2020 American Transplant Congress
Establishment of a National Kidney Exchange Program in Mexico: Pro-Renal
*Purpose: Expose the need of an effective kidney paired exchange program in Mexico*Methods: Describe how Pro-Renal works. Expose weaknesses of Mexican Health System. Compare our…2020 American Transplant Congress
Evaluating the Effect of HCV Status on the KDPI in the Era of DAA Therapy
*Purpose: The association between KDPI and kidney graft outcomes is limited in the era of DAA therapy.*Methods: We analyzed adult renal transplants, at the University…2020 American Transplant Congress
Improved Serum Vitamin D Level and Better Cardiovascular Disease Outcomes after Kidney Transplantation
*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…2020 American Transplant Congress
Validation of New Measures of Self-Efficacy and Decision-Making for Living Donors
*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…2020 American Transplant Congress
Efficacy and Safety of Pre-Emptive Plasma Exchange and Rituximab in Prevention of Recurrent Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis after Kidney Transplantation in High-Risk Patients
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…2020 American Transplant Congress
Risk Factors for Incisional Hernia Recurrence and Surgical Site Infection in the Transplant Population
*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…2020 American Transplant Congress
Implementing a Height Based Rule for Allocation of Pediatric Donor Livers to Adults – A Liver Simulated Allocation Model (LSAM) Study
*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…2020 American Transplant Congress
Waiting List Mortality of Liver Tumors
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…2020 American Transplant Congress
Graft versus Host Disease in a Liver Transplant Patient
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%…2020 American Transplant Congress
Marijuana Use Among Liver Transplant Recipients
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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