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  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Results of a Biopsy Based, Early Intervention Treatment Protocols for BK Viraemia and BK Virus Associated Nephropathy.

    S. Jones,1 S. Waller,1 K. Lai,2,3 A. Hibbard,1 P. Trevillian,1 M. Heer.1

    1Newcastle Transplant Unit, John Hunter Hospital, Newcastle, NSW, Australia; 2Infectious Diseases and Immunology Department, John Hunter Hospital, Newcastle, NSW, Australia; 3University of Newcastle, Newcastle, NSW, Australia.

    Background: Following the death of a renal transplant recipient (RTR) in 2003 following BK Virus associated nephropathy (BKVAN) and acute rejection, our centre adopted protocols…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Is CMV Prophylaxis Effective in CMV-Seropositive Patients Receiving Thymoglobulin as Induction Therapy?

    E. Feitosa, F. Agena, J. Reusing Jr, F. Lemos, E. David-Neto.

    Kidney Transplantation Service, Hospital das Clinicas - University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil.

    Thymoglobulin (ATG) used as induction therapy is considered a risk factor for CMV disease in renal transplantation (RTx) and prophylaxis is recommended. Our center policy…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Significant Association of Innate Immune Related Genes Polymorphism on Infectious Complications Following Early Post Renal Transplantation phase.

    L. Das, K. Ide, Y. Tanaka, S. Shimizu, N. Tanimine, S. Verma, H. Ohdan.

    Department of Gastroenrological and Transplant Surgery, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan.

    ObjectiveInfectious complication is the leading cause of graft dysfunction and patient loss after renal transplantation (RT). In the early post-transplant phase where acquired immunity is…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Incidence of Anxiety Following Live Kidney Donation.

    J. Leanza, A. Massie, D. Segev.

    JHU, Baltimore.

    Few studies have explored post-donation anxiety (PA) for live kidney donors. Donors who are younger, who develop post-op kidney-related morbidities, who are divorced, and who…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Virological Response at 4 Weeks With a Sofosbuvir-Based Antiviral Regimen in Liver Transplant Recipients with Recurrent Hepatitis C.

    T. Pastrana-Camacho,1 M. Bradley,1 H. Winters,1 S. Black,2 K. Porter,3 K. Mumtaz.4

    1Pharmacy, The Ohio State University-Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH; 2Department of Surgery, The Ohio State University-Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH; 3Center for Biostatistics, The Ohio State University-Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH; 4Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Department of Medicine, The Ohio State University-Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH.

    Background: The literature is growing in the area of safety, efficacy and tolerability of sofosbuvir (SOF)- based antivirals therapy (AVT) in recurrent hepatitis C virus…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Determinants of 1 Year Graft Loss After Pre Kidney Transplant Bariatric Surgery.

    G. Mour, J. Zhang, Z. Su, D. Taber, P. Mauldin, T. Srinivas.

    Medical Unversity of South Carolina, Charleston, SC.

    Background: Bariatric surgery (BS) is increasingly used to manage weight pre-transplantation (Pre-Tx). However, grafts may be compromised by variable drug absorption, rejection and oxalate nephropathy.…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    First Bilateral Hand Transplant in a Child: Short-Term Medical Outcomes and Challenges.

    S. Amaral,1 M. Levine,2 B. Chang,2 S. Lopez,1 C. McAndrew,2 S. Kessler,1 A. Shaked,2 L. Levin.2

    1Pediatrics, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA; 2Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.

    Background: In July 2015, our center successfully performed the first bilateral hand transplant in a pediatric patient in the United States. The recipient was an…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Sudden Increase in Allocation Score for Pediatric Liver Transplant Candidates Predicts Waitlist Mortality.

    X. Luo, D. Mogul, A. Massie, D. Segev.

    JHU, Baltimore.

    Allocation for deceased donor livers is prioritized in the U.S. by waitlist mortality, as predicted by PELD for children<12 years, and MELD for individuals>12 years.…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Coping with Patient Death on Pediatric Liver Transplant Teams.

    S. Duncan,1 R. Arnon,2 C. Dipietroantonio,1 C. Knight,1 J. Chu,2 R. Annunziato.1

    1Psychology, Fordham University, Bronx, NY; 2Pediatrics, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY.

    Purpose: Few studies have been conducted on how pediatric clinicians cope with patient loss, and there is sparse literature to guide resource allocation specifically among…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Pediatric Heart Transplantation Across a Positive Cross-Match Is Associated with High Rates of AMR but No Difference in Short Term Graft Loss, Dysfunction and Death (CTOTC-04 study).

    S. Webber,1 L. Addonizio,2 E. Blume,3 A. Dipchand,4 R. Shaddy,5 B. Feingold,6 C. Canter,7 D. Hsu,8 W. Mahle,9 A. Zeevi,6 K. Much,10 D. Ikle,10 H. Diop,11 J. Odim, MD, PhD, for CTOTC-04 Investigators.11

    1Vanderbilt, Nashville; 2Columbia Univ., NYC; 3Boston Children's, Boston; 4Sick Kids, Toronto, Canada; 5CHOP, Philadelphia; 6CHP of UPMC, Pittsburgh; 7Washington Univ., St. Louis; 8Children's Hospital, Montefiore, NYC; 9CHOA, Atlanta; 10Rho, Chapel Hill; 11NIAID/NIH, Bethesda.

    Sensitization is common in pediatric heart transplant (HT) candidates. Waitlist mortality is high if a prospective -ve CDC-crossmatch (XM) is required, but HT across a…
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