Am J Transplant, Volume 16, Suppl 3 Archives - Page 106 of 180 - ATC Abstracts

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High KDPI Is a Predictor of Acute Rejection in Delayed Graft Function.
B. Muth,¹ J. Turk,¹ S. Parajuli,¹ D. Mandelbrot,¹ M. Mohamed,¹ R. Redfield,² D. Kaufman,² A. Djamali.^1,2
¹Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI; ²Department of Surgery, Division of Transplantation, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI.
The kidney donor profile index (KDPI) is a prognostic measure for graft function and survival. It is unclear whether it predicts acute rejection in patients…
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Dual Kidney Transplants as Policy to Optimize the Allocation of Marginal Donor Kidneys: Analysis of the French Cohort Since 2002.
E. Savoye,¹ R. Snanoudj,² C. Hiesse,³ M.-N. Peraldi,⁴ A. Durrbach,⁵ N. Ouali,⁶ M. Durand,⁷ L. Badet,⁸ M.-A. Macher.¹
¹Agence de la Biomédecine, Saint Denis, France; ²Necker hospital, Paris, France; ³Foch hospital, Suresnes, France; ⁴Saint Louis Hospital, Paris, France; ⁵Bicêtre Hospital, Kremlin Bicetre, France; ⁶Tenon hospital, Paris, France; ⁷Pasteur hospital Nice, Nice, France; ⁸Department of Chirurgie de la Transplantation Pav V and Department of Immunologie Clinique Transplantation Pav P, Edouard Herriot Hospital Group, Lyon, France.
The aim of this national multicentre cohort study was to assess the safety of dual kidney transplantation (DKT) in terms of patient and graft survival…
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A Genome Wide Association Study of New Onset Diabetes After Transplant in Kidney Transplantation.
A. Giri,¹ M. Sanders,² D. Velez Edwards,¹ T. Ikizler,³ D. Roden,³ K. Birdwell.³
¹Epidemiology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN; ²Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA; ³Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN.
Purpose: New-onset diabetes after transplantation (NODAT) is associated increased mortality. Using a DNA biobank linked to electronic medical records (EMR) at Vanderbilt University (BioVU), we…
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Liver Transplantation in Patients Actively Drinking Less Than 6 Months Before Transplant Presenting with Acute Decompensation: A Single-Center Experience.
H. Monsour, D. Victor, M. Boktour, J. Galati, J. Ontiveros, L. Theriot, R. McFadden, C. Mobley, A. Saharia, S. Gordon-Burroughs, A. Gaber, R. Ghobrial.
Sherrie and Alan Conover Center for Liver Disease and Transplantation, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX.
Background: Alcohol is amongst the leading causes of liver disease worldwide. Most centers have a 6-month abstinence requirement before transplantation candidacy. Mortality rates for acute…
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Resolution of Donor Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Following Liver Transplantation.
A. Posner,¹ W. Twaddell,² S. Hanish,² D. Bruno,² W. Hutson,² L. Hebert,² R. Barth,² J. LaMattina.²
¹University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD; ²Division of Transplantation, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
Purpose: Severe and moderate degrees of donor liver steatosis have traditionally limited the transplantation of these organs. The natural history of successfully transplanted livers with…
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Effect of Early Tacrolimus Trough Variability on Graft Outcomes in Lung Transplantation.
K. Boyle, M. Moranville, P. Shah.
The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD.
Background: Recent data suggests that variability in tacrolimus trough levels after lung transplant may be associated with poor long term graft outcomes. The purpose of…
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Recipient Outcomes in U.S. Cases of Post-Donation Living Donor Malignancy.
A. Wilk,¹ S. Taranto,¹ M. Nalesnik.³
¹United Network for Organ Sharing, Richmond, VA; ²Duke Univ Medical Center, Durham, NC; ³Univ of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA.
Background: Under current OPTN policy, living donors (LD) are required to be followed for two years (yrs) post-donation. Cases of malignancy in LD post-donation can…
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Tacrolimus as a Tool for Intracellular Assessment of von Willebrand Factor Production by Activated Human Glomerular Endothelial Cells.
S. Béland, P. Vallin, O. Désy, S. De Serres.
Renal Division, University Health Center (CHU) of Quebec, Laval University, Quebec, QC, Canada.
Background: Von Willebrand factor (vWF) is a prothrombotic mediator stored in intracytoplasmic granules within endothelial cells and is released by endothelial exocytosis, leading to microangiopathic…
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Impact of Early Red Blood Cell Transfusion After Kidney Transplantation on De Novo HLA Sensitization in the Setting of Antithymocyte Globulin Induction.
T. Jouve,^1,2 G. Rigault,^1,2 B. Janbon,¹ R. Tetaz,¹ N. Terrier,¹ D. Masson,³ L. Rostaing,^1,2 P. Malvezzi.¹
¹Nephrology and Kidney Transplantation Unit, Grenoble University Hospital, Grenoble, France, Metropolitan; ²Grenoble Alpes University, Grenoble, France, Metropolitan; ³Etablissement Francais du Sang, Grenoble, France, Metropolitan.
Introduction:HLA specific antibodies detection (HSA) and that of Donor Specific Antibodies (DSA) were revolutionized by the introduction of solid phase assays (Luminex®), therefore making these…
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Reduced CMV Infection Using Single Low-Dose of Rabbit Anti-Thymocyte Globulin in Kidney Transplanted Recipients.
M. Paula, C. Felipe, M. Cristelli, P. Orlandi, L. Viana, G. Basso, P. Carvalho, C. Montenegro, A. Lima, I. Pietrobom, H. Tedesco-Silva, J. Medina-Pestana.
Hospital do Rim - UNIFESP, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
BACKGROUND: Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection is associated with significant morbidity and mortality after solid organ transplantation and the historic incidence of our institution was 77%. Aiming…