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2022 American Transplant Congress
Graft and Patient Outcomes of Kidney Transplant Tourism: A Single-Center Experience
A. Altheaby¹, R. Algain², R. Salem², A. Alotaibi², K. Owaidah², M. Tawahri¹, M. Shaheen³, Z. Arabi⁴
¹Nephrology, King Abdulaziz Medical City-NGHA, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, ²Internal Medicine, King Abdulaziz Medical City-NGHA, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, ³King Saud Bin Abdulaziz for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, ⁴Renal Transplant, King Abdulaziz Medical City-NGHA, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
*Purpose: The expanding supply-demand mismatch between organs available for transplantation and patients in need led to the growth of transplant tourism. In our study, we…
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Center Variation is the Major Driver of Geographic Disparities in Access to Kidney Transplants Among Waitlisted Candidates
D. Stewart, A. Robinson, A. Wilk, D. Klassen
United Network for Organ Sharing, Richmond, VA
*Purpose: The OPTN’s monitoring of equity in access to deceased donor kidney (KI) transplants (tx) among waitlisted candidates has consistently found service area (DSA) of…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Allo-Sensitization is Increased in Liver Transplant Recipients Following Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury
R. A. Sosa, A. Q. Terry, Y. Yin, B. V. Naini, F. M. Kaldas, R. W. Busuttil, D. W. Gjertson, J. W. Kupiec-Weglinski, E. F. Reed
UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: Recipient sensitization to donor HLA antigens remains an important clinical problem in transplantation, leading to increased wait times to find a compatible donor and…
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Immunosuppressant Medications Use in Patients with Transplant Failure: A Canadian Multi-Centre Prospective Study
G. Knoll¹, M. Chassé², D. Fergusson³, A. A. House⁴, O. Johnston⁵, R. Mainra⁶, D. Baran⁷, D. Treleaven⁸, l. senecal⁹, L. Tibbles¹⁰, M. Hebert¹¹, M. Karpinski¹², T. Campbell¹³, T. Ramsay¹⁴, J. Kim¹⁵, I. Houde¹⁶, C. White¹⁷, J. Perl¹⁵, P. Karnabi¹⁸, J. Gill⁵
¹Nephrology, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada, ²University of Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada, ³Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada, ⁴Nephrology, Western University, London, ON, Canada, ⁵Nephrology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ⁶Nephrology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada, ⁷Nephrology, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁸Nephrology, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ⁹Nephrology, Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital, Montreal, QC, Canada, ¹⁰Nephrology, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ¹¹Nephrology, University of Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada, ¹²Nephrology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, ¹³University of Alberta, Alberta, AB, Canada, ¹⁴Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada, ¹⁵University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ¹⁶Laval University, Que´bec, QC, Canada, ¹⁷Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada, ¹⁸Ottawa Health Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada
*Purpose: This prospective study determined the association of immunosuppressant medication use with the outcomes of death, hospitalized infection, rejection of the failed allograft, and panel…
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Survival of the Fittest: The Rise in Liver Transplantation for Alcoholic Related Disease
K. Lau¹, A. M. Fagenson¹, L. Szeto², S. Gingipally², K. Forde²
¹Surgery, Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, ²Medicine, Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
*Purpose: The number of Orthotopic Liver Transplantation (OLT) performed for hepatitis C infection have decreased recently due to direct acting antiviral therapy. However, the number…
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Longitudinal Analysis of Donor-Derived Cell-Free DNA (dd-cfDNA) in En-Bloc Kidney Transplantation
S. K. Akkina¹, J. Klein², A. Khalil³, G. Shekhtman⁴, S. Patel⁴, N. Agrawal⁴, M. Fei⁴, N. Singh⁵, A. Desai¹
¹Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL, ²University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, ³Dallas Nephrology Associates, Dallas, TX, ⁴CareDx, Brisbane, CA, ⁵Willis Knighton Health System, Shreveport, LA
*Purpose: The longitudinal dd-cfDNA patterns in en-bloc kidney transplant recipients have not been studied. It is unknown how the initial smaller mass of the two…
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Urine-based Assay For Detection Of Acute Rejection In Pediatric Kidney Transplant Recipients
C. Crane¹, K. Zeeb², E. Phebus², C. Benavides², W. Wong³, E. Ingulli²
¹UCSD/Rady Children's Hospital, San Diego, CA, ²UCSD Rady Children's Hospital, San Diego, CA, ³Massachusetts General Brigham, Boston, MA
*Purpose: Biomarkers such as donor-derived cell free DNA (cfDNA) and gene expression profiling are utilized in adult transplant patients (pts), but these tests lack sensitivity…
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Liver Transplant Outcomes with Persistent Post Transplant Alcohol Consumption
B. Evans¹, D. Patino², R. Sauls³, R. Shargo³, S. Mohammed³, M. Gosselin⁴, K. Robichaux³, A. Kumar⁵, J. Buggs¹
¹Transplant Surgery, Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, FL, ²Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, Lansing, MI, ³University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, ⁴University of Tampa, Tampa, FL, ⁵Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
*Purpose: Although transplant centers educate patients on outcome risks from alcohol relapse, half of the alcoholic liver disease patients are thought to consume alcohol after…
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Concordance of Kidney and Pancreas Rejection on Protocol and for Cause Biopsy in Simultaneous Kidney Pancreas Transplantation
P. Budhiraja, R. Heilman, H. Khamash, A. Jaramillo, D. Ramon, H. Me, J. Ninan, S. Reddy, s. S. Misra, H. Chakkera
Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, AZ
*Purpose: Our aim was to study the concordance rate of kidney and pancreas rejection in patients who received simultaneous kidney-pancreas transplantation (SKP) and its effects…
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Dialysis Patient Perspectives on Obesity as a Barrier to Kidney Transplantation
S. S. Hingorany, A. Klassen, B. Milliron, J. Sweeting, J. Lee, R. HaileSelasse, B. Gunen, M. N. Harhay
Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA
*Purpose: Although obesity is a known barrier to kidney transplantation (KT) and associated with delayed graft function and graft loss, guidance is lacking on optimal…