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2020 American Transplant Congress
The Economic Impact of National Standardization of Virtual Crossmatch Usage in Kidney Transplantation
J. E. Stanton¹, L. M. Rebellato², H. Pournik¹, J. E. Tuttle-Newhall¹, H. Jones¹, W. Irish¹, D. B. Leeser¹
¹Department of Surgery, East Carolina University, The Brody School of Medicine, Greenville, NC, ²Department of Pathology, East Carolina University, The Brody School of Medicine, Greenville, NC
*Purpose: The implementation of virtual crossmatching (VXM) into conventional protocols may reduce expenditures associated with organ allocation.*Methods: A single center retrospective analysis of the total…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Salvaging Discarded Livers with Normothermic Machine Perfusion: Is it Worth the Cost?
R. J. de Vries, S. Raigani, C. Carroll, Y. Chen, D. C. Chang, J. F. Markmann, K. Uygun, H. Yeh
Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
*Purpose: Normothermic machine perfusion (NMP) enables transplantation of discarded grafts with excellent outcomes in clinical trials. The cost of deploying NMP is often cited as…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Opioid Utilization Post-Operatively in Kidney Transplantation
S. Gattis, R. Badell
Emory Healthcare, Atlanta, GA
*Purpose: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has reported prescription opioid involved deaths increasing since the 1990s. National efforts are being made to fight…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Donor-Derived Gram-Negative Infections in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients: OPTN DTAC Experience, 2012-2018
S. Pouch¹, B. Plucinski², R. La Hoz¹, A. Agarwal¹, S. Aslam¹, L. Danziger-Isakov¹, S. Ho¹, D. Levine¹, M. Malinis¹, M. Rana¹, R. Razonable¹, L. Strasfeld¹, M. Michaels¹
¹OPTN DTAC, Richmond, VA, ²UNOS, Richmond, VA
*Purpose: Rates of Gram-negative (GN) organ donor disease transmission are unknown. Potential donor-derived transmission events (PDDTE) reported to the OPTN Ad hoc Disease Transmission Advisory…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Testing Deceased Organ Donors for Infections: An Organ Procurement Organization (OPO) Survey
N. M. Theodoropoulos¹, P. Chin-Hong², M. Greenwald³, M. G. Ison⁴
¹University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, ²UCSF, San Francisco, CA, ³Uniformed Services University School of Medicine, Bethesda, MD, ⁴Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: We surveyed the 58 U.S. OPOs to update our knowledge about the current methods of infectious disease testing in deceased organ donors.*Methods: An IRB…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Willingness to Accept and Beliefs Regarding Organs from HIV-Infected Donors: A Multi-Center Survey of Transplant Candidates Living with HIV
S. Rasmussen¹, S. Seaman¹, M. Bowring¹, D. Brown¹, A. Massie¹, A. Tobian¹, M. Henderson¹, F. Fletcher², B. Smith², A. Chao³, N. Gorupati³, K. Prakash⁴, S. Aslam⁴, D. Lee⁵, S. Trinh⁶, V. Kirchner⁷, T. Pruett⁷, G. Haidar⁸, K. Hughes⁸, M. Malinis⁹, D. Segev¹, J. Sugarman¹, C. Durand¹
¹JHU, Baltimore, MD, ²UAB, Birmingham, AL, ³UCSF, San Francisco, CA, ⁴UCSD, San Diego, CA, ⁵Drexel, Philadelphia, PA, ⁶Ochsner, New Orleans, LA, ⁷UMN, Minneapolis, MN, ⁸UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁹Yale, New Haven, CT
*Purpose: HIV-infected (HIV+) donor to HIV+ recipient (HIV D+/R+) transplantation might improve access to transplantation for candidates living with HIV. However, it is unclear whether…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Association between Mycoplasma and Ureaplasma Airway Colonization, Ammonia Levels and Outcomes Post Lung Transplantation
B. Buzo¹, J. Preiksaitis¹, K. Halloran², J. Nagendran³, D. Townsend⁴, N. Zelyas⁵, W. Sligl⁴
¹Infectious Diseases, Univ. of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ²Pulmonary Medicine, Univ. of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ³Cardiac Surgery, Univ. of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ⁴Critical Care Medicine, Univ. of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ⁵Lab Med & Pathology, Univ. of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
*Purpose: Hyperammonemia syndrome (HS) is a rare complication that can occur after lung transplantation. This syndrome is characterized by increased ammonia levels with altered sensorium,…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Effectiveness of Routine Screening for Mycoplasma Hominis and Ureaplasma spp. in Lung Transplant Recipients
P. Vijayvargiya, Z. Esquer Garrigos, C. C. Kennedy, R. C. Daly, M. E. Wylam, E. Beam
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
*Purpose: In lung transplant recipients Mycoplasma hominis and Ureaplasma spp. may cause localized or disseminated infection and fatal hyperammonemia syndrome (HS). Optimal prevention strategies are…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes of Kidney Transplant Patients Evaluated, Listed and Managed Using A Distant Transplant Outreach Care Model (DTrOM)
M. Mujtaba, M. Kueht, S. Hussain, A. Rizvi, S. Shah, R. Kulkarni, S. N. Merwat, A. Gamilla-Crudo, K. Gugliuzza, J. Fair
UTMB, Galveston, TX
*Purpose: All advanced kidney disease and post-transplant patients are not always fortunate enough to be living close to a transplant care center. To this end,…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Peer Feedback Improves Nephrologists’ Transplant Referral Practices
A. Padiyar, T. Srinivas
Medicine, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, OH
*Purpose: While preemptive kidney transplant is associated with superior outcomes, timely referral remains a significant barrier. Peer feedback may help improve practice. Our hypothesis is…