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2021 American Transplant Congress
Native Nephrectomy in Pediatric Kidney Transplant Recipients
D. Yoeli¹, A. Sater¹, A. Peace¹, M. E. Wachs¹, M. Bock², M. A. Adams¹
¹Transplant Surgery, Children’s Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO, ²Pediatric Nephrology, Children’s Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO
*Purpose: Data on native nephrectomy in children with renal disease requiring kidney transplantation is scarce. The aim of this study was to characterize demographics and…
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Pediatric Kidney Transplant Recipients Frequently Experience Utis Regardless of Esrd Etiology
E. Spiwak, C. Nailescu, A. Schwaderer
Indiana University Department of Pediatrics Division of Nephrology, Indianapolis, IN
*Purpose: Urinary tract infections (UTIs) remain the most common type of infectious complication experienced by renal allograft recipients. UTIs in transplant patients most commonly occur…
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Living Donor Liver Transplant for Unresectable Colorectal Metastasis: A Case Series
B. Emmanuel, H. Al-Harakeh, A. Humar, C. Hughes, A. Tevar, M. Molinari, A. Ganoza
Starzl Transplant Institute, UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA
*Purpose: Colorectal Cancer (CRC) represents the third most common malignancy worldwide. In the US, CRC lifetime risk is approximately 1 in 23 (4.4%) for men…
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Intensive Blood Pressure Control Preserves Kidney Allograft Function
K. A. Agarwal¹, U. K. Agarwal², G. S. Silva³, K. J. Pollick³, M. Pavlakis¹
¹Transplant Institute, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, ²Biostatistics consultant, Boston, MA, ³Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA
*Purpose: Kidney transplant recipients (KTRs) are at higher risk of major adverse cardiovascular events compared to the general population, with HTN being a crucial risk…
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NASH-Related HCC is Associated with Lower Rates of Post-Transplant HCC Recurrence: A Large Database Analysis
P. J. Altshuler, R. Lamm, K. Patel, H. Dang, O. Shaheen, A. P. Shah, J. Glorioso, C. G. Ramirez, A. M. Frank, W. R. Maley, A. S. Bodzin
Department of Surgery, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
*Purpose: As incidence of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH) increase, NASH-related HCC is an increasingly common transplant indication. Large-scale studies evaluating transplantation for…
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Kidney Paired Donation in Pediatrics: An Underused Opportunity?
J. Smith¹, M. Skeans², R. Engen³, S. Bartosh⁴
¹Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA, ²SRTR, Minneapolis, MN, ³Lurie Children's Hospital, Chicago, IL, ⁴Univ of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
*Purpose: Kidney paired donation (KPD) provides the opportunity for ABO-mismatched or HLA-incompatible pairs to receive a living donor kidney transplant. The superior graft survival among…
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Drivers of Graft Failure in Pediatric Kidney Transplant Change Over Time
E. Benz¹, D. Schaubel², S. Amaral¹
¹Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, ²Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Informatics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
*Purpose: Short-term pediatric kidney transplant outcomes have improved over time with advanced surgical techniques and better immunosuppression, but long-term graft outcomes remain suboptimal - concerning…
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The Gut Microbiome in Heart Transplantation: A Prospective Pilot Study
M. Dela Cruz¹, E. Littmann², R. Nayak², C. Lehmann², R. Keskey³, T. Baker³, H. Lin², A. Bennett¹, G. Kim¹, S. Pinney¹, E. Pamer², A. B. Nguyen¹
¹Cardiology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, ²Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, ³Surgery, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: The contribution of the intestinal microbiome to alloimmunity in heart transplantation (HT) is unknown. We examined the fecal microbiota of HT recipients at the…
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Growth Differentiation Factor 15 Predictor Value is Superior to Troponin I in the Evaluation of Kidney Transplant Candidates
M. de Cos Gomez¹, M. Garcia Unzueta², A. Benito Hernandez¹, J. Mazon Ruiz¹, M. Perez Arnedo¹, A. Aguilera Fernandez¹, R. Valero San Cecilio¹, J. Ruiz San Millan¹, E. Rodrigo Calabia¹
¹Nephrology, Marques de Valdecilla University Hospital - IDIVAL, Santander, Spain, ²Clinical Analysis, Marques de Valdecilla University Hospital - IDIVAL, Santander, Spain
*Purpose: Pretransplant cardiac troponin I (cTNI) has demonstrated its predictor value of survival after kidney transplant in previous studies. Growth differentiation factor 15 (GDF-15) is…
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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…