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2020 American Transplant Congress
Serum Osteopontin Level is Negatively Associated with Vascular Reactivity Index by Digital Thermal Monitoring in Kidney Transplant Patients
B. Hsu¹, Y. Lai¹, M. Lee²
¹Division of Nephrology, Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, Hualien, Taiwan, ²Department of Surgery, Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, Hualien, Taiwan
*Purpose: Osteopontin (OPN) is a potent inhibitor of mineralization and is a potent inducible inhibitor of vascular calcification. Studies in patients noted elevated levels of…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Prevalence of Primary Aldosteronism in Kidney Transplant Recipients: A Cross-Sectional Study
N. Garg, C. D. Votruba, F. Aziz, S. Parajuli, M. Mohamed, A. Djamali, D. A. Mandelbrot
University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
*Purpose: The prevalence of primary aldosteronism (PA) in the general hypertensive (HTN) population is more than 5%, and substantially higher at 20% in certain high-risk…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Pre-Transplant Detection of Anti-at1r Antibodies and Pediatric Kidney Transplantation Outcomes
K. Hitchman¹, C. Usenko², R. Hinojosa¹, D. Ranch¹
¹UT Health San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, ²University Health System, San Antonio, TX
*Purpose: Describe correlations between pre-transplant (PreTXP) presence of anti-angiotensin II receptor type 1 antibodies (AT1R Ab) and post-transplant (PostTXP) outcomes in a pediatric kidney transplant…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Risk Factors for Losing Varicella Immunity after Pediatric Kidney Transplantation
H. Pizzo¹, J. Mirocha², J. Garrison¹, P. R. Soni³, S. Nadipuram³, D. Puliyanda¹
¹Pediatric Nephrology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, ²Biostatistics Core, Research Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, ³Pediatric Infectious Disease, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: Vaccination against varicella zoster (VZV) pre-kidney transplant (kid tx) can help prevent severe disseminated VZV disease in immunosuppressed patients (pts) post-tx. Despite confirmation of…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Safety and Efficacy of Direct-Acting Oral Anticoagulants versus Warfarin in Kidney Transplant Recipients
A. L. Bixby¹, S. A. Shaikh², A. S. Naik³, L. Cotiguala³, K. McMurry³, M. D. Samaniego-Picota⁴, V. D. Marshall⁵, J. M. Park³
¹University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, OH, ²Keck Medical Center of USC, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, ³Michigan Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁴Henry Ford Transplant Institute, Detroit, MI, ⁵University of Michigan College of Pharmacy, Ann Arbor, MI
*Purpose: Safety and efficacy of direct-acting oral anticoagulants (DOACs) have not been well studied in solid organ transplant. The purpose of our study was to…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Muscle Strength and Physical Functioning in Pediatric Kidney Transplant Recipients
K. Sgambat, K. Amatya, A. Moudgil
Nephrology, Children's National, Washington, DC
*Purpose: Children with end stage renal disease on dialysis are known to be at high risk for protein energy wasting and low muscle mass, however…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Significance of DSA Clearance in Antibody Mediated Rejection in Pediatric Kidney Transplant Recipients on 1 Year Outcomes: Interim Results from PARAMOUr “Pediatric Renal AMr Outcomes” Study
I. Ashoor¹, R. Garro², S. Solomon³, A. Jain⁴, M. Kallash⁵, K. Twombley⁶
¹LSHUSC Children's Hospital New Orleans, New Orleans, LA, ²Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, ³New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY, ⁴Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, ⁵Nation Wide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH, ⁶Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
*Purpose: Little is known about how donor specific antibody (DSA) clearance correlates with outcomes in pediatric antibody mediated rejection (AMR). There is also little data…
2020 American Transplant Congress
1 -Year Protocol Biopsies in Pediatric Kidney Transplant Children: Are Unfavorable Histological Lesions Related to No Adherence?
M. L. Monteverde¹, J. M. Velasco¹, V. Solernou², J. P. Ibanez¹, C. Cernadas³, A. B. Chaparro⁴, Y. L. Marcos⁵
¹Hospital de Pediatria JP Garrahan, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ²Pathology, Hospital de Pediatria JP Garrahan, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ³Teaching and Investigation, Hospital de Pediatria JP Garrahan, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ⁴Nephrology, Hospital de Pediatria JP Garrahan, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ⁵Hemoteraphy, Hospital de Pediatria JP Garrahan, Buenos Aires, Argentina
*Purpose: In adults with kidney transplantation (KT), histological findings in surveillance biopsies at 1-year post KT are independent correlate to short and long-term graft survival.…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Successful Liver-Kidney Transplantation in a Highly Sensitized Pediatric Patient
M. Bock, M. Chandran, J. Goebel, E. Blanchette, M. Wachs, M. Adams, S. Sundaram
Children's Hospital Colorado, Denver, CO
*Purpose: While immunologically challenging and controversial, we report a successful case of same donor staged simultaneous liver-kidney transplant (SLK) in a highly sensitized child against…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Immunosuppression Protocol on the Incidence of EBV Viremia and PTLD in Pediatric Kidney Transplant Recipients: A Single Center Experience
K. Bowers¹, V. M. Panzarino¹, A. Campos¹, J. Buggs², V. D. Bowers²
¹Pediatrics, USF, Tampa, FL, ²Transplant Surgery, TGH, Tampa, FL
*Purpose: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of an immunosuppression protocol change, which included avoidance of anti-thymocyte globulin for induction and…