2020 American Transplant Congress
Waitlist Mortality in Children with Biliary Atresia: A Competing Risks Analysis
Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
*Purpose: Biliary atresia (BA) is the most common indication for liver transplant (LT) in children. The current PELD allocation algorithm does not accurately reflect the…2020 American Transplant Congress
Characterizing the Landscape and Impact of Infections Following Kidney Transplantation
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: Infections remain a major threat to successful kidney transplantation (KT), although there is limited data on the spectrum and clinical consequences of a post-KT…2020 American Transplant Congress
Thymic B Cells: A Means to Control Regulatory Tolerance
*Purpose: Therapies involving CD4 regulatory T cells (Tregs) are promising approaches to mitigate graft rejection and autoimmunity. Understanding of the activation mechanisms that initiate Treg…2020 American Transplant Congress
Dual Donor-Recipient Intervention with Recombinant Human C1 Inhibitor Prevents Delayed Graft Function and Reduces Antibody-Mediated Rejection after Kidney Transplantation in Non-Human Primates
*Purpose: Patients with delayed graft function (DGF) are at increased risk for rejection and inferior graft survival. Complement activation during brain death and ischemia reperfusion…2020 American Transplant Congress
Comparative Study between ATG and Grafalon as Induction Agent in Renal Transplant Recipient
Kidney and Liver Transplant, Shahid Dharmabhakta National Transplant Center, Kathmandu, Nepal
*Purpose: Renal transplantation (Rtx) remains the most effective treatment for of end-stage renal disease (ESRD). The development of induction therapy has significantly reduced the incidence…2020 American Transplant Congress
Single-Cell RNA Sequencing Reveals Gene Expression Profiling of Ischemia Reperfusion Injury
Organ Transplant Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China
*Purpose: Ischemia-reperfusion injury (IRI) during liver transplantation is an important factor that leads to graft dysfunction and even recipient death. This study aims to explore…2020 American Transplant Congress
Health Professional Level Barriers to Living Donor Kidney Transplantation: A Mixed Methods Study
1McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, 2University of Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada
*Purpose: Despite the benefits of living donor kidney transplantation (LDKT), rates have stagnated. Efforts to increase LDKT have focused on patient level barriers. Health professionals…2020 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes of High KDPI Kidneys in Selected Recipients at a Large Center
Miami Transplant Institute, Miami, FL
*Purpose: Kidneys from donors with high KDPI’s are frequently discarded due to concerns about short- and long-term outcomes. Despite the decreased graft survival of these…2020 American Transplant Congress
Significance of Pathology in Antibody Mediated Rejection in Pediatric Kidney Transplant Recipients on 1 Year Outcomes: Interim Results of the Paramour “Pediatric Renal AMR Outcomes” Study
*Purpose: Little is known about how pathology findings on biopsy correlate with outcomes in pediatric kidney transplant patients with antibody mediated rejection (AMR). We aimed…2020 American Transplant Congress
Can a Patient with Von Willebrand Disease Donate a Kidney?
*Purpose: Von Willebrand disease (VWD) is a haematological condition that can be challenging to deal with during any operative intervention. We report a successful example…
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