2021 American Transplant Congress
Dual Liver and Kidney Donors, What Makes Them Decide to Do It?
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…2021 American Transplant Congress
Evaluation of Pepsin in Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid Post-lung Transplantation: Implications of Detection
Norton Thoracic Institute, St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, Phoenix, AZ
*Purpose: This preliminary investigation in three lung transplant recipients aimed to measure pepsin, as a marker of gastric microaspiration, in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BAL) fluid,…2021 American Transplant Congress
High Levels of Sars-cov-2 Detected in Immunosuppressed Covid-19 Patient Environments Weeks Following Initial Positive Test
*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
Hospital-Level Metrics and Interventions to Increase Deceased Organ Donation: A Systematic Review
*Purpose: The shortage of transplantable organs available for the ever-growing transplant waiting list is well-described. Efforts to ameliorate this have predominantly focused on improving processes…2021 American Transplant Congress
Dual-Agent Induction Therapy for Pancreas Transplantation: A Single-center Experience
*Purpose: The optimal induction strategy in pancreas transplantation has not been elucidated. Available evidence supports use of both basiliximab and lymphocyte depleting agents. Rabbit anti-thymocyte…2021 American Transplant Congress
Systemic Venous versus Portal Venous Drainage in Simultaneous Pancreas-kidney Transplantation: A Matched-pair Analysis
Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston Salem, NC
*Purpose: Portal venous drainage of pancreatic transplant appears more physiologic compared to systemic venous drainage. However, present data does not support the superiority of one…2021 American Transplant Congress
Intravenous Immunoglobulin Protects Liver Allograft from Ischemia Reperfusion Injury in Human Liver Transplantation
Department of Surgery, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA
*Purpose: Ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury following prolonged cold storage has a significant impact on early and late human liver transplantation (LTx) outcomes. Prevention of I/R injury…2021 American Transplant Congress
Short Term Outcomes in Previously Covid Positive Kidney Transplant Recipients in Pre-vaccine Era
Henry Ford Transplant Institute, Detroit, MI
*Purpose: To study clinical characteristics and short-term outcomes in kidney transplant recipients who were previously infected with SARS-CoV-2*Methods: In this retrospective, single-center case-series, we identified…2021 American Transplant Congress
Impact of a “COVID-free” Pathway on Living Donor Transplantation During a Pandemic
Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington, MA
*Purpose: COVID-19 pandemic has significantly decreased rates of organ transplantation, with most programs curtailing living donor transplantations. This has led to an increase in waitlist…2021 American Transplant Congress
Liver and Kidney Transplantation During the Covid-19 Pandemic Period: A Single Center Experience
*Purpose: Introduction: Beginning of this year, when the Covid-19 pandemic has first started, it had the immediate effect of severely reducing living and deceased organ…
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