Articles tagged "Renal function"

2022 American Transplant Congress
Renal Function After Orthotopic Liver Transplantation
N. Kemmer¹, z. Alam², S. Desai³, L. Grater⁴, K. Robichaux⁵, S. Mohammed⁵, M. Gosselin⁴, A. Kumar⁶, J. Buggs⁷
¹Transplant Hepatology, Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, FL, ²Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, Bradenton, FL, ³Western University of Osteopathic Medicine, Pomona, CA, ⁴University of Tampa, Tampa, FL, ⁵University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, ⁶Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, ⁷Transplant Surgery, Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, FL
*Purpose: Patients with end-stage liver disease are susceptible to renal dysfunction especially during liver transplantation (LTX). Continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) can be used to…
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Early Experience Of 48-hour Normothermic Machine Perfusion In Human Kidneys Applying Urine Recirculation
F. Messner¹, S. Gasteiger¹, M. Pühringer-Sturmayr¹, A. Soleiman¹, D. Öfner¹, S. Schneeberger¹, A. Weissenbacher²
¹Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria, ²Visceral, Transplant and Thoracic Surgery, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
*Purpose: Normothermic machine perfusion (NMP) of the kidney has been studied extensively during the past decade. Short-term kidney NMP has demonstrated promising results, however currently…
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Evolution of Donor-Derived Cell-Free DNA During the First Week After Surgery Predicts Renal Function Recovery After Kidney Transplantation
D. Cucchiari¹, E. Cuadrado¹, E. Gonzalez¹, J. Puig¹, M. Ramirez-Bajo¹, P. Ventura-Aguiar¹, I. Revuelta², B. Bayès¹, F. Diekmann¹
¹Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, ²Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
*Purpose: Donor-derived cell-free DNA (ddcfDNA) is usually employed starting from the second week after kidney transplantation (KT), as its earlier increase can be due to…
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Single Port Robotic Kidney Transplantation: Comparison of Outcomes with Standard Open Kidney Transplantation
M. Eltemamy, A. Kaviani, Y. Lin, M. Abou Zeinab, V. Krishnamurthi, D. Goldfarb, J. Kaouk, A. Wee
Glickman Urological & Kidney Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
*Purpose: To compare outcomes of the initial series of patients who underwent single port (SP) robotic kidney transplantation (KTP) with the standard open KTP.*Methods: Using…
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Use of New 2021 CKD-EPI as an Endpoint in Transplant Trials May Significantly Influence Observations
E. Yanqui¹, H. Hames¹, T. Shi², A. R. Shields¹, E. S. Woodle¹, R. R. Alloway¹
¹University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, ²CCHMC, Cincinnati, OH
*Purpose: GFR equations have recently been modified primarily to avoid disadvantaging black populations. The purpose of this study was to evaluate renal function and the…
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Longitudinal Mortality Risks and Renal Functional Outcomes in Living Kidney Donors
K. Hotta¹, T. Osawa¹, I. Yokota², T. Inao², T. Tanabe¹, N. Iwahara¹, N. Shinohara¹
¹Urology, Hokkaido University Hospital, Sapporo, Japan, ²Biostatistics, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
*Purpose: Previous studies have suggested that living kidney donors do not have a higher risk of death or end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) than the general…
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Artificial Mitochondria Transfer to Mitigate Ischemic Damage in an In Vitro Model of Tubular Injury and in an Ex Vivo Porcine Model of DCD Renal Transplantation
A. Rossi¹, S. Sedrakyan², F. Montali³, C. Aardena⁴, N. Abraham⁵, A. Barbas⁵, L. N. Byers⁶, C. Palles⁷, A. Asthana⁶, J. Robertson⁴, L. Perin², R. Senger⁴, B. Bussolati¹, G. Orlando⁸
¹Un. of Turin, Turin, Italy, ²Children Hospital, Los Angeles, CA, ³Un. of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy, ⁴VA Tech, Blacksburg, VA, ⁵Duke, Durham, NC, ⁶WFIRM, Winston Salem, NC, ⁷University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, ⁸Wake Forest Baptist, Winston-Salem, NC
*Purpose: We aimed at assessing whether artificial mitochondrial transfer (AMT) mitigates renal injury in an in vitro model of tubular damage and in an ex…
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Cytomegalovirus Prevention in Kidney and Pancreas Transplant Recipients: A Successful Pharmacist-Led Multidisciplinary Approach
J. Geyston, J. Dann, A. Doyle, A. Agarwal, K. Brayman, C. Shoemaker, C. Lester, S. Rao
University of Virginia Health, Charlottesville, VA
*Purpose: In response to high cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection and increasing ganciclovir (GCV)-resistance rate, a pharmacist-led multidisciplinary task force was created to manage CMV prophylaxis (ppx).…
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Tocilizumab in Chronic Active Antibody-Mediated Rejection in Kidney Transplant Recipients: A Case Series
B. Boonpheng¹, R. Bakthavatsalam², C. D. Blosser¹, I. C. De Castro¹, I. Gimferrer³, Y. Ng¹, N. Leca¹
¹Nephrology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ²Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ³Bloodworks Northwest, Seattle, WA
*Purpose: The optimal treatment for chronic active antibody-mediated rejection (ca-AMR) remains unclear. Tocilizumab (TCZ), a monoclonal antibody against IL-6, has been proposed in ca-AMR treatment…
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Impact of Delayed Graft Function in Donation After Circulatory Death Kidney Transplantation
J. Mello Offerni¹, H. Brar¹, D. Lee¹, M. Levine², M. Mandurah¹, S. Rim¹, A. Sener¹, P. Luke¹
¹Urology, Western University, London, ON, Canada, ²Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
*Purpose: Donation after circulatory death (DCD) has been associated with higher rates of delayed graft function (DGF) when compared to donation after brain death (DBD).…

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