Am J Transplant, Volume 16, Suppl 3 Archives - Page 101 of 180 - ATC Abstracts

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The Effect of the Use of a TNF-Alpha Inhibitor in Hypothermic Machine Perfusion on Kidney Function After Transplantation.
P. Diuwe,¹ P. Domagala,¹ R. Kieszek,¹ M. Wszola,¹ M. Serwanska-Swietek,¹ L. Paczek,² M. Durlik,³ A. Chmura,¹ A. Kwiatkowski.¹
¹Department of General Surgery and Transplantology, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland; ²Department of Immunology, Transplantology and Internal Medicine, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland; ³Department of Transplantology and Nephrology, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland.
Organ damage associated with processes occurring during the ischaemic period as well as during and after organ reperfusion is an important problem of transplantation medicine.The…
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A Change in Insulin Sensitivity and Lipid Profile in Renal Transplant Recipients Converted from Cyclosporine or Standard Release Tacrolimus to Once-Daily Prolonged Release Tacrolimus.
Y. Jung,¹ Y. Kim,¹ S. Kim,¹ H. Shin,¹ H. Rim,¹ H. Rhew.²
¹Internal Medicine, Kosin University College of Medicine, Busan, Republic of Korea; ²Urology, Kosin University College of Medicine, Busan, Republic of Korea.
Background : New-onset diabetes after transplantation may be associated with the use of tacrolimus (Tac) causing impaired insulin release or reduced insulin sensitivity. And, dyslipidemia…
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Using 3D Printing in Complex Pediatric Renal Transplantation.
P. Chandak,¹ N. Byrne,² N. Karunanithy,³ C. Callaghan,¹ I. Mushtaq,⁴ S. Marks,⁴ J. Stajonovic,¹ Z. Ahmed,¹ N. Kessaris,¹ N. Mamode.¹
¹Transplantation, Guy's, Evelina & Great Ormond Street, London, United Kingdom; ²Imaging Sciences, King's College London, London, United Kingdom; ³Interventional Radiology, Guy's, London, United Kingdom; ⁴Paediatric Nephrology and Urology, Great Ormond Street, London, United Kingdom.
Introduction:Structural complexities can render graft implantation infeasible in small paediatric recipients. Surgical decision-making currently relies on 3D medical imaging which limits evaluation of structures by…
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Preoperative Cytokine Storm in High MELD Patients Accentuates Incidence of Rejection Following Liver Transplantation.
A. Mathur, E. Presbyskowski, E. Zorn, K. Rogers, J. Guarrera, B. Samstein, A. Griesemer, K. Halazun, T. Kato, J. Emond.
Abdominal Transplant Surgery, Columbia University, NY, NY.
IntroductionAcute Cellular Rejection (ACR) affects 30 percent of all liver transplants. Histologically it is characterized by cellular inflammation in the veins, bile ducts and portal…
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A Model to Explore the Potential Budget Impact of a Novel Screening Tool for the Detection of Subclinical Rejection Among Kidney Transplant Patients.
K. Jaglinski,¹ H. Uchida,¹ T. Inocencio,² K. Hughes.²
¹Immucor, Inc, Waukesha, WI; ²Avalare Health, LLC, Washington, DC.
Background: Acute rejection among kidney transplant patients is common, with ~10% of individuals experiencing acute rejection within the first year and rising to 16-17% at…
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Use of En-Bloc Vascularized Rectus Sheath Allograft to Achieve Abdominal Closure in Pediatric Liver and Multivisceral Transplantation.
J. Reddy, A. Rege, D. Vikraman, B. Collins, T. Brennan, S. Knechtle, D. Sudan, K. Ravindra.
Surgery, Duke University, Durham, NC.
Background: Abdominal wall closure is often challenging in pediatric liver (LT) and multivisceral transplantation (MVT) due to size discrepancy of donor & recipient and abdominal…
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Biopsy-Proven Rejection in Children After Liver Transplantation Is Associated by an IL-12p40-Mediated Innate Immune Response Followed by Th1 T Cell Activation.
C. Falk,¹ I. Goldschmidt,² F. Mutschler,² E. Pfister,² F. Lehner,³ J. Keil,¹ C. Neudörfl,¹ A. Karch,⁴ R. Mikolajczyk,⁴ U. Baumann.²
¹Institute of Transplant Immunology, IFB-Tx, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Bitte Wählen, Germany; ²Department of Pediatric Hepatology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Bitte Wählen, Germany; ³Department of Abdominal and Transplantation Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Bitte Wählen, Germany; ⁴Department of Epidemiology, Helmholtz Center for Infection Research, HZI, Braunschweig, Germany.
Sustained by adaptive immune cells and their soluble mediators is well established for infection but it has not been demonstrated for solid organ transplantation in…
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Factors Associated with Response to Plasmapheresis in Patients with Recurrent FSGS.
J. Shoji,¹ V. Tatapudi,² Z. Laszik,¹ A. Jones,³ J. Wolf,⁴ D. Adey,¹ F. Vincenti.¹
¹Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, University of California-San Francisco, California, CA; ²Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, New York University, New York, NY; ³Department of Sociology, George Washington University, Washington, DC; ⁴Transplant Surgery, Piedmont Transplant Institute, Atlanta, GA.
Background:Idiopathic focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) is one of the primary glomerular diseases that commonly recurs in renal allograft and is known to be associated with…
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Risk of Peritoneal Dialysis Catheter-Associated Peritonitis Following Kidney Transplant.
A. Rizzi,¹ S. Ruitta,¹ J. Peterson,¹ G. Gagin,¹ D. Fritze,¹ R. Sung,¹ Y. Lu,² K. Woodside.¹
¹Department of Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; ²Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.
While peritoneal dialysis (PD) has become more common, PD catheter management at the time of kidney transplant varies widely by transplant center. We sought to…
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Mycophenolate Mofetil Dose Reduction Are Associated with the Risk of Acute Rejection and Graft Failure After Renal Transplantation.
A. El-Agroudy,¹ A. Taher,² A. Alaradi,² B. Alhayki,² S. Gareeb,² E. Farid.²
¹Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Arabian Gulf University, Manama, Bahrain; ²Nephrology, Salmaniya Medical Complex, Manama, Bahrain.
Background: Mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) is a highly effective immunosuppressive agent in transplant therapy. Although MMF is generally well tolerated, optimal therapy may be limited by…