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2020 American Transplant Congress
Assessment of HEALTh LIteracy on MEdication ADheREnce and Graft Outcomes in KIdney Transplant Recipients (Hallmark)
M. Leung¹, A. Dhanda², S. Kwan³, A. Zienkiewicz³, E. Waters³, N. Wood³, L. Young³, C. Bannon³
¹Pharmacy, St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ²Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ³Nephrology, St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada
*Purpose: Upon successful kidney transplantation, many patients have difficulty adhering to their new immunosuppression medication regimens. Previous studies have established low health literacy to be…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Evaluation of the Mitra Microsampling Device for TTV Measurement in Human Whole Blood of Lung Transplant Recipients
J. Mühlbacher¹, B. Lickefett¹, K. Doberer², B. Reiter³, S. Aberle⁴, G. Bond², P. Jaksch¹
¹Department of Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, ²Department of Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, ³Clinical Institute of Laboratory Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, ⁴Department of Virology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
*Purpose: The apathogenic Torque Teno Virus (TTV) is highly prevalent among solid organ transplant recipients and mirrors the immunocompetence of its host. qPCR based measurement…
2020 American Transplant Congress
A Large Animal Model of Ex-Vivo Lung Perfusion as a Platform to Deliver Therapeutic Agents to Lungs Before Lung Transplant
T. M. Egan¹, B. Haithcock¹, M. H. Ali¹, J. W. Blackwell¹, B. Masuodi¹, S. Shipley², T. Long³, A. Akerman¹, S. Montgomery⁴, H. Yuan⁵, P. Stewart⁶, J. Potenziano⁷, C. Sekaran⁷, R. Fitch⁷
¹Surgery, UNC at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, ²Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, UNC at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, ³Pathology and Laboratory Medicine,, UNC at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, ⁴Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, UNC at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, ⁵Radiology, UNC at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, ⁶Gillings Global School of Public Health, UNC at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, ⁷Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals, Hazelwood, MO
*Purpose: Ex-vivo lung perfusion (EVLP) has been used to evaluate lung function before lung transplant (LT). We used EVLP to expose lungs recovered 6 hours…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Donor Lung Pathogenic Bacteria Detected by Next-Generation Sequencing on Early Post-Transplant Outcomes in Lung Transplant Recipients
D. Liu, J. Zhang, J. Chen
Lung Transplant Center, Wuxi People's Hospital, Wuxi, China
*Purpose: The effect of donor lung pathogenic bacteria on the prognosis of lung transplantation is not clear. We used the technique of next-generation sequencing (NGS)…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Epidemiology of Invasive Candidiasis in Lung Transplant Recipients at a Large Transplant Center
F. J. Marco Canosa¹, J. A. Morillas¹, H. Hassouna², K. Brizendine¹
¹Infectious Disease Department, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, ²Division of Infectious Disease, Spectrum Health Medical Group, Grand Rapids, MI
*Purpose: Invasive candidiasis (IC) represents the most common fungal infection in lung transplant recipients (LTR) early post-transplant. Universal antifungal prophylaxis is frequently employed, which may…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Acute Kidney Injury And Chronic Kidney Disease After Lung Transplantation: Incidence And Risk Factors In A Large Single-center Cohort
D. Abdelwahab, R. Marron, Z. Choudhry, I. Lee, J. Wu, J. Brown
Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
*Purpose: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a common complication after lung transplant. The reported incidence in small studies varies ranges from10-90%. Furthermore, data on risk…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Ten Year Results of a Single Center Study of Rabbit Anti-Thymocyte Globulin Compared to Alemtuzumab Induction in Simultaneous Pancreas-Kidney Transplantation
V. Gurram, K. Gurung, G. Orlando, A. Farney, J. Rogers, C. Jay, W. Doares, S. Kaczmorski, A. Reeves-Daniel, A. Mena-Gutierrez, M. Gautreaux, R. Stratta
Abdominal Transplant Surgery, Wake Forest Baptist Health, Winston Salem, NC
*Purpose: The study purpose was to analyze 10-year outcomes of depleting antibody induction agents in simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplant (SPKT) at a single center*Methods: From 2/02…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Oral versus Intravenous Mycophenolate Mofetil Administration: A Single Center Experience on Incidence of Acute Kidney Injury
P. Chung¹, K. Forrester², S. Ganesh¹
¹Division of Pulmonary Critical and Sleep Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, ²Department of Clinical Pharmacy, University of Southern California School of Pharmacy, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: Mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) is one of the main immunosuppressive medications given in lung transplantation (LTx). It is given orally (PO) or intravenously (IV). In…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Is Total Ischemic Time a Measure of OPTN Efficiency? Monitoring the Impact of Lung Allocation Policy on Ischemic Time
A. M. Placona¹, R. R. Goff¹, P. Shay², B. Carrico¹
¹United Network for Organ Sharing, Richmond, VA, ²Health Administration, Trinity University, San Antonio, TX
*Purpose: There is concern that the shift to circle based organ allocation policy may increase coordination costs. Within both public comment and the peer reviewed…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Ion AmpliSeq RNA Expression Panel Evaluated by Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) Can Detect Genes in Human Formalin-Fixed Paraffin-Embedded Kidney Biopsies to Predict T Cell and Antibody Mediated Rejection in Renal Allografts
P. Ruiz¹, E. Margolles-Clark¹, G. Guerra², A. Mattiazzi², M. Ortigosa-Goggins², G. Ciancio¹, L. Chen¹, G. Burke¹
¹Surgery, University of Miami, Miami, FL, ²University of Miami, Miami, FL
*Purpose: Optimization of effective anti-rejection therapies to prevent allograft rejection and to minimize drug toxicity may be aided by utilizing in situ biomarkers for detection…