Am J Transplant, Volume 17, Suppl 3 Archives - Page 42 of 181 - ATC Abstracts

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Impact of Pediatric Lung Transplant on Quality of Life Outcomes.
T. Lazor,¹ H. Grasemann,^2,3,4 M. Solomon,^2,3,4 S. Anthony.^1,4,5,6
¹Child Health Evaluative Sciences, Research Institute, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada; ²Division of Respiratory Medicine, Department of Paediatrics, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada; ³Program in Physiology and Experimental Medicine, Research Institute, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada; ⁴Transplant and Regenerative Medicine Centre, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada; ⁵Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; ⁶Canadian National Transplant Research Program, Toronto, Canada
Purpose: Considerable debate within the transplant community over the last decade has focused on survival benefits following lung transplant (LTx) in children. This discussion has…
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Acute Renal Replacement Therapy in Pediatric Liver Transplantation: A Predictor of Increased Risk.
M. Wong,¹ R. Venick,² V. Agopian,¹ S. Ebaid,¹ S. McDiarmid,² A. Zarrinpar,¹ D. Farmer,¹ R. Busuttil,¹ F. Kaldas.¹
¹Surgery, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA; ²Pediatric Gastroenterology, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
BackgroundAmong pediatric patients (≤18 yrs) awaiting liver transplantation (LT), limited data exist on the prognostic significance of acute (<90d) renal replacement therapy (RRT) prior to…
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Review of UK-Wide Practice of Pancreas Transplantation: Donor Selection, Back-Bench Preparation & Implantation Technique.
H. Sharma,¹ S. Bhutani,³ D. Vandellen,² T. Campbell,² R. Pararajasingham,² B. Forgacs,² A. Tavakoli,² P. Friend,⁴ T. Augustine,² R. Dhanda.²
¹Multi Organ Transplant Unit, London Health Sciences Centre, London, ON, Canada; ²Kidney Pancreas Transplant Unit, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Manchester, United Kingdom; ³Multi Organ Transplant Unit, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Canada; ⁴Multi Organ Transplant Unit, Oxford Transplant Centre, Oxford, United Kingdom
Background: Experience of Centers for simultaneous pancreas and kidney (SPK) transplantation is not uniform. Variability in operative steps may explain inconsistent surgical outcomes.Methods: A web…
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Coagulation Pathway Perturbations Associated with Pig-to-Baboon Lung Xenotransplantation.
S. Sendil, B. French, O. Siddiqui, D. Parsell, C. Laird, A. Cimeno, S. Dahi, L. Burdorf, A. Azimzadeh, R. Pierson III.
Department of Surgery, University of Maryland, School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
Aim Dysregulation of coagulation is associated with graft failure in multiple xenotransplantation models. This study describes thromboelastographic profiles in baboon recipients of a genetically engineered…
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Novel Insights into the Synergism of CD40 Autoantibodies and suPAR in Kidney Transplant Patients with FSGS Recurrence.
T. Sigdel, C. Wei, F. Vencenti, J. Reiser, M. Sarwal.
University of California San Francisco, San Francisco
Background: FSGS is a histopathological lesion that has a 40-80% risk of recurrence o in the transplanted (tx) kidney, with increased risk of graft loss.…
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A Nationwide Global Strategy for Kidney Transplantation with Controlled Cardiac Death Donor (cDCD) Has Improved Global Results. Spanish Multicentre SENTRA-GEODAS Group.
J. Portoles,^1,2 M. Perez-Saez,^2,3 D. Janeiro,^1,2 E. Melilli,² N. Maruri Kareaga,² E. de Souza,² F. Llamas,² J. Espi,² P. Martin Moreno,² D. Navarro,² A. Sancho-Calabuig,² M. Rodriguez-Ferrero,² D. Hernandez,² J. Pascual.^2,3
¹Nephrology, Hospital Puerta de Hierro, Majadahonda, Spain; ²GEODAS-SENTRA Public Health Research Net RedinRen16/009/009 RETYC ISCIII, Madrid, Spain; ³Nephrology, Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain
Background: Controlled donation after cardiac death (cDCD) programs are running in US for years and some European countries has recently started on it. National transplant…
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Association of Dialysis Facility Neighborhood Socioeconomic Status with Barriers to Kidney Transplant.
K. Ross,¹ M. Basu,² C. Escoffery,³ J. Gander,² S. Mohan,⁴ S. Pastan,² L. Plantinga,¹ K. Smith,² R. Patzer.^1,2
¹Department of Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health, Atlanta; ²Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta; ³Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, Rollins School of Public Health, Atlanta; ⁴Department of Medicine, Columbia University Medical Center, New York
Introduction: Dialysis facilities in neighborhoods with low socioeconomic status (SES) have lower facility-level transplantation rates. We estimated the association between barriers to transplantation and facility-area…
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Engaging Clinicians and Patients Regarding Frailty Assessment in Kidney Transplant Candidates.
S. Rasmussen, J. Konel, H. Ying, C. Haugen, E. King, S. DiBrito, D. Segev, M. McAdams DeMarco.
JHU, Baltimore
Background: The Fried frailty phenotype, a measure of physiologic reserve, is associated with poor kidney transplant (KT) outcomes. However, it was developed in community-dwelling older…
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Burden of Early Hospitalization Among Liver Transplant Recipients.
P. Sharma,¹ N. Goodrich,³ D. Schaubel,² A. Smith,³ R. Merion.^3,4
¹Gastroenterology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; ²Biostatistics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; ³Arbor Research Collaborative for Health, Ann Arbor, MI; ⁴Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Hospitalization is known to occur frequently in the first six months following liver transplantation (LT). We examined the burden of hospitalization within 6 months of…
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Malignancy in Patients Undergoing Simultaneous Heart-Liver and Heart-Kidney Transplant.
A. Chin, A. Habertheuer, A. Chou, M. Acker, M. Williams, P. Atluri, C. Bermudez, P. Vallabhajosyula.
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Purpose: While evidence suggests that patients undergoing simultaneous heart-liver and heart-kidney transplant may have improved immunoprotection from allograft rejection versus patients undergoing heart transplant only,…