Am J Transplant, Volume 18, Suppl 3 Archives - Page 91 of 211 - ATC Abstracts

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Micafungin Prophylaxis in Liver Transplant Recipients at High Risk for Invasive Fungal Infections
A. Nolan, N. Harriott, K. Startsman.
Medstar Georgetown University Hospital, Department of Pharmacy, Washington, DC.
Purpose: This study was conducted to determine the incidence of proven or probable invasive fungal infections in the first 90 days after transplant in high…
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Increase on Regulatory Cells in Kidney Transplanted Patients Presenting Donor-Specific Antibodies
G. Maciel,¹ M. Fernandes,^1,2 E. Barbosa,² H. Rodrigues,¹ N. Panajotopolus,¹ F. Agena,² E. David-Neto,² V. Coelho,¹ M. Castro.²
¹Laboratory of Immunology, São Paulo University, São Paulo, Brazil; ²Renal Transplantation Service, Clinical Hospital, São Paulo, Brazil.
The role of anti-HLA donor specific antibodies (DSA) in increasing the risk of graft rejection is known. Nevertheless, not all patients with DSA develop rejection…
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Ex Vivo Bloodless Oxygen Carrier for Perfusion of DCD Kidneys during Subnormothermic Storage
P. Luke,^1,2 M. Richard-Mohamed,² A. Haig,³ R. Mayer,² S. Aquil,² A. Sener,² A. Jevnikar,^1,2 R. Bhattacharjee.^1,2
¹Matthew Mailing Centre for Translational Transplant Studies, London, ON, Canada; ²Multi-Organ Transplant Program, London Health Sciences Centre, London, ON, Canada; ³Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, London Health Sciences Centre, London, ON, Canada.
Background: Non-oxygenated static or machine perfusion in cold (4[deg]C) remains the gold standard in transplantation and an optimal method of oxygen delivery to ischemic kidneys…
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Immune Modulatory Effect of Thalidomide and Dexamethasone Co-Treatment on Murine Splenocytes
E. Kim,^1,2 J. Kim,¹ K. Huh,^1,3 Y. Cho,¹ M. Kim,^1,3 Y. Kim,^1,3 B. Kim.^1,4
¹The Research Institute for Transplantation, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea; ²Brain Korea 21 PLUS Project for Medical Science, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea; ³Department of Transplantation Surgery, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea; ⁴Department of Internal Medicine, Nephrology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Thalidomide (TM) is known to have anti-inflammatory effects and dexamethasone (DX) is also well known to reduce inflammation and inhibit inflammatory cytokine production. Clinically, combinatorial…
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Pumping Donor Kidneys Reduces DGF and Improves Allograft Survival without Affecting Rejection Rates
M. Samoylova, A. Nash, T. Brennan.
Surgery, Duke University, Durham, NC.
Recent evidence suggests that hypothermic machine perfusion of donor kidneys reduces delayed graft function (DGF), but data is sparse on its effect on allograft rejection.…
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Implementation of Intensive Standardized Follow-Up in Kidney Transplant Recipients
A. Crane, M. Eltemamy, T. Coy, P. Babbar, A. Sun, D. Jacobsen, M. Ponziano, E. Poggio, A. Wee, R. Fatica, V. Krishnamurthi.
Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland.
Introduction & Objective: Kidney transplant recipients have higher rates of prolonged hospitalization and readmission rates. We aimed to identify modifiable predictors of 30-day readmission and…
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Association between Genetic Polymorphisms of Fc Gamma Receptor Genes (FcgR) and the Development of Donor Specific Antibodies (DSA) after Kidney Transplant
D. Min,¹ Y. Chang,² T. Shah.³
¹College of Pharmacy, Western University of Health Sciences, Pomona, CA; ²National Institute of Transplantation Foundation, Los Angeles, CA; ³Multi-Organ Transplant Center, St. Vincent Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA.
Background: Antibody mediated rejection (AMR) is one of the most important barriers to improve long-term kidney transplant outcomes. The presence of donor specific antibodies (DSA)…
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Antiproteinuric Effect of Spironolactone in Renal Transplantation: Effectiveness and Clinical Outcomes
M. Sousa, C. Do Valle, G. Rivelli, L. Camargo, R. Zollner, M. Mazzali.
University of Campinas, Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Background: aldosterone is involved in development of fibrosis in kidney transplantation. Blockade of aldosterone receptor appears to be effective in treatment for chronic allograft dysfunction,…
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Kidney Transplantation (KTx) Using Kidneys from Deceased Donors (DD) with Severe Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) Requiring Renal Replacement Therapy (RRT)
A. Srinivasan, R. Heilman, A. Kumar, H. Khamash, M. Smith, K. Reddy, A. Moss.
Mayo Clinic, Phoenix.
Background:Transplant centers are reluctant to accept kidneys from DD with severe AKI necessitating utilization of RRT. The aim of this study is to determine the…
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Predictors of Kidney Transplant Recipient Readmissions
A. Crane, M. Eltemamy, D. Jacobsen, T. Coy, A. Sun, P. Babbar, M. Ponziano, E. Poggio, A. Wee, R. Fatica, V. Krishnamurthi.
Glickman Urology and Nephrology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland.
Introduction: Readmission rates for kidney transplant recipients is high and widely variable with a range of 18-47% nationwide. We aimed to characterize kidney transplant patients…