are faced with many challenges that contribute to high…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Obesity is Associated with Increased Risk of Mortality among Living Kidney Donors

    R. Reed,1 A. Massie,2 D. Sawinski,3 P. MacLennan,1 B. Shelton,1 M. Mustian,1 D. McWilliams,1 V. Kumar,1 R. Mannon,1 R. Gaston,1 D. Segev,2 C. Lewis,1 J. Locke.1

    1University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham; 2Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore; 3University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.

    Background: Living kidney donor (LKD) demographics have changed, and transplant centers have relaxed selection criteria to include LKDs with obesity. Recently, it has been shown…
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