Am J Transplant, Volume 20, Suppl 3 Archives - Page 113 of 223 - ATC Abstracts

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Successful Transplantation Outcomes Utilizing Deceased Donorswith Acute Kidney Injury
A. Harshman, L. Preczewski, M. Muldoon, G. Guerra
Kidney and Kidney/Pancreas Transplant, Miami Transplant Institute, Miami, FL
*Purpose: Kidneys from deceased donors with acute kidney injury (AKI) are discarded at a higher rate than those without AKI, exacerbating the organ shortage crisis.…
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Risk Factors for Losing Varicella Immunity after Pediatric Kidney Transplantation
H. Pizzo¹, J. Mirocha², J. Garrison¹, P. R. Soni³, S. Nadipuram³, D. Puliyanda¹
¹Pediatric Nephrology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, ²Biostatistics Core, Research Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, ³Pediatric Infectious Disease, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: Vaccination against varicella zoster (VZV) pre-kidney transplant (kid tx) can help prevent severe disseminated VZV disease in immunosuppressed patients (pts) post-tx. Despite confirmation of…
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Non- Superior Patient and Death-Censored Graft Survival with Controlled after Cardiac Death Donors Than Expanded Criteria Brain Death Donors in Older Recipients Over 60 Years, with Better Outcomes with Living Kidney Donors
I. Revuelta¹, D. Cucchiari¹, A. Ruiz², E. De Sousa-Amorim¹, D. Paredes², L. Peri³, P. Ventura-Aguiar¹, M. Musquera³, N. Esforzado¹, F. Cofan¹, J. V. Torregrosa¹, G. J. Piñeiro¹, J. Ugalde-Altamirano¹, J. M. Campistol¹, F. Oppenheimer¹, F. Diekmann¹
¹Renal Transplant Unit, Department of Nephrology and Kidney Transplant, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain, ²Donation and Transplant Coordination Section, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain, ³Department of Urology, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain
*Purpose: Each time transplant candidates are older, and the allocation of suitable donors is a real challenge. Controlled Donors after Cardiac Death (cDCD) are using…
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Living Donor Nephrectomy Outcomes in the Us: Analysis of HCUP Data
M. S. Gharibdousti¹, M. T. Khasawneh², A. L. Friedman³
¹Research, Live On NY, Brooklyn, NY, ²System Science and Industrial Engineering, Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY, ³Preservation, Live On NY, New York, NY
*Purpose: To identify clinical outcomes and complications of living donor nephrectomies in the US from 2008 - 2015.*Methods: A retrospective analysis of 2008-2015 discharge data…
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Sex Differences in Transplant Decision-Making
A. Wasim¹, H. Rafiqzad¹, M. Dastgheib¹, H. Ford¹, S. Macanovic¹, K. Wernerowski¹, S. Aghamohammadi¹, M. Novak¹, A. D. Waterman², I. Mucsi¹
¹University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: We examined the relationship between sex and the relative importance of pros and cons in kidney transplant (KT) decision making.*Methods: A convenience sample of…
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Perioperative Predictors of Acute Kidney Injury among Liver Transplant Recipients
R. Berkowitz¹, N. Douville², G. Mentz², P. Sharma³, C. Sonnenday¹
¹Surgery, Michigan Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI, ²Anesthesiology, Michigan Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI, ³Gastroenterology, Michigan Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI
*Purpose: We examined the perioperative and intraoperative risk factors associated with post-operative acute kidney injury (AKI) at post-op 7 days and 30-day estimated glomerular filtration…
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Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy Following Liver Transplantation: A Single Center Experience
O. Shamaa¹, S. Jafri¹, M. Shamaa², K. Brown¹, D. Venkat¹
¹Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI, ²General Surgery, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI
*Purpose: Takotsubo cardiomyopathy also known as apical ballooning syndrome and stress-induced cardiomyopathy is a syndrome characterized by regional left ventricular systolic dysfunction that resembles myocardial…
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Bariatric Surgery to Improve Candidacy for Liver Transplantation: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
J. Purvis¹, R. Stahl¹, J. Grams¹, M. Gray¹, D. Eckhoff¹, R. Cannon¹, C. Lewis¹, N. Terrault², J. Locke¹, B. Orandi¹
¹University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ²University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: As non-alcoholic steatohepatitis grows as an indication for liver transplant, the challenge managing obese pre-liver transplant patients will become more pronounced, especially because most…
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Perioperative Management and Post-Liver Transplantation Outcomes in Methylmalonic Acidemia, Propionic Acidemia and Urea Cycle Disorders: 20 Years’ Experience
P. Vuong¹, N. Ebel², A. Brubaker¹, P. Than¹, C. Baker², A. Pedroza¹, K. Taylor¹, S. Conlon¹, D. Romero¹, G. Enns², C. Esquivel¹
¹Surgery, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, ²Pediatrics, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
*Purpose: To examine long-term outcomes after liver transplantation for organic acidemias and urea cycle defects at our center which utilizes standardized pre-, peri- and post-operative…
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Ehrlichiosis Infection Presenting as Thrombotic Microangiopathy Early after Kidney Transplantation
W. Hassan¹, M. Talwar², V. Balaraman², B. Wall¹, M. Molnar¹
¹Medicine-Nephrology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, ²Department of Surgery, Transplant Surgery, Methodist University Hospital, James D Eason Transplant Institute, Memphis, TN
*Purpose: Fever of unknown origin and clinical picture of Thrombotic MicroAngiopathy (TMA) are diagnostic challenges in the early period after kidney transplantation. Here we present…