Am J Transplant, Volume 18, Suppl 3 Archives - Page 206 of 211 - ATC Abstracts

2018 American Transplant Congress
Transplantation Tourism and Recipients Perspectives and Experience
F. Al Rahbi, I. Al Salmi.
The Renal Medicine Department, The Royal Hospital, Muscat, Oman.
Background: In view of shortages of available organs, long wait times for possible transplantation and strict regulation, many patients opt for commercial transplantation. This study…
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Urinary Proteomics as a Dignostic Mean for Chronic Humoral Rejection after Pediatric Kidney Transplantation
L. Pape, A. Melk, P. Zürbig, N. Kanzelmeyer.
Pediatric Nephrology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany; Mosaqiues Diagnostics, Hanonver, Germany.
Chronic antibody-mediated rejection (cAMR) is the main cause of long-term graft loss and presents a diagnostic challenge in renal transplantation medicine. Late-stage diagnosis is made…
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Creatinine Monitoring by Remote Blood Spot Testing in Pediatric Kidney Transplant Recipients
J. Dickerson,¹ K. Jacot,² M. Sinkey,² J. Smith.³
¹Laboratory Medicine, Seattle Children's, Seattle; ²Transplant, Seattle Children's, Seattle; ³Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle.
Introduction: Pediatric kidney transplant patients are monitored frequently with laboratory testing to assess kidney transplant function and to optimize therapeutic drug levels. Challenges to timely…
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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…