Am J Transplant, Volume 18, Suppl 3 Archives - Page 81 of 211 - ATC Abstracts

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Extra-Renal Effects of Estrogen Receptor-Alpha Mediate Protection from Renal Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury
D. Aufhauser, D. Murken,¹ S. Concors,¹ Z. Wang,¹ G. Ge,¹ T. Bhatti,² W. Hancock,^2,3 M. Levine.¹
¹Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA; ²Pathology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA; ³Pathology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
Introduction: Females exhibit protection from renal ischemia-reperfusion injury (IRI) compared to males in animal models and in human kidneys transplants. Previous experiments have shown that…
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Class II Anti-HLA IgG2 and IgG3 DSAs Predict Poorer Outcomes in Chronic Antibody Mediated Rejection of Renal Allografts
A. Gueret-Wardle,¹ G. Lucisano,¹ S. Hassan,¹ P. Brookes,² E. Santos-Nunez,² D. Goodall,¹ C. Clarke,¹ J. Galliford,¹ M. Willicombe,¹ D. Taube.¹
¹Renal and Transplant Centre, Imperial College London NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom; ²Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom.
Introduction: whilst the development of IgG3 and C1q binding de novo [dn] HLA DSAs are associated with a poor outcome in acute antibody mediated rejection,…
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Effects of a Multimodal Pain Control Regimen in Living Donor Laparoscopic Nephrectomies
E. Thomas, J. Nelson, E. Diaz.
Department of Surgery, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL.
Purpose: Evaluate the effects of a multimodal pain control regimen on length of stay (LOS), opioid consumption, pain control, and opioid/NSAID related adverse events in…
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Clinical Implications of Positive Crossmatch in Liver Retransplants
F. Paterno, S. Tremblay, K. Wima, M. Cuffy, T. Diwan, N. Anwar, E. Woodle, S. Shah.
Surgery, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH.
BackgroundLiver transplant has been performed successfully regardless of a positive crossmatch. However, the clinical implications of a positive crossmatch in liver retransplants have not been…
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Geographic Variation in the Survival Benefit of Heart Transplantation
W. Parker,¹ R. Gibbons,¹ M. Churpek,¹ A. Anderson.²
¹University of Chicago, Chicago, IL; ²Northwestern University, Chicago, IL.
Purpose: Heart transplant candidate selection and treatment practices vary substantially across the US. We aimed to determine if transplant center practices modify the survival benefit…
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Impact of Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms on P450 Oxidoreductase and Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor alpha on Tacrolimus Pharmacokinetics in Renal Transplant Recipients
Z. Wang, Z. Han, J. Tao, H. Chen, S. Li, R. Tan, M. Gu.
Urology, The First Affiliated Hospital with Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
The P450 oxidoreductase (POR) and peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor alpha (PPARA) genes have been reported to be associated with the activity of cytochrome P450 enzymes in…
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The Preclinical Application of the Tactile Discrimination Task in Rat Models
S-.H. Wu,^1,2 C-.J. Wen,^1,2 J-.J. Huang,^1,2,3 Y-.C. Pei,^1,2,3 C-.H. Lin,^1,2,4,5 H. Cheng,¹ Z-.L. Peng,^1,4,5 H-.I. Yang,⁶ F-.C. Wei.^1,2,5
¹Center for Vascularized Composite Allotransplantation, Linkou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan; ²College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan; ³Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Taoyuan Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan; ⁴Division of Trauma and Emergency Plastic Surgery, Linkou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan; ⁵Division of Plastic Reconstructive Microsurgery, Linkou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan; ⁶Department of Electronic Engineering, National Taipei University of Technology, Taipei, Taiwan.
Nerve reinnervation is an important issue in the field of vascularized composite allotransplantation (VCA). However, nowadays the effective treatment for enhancing the reinnervation after the…
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Screening Coccidioides Serology in Kidney Transplant Recipients: A 10-Year Cross-Sectional Analysis
K. Phonphok,¹ T. Duong,¹ N. Datta,¹ O. Beaird,² J. Shaenman,² S. Bunnapradist.¹
¹Medicine-Nephrology, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA; ²Medicine-Infectious Diseases, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA.
Introduction: Southern California is one of the endemic areas of coccidioidomycosis and patients receiving immunosuppression including kidney transplant recipients are at higher risk for dissemination…
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Transplant Surgeon Perspectives on General Surgery in Transplant Recipients
S. DiBrito, M. Bowring, S. Rasmussen, C. Haugen, C. Holscher, N. Zonnenberg, M. Henderson, D. Segev, J. Garonzik-Wang.
Johns Hopkins, Baltimore.
Transplant recipients (TR) often require other general surgical procedures; however, it is controversial who should provide surgical and peri-operative care for this unique population. While…
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A Multi-Center Analysis of Risk Factors for Pneumocystis Pneumonia (PCP) in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients
S. Hosseini-Moghaddam, M. Shokoohi, G. Singh, S. Dufresne, A. Jevnikar, D. Kabbani, H. Cardinal, I. Houde, M-.J. Hebert, A. Shoker, G. Prasad, A. Humar, D. Kumar.
Medicine, London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC), London, ON, Canada.
Introduction: Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP) is associated with morbidity and mortality in solid organ transplant patients (SOTs). There are increasing reports of late PCP in SOT…