Am J Transplant, Volume 18, Suppl 3 Archives - Page 102 of 211 - ATC Abstracts

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Liver Transplant Recipients with End-Stage Renal Disease Largely Benefit from Kidney Transplantation
W. Ju, Y. Tang, Q. Zhao, L. Jing, S. Huang, Z. Zhu, F. Ji, Z. Zhang, X. He, G. Chen, Z. Guo, D. Wang.
Organ Transplant Center, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Background: The incidence of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) following liver transplant (LT) has increased. The actual benefit of kidney transplantation (KT) is not completely understood…
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Impact of Elderly Donor Obesity on Long-Term Outcomes in Renal Transplant Recipients
M. Yamada,¹ R. Jandarov,² T. Kaur,¹ S. Shah.¹
¹Nephrology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH; ²Environmental Health, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH.
Background: There has been a dramatic increase in obesity in the United States. Due to longer waiting times, utilization of kidneys from older donors has…
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Validation of Genetic Variants Identified in GWAS for Tacrolimus Troughs
P. Jacobson,¹ D. Schladt,² W. Guan,³ J. van Setten,⁶ R. Remmel,⁴ B. Wu,³ C. Dorr,⁵ B. Keating,⁷ D. Ikle,⁹ R. Mannon,¹⁰ A. Matas,⁸ A. Israni,⁵ W. Oetting.¹
¹Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology, Univ of MN, Minneapolis, MN; ²Chronic Disease Research Group, Minneapolis Medical Research Foundation, Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN; ³Division of Biostatistics, Univ of MN, Minneapolis, MN; ⁴Medicinal Chemistry, Univ of MN, Minneapolis, MN; ⁵Medicine, Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN; ⁶Cardiology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands; ⁷Surgery, Univ of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA; ⁸Surgery, Univ of MN, Minneapolis, MN; ⁹Rho Inc, Chapel Hill, NC; ¹⁰Department of Medicine and Surgery, Univ of Alabama, Birmingham, AL.
Purpose: Tacrolimus (TAC) is a substrate for CYP3A4/5 enzymes. It is well-known that variants in these genes are associated with variability in TAC trough concentrations.…
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Belatacept and Tacrolimus Corticosteroid-Free Regimens Lead to Elevated Mycophenolic Acid Exposure at 1 and 3 Months after Kidney Transplantation
A. Dao, S. Tremblay, A. Shields, A. Loethen, B. Abu Jawdeh, T. Diwan, A. Govil, E. Woodle, R. Alloway.
UCincinnati, Cincinnati.
Mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) is generally administered as a fixed dose. Studies have shown a relationship between MPA exposure (MPAAUC) but no data evaluates this relationship…
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Immunosuppression Does Not Affect Adverse Pathological Outcomes in Men Who Underwent Radical Prostatectomy
M. Eltemamy, A. Elshafei, Y. Nyame, A. Crane, A. Wee, V. Krishnamurthi, E. Klein, S. Jones.
Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland.
Introduction: The impact of imuunosuppression (IS) on biological aggressiveness of cancer prostate (PCa) is unclear. We aim to assess the adverse pathological (AP) outcomes in…
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Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Living Donor Kidney Transplantation before and after the New National Kidney Allocation System
X. Zhang,¹ T. Melanson,² L. Plantinga,^3,6 M. Basu,¹ S. Pastan,^1,7 S. Mohan,^4,5 M. Garber,⁶ R. Patzer.^1,6,7
¹Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta; ²Department of Health Policy & Management, Emory University, Atlanta; ³Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta; ⁴School of Medicine, Columbia University, New York; ⁵Department of Epidemiology, Columbia University, New York; ⁶Department of Epidemiology, Emory University, Atlanta; ⁷Emory Transplant Center, Emory Healthcare, Atlanta.
We aimed to assess the potential unintended impact of a new national kidney allocation system (KAS) in December 2014 on living donor kidney transplant (LDKT)…
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Spigelius' Line Incision as a Successful Route to Extract the Kidney during Retroperitoneal Laparoscopic Live-Donor Nephrectomy
J. Qiu, G. Chen, Z. Wu, C. Wang, L. Chen.
Organ Transplantation, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yet-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
To introduce the advantages, incision designing methods and surgical procedures of spigelius' line incision in retroperitoneal laparoscopic living donor nephrectomy.Methods: The clinical data of 114…
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Enhanced Recovery after Renal Transplant Surgery Using a Transversus Abdominis Plane Block is Associated with Decreased Hospital Length of Stay
D. Peramunage, D. Auyong, C. Kuhr, J. Brandenberger, N. Cowan, N. Hanson.
Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, WA.
BACKGROUNDThe transversus abdominis plane (TAP) block reduces pain and opioid consumption following renal transplant surgery, but its impact on hospital length of stay (LOS) remains…
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Impact of an Anastomosis Time on Transplant Outcomes in Deceased Donor Kidney Transplantation
K. Jeong, H. Jung, J. Choi, J-.H. Lim, J. Choi, J-.H. Cho, S-.H. Park, Y-.L. Kim, C-.D. Kim.
Internal Medicine, Kyungpook National University School of Medicine, Daegu, Republic of Korea.
Background: It is known that the increase in anastomosis time (AT) in deceased donor kidney transplantation (DDKT) is associated with increased incidence of delayed graft…
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mTOR Inhibitor Based Immunosuppression Regimens Are Not Associated with Lower Risk for BK Infection
R. Daloul,¹ R. Pelletier,² A. Rajab,² G. Bumgardner,² M. Alebrahim,² C. Akateh,³ K. Washburn,² A. El-Hinnawi.²
¹Nephrology, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH; ²Transplant Surgery, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH; ³Surgery, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH.
Introduction: BK virus continues to be a significant post-transplant complication with increasing incidence in the current era of potent immunosuppression. Mammalian target of rapamycin inhibitors…