Am J Transplant, Volume 16, Suppl 3 Archives - Page 166 of 180 - ATC Abstracts

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A Retrospective Analysis of Rabbit Antithymocyte Globulin Dosing, MELD, Race, and Weight on Infection and Rejection Rates in Liver Transplantation.
R. Imai, U. Wang.
Department of Pharmacy, Stanford Health Care, Stanford, CA.
INTRODUCTION: Rabbit antithymocyte globulin (rATG) use in liver transplantation is uncommon. At our center, induction therapy is comprised of rATG dosed at 1 – 2…
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Ideal Outcome After Liver Transplantation: An Exploratory Study Using Machine Learning Analyses to Leverage Long-Term Registry Data from Studies in Pediatric Liver Transplantation (SPLIT).
E. Hsu,¹ M. Shaffer,^1,2 R. Anand,³ V. Ng,⁴ J. Bucuvalas.⁵
¹University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA; ²Children's Core for Biomedical Statistics, Center for Clinical and Translational Research, Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA; ³The EMMES Corporation, Rockville, MD; ⁴The Hospital for Sick Children and University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; ⁵Cincinnati Children's Hospital and Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH.
We analyzed the Studies in Pediatric Liver Transplantation (SPLIT) registry dataset using heat map and random forests analyses (RFA) to determine if ideal outcome (IO)…
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Liver Transplantation for Propionic Acidemia: A Review of the United States Scientific Registry for Transplant Recipients (SRTR) and Non-US Case Series.
N. Celik, K. Soltys, G. Bond, Q. Sun, G. Vockley, R. Sindhi, G. Mazariegos.
Surgery, Childrens Hospital of Pgh, Pittsburgh.
Background: A fifth of all pediatric liver transplants in the US are performed for metabolic disease. Propionic acidemia, an autosomal recessive branched chain organic acidemia…
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Increased Gene Expression of TGF-β in Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells from Renal Transplant Patients with Polyomavirus BK Viremi.
W. Yin,¹ M. Lu.²
¹Surgery, School of Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan, Division of General Surgery, Dalin Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, Chia-I, Dalin, Taiwan; ²Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology, School of Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan, Division of Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology, Dalin Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, Chia-I, Dalin, Taiwan.
We aimed to investigate the roles of cytokines during polyomavirus BK (BKV) reactivation in renal transplant patients. Forty-eight renal allograft recipients were enrolled in this…
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Thrombotic Microangiopathy After Kidney Transplantation: A Rare but Serious Complication.
C. Teixeira, I. Pietrobom, A. Lima, N. Tenório, G. Basso, M. Cristelli, L. Viana, G. Kirsztajn, H. Tedesco-Silva, J. Medina-Pestana.
Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
Purposes: Study the clinical characteristics of cases with thrombotic microangiopathy (TMA) in the renal allograft, identify the triggers of this disease and determine its impact…
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Angiotensin II Blockade and Fibroblast Growth Factor-23 in Stable Kidney Transplant Recipients.
O. Sanchez, S. Reule, S. Li, D. Berglund, R. Spong, H. Ibrahim.
U of MN, Mpls.
Introduction: FGF-23 has been linked to allograft failure. However, careful serial profiling of FGF-23 has not been done. Therefore, we measured FGF-23 levels in recipients…
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Outcomes from De Novo Tacrolimus Weight-Based Dosing Compared to Conservative Dosing in Kidney Transplant Recipients.
B. Summers,² K. Szempruch,¹ M. Harris,² A. Quidley,¹ C. Haisch,¹ A. Maldonado.¹
¹Vidant Medical Center/East Carolina University, Greenville, NC; ²Duke University Hospital, Durham, NC.
Purpose: To compare de novo tacrolimus (TAC) weight based dosing (WDG) and conservative dosing (CDG) on incidence and duration of DGF in adult kidney transplant…
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Direct-Acting Antivirals for Hepatitis C Treatment in Kidney Transplant Recipients.
N. Goyal, W. Huepfel, A. Tierney, N. Issa, J. Lake, J. Thompson, M. Hassan, H. Ibrahim, A. Kukla.
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.
Background: Hepatitis C infection is associated with worse clinical outcomes in kidney transplant recipients. Direct-acting antivirals (DAAs) have been effectively used in liver transplant patients…
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Kidney Transplant Recipient Adherence Measured by Proportion of Days Covered Is Associated with Late Biopsy Proven Acute Rejection.
B. Hofmeyer, K. Look, J. Fose, A. Pulvermacher, A. Djamali, D. Hager.
UW Health, Madison, WI.
While medication non-adherence is a known risk factor for late “biopsy proven acute rejection (BPAR),” the Pharmacy Quality Alliance definition of “proportion of days covered…
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Comparison of Early Engraftment Immunobiology of Xenoislets and Alloislets in a Dual Transplant Model.
K. Samy,¹ B. Martin,² M. Song,¹ B. Collins,¹ E. Gall,¹ J. Cano,² A. Farris,² F. Leopardi,¹ A. Kirk.^1,2
¹Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC; ²Emory University, Atlanta, GA.
Purpose: Successful implementation of neonatal porcine islet (NPI) xenotransplantation requires an understanding of the xenospecific immune elements influencing engraftment. To elucidate these early xenospecific processes,…