Articles tagged "Risk factors"

2018 American Transplant Congress
Multi-Drug Resistant Urinary Tract Infections Following Renal Transplant: Risk Factors and Patient Outcomes
D. Hooker,¹ K. Gutierrez,² K. Foster,¹ A. Dodson.²
¹Samford University McWhorter School of Pharmacy, Birmingham, AL; ²Comprehensive Transplant Institute, UAB Hospital, Birmingham, AL.
Background: Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are the most common infection after kidney transplant (KTx) resulting in significant morbidity and mortality. The reported incidence of UTIs…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Risk Factors for Invasive Fungal Infections among Lung Transplant Recipients
K. Whitaker, J. Anesi, E. Blumberg, L. Gardo, J. Lee, M. Crespo, C. Bermudez, L. Glaser, M. Wilck.
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
Objective: Lung transplant (LT) recipients are at high risk of invasive fungal infections (IFI) with an estimated 1-year incidence of 8%. Despite advances in antifungal…
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Early Steroid Withdrawal and Kidney Transplant Outcomes for Recipients with Delayed Graft Function
S. Bae, A. Massie, X. Luo, J. Garonzik Wang, D. Segev.
Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD.
Current guidelines suggest early steroid withdrawal (ESW) regimen for kidney transplant (KT) recipients with low immunological risk. Delayed graft function (DGF) is a risk factor…
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Transplant Outcomes in Female African American Recipients
A. Patel,¹ R. Prashar,¹ D. Lim.²
¹Transplant Nephrology, Henry Ford Transplant Institute, Detroit, MI; ²School of Medicine, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI.
We are aware of the multifactorial healthcare disparity affecting African American (AA) population with regards to renal transplantation. Little is known about AA female renal…
2018 American Transplant Congress
The Impact of Duration on Dialysis on the Pre-Transplant Allosensitization According to Panel Reactive Antibody Levels
Y. Jung,¹ D. Kim,¹ J. Lee,¹ S. Song,² J. Lee,³ B. Kim,⁴ J. Lee,¹ S. Kim,¹ M. Kim,¹ S. Kim,¹ Y. Kim,¹ K. Huh.¹
¹Department of Surgery, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea; ²Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, Ewha Women's University, Seoul, Republic of Korea; ³Department of Surgery, CHA Bundang Medical Center, CHA University, Seongnam, Republic of Korea; ⁴Departments of Nephrology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Purpose : Presensitization to human leukocyte antigen(HLA) is one of the most important barriers to overcome in the field of renal transplantation. Due to the…
2018 American Transplant Congress
The Effects of Age-Adjusted Marriage Duration on Graft Outcomes in Spousal Donor Kidney Transplantation
M. Yu,¹ J. Park,² H. Cho,¹ J. Ha,¹ C. Ahn,¹ Y. Kim,¹ H. Lee.¹
¹Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea; ²Kangwon National University Hospital, Chuncheon, Korea.
It is well known that graft survival rate in spousal donor kidney transplantation (SKT) is similar to that of living related donor kidney transplantation (LRKT)…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Factor Analysis (FA) Identifies 5 Major Axes of Kidney Transplant Biopsy (KTxBx) Pathology
L. Hunsicker,¹ J. Grande,² J. Cecka,³ A. Matas,⁴ The DeKaf Consortium.
¹Int. Med., U. Iowa, Iowa City, IA; ²Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; ³Immunogenetics, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA; ⁴Surgery, U. Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN.
Definitions for acute rejection (ACR) and antibody mediated rejection (AMR) in KTxBx exist, but no data driven methods exist for quantitative analysis of all Banff,…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Time in Therapeutic Range Predicts DSA Development and Acute Rejection in Kidney Recipients with High Tacrolimus Coefficient of Variation
S. Davis, J. Gralla, P. Klem, A. Wiseman, J. Cooper.
University of Colorado, Aurora, CO.
High tacrolimus trough coefficient of variation (TAC CV) has been associated with an increased risk of de novo donor-specific antibody (dnDSA) and acute rejection (AR).…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Racial Differences in Rates of Malignant and Infectious Cutaneous Genital Disease after Solid Organ Transplantation
M. Larijani,¹ K. Nadhan,¹ J. Abbott,¹ A. Doyle,² C. Chung.¹
¹Department of Dermatology, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA; ²Department of Internal Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA.
Purpose: To describe the prevalence and types of genital lesions observed in OTRsMethods: This retrospective review included 496 OTRs who underwent full skin examination at…
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Temporal Trends in Living Kidney Donor Candidates
S. Singh,^1,2 V. DiCecco,² M. Luo,² Y. Li,² O. Famure.²
¹Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; ²Division of Nephrology and the Multi-Organ Transplant Program, Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Living kidney donor transplantation is the preferred treatment option for end-stage renal disease. However, living kidney donation rates have plateaued in North America. Existing studies…