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A Model of Idiopathic Pneumonia Syndrome in Rhesus Macaques
R. S. Bermea¹, K. Ingersoll², L. P. Hariri³, M. Warren², L. Kean², V. Tkachev²
¹Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Hematology/Oncology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, ³Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
*Purpose: To create a model of idiopathic pneumonia syndrome (IPS), a deadly complication of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) in Rhesus macaques (RM).*Methods: RM were…
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Finding Living Donors on Social Media for Pediatric Kidney and Liver Transplant Candidates
D. Yoeli¹, S. Mathai², J. Kaar³, C. Mata³, A. Feldman⁴, M. Bock⁵, W. Jackson⁶, M. Adams¹
¹Surgery, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical, Aurora, CO, ²School of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical, Aurora, CO, ³Center for Research in Outcomes for Children's Surgery, Children's Hospital Colorado, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, ⁴Section of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Digestive Health Institute, Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO, ⁵Department of Pediatric Nephrology, Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO, ⁶Hepatology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO
*Purpose: Living donor kidney and liver transplantation are associated with superior outcomes in children. We hypothesized that social media can be a valuable tool to…
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Progression from Kidney Transplant Referral to Initiating the Pre-Transplant Evaluation: What Causes the Break Down?
T. Menser, M. J. Hobeika, E. Hsu, L. W. Moore, A. D. Waterman, A. O. Gaber, R. J. Knight
Houston Methodist, Houston, TX
*Purpose: The transplant treatment pathway is marred by both socio-economic and racial/ethnic disparities at each stage of the process, which includes conversion from referral to…
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A More Equitable Transplant Evaluation: What Patient-Level Factors Impact Time to Kidney Transplant Evaluation Completion?
T. Menser, M. J. Hobeika, E. Hsu, L. W. Moore, A. D. Waterman, A. O. Gaber, R. J. Knight
Houston Methodist, Houston, TX
*Purpose: The kidney transplant evaluation process can take months or years to complete depending on patient health status and level of engagement. This study examines…
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Influence of the Competing Risk of Recipient Death on the Risk Estimation of Kidney Transplant Failure
M. Coemans¹, G. Verbeke², B. Döhler³, C. Süsal³, M. Naesens¹
¹Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, ²Leuven Biostatistics and Statistical Bioinformatics Centre, Leuven, Belgium, ³Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany
*Purpose: Prognostic models for kidney transplant failure are often based on methods that censor for recipient death. Death is a competing event biasing the risk…
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Preemptive Therapy in Cytomegalovirus (CMV) Seropositive Donor to Seronegative Recipient Liver Transplants
J. Revollo, E. Aldag, K. Cooper, B. Noell, V. Casingal, K. Gajurel
Transplant, Atrium Health's Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, NC
*Purpose: To evaluate if a preemptive therapy strategy can prevent CMV disease and induce CMV seroconversion.*Methods: Observational data collection for CMV D+/R- adult liver transplant…
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Overexpression of Human Ectonucleoside Triphosphate Diphosphohydrolase 1 (entpd1; Hcd39) Did Not Afford Significant Protection on Porcine Endothelial Cells
R. Matheson¹, B. Gonzalez Nolasco¹, K. Deng¹, R. Garofalo¹, N. Serifis¹, T. M. Coe¹, C. Rhatigan¹, D. Gil¹, D. Cloonan¹, K. Lee¹, K. Hall², M. Youd², J. F. Markmann¹, S. C. Robson³
¹Transplantation surgery research, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ²eGenesis Bio, Cambridge, MA, ³Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA
*Purpose: The thromboregulatory and anti-inflammatory potential of human CD39 (hCD39) makes it a gene of interest in xenotransplantation. In porcine endothelium, CD39 activity is generally…
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A Safe and Feasible Method for Initiating Pure Laparoscopic Living Donor Right Hepatectomy; External Traction of the Cystic Duct
H. Choi¹, G. Na², H. Park¹, Y. Woo¹, Y. Choi¹, Y. You³
¹Surgery, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ²Bucheon St. Mary's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea, Bucheon, Korea, Republic of, ³Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
*Purpose: Laparoscopic major hepatectomy is gradually increasing with two consensus meetings. However, purely laparoscopic donor right hepatectomy (PLDRH) is still being performed carefully, because donor…
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Impact of Donor-Recipient Age Discrepancy in Living Donor Kidney Transplantation – The Need for Better Matching
N. K. Prabhu¹, V. Villani¹, K. P. Samy¹, D. Sudan¹, K. Ravindra¹, W. Irish²
¹Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, ²Surgery, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC
*Purpose: The Kidney Allocation System (KAS) was implemented in 2014 to address donor-recipient matching in deceased donor kidney transplantation, with the goal of maximizing life-years…
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Use of Kidneys from Hepatitis C Nat Positive Donors for Uninfected Recipients: Early Results from a Rural Appalachian Kidney Transplant Program
B. Gillis¹, F. Afridi¹, R. Lopez¹, V. Chaudhary¹, D. Kannabhiran¹, C. Fagella¹, R. Zomak¹, K. Meyer¹, M. Thornberg¹, L. Biondi²
¹Department of Surgery, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, ²Department of Surgery, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, WV
*Purpose: Increasing mismatch between kidneys available for transplant and the number of patients on the transplant wait list has led to research into novel sources…