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2021 American Transplant Congress
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.…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Influence of Vitamin D Status on the Prognosis of Covid 19 in Patients with Kidney Transplant
J. Ugalde-Altamirano, I. Revuelta, A. Carrillo, M. Xipell, F. Cofan, N. Esforzado, E. Montagud, G. Piñeiro, A. Molina, P. Ventura, D. Cucchiari, F. Oppenheimer, F. Diekmann, J. Campistol, B. Bayes, J. Torregrosa
Nephrology, Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
*Purpose: The protective role of Vitamin D as an immunomodulator has been demonstrated in different pathologies included the viral etiology. This effect has been described…
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High Levels of Sars-cov-2 Detected in Immunosuppressed Covid-19 Patient Environments Weeks Following Initial Positive Test
C. E. Kuschner¹, Z. Brune², L. B. Becker¹, L. Teperman¹
¹North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset, NY, ²Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, Manhasset, NY
*Purpose: COVID-19 is a novel viral illness associated with significantly worse mortality, prolonged disease course, and extended periods of viral shedding in transplant patients on…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Corticosteroid Reintroduction in Urban Simultaneous Kidney-pancreas Transplant Recipients Following an Early Corticosteroid Withdrawal Protocol
D. Pierce, P. West-Thielke, M. Campara, I. Tang, M. Spaggiari, I. Tzvetanov, E. Benedetti, A. Lichvar
University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: Approximately 30% of patients who undergo simultaneous kidney-pancreas (SKP) transplant are maintained on dual therapy with tacrolimus and mycophenolate. Long-term implications of steroid reintroduction…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Covid-19 in Renal Transplant Recipients: Experience of Lithuania
M. Miglinas, M. M. Janušaitė, E. Ašakienė, L. Vareikienė
Nephrology, Vilnius University Santaros clinics, Vilnius, Lithuania
*Purpose: Renal transplant recipients are at increased susceptibility to many viral infections, including coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The purpose of this review is to define…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Distal Allograft Pancreatectomy for Graft Salvage After Pancreas Transplantation
D. Soma, T. Nikumbh, A. J. Lutz, J. A. Powelson, J. A. Fridell
Transplant Division, Department of Surgery, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN
*Purpose: Early pancreas allograft failure most commonly results from vascular thrombosis. Immediate surgical intervention may permit pancreas allograft salvage, typically requiring thrombectomy. In cases of…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Racial/ethnic Disparities Among Renal Transplant Recipients with Diabetes, Hypertension, and/or Dyslipidemia Due to Medicare Part D Star Ratings Criteria
M. Chisholm-Burns¹, C. Spivey¹, C. Tsang¹, L. E. Hines², J. Wang¹
¹University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Pharmacy, Memphis, TN, ²Pharmacy Quality Alliance, Alexandria, VA
*Purpose: Medication adherence is critical to positive outcomes in renal transplant recipients (RTRs), and policies have been designed encouraging adherence. For example, Medicare Part D…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Attitudes Regarding Transplantation During the Pandemic: Give Me My Kidney Now!
T. Menser¹, M. Hobeika², A. Gaber², H. Ibrahim²
¹Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston, TX, ²Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX
*Purpose: The transplant community faces ongoing challenges regarding the conduct of organ transplantation during the COVID-19 pandemic, and patient treatment preferences during the pandemic require…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Achilles Heel No Longer: Marked Decline in Early Relaparotomy and Allograft Pancreatectomy Rates Following Simultaneous Kidney-Pancreas Transplantation in the Contemporary Era
B. Sharda¹, K. Gurung², R. Stratta², A. Farney², G. Orlando², C. Jay², A. Reeves-Daniel³, A. Mena-Gutierrez³, N. Sakhovskaya³, W. Doares⁴, S. Kaczmorski⁴, M. Magid⁴, J. Rogers²
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: Technical complications requiring early relaparotomy (relap) and allograft pancreatectomy (AP) have long been the Achilles heel of simultaneous kidney-pancreas transplantation (SKPT).*Methods: Single center retrospective…
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Better Dialysis Facility Five-Star Rating is Associated with Increased Listing for Kidney Transplantation
J. T. Adler¹, L. Xiang¹, J. S. Weissman¹, J. R. Rodrigue², R. E. Patzer³, S. S. Waikar⁴
¹Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, ³Surgery, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, ⁴Medicine, Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA
*Purpose: Improving the quality of dialysis care for patients with end stage kidney disease (ESKD) is a national clinical and policy priority: the Advancing American…