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2021 American Transplant Congress
Transplant Data Platform – An Augmented Clinical Intelligence Framework
C. Focht, W. Tian, J. Zeng, N. Dzebisashvili, S. Ghosh
CareDx, Brisbane, CA
*Purpose: UNOS, SRTR, USRDS registries are rich in patient baseline data. However, all suffer from data attrition as patients move further out post-transplant or between…
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Macrosteatosis in the US Pediatric Deceased Liver Donor Population, 2005-2018
J. Purvis, D. Dhall, C. McLeod, S. Sheikh, R. Cannon, K. Frey, J. Locke, B. Orandi
University of Alabama School of Medicine, Birmingham, AL
*Purpose: The pediatric obesity epidemic is associated with early signs of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) such as increased hepatic macrosteatosis and liver enzymes. In…
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Providing Equitable Access: Language and Literacy Levels of Kidney Transplant Center Websites
R. Olmeda Barrientos¹, C. E. Jacobson², V. S. Valbuena³, M. S. Anderson³, M. J. Englesbe³, S. A. Waits³, J. R. Santos-Parker²
¹University Of California – Riverside, School of Medicine, Riverside, CA, ²University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, ³Department of Surgery, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, MI
*Purpose: Health disparities exist for access to kidney transplantation. Accessibility of patient-facing transplant center resources can contribute to these disparities. Patients interact with transplant centers…
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Impact of Positive Donor Cultures on Postoperative Lung Transplantation Infectious Outcomes
A. Curtis, C. Pham, B. P. Pierce
Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX
*Purpose: Transmission risk of microbes present in donor lungs at time of donation to lung transplant recipients (LTR) is unclear. Infection is the second highest…
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Outcomes of Covid 19 in Candidates Waitlisted for Kidney and Pancreas Transplantation
R. El-Rifai¹, S. Riad¹, R. Belina², A. Matas²
¹Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, ²Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
*Purpose: The COVID 19 pandemic has posed new challenges to transplant centers. The impact has been detrimental on wait-listed ESKD patients, reducing their access to…
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Prostate Cancer Mortality is Not Worse Among Kidney Transplant Recipients Compared to Dialysis Patients
N. Sarabu¹, W. Dong², S. M. Koroukian²
¹University Hospital Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, OH, ²Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
*Purpose: Recent recommendations from expert panel of American Society of Transplantation (AST) state that most patients with prostate cancer (PCa) do not need to wait…
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Has the Proportional Rise in Deceased Organ Donation Rate Over Last 5 Years Been Optimal? A Data-based, Forecasting Model Analysis of UNOS/NHSBT UK Donor Data
H. Sharma¹, A. Sharma²
¹Transplant and Vascular Access Surgery, Royal Liverpool University Hospital, Liverpool, United Kingdom, ²Data Analytics, Loyola University, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: The increase in deceased donor numbers since last decade has been widely reported. We aim to analyse if the trend in rise of numbers…
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Wound Infection After Kidney Transplantation: A Single Center Study
A. Demirag, J. Oberholzer, A. Agarwal, B. Rawashdeh, E. McCraken, K. Brayman
Transplantation, University of Virginia Medical Cener, Charlottesville, VA
*Purpose: Wound complications (WC) following kidney transplantation (KTx) consume valuable resources and may be associated with inferior short and long term graft outcomes. Known risk…
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Membrane versus Centrifuge‑Based Therapeutic Plasma Exchange to Treat Antibody-Mediated Rejection in Kidney Transplantation
P. Maggiani¹, J. C. Ramirez Valdestino¹, J. H. Cano Cervantes¹, O. D. Díaz Avedaño¹, G. García Castillo¹, M. C. Oseguera Vizcaíno², M. A. Covarrubias², M. Matías Carmona¹, D. F. Ovando Morga¹, G. Ramirez Ramirez¹, V. D. Lebrija Córdoba¹, S. Hernandez Estrada¹
¹Transplantation, Centro Medico Nacional 20 de Noviembre, Mexico City, Mexico, ²Transplantation, Hospital Civil Fray Antonio Alcalde, Guadalajara, Mexico
*Purpose: Therapeutic plasma exchange (TPE) is either performed using a highly permeable filter with standard multifunctional renal replacement equipment (mTPE) or a centrifugation device (cTPE).…
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Impact of Insulin Therapy in Pancreas Transplantation Donors on Graft Outcomes: An Analysis of the Optn/unos Database
E. Montagud-Marrahi¹, F. Ausania², Y. Fundora², A. Amor³, E. Esmatjes³, J. Ferrer², I. Revuelta¹, D. Cucchiari¹, J. Rovira⁴, M. Musquera⁵, C. Fondevila², F. Diekmann¹, P. Ventura-Aguiar¹
¹Nephrology and Kidney Transplantation Department, Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, ²Hepatobiliopancreatic and Liver Transplant Department, Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, ³Endocrinology Department, Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, ⁴Laboratori Experimental de Nefrologia I Trasplantament (LENIT), CRB CELLEX, Fundació Clínic, IDIBAPS, Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, ⁵Urology Department, Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
*Purpose: Hyperglycemia requiring insulin treatment is frequent in critically ill patients and potential pancreas donors. Information on the impact of donor insulin use on pancreas…