Am J Transplant, Volume 19, Suppl 3 Archives - Page 23 of 214 - ATC Abstracts

2019 American Transplant Congress
The Effect Of Missed Hemodialysis Treatment Prior To Transplant
A. Padiyar¹, A. Agrawal¹, D. Hricik¹, N. Sarabu¹, A. Jittirat¹, K. Yadav², E. Sanchez², M. Debroy², V. Humphreville², J. Rabets², A. Palanisamy², K. Chavin²
¹Medicine, Nephrology, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, OH, ²Transplant Surgery, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, OH
*Purpose: Missed hemodialysis sessions confer heightened morbidity and mortality for ESRD patients. The effect of missed dialysis in the month prior to transplant on the…
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Evaluating Potentially Inappropriate Prescribing in Older Kidney Transplant Recipients
L. DeVietro¹, B. Richardson², E. A. Cohen³, A. H. Toledo⁴, E. Marin⁵, K. R. Szempruch⁶
¹University of St. Joseph School of Pharmacy, Hartford, CT, ²University of North Carolina Eshelman School of Pharmacy, Chapel Hill, NC, ³Pharmacy, Yale New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT, ⁴Surgery-Transplant, University of North Carolina Medical Center, Chapel Hill, NC, ⁵Nephrology, Yale New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT, ⁶Pharmacy, University of North Carolina Medical Center, Chapel Hill, NC
*Purpose: While the Beers criteria (BC) and STOPP criteria (SC) have been validated in several patient populations to reduce medication use leading to adverse drug…
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Is Pre-transplant Plasmapheresis For Patients With Insignificant Abo Blood Type Antibody In Abo Blood Type Incompatible Kidney Transplant Necessary? – A Japanese Single Center Study.
M. Miyazaki, A. Mitsuke, H. Higuchi, N. Fukuzawa, H. Tanaka, T. Hirano, T. Seki, H. Harada
Urology and Kidney Transplant Surgery, Sapporo City General Hospital, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
*Purpose: ABO incompatible kidney donor (ABOiKT) is still precious to fill up the extremely organ donor shortages in our country. Though plasmaphresis (PP) as desensitization…
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Donor-Derived Cell-Free DNA (dd-cfDNA) Course after Rejection in Pediatric Kidney Transplant Recipients
R. D. Swinford¹, A. M. De Golovine¹, C. Bell¹, A. Pai¹, A. R. Edwards¹, S. Connor², J. S. Bynon¹
¹Pediatrics, UTHealth, McGovern Medical School, University of Texas at Houston, Houston, TX, ²Transplantation, Memorial Hermann Hospital, Houston, TX
*Purpose: Accurate identification of successful treatment for rejection (R) without repeat kidney biopsy (KB) in kidney transplantation is an unmet need. The few existing biomarkers…
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Donor Lymphocyte Chimerism and Homozygosity Are Critical Indicators for Timely and Accurate Diagnosis of Acute Graft vs. Host Disease after Liver Transplantation
A. Zhang, B. Eghtesad
Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH
*Purpose: The mortality of Acute Graft vs. Host Disease (aGvHD) after Liver Transplantation (LT) can be greater than 85% due to delays in diagnosis and…
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Thymoglobulin Induction with Tacrolimus and Everolimus Maintenance Therapy in Elderly Kidney Transplantation Results in Prolonged Lymphocyte Depletion and Do Not Favor Regulatory Profile
E. David-Neto¹, G. Ramos de Freitas¹, M. Fernandes¹, F. Agena¹, F. Brambate Carvalhinho Lemos¹, F. Jota de Paula¹, V. Coelho², N. Zocoler Galante¹
¹Renal Transplantation Service, Hospital das Clínicas - University of São Paulo School of Medicine, Sao Paulo, Brazil, ²Laboratory of Immunology – LIM 19, Heart Institute - University of São Paulo School of Medicine, Sao Paulo, Brazil
*Purpose: Despite the growing number of elderly kidney transplant (Ktx) recipientes few studies describe the effects of immunosuppression on this group. We evaluated the immunological…
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S1PR1 and S1PR4 Regulate T Cell Migration into Afferent Lymphatics
Y. Xiong¹, W. Piao¹, C. Brinkman¹, L. Li¹, J. Kulinski², A. Olivera², A. Cartier³, T. Hla⁴, K. Hippen⁵, B. Blazar⁶, S. Schwab⁷, J. Bromberg¹
¹Surgery, UMB, Baltimore, MD, ²NIH, Bethesda, MD, ³Boston Children's hospital, Boston, MA, ⁴Boston Children's, Boston, MA, ⁵U.Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, ⁶U.Minnesota, Minneapolis, MD, ⁷NYU, NY, NY
*Purpose: T cells utilize S1PR1 to traffic from thymus into blood, and lymph nodes (LN) into efferent lymphatics. Whether T cell S1PR1 and S1PR4 regulate…
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Opioid Use Policies and Practices in Liver Transplant and Lung Transplant Candidates: A Comparison of National Surveys
H. Bruschwein¹, V. Andersen¹, H. Patel², S. S. Rogal³, J. N. Fleming⁴
¹University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, ²University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, ³University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁴Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
*Purpose: Pre-transplant opioid use has been associated with increased risk of morbidity and mortality. Alternatively, opioid substitution therapy (OST) has been proven to be a…
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Limited Accessibility of Kidney Transplantation in Rural Residents: A Nationwide Data of South Korea
J. Kim¹, K. Park¹, S. Park¹, M. Yu², Y. Kim¹, J. Jeong¹, K. Kim¹, M. Park³, H. Lee¹
¹Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ²Hanyang University Guri Hospital, Gyeonggi-do, Korea, Republic of, ³Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
*Purpose: Kidney transplantation (KT) is the best modality of renal replacement therapy (RRT) for patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD). It is suggested that KT…
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The Reduced Tacrolimus Metabolism Rate and Its Association with Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate and Interstitial Fibrosis: A Study Using Korean Organ Transplantation Registry (KOTRY) Dataset
J. Jeong¹, H. Ro², T. Koo³, J. Yang³, M. Kim⁴, S. Shin⁵, J. Park⁶, T. Ban⁷, S. Han⁸, T. Kim⁹, C. Ahn¹⁰
¹Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, Korea, Republic of, ²Gachon University, Incheon, Korea, Republic of, ³Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ⁴Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ⁵Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ⁶Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ⁷Seoul St Mary's Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ⁸Keimyung University School of Medicine, Daegu, Korea, Republic of, ⁹Inje University, Busan Paik Hospital, Busan, Korea, Republic of, ¹⁰Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
*Purpose: Tacrolimus is the key drug in clinical transplant, which has narrow therapeutic index. A few studies reported the association of tacrolimus metabolism rate with…