Publications by authors named "Vaqar Shah"
Background: Broad organ acceptance can increase early kidney transplantation (KTX) within <1-year of dialysis initiation while improving access inequity.
Methods: Single-center data of adult isolated deceased-donor KTX recipients between 2013 and 2020 were stratified into three 2.5-year periods before-, early after-, and late after our center's deceased-donor organ acceptance practice change, excluding a 6-month implementation period.
Background: Chronic active antibody-mediated rejection (CAAMR) constitutes a dominant form of late allograft failure. Several treatment strategies directed at CAAMR have been attempted but proven ineffective at delaying kidney function decline or reducing donor-specific antibodies (DSA). We describe our single-center experience using tocilizumab in patients with CAAMR.
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- A significant number of COVID-19 patients in the ICU experience acute kidney injury (AKI), with some requiring renal replacement therapy (RRT), but there is limited understanding of their clinical outcomes.
- The study analyzed 115 ICU patients with AKI and RRT, revealing a 51% mortality rate and a 41% kidney function recovery rate among survivors after a median follow-up of 29 days.
- Factors like coronary artery disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and higher SOFA scores were linked to increased mortality, highlighting the severe impact of AKI in critically ill COVID-19 patients.
Introduction: The factors that influence deceased donor kidney procurement biopsy reliability are not well established. We examined the impact of biopsy technique and pathologist training on procurement biopsy accuracy.
Methods: We retrospectively identified all deceased donor kidney-only transplants at our center from 2006 to 2016 with both procurement and reperfusion biopsies performed and information available on procurement biopsy technique and pathologist (n = 392).