2019 American Transplant Congress
Discard Patterns in Donors with Non Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
*Purpose: Obesity and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) are major health issues affecting 20-50% of the US adult population and are increasingly prevalent in potential…2019 American Transplant Congress
Association of Tacrolimus-Level Variance with De Novo DSA within the First 2 Years after Renal Transplantation
*Purpose: Patients that receive an HLA-mismatched kidney transplant (KT) have an increased likelihood to develop de novo DSA (dnDSA). Ideally, immunosuppression is properly adjusted and…2019 American Transplant Congress
Prophylactic Use of Eculizumab in Patients at High Risk of Post-Transplant aHUS Recurrence Improves Graft Outcomes
On behalf of the French aHUS Group, France, France
*Purpose: Eculizumab has revolutionized the management of atypical Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome (aHUS). In 2012, the French aHUS Study Group issued recommendations to advocate the prophylactic…2019 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Early Borderline Histological Changes on Subsequent Events in Renal Transplant Recipients
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA
*Purpose: The significance of borderline changes suspicious for rejection noted on early renal allograft biopsies on subsequent events in renal transplant recipients is unclear.*Methods: Between…2019 American Transplant Congress
Center-Level Variation in HLA-Incompatible Living Donor Kidney Transplantation Outcomes
1Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, 2University of Alabama School of Medicine, Birmingham, AL
*Purpose: Desensitization protocols for HLA-incompatible living donor kidney transplantation (ILDKT) vary across centers. The impact of these variations, as well as other practice variations, on…2019 American Transplant Congress
Vaccine Response as a Predictor of Kidney Transplant Rejection and Serious Infection
Department of Nephrology, Monash Health, Clayton, Australia
*Purpose: Vaccination generates immune memory, including antibodies against harmful pathogens. Transplant immunosuppression prevents similar processes occurring against alloantigens. Transplant recipients have significantly reduced seroresponses to…2019 American Transplant Congress
The Impact of Transplant Hospital Organ Procurement on Medicare Cost Report Reimbursement
*Purpose: Medicare organ acquisition reimbursement from the Medicare Cost Report includes costs associated with transplant hospitals acquiring an organ for Medicare transplant patients and the…2019 American Transplant Congress
Use of Marginal Liver Donors in Pediatric Transplantation: Diverse Profiles of Use in Major Transplant Centers
*Purpose: Pediatric liver transplantation is highly specialized only a small number of centers have consistent large volume experience. We tested the hypothesis that large volume…2019 American Transplant Congress
Compatible Pairs in Paired Kidney Exchange – Are There Winners and Loosers?
*Purpose: To understand patterns of participation for compatible pairs and their impact in increasing paired donation in a national registry.*Methods: Favorable pairs (FP) are defined…2019 American Transplant Congress
Patient Centered AUC-Monitoring of Tacrolimus Using Capillary Microsampling
Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet, Oslo, Norway
*Purpose: To reduce unwanted side effects of Tacrolimus (Tac), improvement of dosing is warranted. Therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) of Tac based on trough concentrations (C0)…
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