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2022 American Transplant Congress
Rapid Formalin-Fixed Deceased Donor Kidney Biopsy Protocol – A Proof Of Concept
M. R. Marvin¹, G. Chen², A. Kotru¹, C. Koo¹, P. Sanghi³, M. Moritz⁴, J. Clarke⁴, R. Hasz⁴
¹Transplant, Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, PA, ²Pathology, Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, PA, ³Transplant Nephrology, Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, PA, ⁴Gift of Life Donor Program, Philadelphia, PA
*Purpose: Reducing kidney discard is a major priority for the transplant community. While frozen section biopsies are the current standard, they are fraught with technical…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Clinical Efficacy of Adjuvant Immunotherapy for Liver Transplant Recipients with Exceeding Japan Criteria of Hepatocellular Carcinoma Using Donor Liver Derived Natural Killer Cells
M. Ohira¹, Y. Imaoka², K. Sato³, K. Imaoka¹, N. Tanimine¹, H. Tahara¹, K. Ide¹, T. Kobayashi¹, Y. Tanaka¹, A. G. Tzakis⁴, S. Nishida⁵, H. Ohdan¹
¹Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan, ²Hiroshima Uni., Hiroshima, Japan, ³Department of Gastroenterological and Transplant Surgery, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan, ⁴Digestive Diseases and Surgery Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ⁵Univ of Miami School of Medicine, Valhalla, NY
*Purpose: Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the most common cancers worldwide and is an indication for liver transplantation (LT). Immunosuppressive regimens currently used after…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Patient Preferences for Waiting Time and Kidney Quality: A Discrete Choice Experiment
S. Mehrotra
Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
*Purpose: The purpose of this study was to elicit patient preferences involving tradeoffs between a lower quality kidney offered today and a higher quality, future…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Low-Quality Kidney Allograft Use in Kidney Transplantation is Associated with a Prolonged Post-Transplant Length of Stay
J. A. Kahla¹, C. R. Goff¹, J. A. Goss², A. A. Rana²
¹Department of Student Affairs, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, ²Division of Abdominal Transplantation, Michael E DeBakey Department of General Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
*Purpose: The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of low-quality kidney allografts on recipient hospital length of stay following transplant using five…
2022 American Transplant Congress
HLA-II Subclasses Behave Differently Between Themselves and Between Humans: Cues to Understand Alloreactivity
S. Beland, O. Desy, M. Marcoux, M. Thivierge, J. Desgagnes, S. A. De Serres
Transplantation Unit, Renal Division, University Health Center of Quebec, Faculty of Medicine, Universite Laval, Quebec, QC, Canada
*Purpose: De novo anti-HLA-II DSAs (dnDSA) are associated with antibody-mediated rejection. However, some patients with anti-HLA-II DSAs will not develop rejection, suggesting that the development…
2022 American Transplant Congress
A Third Dose of SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine Increases Neutralizing Antibodies Against Variants of Concern in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients
A. H. Karaba¹, X. Zhu¹, T. Ling¹, K. H. Wang¹, A. G. Rittenhouse¹, O. Akinde¹, Y. Eby¹, J. E. Ruff¹, J. N. Blankson¹, A. T. Abedon¹, J. L. Alejo¹, A. L. Cox¹, J. R. Bailey¹, E. A. Thompson¹, S. L. Klein¹, D. S. Warren¹, J. M. Garonzik-Wang², B. J. Boyarsky¹, I. Sitaras¹, A. Pekosz¹, D. L. Segev¹, A. A. Tobian¹, W. A. Werbel¹
¹Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ²University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Health, Madison, WI
*Purpose: Vaccine-induced SARS-CoV-2 antibody responses are attenuated in solid organ transplant recipients (SOTRs) and breakthrough infections are more common. Additional SARS-CoV-2 vaccine doses increase anti-spike…
2022 American Transplant Congress
A Randomized, Controlled, Double-blind Trial Of Inulin To Boost Response To A Third Covid-19 Vaccine Dose In Kidney Transplant Recipients.
J. Singer¹, M. Tunbridge², T. Salehi³, G. Perkins⁴, B. Grubnor-Bauk⁵, B. Sim³, T. Ying⁶, P. T. Coates³, S. J. Chadban¹
¹Renal Medicine, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, Australia, ²Renal Medicine, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, Australia, ³Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, Australia, ⁴School of Biological Sciences, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia, ⁵Adelaide University, Adelaide, Australia, ⁶Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, Australia
*Purpose: Kidney transplant recipients (KTR) commonly exhibit inadequate responses to 2-dose COVID-19 vaccination schedules and remain at increased risk of severe COVID-19. Gut dysbiosis is…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Pulmonary Function Tests and Liver Transplantation
D. Reino¹, P. Martinez², K. Robichaux³, M. Gosselin⁴, S. Mohammed³, J. Buggs¹, A. Kumar⁵
¹Transplant Surgery, Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, FL, ²University of Miami, Miami, FL, ³University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, ⁴University of Tampa, Tampa, FL, ⁵Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
*Purpose: Liver transplant recipients have a high risk of developing postoperative pulmonary complications. Pulmonary function tests (PFTs) are expensive and often incapable of predicting patients…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes After Deceased Donor Kidney Transplantation Utilizing Kidney Allografts with Marginal Perfusion Parameters: A Single-Center Experience
P. N. Chotai¹, A. Logan², F. Siddiqui³, A. Schenk⁴, G. Bumgardner⁵, G. L. Brock², A. El-Hinnawi⁵, A. Rajab⁶, K. Washburn⁷, N. Singh²
¹Division of Transplantation, Department of General Surgery, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, ²The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, ³Ohio State University, Bloomfield, NJ, ⁴Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Bexley, OH, ⁵Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, ⁶Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, ⁷The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
*Purpose: To study outcomes of deceased donor kidney transplantation (DDKT) in recipients of kidney allografts with poor perfusion parameters.*Methods: This is a retrospective, single center…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Perfusate Il-6 Levels During Liver Nmp Are Predictive For Hemodynamic Response And Catecholamine Demand After Reperfusion In The Recipient
A. Weissenbacher¹, S. Mathis², B. Cardini¹, C. Bogensperger¹, G. Putzer², L. Gasteiger², T. Resch¹, R. Oberhuber¹, D. Öfner¹, T. Hell³, J. Martini², S. Schneeberger¹
¹Department of Visceral, Transplant and Thoracic Surgery, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria, ²Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria, ³Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Mathematics, Computer Science and Physics, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
*Purpose: Normothermic liver preservation (NMP) has become a clinical routine at several transplant centres. Reperfusion-syndrome occurs less often in recipients of NMP-livers compared to cold…