Am J Transplant, Volume 19, Suppl 3 Archives - Page 169 of 214 - ATC Abstracts

2019 American Transplant Congress
Pulmonary Complications in Living Liver Donors
D. Esendagli¹, E. Ayvazoglu Soy², E. Kupeli¹, A. Akdur², S. Yildirim², A. Torgay³, S. Boyacioglu⁴, M. Haberal²
¹Pulmonary Diseases, Baskent University, Ankara, Turkey, ²Transplantation, Baskent University, Ankara, Turkey, ³Anesthesiology, Baskent University, Ankara, Turkey, ⁴Gastroenterology, Baskent University, Ankara, Turkey
*Purpose: Due to the shortage of deceased donors, living donor liver transplantation has been the main treatment option for the end - stage liver disease.…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Impact Of Donor And Recipient Race On Kidney Transplant Survivals Evaluated By The Physiochemically-calculated Hla Immunogenicity
S. Stepkowski, B. Mierzejewska, M. Rees
University of Toledo, Toledo, OH
*Purpose: Graft survivals are inferior for African American (AA) patients in comparison to Caucasian (CAU) patients in the United States. We examined how donor and…
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C1q Dominant Deposits in Renal Transplant Biopsies Are Not Associated with Allograft Dysfunction
A. Babu¹, S. Williamson², N. Khoury¹, M. Safwan¹, A. Patel¹
¹Transplant Institute, Henry Ford Hospitals, Detroit, MI, ²Pathology Surgical, Henry Ford Hospitals, Detroit, MI
*Purpose: Complement deposition in renal allograft biopsies and native kidneys may represent an ongoing inflammatory process. We studied the significance of incidental finding of predominant…
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Recipient TIM4 Expression is Essential for Hepatocellular Function in Liver Transplantation
K. Kadono, S. Kageyama, H. Hirao, K. Nakamura, K. J. Dery, D. Oncel, T. Ito, B. Ke, F. M. Kaldas, R. W. Busuttil, J. W. Kupiec‐Weglinski
Dumont-UCLA Transplant Center, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: Hepatic ischemia-reperfusion injury (IRI) represents a major risk factor of early graft dysfunction and predisposes to rejection in orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT). Previous studies…
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Postoperative Telemonitoring Following Kidney Transplantation: Effects on Early Hospital Readmissions and Graft Outcomes
N. Elfadawy, V. Humphreville, A. Padiyar, E. Sanchez, N. Sarabu
University hospitals of Cleveland, Cleveland, OH
*Purpose: Telemonitoring has been recently shown to improve outcomes and reduce hospital admission rate in cardiac patients. We sought to study the effect of telemonitoring…
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Association Of Clinical Characteristics With Rate Of Kidney Transplant Function Decline In The 2 Years Prior To Allograft Loss
L. A. Binari, P. E. Thorne, J. L. Morse, T. G. Stewart, R. C. Forbes, K. Rabb, L. Lipworth, K. Abdel-Kader, B. P. Concepcion
Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
*Purpose: The rate of kidney transplant function decline prior to allograft loss has not been well characterized. Identifying demographic and clinical characteristics associated with slow…
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The Association of Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate at One Year Post-Kidney Transplant with Graft Loss is Not Modified by Delayed Graft Function
J. Gill, M. Kadatz, J. Gill
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
*Purpose: In kidney transplant recipients, eGFR at 1 year post-transplant has been shown to be associated with graft loss, but it is unclear if this…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Better Health-Related Quality of Life in Kidney Transplant Patients over Time Compared with Those in Chronic Kidney Disease Patients at Similar Renal Function
J. Ryu¹, T. Koo¹, K. Oh², C. Ahn³, J. Yang¹
¹Organ transplant center, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ²Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ³Organ Transplant Center; Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
*Purpose: Both kidney transplantation (KT) and pre-dialysis chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients usually experience mental and physical burdens according to renal functional deterioration. However, change…
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Health Utility And Social Distress In Kidney Transplant (KT) Recipients
S. Macanovic¹, D. Li¹, B. Liao¹, I. Escudero¹, V. Shah², A. Nagee², A. Che², R. Khairalla², M. Novak³, I. Mucsi¹
¹Division of Nephrology and Multi-Organ Transplant Program, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada, ³Centre for Mental Health, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada
*Purpose: Preference-based measures of health-related quality of life (HRQOL) or health utility, such as the EuroQol-5D5L (EQ5), cover multiple health domains and are combined into…
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Primary Uretero-Ureterostomy In Organ Transplants
H. Shokouh-Amiri, B. Samant, N. Singh, R. McMillan, D. Aultman, T. Siskron, H. Samant, G. Zibari
Willis-Knighton Regional Transplant Center, Shreveport, LA
*Purpose: Ureteral anastomosis (Uretero-Neocystostomy) is considered the “Achilles Heel” of Renal transplant (RT).Few studies of Primary Uretero-Ureterostomy (U-U) in RT have been reported. Primary U-U…