Am J Transplant, Volume 20, Suppl 3 Archives - Page 103 of 223 - ATC Abstracts

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Improved Serum Vitamin D Level and Better Cardiovascular Disease Outcomes after Kidney Transplantation
J. Ryu¹, T. Koo², H. Jeon³, C. Ahn⁴, J. Yang⁵
¹Department of Internal Medicine, Ewha Womans University Seoul Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ²Transplantation Center, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ³Department of Internal Medicine, Hallym University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ⁴Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ⁵Department of Surgery, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
*Purpose: Vitamin D deficiency increases cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk through both immunologic and non-immunologic mechanisms. Although vitamin D deficiency is common in end stage renal…
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Validation of New Measures of Self-Efficacy and Decision-Making for Living Donors
A. D. Waterman¹, D. Peipert², J. L. Beaumont³, F. Weng⁴
¹Transplant Research and Education Center, Los Angeles, CA, ²Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ³Terasaki Research Institute, Los Angeles, CA, ⁴St. Barnabas Medical Center, Livingston, NJ
*Purpose: Kidney transplants from living donors (LD) impart the best clinical outcomes but have declined substantially over the past 15 years. To intervene with LDs…
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Efficacy and Safety of Pre-Emptive Plasma Exchange and Rituximab in Prevention of Recurrent Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis after Kidney Transplantation in High-Risk Patients
D. Christiadi, R. Charif, A. Kousios, M. Loucaidou
Imperial College Kidney and Transplant Center, Hammersmith Hospital, London, United Kingdom
*Purpose: Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) is considered the leading cause of nephrotic syndrome in the adult population. Following kidney transplantation (KT), the recurrence rate of…
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Risk Factors for Incisional Hernia Recurrence and Surgical Site Infection in the Transplant Population
O. Andacoglu¹, U. Ozbek², F. Cheema¹, L. Sanchez¹, F. Malcher¹
¹General Surgery, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY, ²Population Health Science and Policy, Icahn School of Medicine Mount Sinai, New York, NY
*Purpose: To investigate recurrence and surgical site infection (SSI) rates and risk factors after incisional hernia (IH) repair following abdominal transplantation.*Methods: A retrospective review of…
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Implementing a Height Based Rule for Allocation of Pediatric Donor Livers to Adults – A Liver Simulated Allocation Model (LSAM) Study
J. Ge¹, W. L. Nicholas², S. Gentry², J. C. Lai¹
¹Medicine-Gastroenterology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ²Mathematics, United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD
*Purpose: Candidate height contributes to transplant rate and waitlist (WL) mortality disparities seen amongst adult women liver transplant (LT) candidates. 72% of adult women on…
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Waiting List Mortality of Liver Tumors
V. G. Menon, Y. Chen, D. C. Chang, H. Yeh
Division of Transplantation, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
*Purpose: Liver transplantation has been approved for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), hilar cholangiocarcinoma (CCA) and metastatic neuroendocrine tumors (NET), with the aim to produce similar outcomes…
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Graft versus Host Disease in a Liver Transplant Patient
D. Francisco, L. Woc-Colburn, P. Nicholls, M. Hemmersbach-Miller
Department of Infectious Diseases, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
*Purpose: Graft versus host disease (GVHD) is a rare cause of morbidity and mortality in solid organ transplant (SOT) recipients; the estimated prevalence is 1-2%…
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Marijuana Use Among Liver Transplant Recipients
K. G. Yan, L. Forman
Internal Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO
*Purpose: The effect of marijuana (MJ) use on liver transplant (LTx) outcomes is unclear. We aimed to investigate the prevalence of MJ and cannabidiol (CBD)…
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Utility of Bimonthly Viral Monitoring for Late-Onset Cytomegalovirus Infections in Kidney Transplant Recipients
I. Melgarejo¹, D. Jorgensen², S. Hariharan², C. Puttarajappa²
¹Department of Medicine, Renal-Electrolyte Division, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ²Department of Surgery, Thomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
*Purpose: Kidney transplant recipients with high-risk cytomegalovirus (CMV) serostatus are at risk for late onset CMV after cessation of antiviral prophylaxis.1-2 Evidence for post-prophylactic viral…
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Hyperammonemia Syndrome in a Kidney Transplant Recipient Caused by Quinolone-Resistant Ureaplasma Infection
A. B. Higgins¹, R. Rogers², A. J. Osband³, R. Gohh⁴, P. Morrissey³, A. Seo¹, B. Chen¹, D. Crabb⁵, S. Leal⁵, K. Waites⁵, D. Farmakiotis², G. J. Nau²
¹Department of Medicine, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI, ²Division of Infectious Diseases, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI, ³Department of Surgery, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI, ⁴Division of Nephrology, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI, ⁵Division of Laboratory Medicine, Department of Pathology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
*Purpose: Urease-producing bacteria release significant amounts of ammonia. Donor-derived Ureaplasma infections in lung transplant recipients have been implicated in the pathogenesis of hyperammonemia syndrome (HS).…