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2018 American Transplant Congress
Delivery of Culturally-Competent Transplant Care among Hmong Kidney Transplant Recipients: Outcomes from a Single Institution
M. Odegard,¹ O. Serrano,¹ K. Peterson,¹ S. Mongin,² D. Berglund,³ D. Vock,⁴ S. Chinnakotla,¹ T. Dunn,¹ E. Finger,¹ R. Kandaswamy,¹ T. Pruett,¹ A. Matas.¹
¹Division of Transplantation, Division of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN; ²Biostatistical Design and Analysis Center, Clinical and Translational Science Institute, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN; ³Informatics Services for Research and Reporting, Fairview, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN; ⁴Division of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN.
OBJECTIVE: Kidney transplantation (KT) entails delivery of complex, well-coordinated, multidisciplinary care. Cultural and linguistic discordance among transplant providers and patients can lead to healthcare disparities.…
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De Novo Belatacept in Clinical Vascularized Composite Allotransplantation
L. C. Cendales,¹ D. S. Ruch,² A. R. Cardones,³ G. Potter,⁴ J. Dooley,⁵ D. Dore,⁶ J. Orr,¹ G. Ruskin,⁶ M. Song,¹ D. Chen,⁷ A. Selim,⁷ A. D. Kirk.¹
¹Surgery, Duke University, Durham, NC; ²Orthopedics, Duke University, Durham, NC; ³Dermatology, Duke University, Durham, NC; ⁴Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University, Durham, NC; ⁵Anesthesiology, Duke University, Durham, NC; ⁶Psysical and Occupational Therapy, Duke University, Durham, NC; ⁷Pathology, Duke University, Durham, NC.
Most immunosuppressive regimens in vascularized composite allotransplantation (VCA) have been calcineurin inhibitor (CNI)–based. Costimulation blockade has emerged as a replacement for CNI–based regimens in kidney…
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Effect of Belatacept on Late Acute Rejection Episodes and Graft Loss in Young Adults between the Ages of 18-24 Years: Post-Hoc Analysis of BENEFIT Study
A. Moudgil.
Nephrology, Children National Health System, Washington, DC.
Background: Recent data suggests higher incidence of late acute rejection (LAR) in young adults (18-24 years of age) causing graft loss just like adolescents due…
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GDF15 Preventing Renal Ischemia Reperfusion Injury
C. Zhu,^1,2 A. Patel,¹ Y. Su,^1,2 J. Jiang,¹ D. Lian,¹ A. Sener,¹ W. Min,¹ P. Luke,¹ D. Quan,¹ K. Liu,² X. Zheng.¹
¹University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada; ²Jilin University, ChangChun, China.
Rationale: Ischemia reperfusion (I/R) injury still remains one of main causes of early renal dysfunction in kidney transplantation. There are no effective treatments for preventing…
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Living-Donor Preemptive Kidney Transplant Timing Calculator: An Online Decision Support Tool
M. Barah,¹ M. Kurt,² A. Khojandi,¹ B. Tanriover.³
¹Industrial and Systems Engineering, Univeristy of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN; ²Economic and Data Sciences, Merck Research Labs, North Wales, PA; ³Division of Nephrology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX.
Purpose: Optimal glomerular filtration rate (GFR) and timing for living preemptive kidney transplantation (PKT) is not well studied.Method: We developed an online engine to calculate…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Hypothermic Machine Perfusion Protects DCD Liver Graft through Metabolism of Xenobiotics by Cytochrome P450 Pathway
Q. Ye,^1,2 W. Liang,¹ Z. Zhong,¹ S. Ye,¹ B. Tang,¹ Q. Hu,¹ J. Liang,¹ Y. Wang.¹
¹Transplant Center of Wuhan University, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China; ²The 3rd Xiangya Hospital of Central South Unversity, Changsha, China.
Background: Donation after cardiac death (DCD) is the mainly resource to relieve organ-transplantation shortage. Our previous research have confirmed that the function of DCD liver…
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Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy – The BMI Effect
V. Chia,¹ F. Khan,² M. Newell,² L. J. Chen.³
¹Surgery, Southmead Hospital, Bristol, England, United Kingdom; ²Clinical Science Institute, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland; ³Miami Transplant Institute, University of Miami, Miami.
Aims: To evaluate the outcomes of Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy (LDN) across 4 BMI groups.Methods : Using the SRTR database, all LDNs performed between 2006-2015 were…
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Weight Changes before and after Kidney Donation
A. Bugeja,¹ S. Harris,² J. Ernst,¹ K. D. Burns,¹ G. Knoll,¹ E. G. Clark.¹
¹Medicine, The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, ON, Canada; ²Faculty of Science, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
IntroductionLiving kidney donors remain at low risk of end stage kidney disease but obese and overweight donors' risk is increased. We aimed to describe the…
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Prophylaxis of Wound Infections- Antibiotics in Renal Donation (POWAR): A Multicentre UK Double Blinded Placebo Controlled Randomised Controlled Trial
Z. Ahmed, R. Uwechue, N. Kessaris, N. Mamode.
Abdominal Transplant Unit, Guy's Hospital, London, United Kingdom.
AIM: Postoperative infection following hand assisted laparoscopic donor nephrectomy (HALDN) confers significant morbidity. Previous reports suggest 1 in 5 patients develop infective complications. No modifiable…
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Barriers and Disparities in Listing for Pediatric Solid Organ Transplant
E. A. Steinberg,¹ C. Buchanan,¹ M. Wachs,¹ S. Schmiege.²
¹Univ. of Colorado School of Medicine/Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO; ²Colorado School of Public Health, Aurora.
Purpose The WHO recommends equitable access to transplant, yet disparities in listing based on gender, race, and education exist in adults. There is little research…