Am J Transplant, Volume 18, Suppl 3 Archives - Page 24 of 211 - ATC Abstracts

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Long-Term Outcomes of a Steroid-Free, Belatacept-Based Immunosuppressive Regimen Plus Sirolimus Using Alentuzumab Induction in Renal Transplantation
A. Guasch,¹ A. Ghali,¹ S. Mead,¹ A. Mehta,¹ H. Xu,² A. Kirk.²
¹Emory Transplant Center, Emory University, Atlanta, GA; ²Dept of Surgery, Duke University, Durham, NC.
The toxicities of CNIs and steroids have a negative impact on kidney transplantation. Belatacept is a safe, non-nephrotoxic alternative to CNIs, that may lead to…
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Taking Specific Steps to Pursue Living Donor Kidney Transplant is Associated with Greater Odds of Having a Potential Living Donor Identified
A. Ali,¹ D. Toews,¹ N. Singh,¹ A. Ayub,¹ C. Richardson,¹ S. Dano,¹ D. Wong,¹ J. Peipert,² A. Waterman,² M. Novak,¹ I. Mucsi.¹
¹University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada; ²David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA.
Background:When planning interventions to increase living donor kidney transplant (LDKT), it is important to understand what actions can patients take that are associated with an…
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South Asian and Muslim Canadian Patients Are Less Likely to Receive Living Donor Kidney Transplant Offers Compared to Caucasian, Non-Muslim Patients
A. Ali,¹ A. Ayub,¹ C. Richardson,¹ N. Edwards,¹ T. Ahmed,¹ M. Novak,^2,3 I. Mucsi.¹
¹Multi-Organ Transplant Program, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada; ²Centre for Mental Health, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada; ³Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Background:No studies have assessed whether Muslim Canadians face barriers to accessing LDKT. We explored how frequently Muslim or South Asian patients with and stage kidney…
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The Efficacy of Laser Speckle Flowgraphy Device for Intraoperative Evaluation of Renal Blood Flow after Reperfusion
M. Muramatsu,¹ Y. Itabashi,¹ Y. Takahashi,² K. Sakurabayashi,¹ T. Mizutani,¹ Y. Hyodo,¹ Y. Hamasaki,² T. Kawamura,¹ K. Sakai,¹ S. Shishido.^1,2
¹Nephrology, Toho University Faculty of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan; ²Pediatric Nephrology, Toho University Faculty of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Purpose:Laser speckle flowgraphy (LSFG) is a device to monitor cutaneous and ocular fundus blood flow. However, there is no report that the device was used…
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Preoperative Anemia in Transfusion Free Patients Undergoing Kidney Transplant May Be Associated with Poor Outcome
N. Kaur, A. Pita, C. Lane, M. Bhatnagar, L. Matsuoka, R. Selby, K. Dhanireddy.
Department of Surgery, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA.
Background: Preoperative anemia can contribute to poor outcomes in transfusion-free (TF) kidney transplants (KT). There are no established guidelines on the acceptable degree of anemia.…
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Multiplexed Immunofluorescence to Investigate the Immune Response to BK Virus in Pediatric Kidney Transplant Recipients
C. Fajardo,¹ P. Grimm,¹ N. Kambham,² G. Nolan,³ N. Samusik,³ J. Maltzman.³
¹Pediatrics, Stanford, Stanford, CA; ²Pathology, Stanford, Stanford, CA; ³Immunology, Stanford, Stanford, CA.
Background: BK virus-associated nephropathy (BKVN) is a significant complication in renal transplantation that leads to allograft dysfunction or failure. BKV is thought to reactivate as…
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De Novo Use of Extended Released Tacrolimus (Meltdose, Envasus^R)) after OLT – Does the Colonic Resorption Influences the Outcome?
T. Soliman, G. Györi, M. Hofmann, A. Salat, S. Rockenschaub, G. Berlakovich.
Department of Transplantation, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Introduction: Immunosuppression after OLT has reached a quite high standard with an excellent evidence base. However, there is still a lack of data for the…
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First-Time Simultaneous vs. Sequential Liver-Kidney Transplantation in Polycystic Kidney Disease: A Review of the UNOS Database
P. Nguyen,¹ A. Rana,¹ T. Miloh.²
¹Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX; ²Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX.
Introduction. Polycystic disease (PKD) may necessitate the need for liver and/or kidney transplantation. The long-term outcomes of simultaneous liver-kidney transplantation (SLK) and kidney-after-liver (KAL) or…
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Poverty, End Stage Liver Disease, and Transplantation in Georgia
R. Lynch,¹ K. Ross,¹ J. Magliocca,¹ D. Goldberg,² R. Patzer.¹
¹Surgery, Emory University, Atlanta, GA; ²Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, GA.
Background: Though discussions of equity in liver transplantation remain focused primarily on relative availability of allografts as a measure of access, differences in disease burden…
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Pattern of Respiratory Virus Infection (RVI) and Chronic Lung Allograft Dysfunction (CLAD) in Lung Transplant Recipients (LTR)
L. Somerville, S. Drews, K. Halloran, N. Lee, D. Kabbani, H. Hirji, K. Doucette, C. Cervera.
University of ALberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
Background: The indirect effects of RVI in LTR are controversial. We aimed to define patterns of RVI in LTR and the impact on CLAD and…