Am J Transplant, Volume 19, Suppl 3 Archives - Page 106 of 214 - ATC Abstracts

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Kidney Transplantation after Sleeve Gastrectomy in the Morbidly Obese Candidate: Results of a Five-Year Experience
Y. Kim, A. J. Bailey, M. C. Morris, J. Hlavaty, M. C. Cuffy, E. S. Woodle, S. A. Shah, T. S. Diwan
Department of Surgery, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
*Purpose: Morbid obesity serves as a barrier to kidney transplantation (KT) due to potential suboptimal post-transplant outcomes. Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) has previously been shown…
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Gut Microbiota May Affect a Variability of Tacrolimus Trough Levels in Kidney Transplant Recipients
J. Kim¹, H. Cho², J. Park³, M. Kwak⁴, B. Kim⁴, J. Lee⁵, D. Kim¹, B. Kim⁶, Y. Kim¹, H. Lee¹
¹Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ²Chungbuk National University Hospital, Cheongju, Korea, Republic of, ³Kangwon National University Hospital, Chuncheon, Korea, Republic of, ⁴Chunlab Inc., Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ⁵Seoul National University Boramae Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ⁶Hallym University, Chuncheon, Korea, Republic of
*Purpose: The gut microbiota alters expression of drug-metabolizing enzymes and transporters, and consequently affects therapeutic dose and response of medicines. We aimed to investigate the…
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Specific Reasons for Public Health Service (PHS) Increased Risk (IR) Designation Had Little Influence on Doctors’ Kidney Offer Acceptance Decisions in Controlled “Lab” Experiment
D. Stewart¹, J. Rosendale¹, H. McGehee¹, J. Schold², J. Lindemans³, J. Kessler⁴, C. Sullivan⁴, K. Mekeel⁵, R. Stratta⁶, R. Formica⁷, D. Klassen¹
¹UNOS, Richmond, VA, ²CCF, Cleveland, OH, ³Duke, Durham, NC, ⁴Wharton, Philadelphia, PA, ⁵UCSD, San Diego, CA, ⁶Wake Forest, Winston-Salem, NC, ⁷Yale, New Haven, CT
*Purpose: Over 25% of donors are labeled as PHS “increased risk,” a designation associated with reduced organ utilization despite favorable risk/benefit calculations for most patients.…
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Renal Function between Tenofovir and Entecavir in Post-Liver Transplanted Hepatitis B Patients
S. Kim, J. Kim, S. Lee, J. Rhu, Y. Chung, S. Kim, J. Joh, S. Lee, G. Choi, J. Park, S. Lee, K. Lee
Transplantation, Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
*Purpose: Tenofovir, Nucleotide analogue polymerase inhibitor is already accepted as effective and tolerable drug for treatment of hepatitis B virus (HBV) as much as entecavir.…
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Partial Freezing: Subzero Whole Liver Preservation In The Presence Of Ice
S. E. Cronin¹, C. A. Pendexter¹, R. J. deVries¹, S. Kimura², S. Ozer¹, P. D. Banik¹, S. Nagpal¹, H. Yeh², S. N. Tessier¹, K. Uygun¹, M. Toner¹
¹Center for Engineering in Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ²Transplant Center, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
*Purpose: We aim to develop a protocol to bank organs for several days, enabling global organ matching and potentially the utilization of organs unusable with…
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Thymoglobulin Efficacy: The Role of Dosing on Viral Infection and Rejection in Pancreas Transplantation
H. Sarumi, B. Johnson, S. Jackson, S. Hogan, J. Fisher, S. Riad, R. Kandaswamy, T. Pruett
Transplant Surgery, University of Minnesota Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN
*Purpose: While T-cell depletion therapy is standard practice for induction in pancreas transplantation, little data exists to help determine dosing and its impact on efficacy…
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Fasting Glood Glucose: A Simple and Reliable Marker to Predict Late Pancreas Graft Failure
D. Cantarovich¹, M. Ollivier², L. Chaillous², B. Cariou², J. Branchereau¹, G. Karam¹
¹Nephrology and Transplantation, ITUN, Nantes, France, ²Endocrinology, Institut du Thorax, Nantes, France
*Purpose: Causes of early post-transplant pancreas graft failure are well identified. Indeed, this is not the case after the first year. We searched factors which…
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Correlation between Self-Reported Medication Adherence and Side Effects in Transplant Recipients
T. Harrison¹, K. Foster¹, N. Patel¹, H. Meadows¹, C. Perez¹, H. Corbo¹, J. Fleming¹, N. Pilch¹, D. DuBay², J. McGillicuddy², S. Nadig², V. Rohan², D. Taber¹
¹Pharmacy Services, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ²Transplant Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
*Purpose: Medication non-adherence (MNA) is a major risk factor for acute rejection and graft loss amongst all organ groups. It is unclear how medication side…
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Lifelong Immunosuppression, I Am Sure We Told Them That?: Long Term Medication Adherence in Liver Transplant Patients
K. Foster¹, C. Perez¹, T. Harrison¹, H. Corbo¹, N. Patel¹, J. Fleming¹, H. Meadows¹, D. Taber¹, D. DuBay², J. McGillicuddy², N. Pilch¹
¹Department of Pharmacy Services, -Medical University of South Carolina, -Charleston, SC, ²Division of Transplant Surgery, Department of Surgery, -Medical University of South Carolina, -Charleston, SC
*Purpose: Current literature describes demographic information of non-adherent patients and identifies that non-adherence may be predictive of post-txp outcomes. We suspect that patients with private…
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Whole Body CT Imaging in Deceased Donor Screening
J. W. Mensink¹, R. A. Pol.², W. N. Nijboer¹, J. de Jonge³, K. M. Ooms - de Vries⁴, M. F. van der Jagt⁵, M. C. van de Poll⁶, I. P. Alwayn¹, A. E. Braat¹
¹Department of Surgery; Division of Transplantation, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ²Department of Surgery; Division of Transplantation, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands, ³Department of Surgery; Division of Transplantation, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands, ⁴Dutch Transplant Foundation, Leiden, Netherlands, ⁵Department of Surgery; Division of Transplantation, University Medical Center St. Radboud, Nijmegen, Netherlands, ⁶Department of Surgery and Department of Intensive Care, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, Netherlands
*Purpose: Using older (extended criteria) donors to increase the donor pool increases the risk of malignancies in the donor. Our aim was to analyze the…