Am J Transplant, Volume 16, Suppl 3 Archives - Page 67 of 180 - ATC Abstracts

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Shifts of Etiology in Patients with in Bacteremic Liver Transplant Recipients.
S. Kim,¹ Y. Kim,¹ J. Choi,¹ S. Yoon,¹ G. Na,² J. Kim,² I. Moon,² Y. Yoo,² D. Kim.²
¹Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea; ²Department of Surgery, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
BackgroundBacteremias are the most frequently occurring infectious complications after liver transplantation. The spectrum of pathogens and patters of antibiotics susceptibility can vary owing to the…
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A Decade of Donor-Derived Disease: A Report of the OPTN Ad Hoc Disease Transmission Advisory Committee (DTAC).
D. Kaul,¹ S. Tlusty,² A. Wilk,² C. Wolfe.¹
¹OPTN Ad Hoc Disease Transmission Advisory Committee, Richmond, VA; ²United Network for Organ Sharing, Richmond, VA.
Intro: The OPTN DTAC evaluates potential donor derived transmission events (PDDTE), including infections & malignancies, to assess for donor transmitted events.Methods: Reports of unexpected PDDTE…
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Acute Rejection by Belatacept (Bela) Dosing Frequency: Results from a Phase II Study of Kidney Transplant Recipients.
F. Vincenti,¹ G. Blancho,² A. Durrbach,³ G. Grannas,⁴ J. Grinyó,⁵ U. Meier-Kriesche,⁶ M. Polinsky,⁶ H. Zhao,⁶ C. Larsen.⁷
¹UCSF, San Francisco, CA; ²University Hospital of Nantes, Nantes, France; ³University Hôpital of Bicêtre, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France; ⁴Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Hannover, Germany; ⁵University Hospital of Bellvitge, Bellvitge, Spain; ⁶Bristol-Myers Squibb, Lawrenceville, NJ; ⁷Emory University Transplant Center, Atlanta, GA.
Background: At 1 year post transplant in IM103-100 (NCT00035555), bela-treated patients had similar acute rejection (AR) rates and significantly improved renal function vs cyclosporine A…
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Incidence of Post-Transplant Malignancy (PTM) After Pediatric Kidney Transplantation (PKTx).
O. Serrano,¹ A. Bangdiwala,² D. Vock,² W. Payne,¹ T. Dunn,¹ S. Chinnakotla,¹ E. Finger,¹ R. Kandaswamy,¹ T. Pruett,¹ A. Matas,¹ B. Chavers.³
¹Surgery, Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN; ²Biostatistics, Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN; ³Pediatrics, Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN.
PURPOSE: Post-transplant immunosuppression is associated with an increase in cancer rates. To date, the long-term incidence of PTM among PKTx recipients has not been well-characterized.METHODOLOGY:…
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Barriers to Living Donor Kidney Transplant in the Pediatric Population.
S. Taormina,¹ M. Galloway,² A. Jain.³
¹Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI; ²Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences and Department of Anesthesiology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI; ³Division of Pediatric Nephrology and Hypertension, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI.
Objective:A shift from living donor transplants to deceased donor transplants has been noted nationwide and is more prominent at some centers than others. Our objective…
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What Living Organ Donors See as Their Unmet Needs in the United States.
S. Fry-Revere, M. Middelman.
American Living Organ Donor Network, Lovettsville, VA; American Living Organ Donor Network, Lovettsville, VA.
Study PurposeTo collect data on what living organ donors themselves say they want and need to make living organ donation safer and easier.MethodFor 12 months,…
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Airway Inflammation and Symptoms in Children Following Liver and Heart Transplantation.
A. Redmann,¹ J. Bucuvalas,² R. Wood,³ C. Chin,⁴ C. Hart.¹
¹Otolaryngology, Cincinnati Childrens Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH; ²Pediatric Liver Care Center, Cincinnati Childrens Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH; ³Division of Pediatric Pulmonology, Cincinnati Childrens Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH; ⁴Heart Institute, Cincinnati Childrens Hospital Medical Center, Cincinati, OH.
Objectives: To describe the upper airway endoscopic findings of patients with stridor, stertor or sleep-disordered breathing after liver transplantation (LT) or heart transplantation (HT).Methods: Retrospective…
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The Impact of Thromboelastography on Resuscitation in Pediatric Liver Transplantation.
K. Gonzalez,¹ K. Curiel,¹ B. Dalton,¹ V. Fioravanti,¹ W. Andrews,¹ B. Wicklund,² R. Hendrickson.¹
¹Department of Pediatric Surgery, Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO; ²Department of Hematology, Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO.
Introduction: Thromboelastography (TEG) directs effective resuscitation in adult surgical and trauma patients. There is little data on TEG use in pediatrics. In 2011 we began…
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New England BK Consortium: Regional Survey of BK Screening and Management Protocols in Comparison to Published Consensus Guidelines.
S. Gabardi, M. Pavlakis, C. Tan, J. Francis, F. Cardarelli, W. Asch, K. Bodziak, M. Chobanian, H. Gilligan, R. Gohh, S. Kung, L. Inker, S. Martin, N. Rodig, A. Rossi, A. Chandraker.
New England BK Consortium, Boston, MA.
Introduction: BK virus (BKV) continues to impact renal transplant recipients (RTR). The New England BK Consortium was formed to unite the leadership of 14 transplant…
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Subclinical Cytomegalovirus Viraemia in Renal Transplant Recipients.
K. Barker,¹ N. Cook,¹ P. Kevan,² I. Frank.¹
¹Renal Transplant Unit, Austin Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; ²Renal Unit, Monash Medical Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Background: Studies suggest low-level cytomegalovirus (CMV) viraemia, detected with sensitive molecular assays, may lead to poorer graft outcomes following renal transplantation.Aims: Investigate the incidence, outcomes,…