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2022 American Transplant Congress
Ethnic Variation in Adult and Pediatric Liver Transplantation
N. Kemmer¹, M. Malespin¹, S. Agrawal¹, R. Syed¹, K. Alkhalloufi¹, B. Alkurdi¹, C. Albers¹, J. Buggs²
¹Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, FL, ²Transplant Surgery, Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, FL
*Purpose: Despite several policy reforms over the years, disparities in the access to solid organ transplantation continues to exist remains a significant barrier to liver…
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Lung Transplant Recipients with Sars-cov2 Infection and Bnt162b2 Vaccination Induce Circulating Exosomes with Spike Protein S2 Capable of Inducing Immune Responses to Sars0-cov2 in Mice
S. Bansal¹, B. Tiffany¹, T. Fleming¹, S. Perincheri², M. Smith¹, R. Bremner¹, T. Mohanakumar¹
¹St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center, Phoenix, AZ, ²Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
*Purpose: Exosomes are small vesicles which are released by cells into body fluids. We have demonstrated the presence of circulating exosomes with viral antigens in…
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Accepting Rejection in Liver Transplant Recipients Requiring Renal Replacement Therapy: A Practice Paradigm
S. Farghaly¹, T. Sparkes¹, B. Masters¹, A. Haririan², N. Jakhete³, R. N. Barth⁴, D. Maluf⁵, S. Freedman¹
¹Pharmacy, University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD, ²Nephrology, University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD, ³Hepatology, University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD, ⁴Transplant Surgery, University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, IL, ⁵Transplant Surgery, University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: The purpose of this study is to evaluate rejection outcomes in those requiring renal replacement therapy (RRT) after liver transplant.*Methods: This was a single…
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Cold Ischemic Time and Kidney Graft Failure; Mediation Through Delayed Graft Function
J. Miller¹, W. Irish², D. Sawinski³, A. Massie⁴, J. Snyder¹
¹Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients, Minneapolis, MN, ²Department of Surgery, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, ³Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, ⁴Division of Surgery, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: Delayed graft function (DGF) has been associated with decreased graft survival and prolonged cold ischemia time (CIT) has been proposed as a modifiable DGF…
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COVID-19 Vaccination Induces a Poor Interleukin-21 Memory T-cell Response in Kidney Transplant Recipients
S. R. Malahe¹, Y. den Hartog¹, R. de Kuiper¹, D. Reijerkerk¹, D. Geers², C. H. GeurtsvanKessel², M. M. Kho¹, R. D. de Vries², M. E. Reinders¹, C. C. Baan¹
¹Internal Medicine, Nephrology and Transplantation, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, Netherlands, ²Viroscience, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, Netherlands
*Purpose: COVID-19-related morbidity and mortality is high among kidney patients. Several studies recently suggested low humoral and cellular immune responses after two doses of mRNA-1273…
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Patient-Reported Physical Function Correlates with Liver Frailty Index and 4-Meter Gait Speed in Patients with Cirrhosis
A. J. Thuluvath, J. Peipert, K. Belfanti, S. Morrissey, O. Siddiqui, J. Levitsky, Z. Dietch, A. Flores, D. P. Ladner
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: Frailty is highly prevalent in patients with end-stage liver disease and strongly predicts waitlist and post-transplant mortality. The Liver Frailty Index (LFI) and 4-meter…
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Older Living Donor Kidneys Are Associated with Worse Recipient and Graft Survival Compared to Younger Donors
A. P. Bregman¹, R. Spong¹, R. El-Rifai¹, K. Swanson¹, S. Jackson², S. Riad¹
¹Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, ²Analytics, Mhealth-Fairview, Minneapolis, MN
*Purpose: Older living donors (LDs) are accepted more frequently to expand the donor pool. We sought to evaluate recipient outcomes from older LDs >70y.*Methods: Utilizing…
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Renal Transplantation and Statins Effects on Dyslipidemia in Renal Transplant Recipients
Z. Arabi, A. Alghamdi, A. Alnasrullah, A. R. Altheaby, M. Tawhari, N. Alnazari
KAMC, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
*Purpose: to review the effect of renal transplantation and adding of statins on dyslipidemia in renal transplant recipients.*Methods: A single center experience retrospective study of…
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Cytomegalovirus Prevention in Kidney and Pancreas Transplant Recipients: A Successful Pharmacist-Led Multidisciplinary Approach
J. Geyston, J. Dann, A. Doyle, A. Agarwal, K. Brayman, C. Shoemaker, C. Lester, S. Rao
University of Virginia Health, Charlottesville, VA
*Purpose: In response to high cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection and increasing ganciclovir (GCV)-resistance rate, a pharmacist-led multidisciplinary task force was created to manage CMV prophylaxis (ppx).…
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Portal-Endocrine and Gastric-Exocrine Drainage Technique in Pancreatic Transplantation
H. Shokouh-Amiri¹, M. S. Naseer², R. McMillan¹, D. Aultman¹, S. Tandukar¹, N. Singh¹, G. B. Zibari¹
¹John C. McDonald Regional Transplant Center - Willis Knighton Health System, Shreveport, LA, ²Transplant, John C. McDonald Regional Transplant Center - Willis Knighton Health System, Shreveport, LA
*Purpose: Diagnosis of rejection has continued to be problematic in pancreas transplantation (PT). In 2007, we innovated a new surgical technique for PT, portal-endocrine and…