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2021 American Transplant Congress
Implementation of a High-risk Medication Report for Waitlisted Liver Transplant Candidates
M. M. Eiting¹, H. Yeh², M. Cote¹, S. Shao¹, A. B. Scherrer², L. Dageforde², N. Elias², C. Rogers Marks¹
¹Pharmacy, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
*Purpose: Use of high-risk medications (HRMs) at the time of liver transplant may lead to delays in surgery or peri-operative complications (bleeding, drug-drug interactions (DDI),…
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Effects of TIPS on Transplant Outcomes for HCC
C. L. Hanlon¹, D. Toy¹, Y. Liu¹, S. Zhou¹, K. Zhou², J. Kahn², L. Yuan²
¹Internal Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, ²Internal Medicine - Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: The purpose of this study is to examine effects of TIPS placement on response to locoregional therapy (LRT) and clinical outcomes after liver transplantation…
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Bamlanivimab for Covid-19 in Kidney Transplant Patients
M. Y. Jan, S. El-Sayegh, M. S. Yaqub, D. P. Mishler, O. Adebiyi, M. D. Anderson, T. E. Taber, A. Sharfuddin
Nephrology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN
*Purpose: Treatment options for patients with COVID 19 have limited efficacy in reducing severity and duration of viral symptoms as well as progression to severe…
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Racial/ethnic and Sex Disparities in Renal Transplant Waitlisting Accounting for Pre-Waitlist Mortality
R. Hamoda¹, R. Patzer², M. Saunders¹
¹University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, ²Emory University, Atlanta, GA
*Purpose: The purpose of this study was to assess racial/ethnic and sex differences in access to the renal transplant deceased donor waiting list among incident…
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Monoclonal Antibodies for Covid-19 in Patients with Solid Organ Transplant Recipients
L. Hasan¹, H. Hardgrave², T. Osborn³, R. Dare¹, L. Burdine⁴, E. Giorgakis⁴, J. Rico¹
¹Internal Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, ²University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, ³Surgery, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, ⁴Transplant surgery, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR
*Purpose: The FDA has issued Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for monoclonal antibodies for the treatment of mild to moderate COVID-19 in patients at risk for…
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Induction Immunosuppression Efficacy in Pancreas and Kidney Transplantation in the SARS-CoV-2 Era
H. Sarumi, K. Vassar, S. Jackson, T. Pruett, R. Kandaswamy
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
*Purpose: Lymphocyte depleting induction is associated with increased risk of infection. Our institution adopted a stratified induction protocol with the intent to decrease risk for…
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Excellent Pathological Response with Gemcitabine-based Protocol in Patient with Hilar Cholangiocarcinoma
A. Saharia¹, R. McMillan¹, S. Kodali¹, M. Javley², C. M. Mobley¹, M. J. Hobeika¹, A. Shetty¹, D. W. Victor¹, R. McFadden¹, M. Abdelrahim¹, K. Heyne¹, A. O. Gaber¹, R. M. Ghobrial¹
¹Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX, ²MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
*Purpose: The standard treatment for hilar cholangiocarcinoma is using 5FU along with brachytherapy and external beam radiation. The downside of this regimen is the uncertain…
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Ex Situ Heart Perfusion and Standard of Care Cold Storage Differentially Affect the Ischemic Secretome of Donor Hearts in Perfusates but Not the Reperfusion Response in Recipient Plasma
E. Chichelnitskiy¹, B. Wiegmann², N. Ledwoch¹, F. Ius², F. Wandrer¹, J. Kühne¹, K. Beushausen¹, J. Keil¹, S. V. Rojas², W. Sommer², C. Kühn², I. Tudorache², M. Avsar², A. Haverich², G. Warnecke², C. S. Falk¹
¹MHH, Institute of Transplant Immunology, Hannover, Germany, ²MHH, Department for Cardiothoracic, Transplantation and Vascular Surgery, Hannover, Germany
*Purpose: Various allograft preservation procedures influence the donor organ status that may be reflected by the cytokine/chemokine microenvironment in heart transplant (HTx) recipients. In addition,…
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COVID-19 Presentation and Severity Within One Year of Pancreas and Kidney Transplantation
H. Sarumi, J. Fisher, B. Johnson, T. Pruett
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
*Purpose: The current pandemic has created uncertainty of induction regimen impact upon severity of COVID-19 disease. Our experience with COVID-19 infection was reviewed to stratify…
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Dual Lactate Clearance in the Liver Viability Assessment During Normothermic Machine Perfusion
M. Xu¹, F. Zhou¹, O. Ahmed¹, J. Shin¹, Y. Zhu¹, G. Upadhya¹, K. Byrnes², B. Wong¹, J. Kim¹, Y. Lin¹, W. Chapman¹
¹Department of Surgery, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, ²Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO
*Purpose: Liver normothermic machine perfusion (NMP) has been increasingly performed as a tool of organ preservation and to evaluate donor function. The perfusate lactate clearance…