Am J Transplant, Volume 19, Suppl 3 Archives - Page 195 of 214 - ATC Abstracts

2019 American Transplant Congress
Retrospective Evaluation of Dapsone Prophylaxis Complications in Kidney Transplant Recipients
S. Hamel¹, V. Johnson², D. Johnson², E. Blumberg³, R. Bloom⁴, J. Trofe-Clark²
¹Pharmacy, Vanderbilt Univ. Medical Center, Nashville, TN, ²Pharmacy, Hospital of the Univ. of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ³Infectious Diseases, Univ. of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁴Renal, Univ. of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
*Purpose: Secondary options for Pneumocystis Jirovecii pneumonia (PJP) prophylaxis in kidney transplant recipients (KTRs) include atovaquone or dapsone. Atovaquone use may be limited by cost/side…
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Risk of Opportunistic Infection in Kidney Transplant Recipients with Cytomegalovirus Infection and Associated Outcomes
M. Jorgenson¹, J. Descourouez¹, B. Cardinale², B. Lyu³, B. Astor³, N. Garg³, C. Saddler³, J. Smith³, D. Mandelbrot³
¹UW Health, Madison, WI, ²University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Pharmacy, Madison, WI, ³University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI
*Purpose: Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection in kidney transplant recipients has been anecdotally observed with concomitant or subsequent opportunistic infections (OI), but this association has yet to…
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Outcomes after Prolonged Therapeutic Plasma Exchange in Pediatric Kidney Transplant Patients with Early Recurrence of Focal Segmental Glomerular Sclerosis
D. K. O'Conor¹, P. R. Srivaths², K. Hosek³, E. Gerzina¹, A. Huynh¹, A. Thorsen¹, E. Brewer², T. Galvan¹
¹Division of Abdominal Transplantation, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, ²Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, ³Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX
*Purpose: Focal segmental glomerular sclerosis (FSGS) is the most common cause of glomerulonephritis leading to end-stage renal disease (ESRD) in pediatric patients. FSGS recurs frequently…
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Changing Education Paradigms: Training Fellows for High Stake Procedures
T. Rice¹, H. Lewis¹, M. Cuffy¹, L. Ratner², T. Diwan¹
¹Department of Surgery, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ²Department of Surgery, Columbia University, New York, NY
*Purpose: Living kidney donation is unique, as healthy patients are placed at risks inherent with major surgery without physical benefit. The procedure receives intense scrutiny…
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Kidney Transplant Recipient Outcomes from Living Donors with Stones
S. Doshi, T. Taber, M. S. Yaqub, O. Adebiyi, D. MIshler, C. Sundaram, J. Powelson, W. Goggins, A. Sharfuddin
Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN
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Quantifying Patient Perspectives On Paired Kidney Exchange
M. Duda¹, M. Houston¹, D. Collins¹, P. Porrett²
¹Surgery, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ²Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
*Purpose: Compatible kidney donor-recipient pairs may not frequently participate in paired kidney exchange (PKE), despite the potential for increased graft survival due to improved HLA…
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Etiology of Liver Disease Affects Weight Gain after Liver Transplant
A. Chandrakumaran¹, M. B. Siddiqui², S. Patel², F. Lin³, J. Laurenzano², J. Clinton², T. Reichman⁴, C. Bhati⁴, M. S. Siddiqui²
¹Internal Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, ²Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, ³Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, ⁴Transplant Surgery, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
*Purpose: Weight gain after liver transplant (LT) is a key driver of cardiometabolic disease and associated mortality. There is little known about trends in post-LT…
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Complications of Interposition Grafts for Middle Hepatic Vein Reconstruction in Living Donor Liver Transplantation
S. Kim, G. Chun, I. Song
Division of Hepatobiliay and Liver Transplantation, Department of Surgery, Chungnam National University Hospital, Daejeon, Korea, Republic of
*Purpose: Allografts and polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) grafts are suitable for middle hepatic vein (MHV) reconstruction during living donor liver transplantation (LDLT). We experienced other complications depending…
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Impact of Donor Abdominal Aortic Calcification on Bile Duct Complications of Recipients after Living Donor Liver Transplantation; a Retrospective Study
Y. Imaoka, M. Ohira, K. Sato, H. Tahara, K. Ide, Y. Tanaka, H. Ohdan
Hiroshima University Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan
*Purpose: Abdominal aortic calcification (AAC) is known as a risk factor of cardiovascular diseases and renal dysfunction. We have reported that the significance of the…
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Report of 20 HLAMatchmaker Eplets Present on Denatured Class I HLA Molecules
R. de Marco¹, A. C. Lima², N. F. Pereira², M. Gerbase-DeLima¹
¹Immunogenetics Institute, AFIP, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil, ²Immunogenetics Laboratory, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, PR, Brazil
*Purpose: The purpose of this report is to describe 20 class I HLA eplets, herein called FakEplets, present on denatured HLA molecules.*Methods: The study included…