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2021 American Transplant Congress
Short Term Outcomes in Previously Covid Positive Living Kidney Donors and Their Recipients
R. Prashar, N. J. Khoury, M. Ramesh, A. K. Patel
Henry Ford Transplant Institute, Detroit, MI
*Purpose: Study short term outcomes of living kidney donors (LKD) who were previously infected with COVID 19, and in their recipients.*Methods: After a brief hiatus…
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Kidney Transplantation in Times of Covid-19 – Decision Analysis in the Canadian Context
I. Yanev¹, M. Gagnon¹, M. Cheng², S. Paraskevas², D. Kumar³, A. Dragomir⁴, R. Sapir-Pichhadze⁴
¹McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, ²McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada, ³University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴Research Institute of McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada
*Purpose: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic significantly impacted the field of transplantation across Canada. In this study, we outline the implications of COVID-19 related…
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Impact of Traveling for Transplant on Access to and Outcomes from Kidney and Liver Transplantation
K. Ross-Driscoll¹, R. Lynch¹, D. Axelrod², R. Patzer¹
¹Emory University, Atlanta, GA, ²University of Iowa, Ames, IA
*Purpose: Newly developed transplant referral regions (TRRs) can be used to understand how and why patients travel outside of their home transplant center to receive…
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Donor-specific Anti-HLA Alloantibody in Kidney Transplant Recipients with COVID-19 Exhibit a Different Immunoglobulin Class and Subclass Profile When Compared to Anti-SARS-CoV-2 Antibodies
A. Girnita¹, L. Wang¹, M. Fernandez-Vina¹, E. Woodle², P. Ahearn¹, T. Yalamarti¹, M. Menon³, Y. Azzi⁴, M. Melcher¹, R. Bray⁵, H. Gebel⁵, E. Akalin⁴, P. Cravedi³, J. S. Maltzman¹
¹Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, ²University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, ³Icahn School of Medicine, NYC, NY, ⁴Einstein School of Medicine, NYC, NY, ⁵Emory University, Atlanta, GA
*Purpose: Both anti-HLA and anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodies target protein antigens. The aim of the present study was to compare the class and subclass profile of such…
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White, Older Men Are Less Affected by the Changes of the Covid-19 Pandemic
R. J. Berkowitz, A. Daud, S. Brietigam, T. S. Taylor, J. Carter, M. A. Callegari, B. Borja-Cacho, J. C. Caicedo, D. Simpson, D. P. Ladner
Surgery, Northwestern Medicine, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: This study explores quality of life and lifestyle changes due to the COVID-19 pandemic among pre- and post- liver (LT) and kidney (KT) transplant…
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Covid-19 Infections Post-liver and Kidney Transplantation in a Southern Ca Program
M. E. de Vera¹, J. Woloszyn², S. Regmi², R. Rattanavich², M. Rakoski², M. Lin², P. Mehta², A. Kore², J. Weissman², C. Martens², T. Phan², B. Jerez-Aguilar², M. Robinson², E. Wells², R. Villicana², M. Nguyen²
¹Loma Linda University Health, San Bernardino, CA, ²Transplant Institute, Loma Linda University Health, San Bernardino, CA
*Purpose: Southern CA is at the epicenter of the Covid-19 pandemic. We reviewed outcomes of our center's liver, kidney, and pancreas transplant patients stricken with…
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Impact of Covid-19 Infection on Tacrolimus Levels in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients
K. Heagler, K. Tejani, S. Sanchez
Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL
*Purpose: Immunocompromised patients are considered to be at high-risk for infection with SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19). There have been observations within the transplant community that patients infected…
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Accounting for Survivor Bias in Transplant Benefit Models
E. M. Schnellinger¹, E. Cantu², M. O. Harhay¹, D. E. Schaubel¹, S. E. Kimmel¹, A. J. Stephens-Shields¹
¹Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Informatics, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, ²Department of Surgery, Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
*Purpose: The lung allocation system in the U.S. prioritizes lung transplant candidates based on estimated pre- and post-transplant survival. However, these models do not account…
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Quantification of Multiple Isotypes of Anti-SARS-CoV-2 Antibodies in Kidney Transplant Recipients
J. S. Maltzman¹, L. Wang¹, P. Ahearn¹, T. Yalamarti¹, M. Menon², Y. Azzi³, M. Melcher¹, M. Fernandez-Vina¹, R. Bray⁴, H. Gebel⁴, E. Woodle⁵, E. Akalin³, A. Girnita¹, P. Cravedi²
¹Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, ²Icahn School of Medicine, NYC, NY, ³Einstein School of Medicine, NYC, NY, ⁴Emory University, Atlanta, GA, ⁵University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
*Purpose: Solid organ transplant recipients are at increased risk of severe outcomes with infection by SARS-CoV-2, the etiologic agent of COVID-19. Antibodies directed against the…
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Nurse and Nurse Practitioner-lead Monoclonal Antibody Initiative for Solid Organ Transplant (sot) Recipients with Covid-19
W. Cochran¹, R. Avery², D. Brennan², N. Lawrence², A. Brown², S. Sullivan², B. Adams², M. McCarthy², S. Ellis², F. Naqvi², E. Kraus², N. Alachkar², S. Alasfar², F. Al Ammary², J. Horn², L. Hartman², L. Fessler², S. Purekal², Z. Siddiqui², D. Carter², J. Ficke², M. Kantsiper², L. Boyer², I. Gupta², A. Gurakar², D. Ostrander², J. Langlee², S. Shoham², K. Marr², P. Shah²
¹Johns Hopkins Comprehensive Transplant Center, Baltimore, MD, ²Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: Monoclonal antibody (mAB) infusion (bamlanivimab or casirivimab/imdevimab) for symptomatic, non-hypoxemic, high-risk outpatients with COVID-19 infection, is an available early intervention for COVID-19+ SOT recipients.…