Am J Transplant, Volume 18, Suppl 3 Archives - Page 205 of 211 - ATC Abstracts

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Re-Hospitalization after Pediatric Kidney Transplantation in Steroid Avoidance Protocols
P. Verghese, S. Chinnakotla, D. Berglund, A. Matas, B. Chavers.
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.
Data on re-hospitalization rates in steroid avoidance protocols is limited. We performed a single-center, retrospective cohort study of pediatric kidney transplant recipients between 2006 and…
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Distribution of Biopsy Proven Acute Rejection in a Large Pediatric Kidney Transplant Program: A Four Year Experience
C. Varnell, Jr.,¹ A. Carle,^2,3 D. Hooper.^1,2,3
¹Division of Nephrology & Hypertension, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH; ²James M. Anderson Center for Health Systems Excellence, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH; ³Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH.
Introduction: Kidney biopsy is the gold standard for diagnosing rejection, transplant glomerulopathy, and other pathology after transplantation. We aimed to understand the distribution of Banff…
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Advanced Liver Care and Salvage Transplantation Improves Outcomes for Patients with Cirrhosis Requiring Abdominal General Surgical Procedures
D. Milgrom,¹ N. Valsangkar,¹ J. Kays,¹ T. Liang,¹ J. Butler,¹ C. Kubal,¹ M. Maluccio,¹ A. Tector,² L. Koniaris.¹
¹Department of Surgery, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN; ²Department of Transplant Surgery, University of Alabama School of Medicine, Birmingham, AB.
Introduction: Historically, abdominal general surgical procedures on cirrhotic patients carry up to an 80% mortality rate. We hypothesized outcomes of cirrhotic patients requiring abdominal surgical…
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Role of Obesity in Pediatric Liver Transplantation
K. Covarrubias, M. Denhard, X. Luo, J. Garonzik-Wang, A. Cameron, D. Segev, D. Mogul.
JHU, Baltimore, MD.
PURPOSE: Pediatric obesity rates are climbing and the prevalence of obesity in children undergoing liver transplantation now exceeds that of the general population. Studies in…
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Psychiatric Disorders and Disturbances in Transplant Listing Decisions
G. Lee, A. Wall, D. Magnus, J. Maldonado.
School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA; Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, CA.
Background: Poorly controlled mental health disorders pose contraindications to listing because they are associated with increased noncompliance and graft loss.[1] Once managed, these conditions do…
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Frailty and Kidney Transplantation: AST-KPCOP Survey of Center Practices
M. McAdams DeMarco, S. Rasmussen, R. Parsons, T. Alhamad, K. Johansen, S. Tullius, R. Lynch, M. Harhay, M. Rao, J. Berger, J. Lappin, J. Tan, X. Cheng, K. Woodside, S. Parajuli, K. Lentine, B. Kaplan, D. Segev, J. Kobashigawa, D. Dadhania.
Kidney Pancreas COP, AST, Mt. Laurel.
Background: Frailty is a clinical phenotype of decreased physiologic reserve and resistance to stressors. Given the potential utility of frailty evaluation as prognosticator of kidney…
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Blood Transfusion is a Critical Determinant of Resource Utilization and Total Hospital Cost in Liver Transplantation
C. Garcia, A. Dugan, D. Davenport, R. Gedaly.
Surgery, University of Kentucky, Lexington.
Objective: The aim of this study is to identify factors associated with increased resource use and total hospital cost after liver transplantation (LT).Methods: A study…
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Follow-Up and Outcomes of Epstein-Barr Virus Negative Recipients after a Kidney Transplant from an Epstein-Barr Virus Positive Donor
C. Dudreuilh, E. Asgari, R. Hilton.
Departments of Nephrology and Transplantation, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom.
Introduction: Post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder (PTLD) is one of the most serious complications of chronic immunosuppression after an organ transplant. One of the major risk factors…
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Functional Reconstruction of Urogenital Tissue Defects Using VCA: A Novel Microsurgical Penis Transplant Model and Clinical & Histological Rejection Classification
S. Fidder,^1,4 G. Furtmüller,¹ B. Simons,² B. Kern,¹ D. Lough,¹ B. Oh,¹ M. Chicco,¹ C. Brayton,³ W. Lee,¹ D. Cooney,¹ R. Redett,¹ G. Brandacher.¹
¹Dept of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore; ²Dept of Urology, JHU SOM, Baltimore; ³Dept of Molecular & Comparative Pathobiology, JHU SOM, Baltimore; ⁴Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
Background: Defects of male urogenital structures subsequent to major trauma are associated with severely reduced function and quality-of-life. As of recent, penis transplantation represents an…
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Dual Function of IRF1/IRF4 on Dendritic Cells in Mouse Liver Transplantation Model
G. Gu, T. Lu, N. Xu, Q. Xia.
Department of Liver Surgery, Renji Hospital, Affiliated by Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Tolerogenic dendritic cells play an essential role in transplant tolerance induction. However, how to induce tolerogenic dendritic cells is not fully understood. Here, we sorted…