Am J Transplant, Volume 17, Suppl 3 Archives - Page 175 of 181 - ATC Abstracts

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Kidney Allocation Using CMV Matching Optimizes Low and High Risk Profiles for Prevention of CMV Infection in Kidney Transplant Recipients.
J. Lockridge,¹ E. Langewisch,² D. Basuli,¹ A. Olyaei,³ C. Shaut,⁴ D. Norman.¹
¹Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR; ²Nephrology, University of Nebraska, Omaha, NE; ³Pharmacy, Oregon Health and Sciences University, Portland, OR; ⁴Immunogenetics and Transplant, Oregon Health and Sciences University, Portland, OR
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) confers a major impact on morbidity, mortality, and graft survival in kidney transplant recipients. Efforts to prevent CMV disease and infection have traditionally…
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Down but Not Out: Leucopenia Can Be Safely Treated with Reduction in Immunosuppression without Increasing Risk to the Kidney Allograft.
A. Gilbert,¹ A. Vergottini,¹ A. Karabala,¹ M. Grafals,¹ B. Javaid,¹ J. Moore,¹ J. Verbesey,² P. Abrams,² S. Ghasemian,² M. Cooper.²
¹Department of Medicine, Medstar Georgetown Transplant Institute, Washington, DC; ²Department of Surgery, Medstar Georgetown Transplant Institute, Washington, DC
IntroductionLeucopenia is a growing problem with increasing immunosuppression (IS) in kidney transplantation. Reducing IS in the face of leucopenia is a concern due to the…
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Treatment and Outcomes of Simultaneous Acute Rejection and Polyomavirus Allograft Nephropathy.
T. Sparkes, S. Hammad, C. Drachenberg, A. Haririan.
University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD
Background: Reduction of immunosuppression for polyomavirus allograft nephropathy (PVAN) is associated with risk of acute rejection (AR), and in uncommon cases both are present together…
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Retroactive Application of a New Risk Index for Living Donor Kidney Transplantation (LKDPI) to Renal Transplants in Veracruz, Mexico.
G. Martinez-Mier,^1,2 E. Soto-Miranda,¹ S. Avila-Pardo,² L. Budar-Fernandez,¹ M. Mendez-Lopez,¹ P. Moreno-Ley,¹ E. Aguilar-Sandoval,¹ G. Coello-Torres,³ F. Diaz-Trueba.³
¹Organ Transplantation, IMSS UMAE HE 14, Veracruz, Mexico; ²Organ Transplantation, HRAEV, Veracruz, Mexico; ³Research, IMSS UMAE HE 14, Veracruz, Mexico
Kidney Donor Profile Index (KDPI) was designed to estimate the graft loss risk in deceased donor transplants. Recently, the Epidemiology Research Group for Organ Transplantation…
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The Use of an Haemoglobin Based Oxygen Carrier in a Human Liver Model of Normothermic Machine Perfusion.
Y. Boteon,¹ R. Laing,¹ R. Bogal,¹ D. Neil,² A. Smith,² B. Stephenson,² A. Schlegel,² S. Hübscher,² D. Mirza,² S. Afford,¹ H. Mergental.²
¹Center of Liver Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom; ²Liver Unit Queen Elizabeth Hospital, University Hospital Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
Normothermic machine perfusion of the liver (NMP-L) is a novel technique that preserves liver grafts in an environment that mimics physiological conditions and therefore enables…
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Assessment of a Medication Education Program Among New Transplant Recipients at a Large Academic Health Center.
G. Meadows,¹ J. Kyle,¹ A. Dodson,¹ K. Gutierrez,¹ P. MacLennan,² F. Iqbal,² L. Weldon,¹ D. Jones,¹ A. James.¹
¹Department of Pharmacy, University of Alabama at Birmingham Hospital, Birmingham, AL; ²Division of Transplantation, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
To help patients understand their medications and for adjustment post-transplant, we have implemented a self-medication (self-meds) program as a method of teaching patients their medications…
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Cytomegalovirus Renal Infection: Rare Manifestation of a Common Post-Transplant Viral Infection — A Case Series.
M. Posadas Salas, J. Thompson, T. Ngo, S. Self.
MUSC, Charleston, SC
Cytomegalovirus is the most common viral infection in organ transplant recipients. CMV disease commonly manifests as meningoencephalitis, pneumonitis, hepatitis, and colitis. Kidney involvement of CMV…
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High-Risk Human Papillomavirus Associated with Genital Squamous Cell Carcinoma in Nonwhite Organ Transplant Recipients.
K. Nadhan,¹ M. Larijani,¹ L. Ogrich,¹ C. Shaver,¹ A. Doyle,² C. Chung.¹
¹Dermatology, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA; ²Internal Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
Purpose: Squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) confers significantly increased mortality in both solid organ transplant recipients (OTR) and the immunocompetent nonwhite population. In the latter, a…
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A Novel Microsurgical Penis Transplant Model to Study Distinct Immunologic Features of Urogenital Tissues.
G. Furtmüller, S. Fidder, B. Simons, B. Oh, B. Kern, D. Lough, M. Chicco, C. Brayton, W. Lee, D. Cooney, R. Redett, G. Brandacher.
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
Background: Penis transplantation has been successfully employed in the recent past and represents an exciting avenue for restoration of male urogenitalia and function by using…
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IL-3 Contributes to Development of Basophil-Triggered Cardiac Allograft Fibrosis Development.
G. Schiechl-Brachner,¹ M. Rodriguez Gomez,¹ K. Renner,¹ S. Buchtler,¹ K. Schmidbauer,¹ D. Halbritter,¹ S. Neumayer,¹ Y. Talke,¹ H. Bruehl,² M. Mack.¹
¹Department of Internal Medicine II, University Hospital / Medical Center, Regensburg, Germany; ²Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital / Medical Center, Regensburg, Germany
Introduction: Organ fibrosis and vasculopathy are major causes of chronic cardiac allograft failure. Resident (donor-derived) fibroblasts are thought to be mainly responsible for excessive production…