Am J Transplant, Volume 17, Suppl 3 Archives - Page 46 of 181 - ATC Abstracts

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Recovery from Hypophosphatemia as a Predictor of Post-Operative Morbidity in Live Donor Hepatectomy.
O. Serrano,¹ D. Berglund,¹ V. Goduguchinta,¹ A. Reddy,¹ J. Menk,² D. Vock,³ V. Kirchner,¹ R. Kandaswamy,¹ A. Matas,¹ T. Pruett,¹ S. Chinnakotla.¹
¹Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN; ²Biostatistical Design and Analysis Center, Clinical and Translational Science Institute, Minneapolis, MN; ³Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Minneapolis, MN
OBJECTIVE: Live donor hepatectomy (LDH) is associated with significant post-operative hypophosphatemia (POH), which is associated with liver regeneration. We investigated whether the rate of recovery…
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Waitlist and Post-Lung Transplant Mortality Vary by Diagnosis for a Given Lung Allocation Score.
H. Maredia, M. Bowring, A. Massie, S. Oyetunji, C. Merlo, R. Higgins, D. Segev, E. Bush.
JHU, Baltimore
The lung allocation score (LAS) is used to prioritize candidates based on predicted one-year waitlist mortality and post-transplant survival. Lung diagnosis is factored into LAS,…
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C4d Immunohistochemistry in Lung Allograft Interstitial Capillaries Lacks Linear Correlation with Donor Specific Antibodies, yet It Is Still Diagnostically Relevant.
Y. Butt,¹ T. Gokaslan,¹ V. Kaza,² F. Torres,² J. Torrealba.¹
¹Pathology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX; ²Lung Transplant Program, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX
Antibody mediated rejection in lung allograft biopsies is not well defined from a morphologic or immunohistochemical aspect. Many centers routinely run immunohistochemistry for C4d as…
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Long-Term Pediatric Live-Donor Liver Transplantation Survivors: Patient and Allograft Outcomes.
N. Celik,¹ A. Ganoza,¹ G. Bond,¹ K. Soltys,¹ R. Sindhi,¹ P. McKiernan,³ A. Humar,² G. Mazariegos.¹
¹Hillman Center for Pediatric Transplantation, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA; ²Thomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute, Pittsburgh, PA; ³Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Pittsburgh, PA
Aim: To determine the patient and allograft outcomes at 5 years after pediatric live-donor liver transplantation (LDLT).Methods: Children with a minimum of 5-year survival post-transplantation…
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Kidney Insertion Through Vagina and Robotic Assisted Laparoscopic Kidney Transplantation: A Pilot Study.
P. Modi,¹ B. Pal,¹ S. Kumar,¹ R. Nagarajan,¹ V. Kothari,¹ M. Modi,² V. Shah,² V. Kute,³ H. Patel,³ H. Trivedi.³
¹Transplantation Surgery and Urology, Institute of Kidney Diseases and Research Centre, Ahmedabad, India; ²Anesthesiology, Institute of Kidney Diseases and Research Centre, Ahmedabad, India; ³Nephrology, Institute of Kidney Diseases and Research Centre, Ahmedabad, India
Minimally invasive kidney transplantation is emerging modality of treatment; both laparoscopic and robotic assisted laparoscopic kidney transplantation are technically feasible and safe. In female recipients,…
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Lack of Xenograft Recipient Monitoring by Telemetry Lets Infection Go Unchecked and Trigger Coagulopathy.
M. Mohiuddin,¹ A. Singh,¹ J. Chan,¹ P. Corcoran,¹ B. Lewis,² M. Thomas,² D. Ayares,³ K. Horvath.¹
¹NHLBI / NIH, Bethesda; ²ORS / NIH, Bethesda; ³Revivicor, Inc, Blackburgh
Introduction: A major complication of a xenograft is the potential for coagulation disorder characterized by thrombocytopenia and bleeding. This complication was rarely seen in our…
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Effect of Two Anti-CD20 Abs on B Cell Depletion and Reconstitution in Non-Human Primates.
W. Sun,¹ N. O'Neill,¹ T. Zhang,¹ G. Braileanu,¹ K. Reimann,² R. Pierson,¹ A. Azimzadeh.¹
¹Dept. of Surgery, University of Maryland, School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD; ²MassBiologics, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Boston, MA
Background: B lymphocytes play a central role in host immunity, including antibody elaboration and antigen presentation, and B-cell depletion is being explored to modulate alloimmunity.…
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Donor Age > 50 Years and CIT Longer Than 18 Hour Are Independent Risk Factors for One Year Graft Survival in Renal Transplant Form Uncontrolled Donors After Circulatory Death (uDCD).
M. Molina, E. Gutierrez, E. Gonzalez, E. Morales, J. Cabrera, A. Andres.
Nephrology Department, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain; Nephrology Department, Hospital Evangelico y Hospital Militar, Montevideo, Uruguay
Introduction: Kidneys transplantations (KT) from uDCD have higher ischemia injury. It develops in higher primary non-function and delayed graft function, lower graft survival and worst…
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Barriers to Becoming Active on the Renal Transplant Waiting List: Have They Changed in the Last Five Years?
E. van Hardeveld,¹ T. Furlong,² A. Robertson,² N. Suh,² S. Thwaites,² R. Millar,² R. Masterson,¹ M. Lian,¹ B. Jones,¹ P. Hughes.¹
¹Department of Nephrology, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Australia; ²Nephrology Surgery, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
PURPOSEWe have previously studied the barriers preventing patients from being made active on the transplant waiting list (TWL) and implemented practice changes to improve the…
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Evaluating Online Information on Youtube for Kidney Transplant.
P. Sheiner, S. Silver.
Transplant Surgery, Hartford Hospital, Hartford, CT
There are many frequently asked questions (FAQs) about kidney transplant that may not be answered by visits to the transplant center. Not all patients have…