Objectives To measure kidney injury biomarkers in HSCT recipients with and without TA-TMA with the goal of identifying patients at risk for TMA and kidney injury prior to clinical diagnosis. Methods NGAL, CCL2, EGF, and Ba were measured with ELISAs in urine samples from 65 HSCT recipients (...
Incompatible donor/recipient pairs with broadly sensitized recipients have difficulty finding a crossmatch-compatible match, despite a large kidney paired donation pool. One approach to this problem is to combine kidney paired donation with lower-risk crossmatch-incompatible transplantation with intravenous ...
Although it's rare for living donors to develop kidney failure, those who do receive higher priority on the transplant list. Despite this priority, Looney was unable to find a compatible match due to the development of antibodies that would attack any human kidney offered. Tests confirmed she ...
For each patient, all subsequent kidney biopsies were reviewed to assess histologic changes. Associated clinical data were extracted from electronic medical records, including donor information. Results: Eighteen recipients received donor kidneys with diffuse GFT from 11 deceased donors. Average donor age,...
kidney biopsies (similar signatures as fixed tissue) for rapid identification of glomerular injury pattern particularly in urgent cases, to enable rapid therapeutic decisions without compromising the tissue sample which may be triaged appropriately for special diagnostic tests or molecular studies after MPM...
You can also try the National Kidney Registry, which uses a large database to match living kidney donors with recipients. With a living donor, the process may happen quickly. “Live donor transplants can often take place within weeks to months of the start of the transplant evaluation,” ...
Kidney transplant specialists work with interdisciplinary teams to tailor treatment plans for each patient. Many recipients have benefited from this collaborative approach. The hospital successfully handles complex kidney transplant cases, achieving excellent results. Specializations include Robotic Urology, Uro-...
But Looney couldn't get a match — she had developed antibodies abnormally primed to attack another human kidney. Tests showed she'd reject every kidney donors have offered. "She ended up being on dialysis for the last eight years, on the renal transplant list for seven years, but she has...
1 Conventional PXM tests, such as CDCXM and FCXM, require mixing of patient serum and donor cells, are labor intensive, and remain logistically challenging. The VXM test uses the results of 2 independently done physical laboratory tests and does not involve mixing of serum and cells. Instead,...
There was a strong recommendation for transition to home modalities42. However, without additional resources to match the new guidance, there was a constant shortage of personal protective equipment (PPE)43 and SARS-CoV-2 tests. Data from universal screening of a single dialysis unit in the UK ...