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2020 American Transplant Congress
Conversion to a Belatacept Based Immunosuppression Regimen in Renal Transplant Recipients
K. Paplaczyk, K. Cunningham, C. D'Agostino, D. Pinelli, J. Schulte, A. Shetty
Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: Belatacept, a co-stimulation blocker, is an alternative anti-rejection agent that may avoid nephrotoxic or intolerable adverse effects of calcineurin inhibitor (CNI) or mammalian target…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Predicting Kidney Allograft Discard: The Kidney Discard Risk Index
M. B. Price, M. Joshi, T. Zhang, J. Vierling, T. Galvan, R. Cotton, C. O'Mahony, J. Goss, A. Rana
Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Division of Abdominal Transplantation, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
*Purpose: The disparity between the supply and demand for kidney allografts is exacerbated by an 18.9% discard rate. It is our aim to determine predictors…
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Easier Said Than Done? Stated versus Actual Usage of Less-Than-Ideal Kidneys
D. Stewart, H. McGehee, J. Rosendale, D. Klassen
United Network for Organ Sharing, Richmond, VA
*Purpose: Despite long candidate waiting times and a persistent supply to demand gap, less-than-ideal (LTI) kidneys continue to be underutilized in the U.S. Usage rates…
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Trends in Transplant Center Responses to the Minimum Acceptance Criteria Across UNOS Regions, 2007-2019
E. M. Roth¹, Q. Yuan², N. Elias²
¹Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ²Transplant Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
*Purpose: The objective of this study was to examine trends in transplant center willingness to accept organs from Public Health Service increased-risk donors for infectious…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Getting to Yes Faster: Multifactorial Filters to Reduce Unwanted Offers
A. Toll, H. McGehee, J. Rosendale, D. Stewart, R. McTier
United Network for Organ Sharing, Richmond, VA
*Purpose: Evaluate if multifactorial filters can reduce unwanted kidney offers to centers, thereby reducing administrative burden and getting to the accepting candidate quicker.*Methods: Using recursive…
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Survival Benefit of Accepting Kidneys with Acute Kidney Injury
Y. Yu, J. Long, M. Bowring, S. Yu, J. Motter, T. Ishaque, J. Garonzik Wang, A. Massie, D. Segev
Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: Accepting an acute kidney injury kidney (AKI) or remaining on the waitlist to receive a better offer is under discussed due to the worse…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Safety and Effectiveness of Early Initiation of SGLT2 Inhibitors in Diabetic Kidney Transplant Recipients
C. Song¹, R. Winstead¹, A. Brown¹, M. Demehin¹, I. Yakubu¹, I. Moinuddin², G. Gupta²
¹Pharmacy, Virginia Commonwealth University Health, Richmond, VA, ²Virginia Commonwealth University Health, Richmond, VA
*Purpose: Metabolic complications such as post-transplant diabetes (PTDM) are quickly becoming the leading causes of death in kidney transplant (KT) recipients. The use of Sodium…
2020 American Transplant Congress
HLA Cw12 in Kidney Transplant Recipients is a Novel Risk Factor for the Development of Post-Transplantation Diabetes: A Single-Centre Retrospective Study
N. Phagura¹, A. Culliford², F. Evison³, S. Gallier³, J. Nath², D. Briggs⁴, A. Sharif²
¹College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom, ²Department of Nephrology and Transplantation, University Hospitals Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom, ³Department of Health Informatics, University Hospitals Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom, ⁴H&I Birmingham, NHS Blood and Transplant, Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
*Purpose: Counselling kidney transplant candidates for their personalised risk of developing post-transplantation diabetes mellitus (PTDM) requires an understanding of risk factors. While some risk factors…
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Parathyroidectomy Remains Effective for Treating Tertiary Hyperparathyroidism: Long-Term Results of a Randomized Study
A. Coloma¹, P. Moreno², J. Torregrosa³, N. Montero¹, A. Manonelles¹, E. Melilli¹, J. Cruzado¹
¹Nephrology, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, Hospitalet de LLobregat, Spain, ²Surgery, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, Hospitalet de LLobregat, Spain, ³Nephrology, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain
*Purpose: Tertiary hyperparathyroidism is a common cause of hypercalcemia after kidney transplant (KT). The aim of this study is to evaluate the long-term effectiveness of…
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Quantifying the Number of ESRD Patients Who Might Benefit from Bariatric Surgery to Achieve Listing for Transplant
B. Orandi¹, P. MacLennan¹, S. Mehta¹, J. Grams¹, R. Stahl¹, R. Cannon¹, D. Anderson¹, M. Hanaway¹, C. Young¹, J. Purvis¹, N. Terrault², C. Lewis¹, J. Locke¹
¹University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ²University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: Mounting evidence suggests bariatric surgery may play a role in helping obese ESRD patients achieve sufficient weight loss to be transplant-eligible. We sought to…