2020 American Transplant Congress
The Living Donor Collective Pilot Evaluations of Living Liver Donor Candidates at 6 Programs
*Purpose: Much remains to learn regarding the long-term effects of living organ donation on donors. Rare events are important, and long-term follow-up with appropriate contemporaneous…2020 American Transplant Congress
Acute Portal Vein Thrombosis after Pediatric Living Donor Liver Transplantation: Re-Do Portal Vein Anastomosis vs Thrombectomy and Prophylactic Portal Vein Stenting Through Re-Opened Umbilical Vein- Breaching the Technical Barrier!
Organ Transplantation Center, Apollo Hospital New Mumbai, Mumbai, India
*Purpose: Acute portal venous thrombosis (PVT) in perioperative period after living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) in pediatric patients is a serious complication. It can lead…2020 American Transplant Congress
Liver Transplantation in Locally Unresectable, Undifferentiated Embryonal Cell Sarcoma
General Surgery ( HPB & Transplant), University of Alberta Hospital, Edmonton, AB, Canada
*Purpose: Undifferentiated Embryonal Cell Sarcoma (UESL) of the liver is the third most common malignant liver disease of childhood presenting as a rapidly enlarging intra-abdominal…2020 American Transplant Congress
Risk Factors of Invasive Fungal Infections in Liver Transplantation: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
*Purpose: Invasive fungal infection (IFI) remains one of the most common infectious complications after solid organ transplantation. Liver transplant recipients (LTRs) have a higher mortality…2020 American Transplant Congress
Statin Use May Be Associated with Lower Risk of Invasive Aspergillosis in Lung Transplant Recipients
University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada
*Purpose: Statins are competitive inhibitors of HMG-CoA reductase, that catalyses the conversion of HMG-CoA to mevalonate, which is involved in the synthesis of cholesterol in…2020 American Transplant Congress
Proinflammatory Cytokines Including IL-18 Correlate with Cytomegalovirus DNAemia in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: Human cytomegalovirus (CMV) is a common immunomodulatory virus that still causes significant morbidity and mortality in solid organ transplant (SOT) recipients despite prophylaxis. Cytokines…2020 American Transplant Congress
Phage Therapy for Mycobacterium Abscessus (Mab) Infection after Lung Transplant (LT)
*Purpose: LT recipients with Mab infections have poor outcomes. We describe a patient with refractory Mab infection treated with mycobacteriophage therapy.*Methods: A 56-year-old woman with…2020 American Transplant Congress
Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in Pediatric Liver Transplantation
*Purpose: Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) can be used for oxygen preservation and hemodynamic support in case of circulatory or respiratory failure. Although the role of…2020 American Transplant Congress
Epidemiology of Cytomegalovirus (CMV) in Pediatric Solid Organ Transplant Recipients (SOTR) at Texas Children’s Hospital (TCH)
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
*Purpose: Despite widespread use of prevention strategies, CMV remains a common opportunistic infection in SOTR. Contemporary data regarding CMV in pediatric SOTR is limited. We…2020 American Transplant Congress
Absolute Lymphocyte Count: Is There a “Safety Corridor?”
*Purpose: Iatrogenic suppression of T cells is intended to prevent rejection after solid organ transplantation (SOT). This is complicated by opportunistic infections, most notably cytomegalovirus…
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