Am J Transplant, Volume 19, Suppl 3 Archives - Page 203 of 214 - ATC Abstracts

2019 American Transplant Congress
Association between Medicaid Expansion under the Affordable Care Act and Preemptive Kidney Transplantation of Low-Income Medicaid Beneficiaries
M. N. Harhay¹, R. McKenna²
¹Medicine, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, ²Health Management and Policy, Drexel University Dornsife School of Public Health, Philadelphia, PA
*Purpose: The lack of affordable health insurance options is a known barrier to preemptive kidney transplantation (KT) among low-income individuals with non-dialysis dependent chronic kidney…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Resolution of Hyperglycemia Following Islet Allograft Transplantation in Non-Immunosuppressed Mice
J. Ge¹, K. Lee¹, C. Yang¹, R. White², I. Rosales², P. Russell¹, C. Rickert¹, J. Markmann¹, J. Madsen¹, R. Colvin², A. Alessandrini¹
¹Center for Transplantation Sciences, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
*Purpose: Kidney allografts are naturally tolerogenic in mice. Certain mouse strain combinations develop tolerance of kidney allografts across full MHC incompatibilities without immunosuppression (e.g. DBA/2…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Organ Donation is an Indication for Renal Replacement Therapy (RRT)
A. L. Friedman, E. Marquez, J. A. Lewis
LiveOnNY, New York, NY
*Purpose: A retrospective review of cases from one large organ procurement organization (OPO) was performed to determine whether the delivery of RRT as a component…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Preserved Heart Rate Variability and Endothelial Function One Year after Pancreas Transplantation
E. Nordheim, T. Halden, K. Birkeland, A. Åsberg, T. Jenssen
Department of Transplantation Medicine, Oslo University Hospital, OSLO, Norway
*Purpose: Cardiovascular autonomic neuropathy and reduced endothelium-dependent vasodilation are prevalent in patients listed for pancreas transplantation and associated with increased cardiovascular risk in the general…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes Of Single And En-bloc Pediatric Kidneys According To Kdpi
M. Sampaio, E. Lum, A. Gritsch, S. Bunnapradist
David Geffen Sch of Med at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: There is no consensus on whether a very young kidney should be used as en-bloc or single. We studied the association of KDPI in…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Global and Domain Specific Cognition in Liver Transplant Recipients
D. Ko¹, L. Bratzke²
¹School of Nursing, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, ²School of Nursing, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
*Purpose: Liver transplant (LT) recipients may experience global or domain-specific cognitive impairment (CI) (e.g., attention and memory) post-transplant due to multiple potential factors such as…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Racial Variation in ESRD Diagnosis Patterns among Prior Living Kidney Donors on the OPTN Kidney Waiting List
J. Wainright¹, A. Robinson¹, A. Wilk¹, D. Klassen², W. Cherikh¹, C. Custer¹, R. Brown³, D. Stewart¹
¹Research, UNOS, Richmond, VA, ²Office of the Chief Medical Officer, UNOS, Richmond, VA, ³Organ Center, UNOS, Richmond, VA
*Purpose: We studied End Stage Renal Disease diagnosis patterns among prior living kidney donors (PLDs) who received candidate PLD priority on the OPTN kidney waiting…
2019 American Transplant Congress
The Impact of Antibiotic Therapy on Clinical Outcomes in Kidney Transplant Recipients with Asymptomatic Bacteriuria
J. Gabriel¹, S. Shaikh², J. Park¹, S. Tischer¹, D. Kaul¹, T. Patel¹
¹Michigan Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI, ²MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC
*Purpose: Asymptomatic bacteriuria (ASB) occurs in nearly 50% of kidney transplant recipients (KTRs) in the first year post-transplant. Data evaluating the risk of untreated ASB…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Laminin α5 Deficiency in Lymph Node Stromal Cells Promotes Treg Migration and Allograft Survival
L. Li, M. Shirkey, W. Piao, Y. Xiong, V. Saxena, T. Zhang, T. Simon, N. Toney, C. Paluskievicz, J. S. Bromberg
Surgery, U. Maryland, Baltimore, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: Laminins are a family of heterotrimeric glycoproteins, and lymph node (LN) stromal laminins α4 and α5 modulate suppression and immunity, respectively. We created laminin…
2019 American Transplant Congress
No Gains In Long-term Survival Of Pediatric Patients After Liver Transplantation – A Three Decade Analysis
S. Bakhtiyar, A. Rana, S. Ahmed, H. Naseem, M. Kueht, N. T. Galvan, R. T. Cotton, C. A. O'Mahony, J. A. Goss
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
*Purpose: The aim of this study was to assess improvements in long-term survival of pediatric patients after liver transplantation, by analyzing outcomes in transplant recipients…