Am J Transplant, Volume 19, Suppl 3 Archives - Page 113 of 214 - ATC Abstracts

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Low Dose Thymoglobulin Has No Disadvantages to Standard Higher Dose: A Report of the Midwest Pediatric Nephrology Consortium
I. Ashoor¹, R. Beyl², C. Gupta³, A. Jain⁴, S. Kiessling⁵, H. Patel⁶, J. Sherbotie⁷, D. J. Weaver Jr⁸, R. Zahr⁹, V. Dharnidharka¹⁰
¹LSU Health, New Orleans, LA, ²Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, LA, ³Children's National Medical Center, Washington, DC, ⁴Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, ⁵University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, ⁶Nationwide Children's Hospital, Colombus, OH, ⁷University of Utah SOM, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁸Levine Children's Hospital, Charlotte, NC, ⁹University of Tennessee, Memphis, TN, ¹⁰Washington University, St. Louis, MO
*Purpose: What is not known is whether a lower Thymoglobulin (ATG) induction dose provides safe and effective immunosuppression compared to a “standard” higher dose in…
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Are Protocol Biopsies Necessary for Pediatric Renal Transplant Recipients?
E. Allred, E. Ingulli
Pediatrics, UCSD, San Diego, CA
*Purpose: Renal allograft survival indirectly correlates with acute rejection episodes. Subacute rejection is also associated with decreased graft survival. Protocol biopsies (bxs) have been implemented…
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Post-Transplant Lymphoproliferative Disorders in Pediatric Renal Transplant Recipients: Case Series of 5 Patients
M. E. Araujo¹, C. Metran¹, R. Cardoso¹, G. Araujo¹, T. De Paula¹, L. Cristofani², M. F. Pereira³, D. David⁴, A. Watanabe¹
¹Pediatric Nephrology, ICr HC FMUSP, São Paulo, Brazil, ²Pediatric Oncology, ICr HC FMUSP, São Paulo, Brazil, ³Pediatric Infectology, ICr HC FMUSP, São Paulo, Brazil, ⁴Anatomopathology, HC FMUSP, São Paulo, Brazil
*Purpose: Post-transplant Lymphoproliferative Disorders (PTLD) after solid organ transplantation is a complication of chronic immunosuppression (IS) and is generally associated with Epstein Barr virus (EBV)…
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Are Ureteric Stents a Risk Factor for Bk Virus Activation in Kidney Transplantation?
L. Tran, R. Akiki, A. Gautam
Surgery- Section of Transplant Surgery, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA
*Purpose: Ureteric stents are used in Kidney Transplantation, to reduce the incidence of ureteric leaks. There have been a few studies suggesting that placement of…
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The Power of Young Donor Liver; Elixir of Life for Sick Liver Transplant Recipient
J. Kusakabe¹, J. McVey², D. J. Firl², M. Fujiki², F. N. Aucejo², C. Quintini², K. Hashimoto², K. Sasaki²
¹Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan, ²Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Department of General Surgery, Digestive Disease Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
*Purpose: Young donor organs are known to have significant prognostic benefits in liver transplantation (LT). However, details of short- and long-term prognostic benefits of young…
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Liver Circle-Based Allocation: LSAM Modeling Results
D. Schladt¹, T. Weaver¹, J. Pyke¹, A. Herreid¹, B. Thompson¹, B. Kasiske¹, J. Snyder¹, W. Kim², J. Lake³, A. Israni¹, J. Heimbach⁴
¹SRTR, Minneapolis, MN, ²Stanford Univ, Stanford, CA, ³Univ of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, ⁴Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
*Purpose: On June 25, 2018, the OPTN Board of Directors (BOD) directed the Liver and Intestinal Organ Transplantation Committee to propose changes to policy removing…
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Living Donor vs. Deceased Donor Liver Transplantation for Pediatric Patients with Metabolic Liver Disease
G. Gu, Q. Xia
Renji Hospital, Shanghai, China
*Purpose: Liver transplantation has been accepted as the appropriate treatment option for pediatric metabolic liver disease and the most common methods used are LDLT and…
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Impact of Size Mismatch on Long-Term Graft Survival after Orthotopic Liver Transplantation
K. Kamrani¹, A. Okoh², A. Mathur³, L. Brown⁴
¹Dept. of Surgery, Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch, NJ, ²Dept. of Medicine, Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, Newark, NJ, ³Div. of Transplant Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ, ⁴Div. of Liver Transplant Surgery, University Hospital, Newark, NJ
*Purpose: The aim of the current study is to investigate recent trends in mismatched organs utilized for orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) and examine the impact…
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Effect of Donor-Recipient Serologic CMV Matching on 1-Year Post-Lung Transplant Outcomes
H. Ehrenfeld, M. Manson, R. Yau
Pharmacy, CHI St. Luke's Health Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center, Houston, TX
*Purpose: Cytomegalovirus (CMV) poses significant risks and complications in solid organ transplant (SOT) patients. The current CMV guidelines acknowledge CMV serologic mismatch transplants contribute to…
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Hepatic Artery Anastomosis Post-Operative Anatomy Influences Doppler Ultrasound Systolic Acceleration Time after Liver Transplantation
R. A. Choudhury, A. Yule, K. Conzen, E. A. Pomfret, T. L. Nydam
Transplant Surgery, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO
*Purpose: Prolongation of the systolic acceleration time (SAT) and decreased resistive index (R/I) of the proper hepatic artery following liver transplant have been associated with…