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2021 American Transplant Congress
Characterizing the Early Impact of the Kidney Accelerated Placement Project on Hard-to-place Kidneys
J. D. Motter, A. Kernodle, M. Levan, D. Segev, J. Garonzik-Wang, A. Massie
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: In 2019, the OPTN implemented the Kidney Accelerated Placement Project (KAPP) in an effort to increase the utilization of kidneys with a high Kidney…
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Significance of Repeated 1r Rejections in Heart Transplantation
C. Hsueh¹, L. Wilson², L. Bow², L. Bellumkonda²
¹Yale New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT, ²Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
*Purpose: 1R rejection is commonly seen in routine post-transplant biopsies. While presence of occasional 1R rejection is not considered to be detrimental, the significance of…
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Can Procurement Biopsy Data Tell Us Anything? The Influence of Glomerulosclerosis on Long-term Kidney Graft Survival
D. Stewart¹, L. Kamal², J. Foutz³, H. McGehee³, P. Saravanane², S. Yu², R. Yousfi², G. Gupta²
¹United Network for Organ Sharing, Richmond, VA, ²Virginia Commonwealth University Health, Richmond, VA, ³Research, United Network for Organ Sharing, Richmond, VA
*Purpose: Biopsy findings, particularly % glomerulosclerosis, have been shown to have a profound impact on kidney utilization decisions. Most studies of the association between procurement…
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Comparison of Outcomes of Hepatitis C Virus (hcv) Nucleic Acid (nat) Positive Donor Between Hcv-naïVe and Hcv + Recpients – A Donor Mate Analysis
J. Kamal, B. Sharma, A. Doyle, A. Kumar, A. Nishio-Lucar, S. Rao
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
*Purpose: Despite a growing mismatch between organ need and supply, organs from HCV+ donors were only offered to HCV+ recipients (HCV R+) to avoid complications…
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Delayed Graft Function in Pediatric Living Donor Kidney Transplantation
M. MacConmara, J. Shah, L. de Gregorio, D. Desai, P. Vagefi, C. S. Hwang
Surgery, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX
*Purpose: Pediatric recipients of living donor kidneys have a low rate of delayed graft function (DGF). The aim of this study was to examine the…
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Utilization of Donor-Derived Cell-Free DNA Testing in Kidney Transplantation: Do One Month Values Have Any Prognostic Significance?
R. J. Stratta, A. Farney, J. Rogers, G. Orlando, A. Reeves-Daniel, A. Mena-Gutierrez, N. Sakhovskaya, C. Jay
Wake Forest Univ, Winston Salem, NC
*Purpose: Percutaneous renal allograft biopsy is the current gold standard for detecting acute rejection after kidney transplantation (KT). Noninvasive tests such as plasma-based donor-derived cell-free…
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A Molecular Classifier Identifies Antibody-Mediated Rejection-Associated Changes in Lung Transplant Biopsies
K. S. Madill-Thomsen¹, K. M. Halloran², M. Parkes¹, P. F. Halloran¹, &. the INTERLUNG Study Group³
¹Alberta Transplant Applied Genomics Centre, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ²University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ³., ., AB, Canada
*Purpose: Identifying lung transplant antibody-mediated rejection (ABMR) has been controversial. We compared gene expression in donor-specific antibody (DSA) positive vs. DSA negative lung transbronchial biopsies…
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Leflunomide Therapy for Treatment of Bk Viremia in Pediatric Kidney Transplant Recipients
A. Aldieri¹, M. Chandran², D. Matossian³, B. Magella⁴, D. Lazear⁴, M. Bock², E. Blanchette²
¹Children's Hospital Colorado, Denver, CO, ²Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO, ³Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL, ⁴Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH
*Purpose: BK viremia (BKV) after kidney transplantation (KT) poses significant risk for BK virus-associated nephropathy (BKVN) and impacts graft survival. Conventional treatment involves reduction of…
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Prevalence of Diabetic Changes on Kidney Allograft Biopsies of Normoglycemic Simultaneous Pancreas-Kidney Transplant Recipients
C. Mejia, G. Giannini, D. C. Brennan, A. Rosenberg, S. Alasfar
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: Small studies suggest that achieving normoglycemia with simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplant (SPK) prevents the development of diabetic nephropathy (DN) among type 1 diabetics (T1DM). However,…
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Peri-covid Trends on the Intestinal Transplant Waiting List
M. L. Samoylova¹, S. Jafri², M. I. Fiel³, S. Horslen⁴, A. Mavis⁵, T. Schiano⁶, B. Summers⁷, M. C. Segovia⁸
¹Surgery, Duke University, Durham, NC, ²Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI, ³Pathology, Mount Sinai, New York, NY, ⁴Transplantation, Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA, ⁵Pediatric Gastroenterology, Duke University, Durham, NC, ⁶Hepatology, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY, ⁷Pharmacy, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI, ⁸Gastroenterology, Duke University, Durham, NC
*Purpose: We aim to describe the trends in intestinal and multivisceral transplant waiting list activity and outcomes before and after the COVID-19 pandemic.*Methods: We used…