Am J Transplant, Volume 16, Suppl 3 Archives - Page 18 of 180 - ATC Abstracts

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Prospective Investigation of the Reliability and Validity of the Live Donor Assessment Tool (LDAT).
D. LaPointe Rudow, A. Shenoy, J. Hunt, Z. Filipovic-Jewell, B. Haydel, B. Iacoviello.
Recanati Miller Transplantation Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY.
Purpose: The LDAT was the first psychosocial assessment instrument developed to standardize the live donor (LD) psychosocial evaluation (PsychE). Previously, it was found to be…
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The Use of Kidneys with Acute Kidney Injury: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.
C. Boffa,^1,2 F. van de Leemkolk,¹ E. Curnow,³ J. Gilbert,² E. Sharples,^1,2 R. Ploeg.^1,2
¹Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences, Oxford University, Oxford, United Kingdom; ²Oxford Transplant Centre, Oxford University Hospital Trust, Oxford, United Kingdom; ³Department of Statistics, NHS Blood and Transplant, Bristol, United Kingdom.
Introduction:The widening gap between supply and demand in kidney transplantation has lead to the increased use of kidneys from marginal donors, including those with acute…
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Comparison of Outcomes of Kidney Transplantation from DBD, DCD or DBCD Donors: A Single Center Experience from China.
G. Chen, C. Wang, L. Chen, J. Qiu, C. Wang.
Organ Transplant Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Background There are three categories of deceased donors in China now, donation after brain death(DBD), donation of cardiac death(DCD), and donation after brain and cardiac…
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Bariatric Surgery and Increased Risk of Death After Listing for Liver Transplantation.
S. Asrani, F. Khan, G. Saracino, G. McKenna, J. Hasse, G. Klintmalm, J. Trotter.
Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX.
Background:Prior bariatric surgery in cirrhotics is increasingly common, and the metabolic derangements and altered anatomy from this surgery may impact outcomes. We hypothesize that cirrhotic…
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Predictive Factors of Early Hospital Readmission in Liver Transplant Recipients.
A. Hilliard, M. Brokhof, J. Geyston, J. DeMott, E. Chan, M. Hertl, N. Alvey.
Pharmacy, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL.
Early hospital readmission post liver transplant, defined as within 30 days of discharge from the same facility, is associated with increased morbidity, mortality, as well…
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Gastric Bypass Does Not Negatively Affect Kidney Transplant Outcomes.
N. Goyal, O. Sanchez, N. Issa, A. Matas, H. Ibrahim, A. Kukla.
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.
Introduction: Bariatric surgery is the most effective treatment for obesity, but has been associated with adverse renal outcomes. Limited data exist on the impact of…
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Use of Preoperative Embolization Prior to Transplant Nephrectomy.
C. Yeast, J. Riley, J. Holyoak, S. Weinstein, G. Ross, M. Wakefield.
Urology, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO.
Introduction/Objective: After a failed transplant, management of a non-functional graft with pain or recurrent infections can be challenging. Transplant nephrectomy (TN) can be a very…
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Evaluation of T Cell Immunity in Elderly Solid Organ Transplant Recipients.
J. Schaenman,¹ Y. Korin,² T. Sidwell,² V. Groysberg,² E. Lum,¹ E. Huang,¹ S. Bunnapradist,¹ T. Pham,¹ G. Danovitch,¹ E. Reed.²
¹Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA; ²Department of Pathology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA.
Elderly transplant recipients experience increased rates of death, especially death due to infection, as compared with younger patients. However, little is known about the mechanism…
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Development of a Sequencing-Based Cytomegalovirus UL55 Glycoprotein B (gB) Genotyping Assay.
S. Cowden, K. Grantham, I. Caton, J. Hester, M. Altrich, S. Kleiboeker.
Viracor-IBT Laboratories, Lee's Summit, MO.
Background: Human cytomegalovirus (hCMV) is an important agent of serious viral infection in the solid organ transplant and allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant populations. Severe…
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Assessment of mRNA Gene Profiles in Plasma Exosome to Predict Risk for Antibody-Mediated Rejection (ABMR) of Renal Allografts.
H. Zhang,¹ J. Kahwaji,¹ P. Li,² S. Ge,¹ D. Thomas,¹ C. Nast,³ A. Vo,¹ M. Haas,³ S. Jordan,¹ M. Toyoda.¹
¹Transplant Immunology Laboratory, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA; ²Surgery, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA; ³Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA.
Background: ABMR is a major obstacle for successful transplant in HLA-sensitized (HS) patients. Complement-mediated and antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity (ADCC) are primarily mechanisms for ABMR. Previously…