Am J Transplant, Volume 19, Suppl 3 Archives - Page 187 of 214 - ATC Abstracts

2019 American Transplant Congress
Circulating Donor Specific Antibody and Biopsy C4d Positivity in Pancreas Rejection Increase the Probability of Earlier Return to Insulin after Rejection
S. M. Riad¹, S. Jackson², E. B. Finger³, R. Kandaswamy³
¹Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, ²Complex Care Analytics, Fairview Health Services, Minneapolis, MN, ³Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
*Purpose: Outcome data following rejection in pancreas recipients are sparse. We sought to study the influence of C4d positivity and the presence of circulating DSA…
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Measuring and Monitoring Disparities in Access to Kidney Transplantation Associated with Being Listed for a Multi-Organ Transplant (MOT)
D. E. Stewart, C. A. Custer, A. M. Robinson, A. R. Wilk
UNOS, Richmond, VA
*Purpose: In 2018, the OPTN published a new methodology for measuring and monitoring disparities in access to deceased donor kidney (KI) transplantation (Tx) among kidney-alone…
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The Impact of Sleeve Gastrectomy Following Liver Transplant in Patients with Non-Alcoholic Steatosis: A Five-Year Experience
M. C. Morris¹, A. D. Jung¹, Y. Kim¹, V. K. Dhar¹, S. Shah¹, D. Schauer², E. Smith², T. Diwan¹
¹Surgery, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, ²Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
*Purpose: Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) cirrhosis is an increasingly common indication for liver transplantation (LT) in the United States and obese patients continue to be at…
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The Effect of Kidney Transplantation on Neurocognitive Function: A Prospective Study
B. P. Concepcion, J. C. Jackson, A. Kiehl, R. Adu-Boahene, E. Collar, M. Reed, M. Sika, J. Van, R. C. Forbes
Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
*Purpose: The effect of kidney transplantation on global cognition and executive function in patients with advanced kidney disease is unknown.*Methods: We prospectively enrolled patients scheduled…
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Granulocyte – Colony Stimulating Factor (G-CSF) and Granulocyte – Macrophage Colony Stimulating Factor (GM-CSF) Administration Augments the Incidence of Peripheral Blood Suppressive Regulatory T Cells in Nonhuman Primates
K. Sasaki, Y. Wang, L. Lu, J. Hughs, A. W. Thomson, M. B. Ezzelarab
Department of Surgery, Thomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
*Purpose: Granulocyte-colony stimulating factor (G-CSF) and granulocyte-macrophage CSF (GM-CSF) are known to mobilize immune cells to the peripheral blood. We evaluated regulatory T cells (Treg)…
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An Immediate and Persistent Post-Reperfusion Metabolic Collapse Precedes Delayed Graft Function (DGF)
J. Lindeman
Surgery, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands
*Purpose: Delayed graft function (DGF) is the manifestation of ischemia reperfusion injury (IRI) in the context of kidney transplantation. Despite clear preclinical successes, a proven…
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Post-operative Opioid Requirements In Living Kidney And Liver Donors
H. J. Braun, D. Adelmann, T. Grace, M. E. Pulcrano, C. U. Niemann, N. L. Ascher
University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
*Purpose: The United States faces an opioid epidemic. Approximately 6% of opioid-naïve surgical patients will develop opioid dependence post-operatively, and the CDC found that patients…
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A Prospective Randomized Multicenter Trial (B E S T Trial) of Belatacept-Based C N I- and Corticosteroid-Free Immunosuppression: Final Two Year Results
D. B. Kaufman¹, A. R. Shields², J. P. Leone³, A. Wiseman⁴, A. J. Matas⁵, P. West-Thielke⁶, J. Lipscomb², E. King², R. R. Alloway⁷, E. S. Woodle for the BEST Study Group²
¹University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, ²University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, ³Tampa General, Tampa, FL, ⁴University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, CO, ⁵University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, ⁶University of Illinois, Chicago, Chicago, IL, ⁷University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, WI
*Purpose: The BEST Trial (Belatacept-based Early Steroid Withdrawal Trial) is a prospective, randomized, multi-center trial designed to compare two belatacept (BELA)-based calcineurin inhibitor-free (CNI), early…
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Extremes of Body Mass Index is Associated with Inferior Renal Allograft Outcomes in Type 2 Diabetic Deceased Donor Renal Transplant Recipients
A. Brar, A. Gruessner, F. Tedla, R. Gruessner, J. Renz, N. Sumrani, D. John, M. O. Salifu
SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY
*Purpose: We evaluated the trends and renal allograft outcomes in type 2 diabetic renal transplant recipients stratified by body mass index (BMI).*Methods: All adult type…
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HOPE in Action: A Multicenter Prospective Study of HIV to HIV Liver Transplantation
C. Durand¹, S. Florman², M. Bowring³, D. Brown¹, B. Haydel², J. Hamilton¹, P. Stock⁴, J. Price⁵, T. Pruett⁶, V. Kirchner⁷, D. Wojciechowksi⁸, N. Turgeon⁹, C. Wolfe¹⁰, V. Stosor¹¹, J. Charette¹¹, A. Cameron³, S. Ottmann³, S. Huprikar¹², D. Segev³
¹Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ²Surgery, Mount Sinai, New York, NY, ³Surgery, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ⁴Surgery, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ⁵Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ⁶Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, ⁷Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, ⁸Medicine, Mass General Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁹Surgery, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, ¹⁰Medicine, Duke University, Durham, NC, ¹¹Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ¹²Medicine, Mount Sinai, New York, NY
*Purpose: HIV+ liver transplant (LT) candidates face higher mortality and lower access to transplant compared to HIV- counterparts. With the US HOPE Act, HIV+ donor…