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2021 American Transplant Congress
When is the Optimal Time to Initiate the Renal-Sparing Protocol with Calcineurin Inhibitor Withdrawal?
N. Patel, M. Kittleson, J. Patel, T. Singer-Englar, S. Kim, D. Chang, B. Azarbal, A. Nikolova, L. Czer, F. Esmailian, J. A. Kobashigawa
Cedars-Sinai Smidt Heart Institute, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: Renal dysfunction after heart transplantation (HTx) has been associated with higher morbidity and mortality. The most common cause of this renal dysfunction is the…
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Centers Avoided 67% of Kidney Offers by Participating in the OPTN’s Multifactorial Offer Filter Pilot Project
A. Toll, H. McGehee, D. Stewart, R. McTier
Research, United Network for Organ Sharing, Richmond, VA
*Purpose: Evaluate if multifactorial filters can reduce unwanted kidney offers to centers, thereby reducing administrative burden and getting to the accepting candidate quicker.*Methods: 40 centers…
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Clinical Features and Outcomes of Candidemia in Patients with Left Ventricular Assist Devices
G. Krishnan, Y. Hamad, I. George
Infectious Diseases, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO
*Purpose: Fungal infections represent an uncommon etiology of Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD) infections but can lead to significant morbidity and mortality. In this study,…
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A Patient-Centered Perspective on Progress in Transplantation
B. Hickner¹, N. Galvan², R. Cotton², C. O'Mahony², J. Goss², A. Rana²
¹Department of Student Affairs, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, ²Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
*Purpose: This study aimed to provide a patient-centered perspective on change in transplantation outcomes through analysis of intent-to-treat survival, which accounted for donor shortages by…
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Peri-covid Trends on the Intestinal Transplant Waiting List
M. L. Samoylova¹, S. Jafri², M. I. Fiel³, S. Horslen⁴, A. Mavis⁵, T. Schiano⁶, B. Summers⁷, M. C. Segovia⁸
¹Surgery, Duke University, Durham, NC, ²Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI, ³Pathology, Mount Sinai, New York, NY, ⁴Transplantation, Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA, ⁵Pediatric Gastroenterology, Duke University, Durham, NC, ⁶Hepatology, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY, ⁷Pharmacy, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI, ⁸Gastroenterology, Duke University, Durham, NC
*Purpose: We aim to describe the trends in intestinal and multivisceral transplant waiting list activity and outcomes before and after the COVID-19 pandemic.*Methods: We used…
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Do Pretransplant C-peptide Levels Influence Outcomes in Simultaneous Pancreas-Kidney Transplantation? A Matched Case-Control Study
K. B. Gurung, V. Gurram, J. Rogers, A. C. Farney, G. Orlando, C. L. Jay, A. Reeves-Daniel, A. Mena-Gutierrez, N. Sakhovskaya, W. Doares, S. Kaczmorski, M. D. Gautreaux, R. J. Stratta
Abdominal Transplant Surgery, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, NC
*Purpose: Experience with simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplant (SPKT) in uremic patients (pts) with detectable pretransplant C-peptide (Cp) levels and a “type 2” diabetes mellitus (DM) phenotype…
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Simultaneous Pancreas-Kidney Transplantation in Caucasian versus African American Patients: Does Recipient Ethnicity Influence Outcomes?
J. Rogers¹, A. Farney², G. Orlando², C. Jay², K. Gurung², B. Sharda², A. Reeves-Daniel³, A. Mena-Gutierrez³, N. Sakhovskaya³, W. Doares⁴, S. Kaczmorski⁴, M. Magid⁴, M. Gautreaux², R. Stratta²
¹Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, NC, ²Department of Surgery, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, NC, ³Internal Medicine, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, NC, ⁴Department of Pharmacy, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, NC
*Purpose: The influence of African American (AA) recipient ethnicity on outcomes following simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplantation (SPKT) in the modern era is uncertain.*Methods: From 11/01 to…
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Evaluation of Preperitoneal Space as an Extrahepatic Transplant Site in Clinical Total Pancreatectomy with Islet Autotransplantation
K. Kumano, B. Naziruddin, S. Bruer, G. Saracino, M. Lawrence, G. Testa, A. Gupta, E. Beecherl, N. Onaca
Baylor University Medical Ctr, Dallas, TX
*Purpose: Total pancreatectomy and intraportal islet autotransplantation (TPIAT) is an effective treatment for patients with refractory chronic pancreatitis. Large volume islet preparations cannot always be…
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Assessing the Accuracy of the Lung Allocation Score
N. Dussault¹, W. Parker¹, R. Jablonski¹, E. Garrity¹, M. Churpek²
¹University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, ²University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
*Purpose: The Lung Allocation Score (LAS) relies on the performance of two cox proportional hazards models that estimate waitlist and post-transplant survival. These models were…
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Prevalence of Diabetic Changes on Kidney Allograft Biopsies of Normoglycemic Simultaneous Pancreas-Kidney Transplant Recipients
C. Mejia, G. Giannini, D. C. Brennan, A. Rosenberg, S. Alasfar
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: Small studies suggest that achieving normoglycemia with simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplant (SPK) prevents the development of diabetic nephropathy (DN) among type 1 diabetics (T1DM). However,…