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2021 American Transplant Congress
Kidney Transplantation in Patients with Prior Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
A. Santeusanio, A. Bhansali, M. Rana, S. Lerner, D. Von Ahrens, O. Sulimani, S. Farouk, F. Tedla, R. Shapiro
Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY
*Purpose: We describe short-term outcomes as well as peri- and post-transplant complications in patients with prior coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) who subsequently underwent kidney transplantation.*Methods:…
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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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Dual Liver and Kidney Donors, What Makes Them Decide to Do It?
H. Al Harakeh, B. Emmanuel, C. Hughes, A. Tevar, J. Steel, A. F. DiMartini, S. Ganesh, A. Humar
Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA
*Purpose: There is incongruity between the transplant waiting list and the number of deceased donors available, therefore there is an enduring challenge to increase the…
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Elevated Tacrolimus Levels in Hospitalized Organ Transplant Recipients with COVID-19
K. Mecadon¹, A. Hardesty², K. Vieira³, R. Rogers³, B. Merhi⁴, A. J. Osband⁵, G. Bayliss⁴, R. Gohh⁴, P. Morrissey⁵, D. Farmakiotis³
¹Department of Pharmacy, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI, ²Department of Internal Medicine, Residency, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI, ³Division of Infectious Diseases, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI, ⁴Division of Nephrology, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI, ⁵Department of Surgery (Transplantation), Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI
*Purpose: The effect of COVID-19 on immunosuppressant drug levels in organ transplant recipients (OTRs) has not been adequately studied.*Methods: We retrospectively studied hospitalized adult (>18-year-old)…
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Outcomes of Surgical Resection versus Liver Transplantation in Hilar Cholangiocarcinoma
M. K. White¹, F. Aucejo², A. Moro², K. Sasaki², K. Stephans³, B. Estfan⁴, C. Quintini², B. Eghtesad², K. Hashimoto², F. Masato², C. Miller², K. Menon⁵
¹Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ²General Surgery, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ³Radiation Oncology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ⁴Oncology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ⁵Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
*Purpose: To compare the outcomes of patients with hilar cholangiocarcinoma (hCCA) who underwent either surgical resection or liver transplantion (LT).*Methods: All hCCA patients who underwent…
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Regional Impact of Covid-19 on Kidney Transplant in the Southeast
C. Jay¹, B. Sharda¹, R. Helmick², R. Forbes³, V. Casingal⁴, R. Stratta¹
¹Wake Forest Baptist Health, Division of Abdominal Organ Transplantation, Winston-Salem, NC, ²University of Tennessee Health Science Center, James Eason Transplant Institute, Memphis, TN, ³Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Division of Kidney and Pancreas Transplantation, Nashville, TN, ⁴Atrium Health, Division of Transplant Surgery, Charlotte, NC
*Purpose: Despite categorization of kidney transplantation as Tier 3b with guidelines against postponing, the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has been profound but geographically diverse.…
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Racial Differences in Tacrolimus Xr Dosing in De Novo Kidney Transplant Recipients
N. Patel, T. Carcella, F. Bartlett, V. Rohan, D. Taber
Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
*Purpose: In May of 2020, our center was challenged with a nationwide shortage of tacrolimus IR, warranting implementation of a new de novo tacrolimus XR…
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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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Panic in the Pandemic: A Medical Decision Analysis Examining When Kidney Transplant Programs Should Close
A. J. Vinson¹, B. Kiberd², K. Tennankore¹
¹Nova Scotia Health Authority Division of Nephrology, Departm, Halifax, NS, Canada, ²Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada
*Purpose: Pandemics greatly interfere with overall health care delivery as resources are diverted to combat the crisis. Kidney transplantation programs were closed temporarily during the…
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Dynamic Reconstitution of Recipient Resident Memory T Cell Repertoire After Human Intestinal Transplantation
W. Jiao, M. Martinez, J. Zuber, A. Obradovic, R. Jones, E. Waffarn, Z. Wang, A. Gorur, K. Rogers, T. Kato, Y. Shen, J. Fu, M. Sykes
Columbia University, New York, NY
*Purpose: Our studies in intestinal transplant (ITx) recipients demonstrated that donor T cell blood macrochimerism(peak level ≥4%) is associated with slower graft T cell replacement…