Am J Transplant, Volume 18, Suppl 3 Archives - Page 69 of 211 - ATC Abstracts

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Post‐Donation eGFR Levels Predicts New‐Onset Antihypertensive Medication Use after Living Kidney Donation
K. Lentine,¹ D. Segev,² N. Lam,³ A. Garg,⁴ A. Naik,⁵ D. Axelrod,⁶ H. Xiao,¹ M. Henderson,² A. Massie,² B. Kasiske,⁷ G. Hess,⁸ C. Hsu,⁹ D. Brennan,² M. Schnitzler.¹
¹Saint Louis Univ, St. Louis; ²Johns Hopkins, Baltimore; ³Univ Alberta, Edmonton, Canada; ⁴Western Univ, Ontario, Canada; ⁵Univ Michigan, Ann Arbor; ⁶Lahey Clinic, Burlington; ⁷Hennepin County, Minneapolis; ⁸Symphony Health, Conshohocken; ⁹UCSF, San Francisco.
Limited data are available on the outcome implications of renal function after living kidney donation.We constructed a novel database linking SRTR registry identifiers, serum creatinine…
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The Predictive Power of MELD is Decreasing in the Era of Older, Sicker Patients
E. Godfrey,¹ J. Lai,² T. Miloh,³ N. Galvan,¹ R. Cotton,¹ C. O'Mahony,¹ J. Vierling,¹ N. Sussman,¹ A. Rana.¹
¹Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX; ²Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA; ³Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX.
PurposeThe field of liver transplantation has shifted considerably in the MELD era. Liver allocation, immunosuppression, and etiologies of liver failure have changed over time, and…
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Economic Evaluation of Contemporary Kidney Transplant Practice
D. Axelrod,¹ M. Schnitzler,² H. Xiao,² W. Irish,³ J. Tuttle-Newhall,³ S-.H. Chang,⁴ B. Kasiske,⁵ T. Alhamad,⁴ K. Lentine.²
¹Lahey Clinic, Burlington; ²Saint Louis University, St. Louis; ³East Carolina University, Greeneville; ⁴Washington University, St. Louis; ⁵Hennepin County, Minneapolis.
Kidney transplantation (KTx) has been established as the optimal therapy for medically suitable patients with end-stage renal disease, prolonging survival and reducing health care spending.…
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Information Needs of Adolescent Transplant Recipients Transitioning to Adult Care
B. Kosmach-Park,¹ D. Shellmer,² C. Nguyen,³ G. Mazariegos.²
¹Department of Transplant Surgery, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA; ²Hillman Center for Pediatric Transplantation, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA; ³Department of Pediatric Nephrology, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA.
Background: As adolescent and young adult (AYA) tx recipients transition to adulthood, a parallel transition in care is essential. The AYA should achieve skills for…
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Activity Nanosensors for Early and Noninvasive Detection of Acute Organ Transplant Rejection
Q. Mac,¹ D. Mathews,² J. Kahla,¹ C. Stoffers,¹ O. Delmas,¹ B. Holt,¹ A. Adams,² G. Kwong.¹
¹Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA; ²Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA.
Purpose: We engineered activity nanosensors that sense anti-allograft T cell activity in vivo to noninvasively detect the onset of acute cellular rejection from urine.Methods: Granzyme…
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IL-21 Regulates Creation of Tertiary Lymphoid Organs in Chronic Allograft Rejection
J. Breidenbach, C. Baum, P. Schroder, S. Stepkowski.
Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Science, Toledo, OH.
Background: IL-21 is a cytokine expressed almost exclusively by cells of the adaptive immune system, making it an attractive target for reducing chronic allograft rejection…
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Early Steroid Withdrawal and Kidney Transplant Outcomes for Recipients with Delayed Graft Function
S. Bae, A. Massie, X. Luo, J. Garonzik Wang, D. Segev.
Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD.
Current guidelines suggest early steroid withdrawal (ESW) regimen for kidney transplant (KT) recipients with low immunological risk. Delayed graft function (DGF) is a risk factor…
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The Advantage of Utilizing ABO and HLA Compatible Pairs in Kidney Paired Donation
A. Basu,¹ C. Kosberg,¹ H. Khamash,² M. Mai,³ M. Prieto,¹ C. Schinstock.¹
¹Nephrology and Hypertension, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; ²Nephrology and Hypertension, Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ; ³Nephrology and Hypertension, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL.
BACKGROUND: Kidney paired donation (KPD) programs are mainly used to facilitate transplantation for candidates with ABO or HLA incompatible living donors. However, the benefit of…
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Viral-Specific Cytotoxic T-Cell (Viral-Tc) Responses in Highly-HLA-Sensitized Patients (HS) Maintained on Tacrolimus and Everolimus Post-HLAi Kidney Transplant
S. Ge,¹ M. Chu,¹ A. Karasyov,¹ D. Lovato,¹ J. Kahwaji,² A. Vo,¹ J. Choi,¹ S. Louie,¹ S. Jordan,¹ M. Toyoda.¹
¹Comprehensive Transplant Center, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA; ²Kidney Transplantation, Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA.
Introduction: Viral infections represent significant infectious complications post- kidney transplant which may be increased with desensitization. CMV, EBV and BKV infections are the most prevalent.…
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Program-Specific Survival from Listing: Variability and Association with Pretransplant and Posttransplant Metrics
A. Wey, N. Salkowski, B. Kasiske, A. Israni, J. Snyder.
SRTR, Minneapolis.
Transplant program performance assessment has traditionally focused on posttransplant outcomes. However, the survival benefit conferred by transplant offers a compelling reason to broaden program assessment…