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2022 American Transplant Congress
Incidence of Delayed Graft Function in Kidneys Recovered After Normothermic Regional Perfusion
L. James¹, M. D'Angelo¹, J. Carillo¹, J. C. Berger¹, D. E. Smith¹, N. Moazami¹, B. Lonze²
¹NYU Langone Health, New York, NY, ²NYU Langone Transplant Institute, New York, NY
*Purpose: The use of normothermic reperfusion (NRP) following donation after circulatory death (DCD) is an emerging strategy for organ procurement. NRP technique reestablishes circulatory blood…
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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…
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Implications of Accumulated Cold Time for US Kidney Transplantation Offer Acceptance
M. Barah¹, V. Kilambi², J. Friedewald¹, S. Mehrotra¹
¹Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, ²Department of Engineering and Applied Sciences, RAND Corporation, Arlington, VA
*Purpose: Reducing discard is a current focus in US transplantation of deceased donor kidneys. One cause for the discards is the avoidance of protracted cold…
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Site-Directed Mutagenesis as a Tool to Investigate Immunogenicity of HLA Epitopes for Humoral Alloreactivity
C. H. Maguire¹, P. Crivello², A. Tambur¹
¹Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ²University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany
*Purpose: Molecular mismatch load (MML) analysis has been a proposed approach to assess donor/recipient compatibility in support of organ allocation algorithms. While conceptually appealing, MML…
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A Large-Scale National Cohort Study Assessing the Impact of Diabetes and Obesity on Kidney Transplant Outcomes
V. Rohan¹, M. Casey¹, S. Zemin², P. Baliga², D. Taber²
¹Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ²Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
*Purpose: Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) is the most common cause of renal failure in patients undergoing kidney transplantation (KT) and highly correlated with obesity.…
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Biopsy Characteristics of Kidneys from a Single Large OPO
S. Bunnapradist¹, T. Seto², A. Cohen², T. Rosenthal¹, G. Danovitch¹
¹David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, ²One Legacy, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: As deceased donor pool have expanded, kidney biopsy has been increasingly used to help determine organ suitability for transplant. There are concerns that biopsy…
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Outcome of Pre-Emptive Kidney Transplantation in Children Under 6 Years of Age; A Single Center Experience in Japan
Y. Aoki¹, Y. Hamasaki¹, J. Hashimoto¹, A. Zaitsu², M. Kubota¹, M. Muramatsu¹, T. Kawamura¹, S. Shishido², K. Sakai¹
¹Nephrology, Toho University Faculty of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, ²Pediatric Nephrology, Toho University Faculty of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
*Purpose: Kidney transplantation (KT) is the preferred treatment for pediatric end stage renal disease, and pre-emptive kidney transplantation (PEKT) may reduce morbidity and mortality. KT…
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Pericardial Effusion: A Potential Late Complication of COVID-19 Infection
O. Sogbein, A. Rizvi, M. Mujtaba, S. Hussain
Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX
*Purpose: COVID-19 infection involves entry of SARS-CoV-2 virus into cells via interaction between its spike protein and angiotensin converting enzyme resulting in an NF-κβ mediated…
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Defects in Kim-1 Do Not Result In Delayed Graft Function After Kidney Transplantation
R. S. Suri¹, J. Lee², M. Ban³, B. Shrum², O. Z. Ismail⁴, S. Leckie⁵, A. McIntyre³, Q. Xu⁶, S. H. Lee², S. de Chickera², R. A. Hegele², L. Gunaratnam²
¹Research Institute of the McGill University Health Center, Montreal, QC, Canada, ²Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, Lodnon, ON, Canada, ³Robarts Research Institute, Lodnon, ON, Canada, ⁴University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ⁵London Health Sciences Centre, Lodnon, ON, Canada, ⁶University of Pittsburg Medical Center, Pittsburg, PA
*Purpose: Tissue repair is critical to restore organ function after ischemia-reperfusion injury (IRI) during transplantation. During renal injury, upregulation of kidney injury molecule-1 (KIM-1) transforms…
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Utility of Four-Point Mycophenolate Mofetil Testing in a Pediatric Kidney Transplant Population
S. Sadiq, P. Brakeman, J. Brennan, E. Black
Pediatric Nephrology, UCSF, San Francisco, CA
*Purpose: While there is randomized, multicenter data in adults that area under the time concentration curve (AUC) measurements for Mycophenolate Mofetil (MMF) can direct dosing…