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2020 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Kidney Allocation System on Waiting List Outcomes for Candidates Listed in Veterans Affairs Programs
J. Walker¹, B. Concepion², K. Birdwell², I. Feurer³, S. Rega⁴, D. Shaffer⁵, R. Forbes⁵
¹Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC), Nashville, TN, ²Nephrology, VUMC, Nashville, TN, ³Surgery and Biostatistics, VUMC, Nashville, TN, ⁴Transplant Center, VUMC, Nashville, TN, ⁵Surgery, Division of Kidney and Pancreas Transplantation, VUMC, Nashville, TN
*Purpose: Kidney Allocation System (KAS) changes in 2014 prioritized highly sensitized candidates and aimed to improve longevity matching. Given that veterans are older and less…
2020 American Transplant Congress
5-Year Simulated Allocation of Deceased Donor Kidneys in 3 Contiguous States within Region 3 Under the Latest 250 nm Circle Distribution Proposal
C. Warren¹, N. Battula¹, A. Zarrinpar¹, T. Kozlowski¹, M. Johnson¹, K. Andreoni²
¹University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, ²Abdominal Transplant, Surgery, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
*Purpose: The proposed kidney allocation replaces current local and regional by a 250 nautical mile (nm) radius circle from the actual donor hospital (DH) to…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Characteristics Associated with Center Satisfaction in Management of the Inactive Kidney Transplant Waitlist
J. Hiller, J. Chen, W. Zhang, A. Massie, K. Covarrubias, K. Jackson, J. Long, S. DiBrito, D. Segev, J. Garonzik-Wang
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: As the deceased donor kidney transplant (DDKT) waitlist grows, many centers maintain a large pool of inactive candidates to prioritize those most likely to…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Does Donor Terminal, Admission or Best Estimate Glomerular Filtration Rate Predicts Kidney Transplantation Outcomes
G. Irish¹, T. Coates², P. Clayton²
¹Australia and New Zealand Dialysis and Transplant (ANZDATA) Registry, South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute, Adelaide, Australia, ²Central and Northern Adelaide Renal and Transplantation Services, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, Australia
*Purpose: When assessing deceased kidney donors, a key factor is donor kidney function. It is unclear whether terminal, admission, or the best of terminal and…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Renal Transplant Induction Therapy Safety Outcomes Comparison
R. M. Hofmann¹, J. Combs², K. J. Schmidt³, T. Dyckman⁴
¹Nephrology, Renal Associates of West Michigan, Grand Rapids, MI, ²Pharmacy/Transplant, Mercy Health St. Mary's, Grand Rapids, MI, ³Pharmacy, Ferris State University College of Pharmacy, Big Rapids, MI, ⁴Pharmacy, Mercy Health St. Mary's, Grand Rapids, MI
*Purpose: Induction immunosuppression with alemtuzumab and rabbit anti-thymocyte globulin (r-ATG) reduces acute rejection following kidney transplantation. Efficacy is thought to be similar between the agents…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Maximizing Utilization of Marginal Kidneys in a Small, Geographically Isolated Transplant Program: 10 Year Experience
J. Africa, R. King, L. Lipscomb, A. Patel, A. Jones
Charleston Area Medical Center, Charleston, WV
*Purpose: The initial experience with the kidney allocation system (KAS) resulted in an alarming decrease in the number of transplants in our small and isolated…
2020 American Transplant Congress
The Trend of Non-Utilization and Decline of Hepatitis C Virus Antibody-Positive Deceased Donor Kidneys
S. Chang¹, K. Lentine², D. Axelrod³, J. Wellen¹, M. Wang¹, M. A. Schnitzler⁴, T. Alhamad⁵
¹Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO, ²Surgery, Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, MO, ³Surgery, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, ⁴Surgery, Sanit Louis University, Saint Louis, MO, ⁵Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO
*Purpose: With more transplant centers are accepting hepatitis C virus infected (HCV+) deceased donor kidneys (dHCV+), the trend of non-utilization and decline of these organs…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Unique Podocyte and Multiplex Single-Cell RNASeq Analysis of Paired Sera and Bone Marrow Samples Suggest a Role for Perturbed Hematopoeitic Progenitors in FSGS Recurrence
P. Rashmi, T. Sigdel, A. Alica Da Silva, R. Paul, D. Galligan, J. Wolfe, F. Vincenti, M. Sarwal
University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
*Purpose: Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) is the most common cause of nephrotic syndrome, can lead to ESRD, and carries a high burden of recurrence risk…
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…
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Impact of Kidney Donor Profile Index (KDPI) on Long-Term Outcomes in Deceased Donor Renal Transplant Recipients with Donor Acute Kidney Injury
A. Brar¹, M. Salifu², D. Adey¹, A. Gruessner²
¹University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ²SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY
*Purpose: Kidneys with donor acute kidney injury (AKI) are discarded at a higher rate. The purpose of the study is to assess long term renal…