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2021 American Transplant Congress
Kidney Transplantation in Times of Covid-19 – Decision Analysis in the Canadian Context
I. Yanev¹, M. Gagnon¹, M. Cheng², S. Paraskevas², D. Kumar³, A. Dragomir⁴, R. Sapir-Pichhadze⁴
¹McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, ²McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada, ³University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴Research Institute of McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada
*Purpose: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic significantly impacted the field of transplantation across Canada. In this study, we outline the implications of COVID-19 related…
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Feasibility of a Virtual Renal Transplant Simulation Model for Surgical Trainees in the Covid Era
O. Eletta¹, S. Iacono¹, D. Walls¹, S. Puri², B. Perry¹, C. Anderson¹, M. J. Nguyen³, A. Bongu²
¹General Surgery, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ, ²Transplant, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ, ³Transplant Institute, Loma Linda University Medical Center, Loma Linda, CA
*Purpose: The COVID-19 pandemic and social distancing requirements has affected our resident education curriculum. We developed a virtual renal transplant simulation session to simulate renal…
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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.…
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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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Unclear Implications of Tacrolimus Time in Therapeutic Range as a Predictor of Acute Rejection in Renal Transplant Recipients Undergoing Early Corticosteroid Withdrawal
D. Pierce, P. West-Thielke, Z. Hajjiri, S. Gaitonde, I. Tzvetanov, E. Benedetti, A. Lichvar
University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: Tacrolimus (TAC) demonstrates a wide intra- and inter-patient variability (IPV) necessitating therapeutic drug monitoring. The purpose of this study is to determine the impact…
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Creating a Culturally Sensitive Report Card for African American Kidney Transplant Candidates: Preliminary Results from Pilot Interviews and Focus Groups
W. T. McKinney¹, M. Bruin², B. Kasiske³, A. Matas⁴, A. K. Israni³
¹Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute, Minneapolis, MN, ²College of Design, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, ³Nephrology, Hennepin Healthcare, Minneapolis, MN, ⁴Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
*Purpose: Racial disparities in kidney transplantation continue to negatively impact African American (AA) patients despite changes to deceased donor allocation practices. AA patients are overrepresented…
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Healthcare Disparities Amongst Dialysis Patients in North Carolina: Decreased Access to Transplant in Lowest Health Rank Counties
D. Leto¹, W. Irish², C. Haisch², B. Tuttle², D. Leeser²
¹Cape Fear Valley Medical Center, Fayetteville, NC, ²East Carolina University, Greenville, NC
*Purpose: This study measured healthcare disparities amongst the counties in North Carolina with the best compared with counties with the worst healthcare outcomes, specifically the…
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Hospitalization in the First Year After Kidney Transplantation: Analyses to Identify Common Predictors of Risk Across Recipient Sensitization Groups
A. Santos, E. Bueno, M. A. Leghrouz
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
*Purpose: We investigated the risk of hospitalization associated with baseline risk factors in adult deceased donor (DD) kidney transplant (KT) recipients (KTRs) stratified into calculated…
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Benign Pneumatosis Intestinalis with Pneumoperitoneum in the Immunocompromised Patient: Three Cases
A. Mohamed, K. Delvecchio, T. Kitajima, M. Rizzari, K. Collins, A. Yoshida, S. Nagai, J. Denny, M. Abouljoud
Department of Transplant and Hepatobiliary Surgery, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI
*Purpose: Isolated pneumatosis intestinalis after solid organ transplantation, as well as its surgical management in appropriate clinical context, is a well described entity. The management…
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Food Insecurity and Impact on Transplant Outcomes in Pediatric Kidney Transplant Recipients
A. Moin, P. Verghese, R. Engen, D. Matossian
Pediatric Nephrology, Lurie Children's Hospital, chicago, IL
*Purpose: Food insecurity (FI), defined as inconsistent access to food or worry over shortage of food that prevents an active and healthy life, has not…