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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
T Cells from Highly Sensitized Kidney Transplant Patients Display Distinct TCR Repertoires
S. Negi¹, M. Li¹, A. Rutman², S. Paraskevas¹, C. Polychronakos¹, J. Tchervenkov¹
¹RIMUHC, Montreal, QC, Canada, ²McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
*Purpose: Sensitization to HLA antigens limits patient’s access to renal transplantation and causes higher risk of acute rejection and graft loss. T-cells, B-cells and donor-specific…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Results of Pancreas Transplantation in Diabetic Patients with End-Stage Kidney Disease Older Than 50 Years
E. Montagud-Marrahi¹, A. Molina², A. Pané³, M. Ramirez-Bajo⁴, A. Amor³, E. Esmatjes³, J. Ferrer⁵, F. Diekmann¹, P. Ventura-Aguiar¹
¹Nephrology and Kidney Transplantation Department, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, ²Servei de Nefrologia i Trasplantament Renal, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, ³Endocrinology Department, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, ⁴Laboratori Experimental de Nefrologia I Trasplantament (LENIT), CRB CELLEX, Fundació Clínic, IDIBAP, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, ⁵Hepatobiliopancreatic and Liver Transplant Department, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
*Purpose: Improvement of care in type 1 diabetes mellitus, with the optimization of patient access to insulins of variable action, has led to macro- and…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Comparison of Intraoperative Cortical Renal Blood Flow after Reperfusion Using Laser Speckle Flowgraphy Device between Adult and Pediatric Kidney Transplants
M. Muramatsu, K. Sakurabayashi, Y. Itabashi, Y. Takahashi, T. Mizutani, K. Nishikawa, T. Yonekura, H. Oguchi, K. Shinoda, Y. Hamasaki, T. Kawamura, K. Sakai, S. Shishido
Nephrology, Toho University Faculty of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
*Purpose: Laser speckle flowgraphy (LSFG) is a device to monitor cutaneous and ocular fundus blood flow. The aim of this study reveals that the differences…
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
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
Living Kidney Donor Assessment: Kidney Length versus Differential Function
K. J. Schumacher, J. A. Akoh
General and Transplant Surgery, Plymouth University Hospitals NHS Trust, Plymouth, United Kingdom
*Purpose: The key question in living kidney donor assessment is how best to determine the contribution of each kidney to overall renal function as a…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Graft and Patient Survival after A2-Incompatible Living Donor Kidney Transplantation
S. Getsin, P. Chiang, S. Yu, K. Jackson, D. Segev, A. Massie
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: ABO type B and O recipients have increased difficulty identifying a compatible donor for living-donor kidney transplantation (LDKT), and are harder to match in…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Transplant Center Experiences with Social Media Campaigns for Living Donation
S. E. Booker¹, L. King², J. Spiers³, H. Hunt⁴, R. L. Schaffer⁵
¹UNOS, Richmond, VA, ²Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ³Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, WA, ⁴OPTN Living Donor Committee, Richmond, VA, ⁵Scripps Green Hospital, La Jolla, CA
*Purpose: The OPTN Living Donor Committee surveyed U.S. transplant (TX) programs to assess their experiences with social media campaigns intended to identify potential living donors…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Non- Superior Patient and Death-Censored Graft Survival with Controlled after Cardiac Death Donors Than Expanded Criteria Brain Death Donors in Older Recipients Over 60 Years, with Better Outcomes with Living Kidney Donors
I. Revuelta¹, D. Cucchiari¹, A. Ruiz², E. De Sousa-Amorim¹, D. Paredes², L. Peri³, P. Ventura-Aguiar¹, M. Musquera³, N. Esforzado¹, F. Cofan¹, J. V. Torregrosa¹, G. J. Piñeiro¹, J. Ugalde-Altamirano¹, J. M. Campistol¹, F. Oppenheimer¹, F. Diekmann¹
¹Renal Transplant Unit, Department of Nephrology and Kidney Transplant, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain, ²Donation and Transplant Coordination Section, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain, ³Department of Urology, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain
*Purpose: Each time transplant candidates are older, and the allocation of suitable donors is a real challenge. Controlled Donors after Cardiac Death (cDCD) are using…