Articles tagged "Renal function"

2020 American Transplant Congress
Significance of Pathology in Antibody Mediated Rejection in Pediatric Kidney Transplant Recipients on 1 Year Outcomes: Interim Results of the Paramour “Pediatric Renal AMR Outcomes” Study
I. Ashoor¹, A. Jain², R. Garro³, M. Kallash⁴, S. Soloman⁵, K. Twombley⁶
¹LSUHSC and Children's Hospital New Orleans, New Orleans, LA, ²Children's Hospital of Michigan, Detroit, MI, ³Emory University School of Medicine and Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA, ⁴Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH, ⁵Maria Fareri Children's Hospital at Westchester Medical Center, Valhalla, NY, ⁶Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
*Purpose: Little is known about how pathology findings on biopsy correlate with outcomes in pediatric kidney transplant patients with antibody mediated rejection (AMR). We aimed…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Transplant and Cardiovascular Outcomes in Renal Transplant Recipients with Different Pre-Transplant Cardiovascular Risk
G. Hsu¹, T. M. Sparkes¹, B. N. Reed², S. E. Gale¹, B. R. Ravichandran¹
¹University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD, ²University of Maryland School of Pharmacy, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: Renal transplant patients have higher cardiovascular (CV) risk compared to their peers. Pre-transplant CV risk factors may be amplified post-transplant, but little is known…
2020 American Transplant Congress
A Call to Action: Finding the Right Kidney for All Potential Recipients
G. Guerra, L. Preczewski, A. Harshman, G. Ciancio, R. Vianna, J. Figueiro, M. Muldoon
Miami Transplant Institute, Miami, FL
*Purpose: The dialysis burden in patients with end stage renal disease (ESRD) awaiting a kidney transplant (KT) is a huge driver of morbidity, mortality, and…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Allograft Nephrectomy on Outcomes in Second Kidney Transplantation
N. Sato, Y. Kakuta, T. Kanzawa, K. Unagami, M. Okumi, H. Ishida, K. Tanabe
Urology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan
*Purpose: The impact of failed allograft nephrectomy on the outcome of second kidney transplantation is not clear. We evaluated the effects of the first allograft…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Does Recovery Rate of Renal Plasma Flow after Kidney Transplantation Differ in the Choice of Renal Arterial Anastomotic Site?
T. Yonekura, K. Shinoda, K. Nishikawa, M. Maeda, H. Oguchi, Y. Hidaka, T. Mizutani, K. Sakurabayashi, M. Muramatsu, T. Kawamura, K. Sakai, S. Shishido
Toho University, Ota, Japan
*Purpose: Acquiring better inflow and recovery of blood supply to the renal graft is very critical in clinical kidney transplantation. Whether inflow to the renal…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Long Term Effect of Tacrolimus Conversion to Sirolimus with Prednisone-Free Regimen in Kidney Allograft Outcomes: A Dynamic Analysis of Graft Survival Using Joint Modeling
S. H. Park¹, B. Ho¹, K. Guo¹, L. Zhao², V. Mas³, J. Leventhal⁴, L. Gallon¹
¹Transplant Nephrology, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ²Preventive Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ³University of Tennesse, Memphis, TN, ⁴Transplant Surgery, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: Findings on long-term impacts of the mammalian target of rapamycin inhibitor inhibitors on kidney allograft are scarce and mixed. A joint modeling approach can…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Donor-Derived Cell-Free DNA Combined with Histology Improves Prediction of eGFR Decline in Kidney Transplant Recipients over Histology Alone
M. Gillespie, M. Haas, K. Lim, A. Vo, A. Peng, R. Najjar, S. Sethi, S. Jordan, E. Huang
Cedars-Sinai, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: Higher Banff inflammation and chronicity scores on kidney transplant (KTx) biopsies (Bx) have been associated with poorer graft survival, but Bx scores alone imperfectly…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Minor Negative Effects of Calcineurin Inhibitor Based Immunosuppression on Pregnancy Outcomes after Renal Transplantation in the Netherlands
L. M. Koenjer¹, J. R. Meinderts², A. T. Lely³, M. F. de Jong², O. W. van der Heijden¹, R. G. van der Molen⁴, H. W. van Hamersvelt⁵
¹Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, Netherlands, ²Nephrology, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands, ³Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands, ⁴Immunology, Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, Netherlands, ⁵Nephrology, Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, Netherlands
*Purpose: Pregnancies after renal transplantation became more frequent over the past years, also in patients with compromised renal function. Immunosuppression may influence pregnancy outcome. It…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Urinary CXCL10: From Diagnosis to Prediction of BK Viremia in Kidney Transplantation
C. Tinel¹, A. Vermorel¹, D. Picciotto¹, L. Morin¹, C. Legendre¹, M. Rabant², D. Anglicheau¹
¹Kidney Transplantation, Inserm U1151, Necker Hospital, Paris, France, ²Pathology, Necker Hospital, Paris, France
*Purpose: Urinary CXCL10 (uCXCL10) has proved to be a useful tool for the non-invasive diagnosis of acute rejection in kidney transplant recipients (KTRs). Upon development,…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Envarsus XR Use Can Benefit Serum Creatinine Levels in Vascularized Composite Allotransplantation Patients
C. M. Cooney¹, V. Javia¹, J. Littleton¹, D. S. Cooney¹, R. J. Redett¹, J. T. Shores¹, D. C. Brennan², G. Brandacher¹
¹Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ²Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: Vascularized composite allotransplantation (VCA) is a life-enhancing (as opposed to life-saving) procedure. Therefore, minimizing adverse outcomes associated with chronic immunosuppression is vital to determining…