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2022 American Transplant Congress
National Survey of Solid Organ Transplant Pharmacist Training and Early Career Research Success
A. Lichvar¹, M. Chandran², M. Durst³, S. Fredrick⁴, D. Pierce⁵, H. Sweiss⁶, A. Szczepanik⁷, J. Melaragno⁸
¹UC San Diego Health, La Jolla, CA, ²Pharmacy, UNC Hospitals, Chapel Hill, NC, ³Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center, Waukesha, WI, ⁴University of Rochester Medical Center, Buffalo, NY, ⁵University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, ⁶University Health - University Hospital, San Antonio, TX, ⁷University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, ⁸University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
*Purpose: The purpose of this study is to assess the incidence of early career publications of solid organ transplant (SOT) clinical pharmacists and to describe…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Does the New Kidney Transplant Allocation System Impact Delayed Graft Function Rates After Kidney Transplantation?
P. N. Chotai¹, F. Siddiqui², A. Logan³, K. Washburn⁴, A. Schenk⁵, A. Limkemann³
¹Division of Transplantation, Department of General Surgery, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, ²Ohio State University, Bloomfield, NJ, ³The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, ⁴The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, ⁵Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Bexley, OH
*Purpose: The Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) implemented a new, distance based, kidney transplant allocation system (nKAS) for recipients of deceased donor kidney transplant…
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Pulmonary Function Tests and Liver Transplantation
D. Reino¹, P. Martinez², K. Robichaux³, M. Gosselin⁴, S. Mohammed³, J. Buggs¹, A. Kumar⁵
¹Transplant Surgery, Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, FL, ²University of Miami, Miami, FL, ³University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, ⁴University of Tampa, Tampa, FL, ⁵Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
*Purpose: Liver transplant recipients have a high risk of developing postoperative pulmonary complications. Pulmonary function tests (PFTs) are expensive and often incapable of predicting patients…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Maintaining Blood Pressure Goals on Graft Function After Kidney Transplant
D. Majmundar, A. DiCarlo, S. Karhadkar, A. Diamond, K. Mohrien, P. Szczesniak
Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
*Purpose: Impaired graft function following kidney transplant impacts short- and long-term patient outcomes. Proper management of systolic blood pressure (SBP) in the immediate post-operative period…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Single Center Experience Transplanting Deceased Donor Kidneys with Poor Pump Parameters
M. Garner, B. Sharda, A. Farney, G. Orlando, C. Jay, J. Rogers, A. Reeves-Daniel, A. Mena-Gutierrez, N. Sakhovskaya, R. Stratta
Transplant Surgery, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, NC
*Purpose: With the growth of marginal deceased donor (DD) kidney utilization, machine preservation or “pumping” of selected kidneys has become an increasingly important part of…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Gene Expression Changes Including Long Non-Coding RNAs in Human Hepatic Ischemia Reperfusion Injury
C. Kuscu¹, S. Naik¹, C. Eymard², H. Ingram¹, A. Bajwa¹, D. Maluf³, V. Mas⁴, J. Eason⁵, C. Kuscu¹
¹Transplant Research Institute, James D. Eason Transplant Institute, Department of Surgery, The University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, ²James D. Eason Transplant Institute, Department of Surgery, The University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, ³Surgery, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, ⁴University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, ⁵University of Tennessee/Methodist Transplant Institute, Memphis, TN
*Purpose: Ischemia reperfusion injury (IRI) is still one of the major problems in liver transplantation affecting long term outcomes. This study is sought out to…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes of Kidney Transplant Recipients with Covid-19 in Singapore Treated with Sotrovimab in the Era of the Delta Variant
M. R. D'Costa¹, H. K. Sran¹, E. Wong¹, Z. Chang², Y. Chua², J. Somani³, L. Lum³, A. Vathsala¹
¹National University Centre for Organ Transplantation, National University Hospital, Singapore, Singapore, ²Medicine, National University Hospital, Singapore, Singapore, ³Infectious Diseases, National University Hospital, Singapore, Singapore
*Purpose: Kidney transplant recipients (KTRs) are at higher risk for severe COVID-19 caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2). Sotrovimab decreases the risk…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Natural Killer Cell NKG2D Receptor Mediates Airway Cell Hypoxic Injury Through Recognition of Stress Molecules
T. Tsao¹, E. Aminian¹, A. Shemesh¹, L. Tran¹, P. Wang¹, F. Deiter¹, J. R. Greenland², D. R. Calabrese¹
¹University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ²Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA
*Purpose: Primary graft dysfunction (PGD), the clinical syndrome of pulmonary hypoxia and reperfusion, occurs afer 1/3 of all lung transplants, and accounts for excess mortality.…
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Safety and Efficacy of SGLT-2 Inhibitors in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients
E. Heiman, D. Blanco, A. Webb
Pharmacy, Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, FL
*Purpose: Sodium-glucose co-transporter 2 inhibitors (SGLT2i) have been shown to improve glycemic control, blood pressure, cardiovascular mortality, and preserve kidney function in the general population.…
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Low-Quality Kidney Allograft Use in Kidney Transplantation is Associated with a Prolonged Post-Transplant Length of Stay
J. A. Kahla¹, C. R. Goff¹, J. A. Goss², A. A. Rana²
¹Department of Student Affairs, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, ²Division of Abdominal Transplantation, Michael E DeBakey Department of General Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
*Purpose: The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of low-quality kidney allografts on recipient hospital length of stay following transplant using five…