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2022 American Transplant Congress
Reassessment of Previous Kidney Discards from a Single Large Organ Procurement Organization
S. Bunnapradist¹, T. Seto², A. Cohen², T. Rosenthal¹, G. Danovitch¹
¹David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, ²One Legacy, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: After deceased donor kidneys are recovered, they are offered according to UNOS policy and are discarded if no centers in the country would use…
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Understanding the Response of Human Lung Microvascular Endothelial Cells During Lung Transplantation via an In Vitro Model of Ischemia Reperfusion Injury
L. Chacon Alberty¹, M. King¹, G. Loor², E. Curty¹, C. Hochman-Mendez¹
¹Regenerative Medicine Research, Texas Heart Institute, Houston, TX, ²Baylor College of Medicine - Lung Transplant, Houston
*Purpose: Lung Transplantation (LTx) is a therapeutic option for patients with end-stage lung disease. One of the major complications is primary graft dysfunction largely attributed…
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The Impact of Food Insecurity on Pediatric Kidney Transplant Outcomes
A. Moin, J. Krissberg, D. Matossian, P. Verghese
Pediatric Nephrology, Lurie Children's Hospital, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: We previously demonstrated a prevalence of food insecurity (FI) of 26.7% at our institution, in a pilot study of 45 pediatric kidney transplant (pedsKTx)…
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Case Times For Brain Dead Donors: Longer Is Not Better, No Impact Of Longer Case Time On Organ Yield Or OPO Performance Tier
M. J. Moritz¹, R. Hasz¹, H. Nathan¹, E. Hunt², S. Noreen³, A. Toll⁴
¹Gift of Life Donor Program, Philadelphia, PA, ²Surgery, Lehigh Valley Health Network, Allentown, PA, ³United Network for Organ Sharing, Richmond, VA, ⁴Research, United Network for Organ Sharing, Silverdale, WA
*Purpose: Having observed the steady increase in case times, we wished to examine if this has impacted organ yield*Methods: We conducted a retrospective cohort study…
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Early versus Late Ureteral Stent Removal in Pediatric Kidney Transplant Recipients
A. McGrath¹, L. Maestretti¹, S. Samreth¹, K. Sheth², P. Grimm², A. Chaudhuri², A. Gallo²
¹Stanford Children's, Palo Alto, CA, ²Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
*Purpose: Routine placement of ureteral stent in pediatric kidney transplantation prevents complications by reducing vesicoureteral junction kinking, and promoting drainage from the transplant kidney to…
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Impact of Total Parenteral Nutrition on Donor Kidneys During Oxygenated Preservation at 22ºC Ex Vivo
P. Luke¹, A. Jackson², A. Ruthirakanthan², S. Juriasingani², M. Levine¹, L. Jiang², R. Patel², M. Richard-Mohamed¹, S. Forrest¹, A. Sener¹, R. N. Bhattacharjee¹
¹London Health Sciences Centre, London, ON, Canada, ²Western University, London, ON, Canada
*Purpose: Recent studies have shown that ex vivo preservation at 37 º C can reduce kidney injury compared to current clinical practice. However, to mitigate…
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Estrogen Receptor Beta Deletion is Protective in Renal Ischemia Reperfusion Injury but Pharmacologic Inhibition of Estrogen Receptor Beta is Not
C. OBrien¹, P. Hernandez², S. Concors², Z. Wang¹, G. Ge¹, W. Hancock³, M. Levine²
¹Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ²University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ³Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
*Purpose: Renal Ischemia Reperfusion Injury (IRI) contributes substantially to delayed graft function (DGF) in kidney transplantation. Prior work by our group has shown lower rates…
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Decellularized Human Pancreatic Extracellular Matrix-Based Physiomimetic Microenvironment for Human Islet Culture
A. Asthana¹, D. Chaimov¹, R. Tamburrini², S. J. Walker³, G. Orlando¹
¹Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, NC, ²University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, Madison, WI, ³Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC
*Purpose: Maintenance of human islet viability and function ex vivo can be a significant bottleneck for both regenerative medicine as well as tissue engineering applications.…
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Superoxide in Cardiac Allografts from Donors After Circulatory Death
M. Urban¹, T. Bruett², K. F. Duncan¹, N. W. Markin³, M. M. Chacon³, M. C. Zimmerman⁴
¹Department of Surgery. Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ²College of Medicine. Department of Cellular and Integtrative Physiology., University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ³Department of Anesthesiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ⁴Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
*Purpose: Quality of cardiac allografts from donors after circulatory death (DCD) is adversely impacted by warm ischemia and subsequent reperfusion during organ resuscitation. Post-transplant myocardial…
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Invasive Fungal Infections Associated with COVID-19 Infections in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients
R. Alameer, M. Nguyen, P. Samanta
Infectious Diseases, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA
*Purpose: Invasive fungal infection (IFI) complicating Coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19) has been increasingly recognized. IFI is a common opportunistic infection in solid organ transplant…