Am J Transplant, Volume 16, Suppl 3 Archives - Page 164 of 180 - ATC Abstracts

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Living Kidney Donor Priorities for Outcomes: A Nominal Group Technique Study.
C. Hanson,^1,2 J. Kanellis,^3,4 G. Wong,^1,2 J. Pinter,² S. Chadban,^5,6 J. Chapman,⁷ J. Craig,^1,2 J. Gill,⁸ A. Garg,⁹ J. Lewis,^1,2 A. Tong.^1,2
¹Sydney School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia; ²Centre for Kidney Research, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, Australia; ³Department of Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia; ⁴Department of Nephrology, Monash Medical Centre, Melbourne, Australia; ⁵Department of Renal Medicine, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, Australia; ⁶Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia; ⁷Centre for Transplant and Renal Research, Westmead Hospital, Sydney, Australia; ⁸Division of Nephrology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada; ⁹Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Western University, London, Canada.
Background: Living kidney donors face risks associated with nephrectomy. While this is justified with informed consent, screening and follow up, the outcomes that are most…
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The Long and Short of Old and Cold on Renal Allograft Outcomes.
A. Naik,¹ D. Luan,¹ K. Lentine,² P. Rao,¹ A. Sakhuja,¹ Y. Huang,¹ M. Samaniego,¹ S. Norman,¹ A. Ojo,¹ D. Cibrik.¹
¹University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; ²Saint Louis University, St. Louis.
Introduction: Donor age and cold ischemia times (CIT) have been shown to have independent and varying degrees of impact on short and long term risk…
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Impact of New Kidney Allocation System on Transplant Rates for Highly Sensitized Patients-Center Specific Study.
X. Zhang, M. Naim, A. Vo, S. Jordan, N. Reinsmoen.
Comprehensive Transplant Center, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA.
Aim: Our renal transplant program promotes transplant of highly sensitized patients (pts) through desensitization and listing only strong antibodies as unacceptable antigens (UAs). UNOS implemented…
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Does Pre-Operative Transarterial Chemoembolization(TACE) Increase the Risk of Early Post-Operative Pancreatitis After Liver Transplantation(LT)?
V. Kirchner, L. Zhang, T. Dunn, E. Finger, M. Hassan, R. Kandaswamy, J. Lake, P. Liu, E. Minja, O. Serrano, A. Pugalenthi, J. Thompson, K. Yadav, W. Payne, T. Pruett, S. Chinnakotla.
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.
Background: Post-TACE pancreatitis in HCC patients is well documented complications. We sought to determine if prior h/o TACE in addition to other risk factors(RF) contributes…
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National Trends of Acute Myocardial Infarction and Percutaneous Interventions in Liver Transplant Hospitalizations from 2006-2012.
G. Nadkarni, M. Menon, R. Kent, S. Patel, A. Patel, T. Schiano, S. Florman, P. Heeger.
RMTI, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY.
Introduction: Kidney transplantation has been associated with increased cardiovascular risk but the national epidemiology of acute myocardial infarctions (AMI) and percutaneous interventions (PCI) has not…
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Does Drain Placement Reduce the Risk of Peri-Graft Collections and Wound Complications After Kidney Transplant?
S. Cimen,¹ S. Cimen,¹ K. Tennankore,² A. Imamoglu,³ I. Alwayn.¹
¹Department of Surgery, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada; ²Department of Nephrology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada; ³Department of Urology, Yildirim Beyazit EAH, Ankara, Turkey.
Introduction: Peri-graft collections and wound complications are common after kidney transplantation. Currently, it is unclear whether intraoperative drain placement can reduce the risk of peri-graft…
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Effect of Telehealth Monitoring on Early Hospital Readmission After Renal Transplantation.
K. Noon,¹ N. Sarabu,¹ J. Augustine,¹ D. Hricik,¹ B. Deleva,¹ K. Woodside,² M. Aeder,¹ J. Foote,¹ A. Bruno,¹ K. Walsh,¹ M. Johnston,¹ V. Humphreville,¹ E. Sanchez.¹
¹University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH; ²University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.
Introduction: Early hospital readmission (EHR) is an important quality metric of hospitals' performance. Kidney transplant surgery has a high EHR rate. It is not known…
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Clinical Predictors of Progression and Clearance of Low Level CMV Viremia in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients.
A. Alghamdi, A. Humar, Y. Natori, S. Husain, L. Singer, E. Renner, C. Rotstein, D. Kumar.
Multi-Organ Transplant Program, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Background: Low level CMV viremia is common, and may either progress to higher viral loads that require therapy, or may spontaneously resolve. The clinical predictors…
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Evaluating Posttransplant BKV-Specific T Cell Responses in Patients with Alemtuzumab Induction and Belatacept-Based Regimen.
M. McRae, T. How, A. Kirk, H. Xu.
Department of Surgery, Duke University, Durham, NC.
Belatacept-based maintenance regimens prevent acute allograft rejection following alemtuzumab induction, and patients so treated maintain intact anti-CMV and -EBV T cell immune responses without viral…
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Digital Kidney Biopsy Evaluation: Quantification of Macrophage Prevalence in a Cross Sectional Study.
J. Schmitz,¹ A. Khalifa,¹ H. Haller,² H. Kreipe,¹ F. Feuerhake,¹ J. Bräsen.¹
¹Institute of Pathology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany; ²Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.
Standardized markers based on quantitative and qualitative evaluation of immune cell mass and localization in kidney biopsies may help in diagnosis and prognosis in transplantation…