Am J Transplant, Volume 16, Suppl 3 Archives - Page 129 of 180 - ATC Abstracts

2016 American Transplant Congress
The Intrarenal Resistive Index Measured After Transplantation Is Determined by the Upstream Vascular System of the Recipient.
L. Heylen,¹ M. Naesens,¹ B. Sprangers,¹ S. Heye,² P. Verhamme,³ I. Jochmans,⁴ D. Monbaliu,⁴ J. Pirenne,⁴ D. Kuypers,¹ K. Claes.¹
¹Nephrology and Renal Transplantation, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; ²Radiology, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; ³Cardiovascular Medicine, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; ⁴Abdominal Transplant Surgery, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Objective: We recently demonstrated that the renal resistive index, measured after renal transplantation, reflects recipient characteristics, like recipient age and central hemodynamics, and not so…
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Does Rising MELD Score Convey Worse Liver Transplant Outcome?
A. Rahnemai-Azar, J. Perkins, M. Montenovo, T. Pearson, R. Bakthavatsalam, S. Rayhill, A. Dick, J. Reyes, L. Sibulesky.
Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA.
Since February 2002, the Model for End-Stage Liver Disease (MELD) score has been used to allocate liver allografts in the U.S. The aim of this…
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Strategies to Prevent Ischemic Cholangiopathy After Donation After Circulatory Death Donor Liver Transplantation.
C. Kubal,¹ R. Mangus,¹ J. Fridell,¹ B. Ekser,¹ N. Rush,² R. Saxena,² J. Tector.¹
¹Department of Surgery, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN; ²Department of Pathology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN.
Background: Donation after circulatory death (DCD) donor pool remains underutilized for liver transplantation (LT). We describe optimizing the “modifiable risk factors”, such as CIT, recipient…
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Long-Term Liver Function of Deceased Liver Transplantation Using Hepatitis B Surface Antigen Positive Grafts.
W.-C. Lee,¹ Y.-C. Wang,¹ C.-H. Cheng,¹ T.-H. Wu,¹ C.-F. Lee,¹ R.-S. Soong,¹ T.-J. Wu,¹ H.-S. Chou,¹ K.-M. Chan,¹ C.-S. Lee.²
¹Liver and Transplantation Surgery, Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan; ²Hepatology, Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
Background: Deceased donors with hepatitis B [HBs Ag(+)] were not recommended to recover the livers for liver transplantation. However, in endemic area of hepatitis B…
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Hyponatremia in Early Post Lung Transplantation Predicts Patient and Hospital Outcomes.
E. Tantisattamo,¹ A. Chokechanachaisakul,² O. Traitanon,³ A. Shetty,² B. Ho,² J. Friedewald,² S. Bhorade,² A. Haynes,² A. Nieland,² L. Gallon.²
¹Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine, Royal Oak, MI; ²Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL; ³Department of Medicine-Nephrology, Thammasart University Hospital, Pathumthani, Thailand.
Background: Outcomes of hyponatremia during immediate post-lung transplantation are unknown. We aim to identify the incidence of postoperative hyponatremia and its outcomes.Methods: All lung transplantations…
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Prospective Single Antigen Bead Epitope-Based Clustering for Early Detection of Antibody Mediated Rejection.
A. Lichvar, S. Tremblay, P. Brailey, A. Girnita, R. Alloway, E. Woodle.
U of Cincinnati, Cincinnati.
Purpose:Epitope-based groups of HLA single antigen beads (SAB) often demonstrate clustering in patients with donor specific antibodies (DSA). Coordinated Mean Florescent Intensity (MFI) increases of…
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Baseline Donor Specific Antibody (DSA) More Predictive of Chronic Antibody Mediated Rejection (CAMR) Than the Change in DSA Over Time.
D. Mitema,¹ W. Cheungpasitporn,¹ M. Stegall,¹ F. Cosio,¹ M. Gandhi,² C. Schinstock.¹
¹Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; ²Division of Transfusion Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.
Introduction: Although therapies are available to at least temporarily reduce DSA, the change in DSA naturally post-transplant remains unknown. We aim to study the serial…
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Alemtuzumab Induction Therapy in Elderly Kidney Transplant Recipients.
I. Yakubu,¹ B. Masters,¹ B. Ravichandran,¹ T. Sparkes,¹ M. Moss,¹ F. Rasetto,¹ S. Jonchhe,¹ B. Thomas,² N. Costa,² D. Leeser,² S. Bartlett,² A. Haririan.²
¹Pharmacy, University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore; ²University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore.
Background: In descriptive studies, alemtuzumab has been associated with an escalating risk of death and graft loss in elderly (≥65 years) kidney transplant recipients. However,…
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Anti-Thymocyte Globulin Induction Does Not Increase the Risk of Thrombotic Events in Kidney Transplantation: A Matched Case-Control Study.
J. Iuppa,¹ M. Dokus,² E. Venniro,³ A. Patel,² A. Danzig,⁴ J. Hahn,¹ R. Kashyap,² M. Orloff,² J. Taylor.³
¹Department of Pharmacy, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY; ²Department of Surgery, Division of Transplantation and Hepatobiliary Surgery, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY; ³Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY; ⁴School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY.
Background: Anti-thymocyte globulin (ATG) is the most commonly used induction agent in kidney transplantation (KTx). To date, case reports and in vitro analyses have suggested…
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LACE Index Risk Assessment Tool Predicts Liver Transplant Readmissions.
A. Masoumi,¹ R. Barth,² J. LaMattina,² D. Bruno,² L. Hebert,¹ N. Schluterman,³ S. Hanish.²
¹University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD; ²Department of Surgery, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD; ³Department of Epidemiology, University of Maryland School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD.
Background:One-fifth of Medicare patients are readmitted to the hospital an annual cost of $17.4 billion. The LACE Index (Length of stay, Acuity of the admission,…