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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…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Self-Reported Marijuana Use and its Effects on Overall Approval in Potential Living Kidney Donors
C. Delvalle, R. Fatica, J. Augustine
Kidney & Pancreas Transplant, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
*Purpose: Past and present substance use is an important part of the psychosocial evaluation of potential living kidney donors. Increasing state legalizations and social acceptance…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Facebunk: Does Social Media Have a Positive Impact on Living Kidney Donation
E. K. Venniro¹, R. Kashyap², J. G. Taylor¹
¹Nephrology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, ²Surgery, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY
*Purpose: More kidney transplant recipients are reaching out beyond their immediate contacts in order to find potential living donors. In addition, transplant centers and organizations…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Antimicrobial Prophylaxis Post Antibody Mediated Rejection Treatment in Pediatric Kidney Transplant Recipients: Interim Report from the Paramour “PediAtric Renal AMr Outcomes” Study
S. Solomon¹, R. Garro², N. Hayde³, A. Jain⁴, M. Kallash⁵, K. Twombley⁶, I. Ashoor⁷
¹Maria Fareri Children's Hospital, Valhalla, NY, ²Emory University, Atlanta, GA, ³The Children's Hospital at Montefiore, Bronx, NY, ⁴Children's Hospital of Michigan, Detroit, MI, ⁵Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH, ⁶Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ⁷LSU Health New Orleans, New Orleans, LA
*Purpose: Universal guidelines do not exist for post antibody mediated rejection (AMR) treatment antimicrobial prophylaxis (ppx) in pediatric kidney transplant (KT) recipients. We sought to…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Failure to Launch; a Multi-Centre Study of Potential Live Donors in Southeast Nigeria
C. G. Okwuonu¹, G. O. Achor², Q. L. Ogana³, C. Kingsley⁴
¹Internal Medicine, Federal Medical Centre, Umuahia, Nigeria, ²Department of Surgery, Federal Medical Centre, Umuahia, Nigeria, ³Internal Medicine, Beatitudes Mediplex and Kidney Care Centre, Umuahia, Nigeria, ⁴Internal Medicine, Beatitudes Mediplex and Kidney Care Centre, Aba, Nigeria
*Purpose: To determine the socio-demographic characteristics of potential living kidney donors, donor motivation, incidental findings on clinical evaluation and some identified factors that precluded eventual…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Effect of Discordant Kidney Function at Transplant: A Single Center Analysis of Deceased Donor Paired Kidneys
E. Abuhelaiqa¹, M. Alkadi¹, S. Mansour², L. Mathew¹, F. Makableh¹, A. Nauman¹, O. Fituri¹, M. Asim¹, R. Fadhil³, H. A. Al-Malki¹
¹Nephrology, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar, ²Internal Medicine, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar, ³Transplant Surgery, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar
*Purpose: Analysis of paired kidneys from deceased donors has the advantage of eliminating donor and center related biases seen in previous studies that evaluated kidney…
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…
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
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
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…