Am J Transplant, Volume 20, Suppl 3 Archives - Page 191 of 223 - ATC Abstracts

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Mass-Spectrometry Based Discovery of Tubular Injury Marker in Chronic Kidney Disease
J. Kim¹, D. Han¹, J. Jeong², J. Moon¹, S. Lee³, Y. Kim¹, K. Yoo⁴, D. Kim¹, Y. Kim¹, S. Yang¹
¹Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ²Veterans Health Service Medical Center, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ³Kangwon National University Hospital, Kangwon-do, Korea, Republic of, ⁴Ulsan National University Hospital, Ulsan, Korea, Republic of
*Purpose: Renal tubular injury and interstitial fibrosis are inevitable processes in the progression of chronic kidney disease (CKD). The purpose of this study is to…
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Temporal Trends in Depression and Anxiety in Potential Live Kidney Donors
A. Ravi, D. Bakhai, E. Clifton, S. Norman, A. Naik, Y. Lu, R. Parasuraman, M. Doshi
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
*Purpose: Psychosocial factors, including mental health status, are an important part of donor evaluation due to its altruistic nature. Yet, little is known about the…
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Evaluation of Clinical Outcomes in Patients Receiving Antithrombotic Therapy Prior to Kidney Transplantation
A. Diamond¹, C. Antonacci², K. Lau³, A. Di Carlo³, S. Karhadkar³
¹Pharmacy, Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, ²Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, ³Surgery, Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
*Purpose: Patients with end stage renal disease (ESRD) often have significant cardiovascular comorbidities. Utilization of therapeutic anticoagulation (AC) and/or antiplatelet (AP) therapy poses an increased…
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Transition from Youth to Adult Care of Kidney Transplant Recipients: Single Center Experience
L. Ganesan, A. McGrath, K. Dahl, K. Dinello, A. Fong, L. Maestretti, M. Patton, P. Grimm, A. Chaudhuri
Pediatric Nephrology, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital, Stanford, CA
*Purpose: Transition of transplant recipients from youth to adult care has been a challenge for many. Starting in March 2017, Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital (LPCH)…
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Comparison of 4 vs 14 Days Early Steroid Withdrawal in Kidney Transplant Recipients
O. Adebiyi, J. Chen, B. Brady, S. Mietz, T. Taber, D. Mishler, M. Yaqub, W. Goggins, A. Sharfuddin
Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN
*Purpose: The optimal duration, as well as the dose of the initial steroid use, is not known as it varies widely among institutions that have…
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MTOR Inhibitor Management and Wound Complications in Liver Transplant Recipients Undergoing Subsequent Surgeries
K. Neuhaus, B. Eghtesad, K. Hashimoto, M. Spinner, J. Bollinger, J. Eckardt
Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
*Purpose: Class-related, concentration-dependent adverse effects associated with mTOR inhibitors (mTORi) include wound complications such as impaired wound healing, incisional hernias, hepatic artery thrombosis, and lymphocele…
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Reducing Travel While Improving Geographic Equity: Continuous Distribution with “Gravity Functions”
M. Mankowski¹, N. Wood², S. Gentry², D. Segev³
¹King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia, ²US Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD, ³Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: Recently, the OPTN board selected the continuous distribution framework for future organ allocation changes. Continuous distribution allocates organs without geographic boundaries, for example, by…
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Long Term Ursodeoxycholic Acid Use Does Not Alter Long Term Rejection, Biliary Complication, Mortality or Hospitalization Rates after Liver Transplantation
T. Ashraf¹, V. Mendiratta², S. Gill¹, A. Abdelwahab³, D. Moonka², S. Jafri²
¹Internal Medicine, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI, ²Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI, ³Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
*Purpose: Endogenous bile acids are suspected to contribute to hepatobiliary injury after liver transplantation through direct cytotoxic effects. Ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA) has been shown to…
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Imaging Features and Diagnostic Accuracy of MRI in Combined Hepatocholangiocarcinoma
M. Najjar¹, J. Makkar¹, S. Sun¹, J. Zou¹, O. Perez¹, P. Jiang¹, Y. Saenger¹, E. Zheng¹, E. Verna¹, A. Mathur¹, A. Griesemer¹, K. Halazun², B. Samstein², T. Kato¹, J. Emond¹
¹Columbia University Medical Center/New-York Presbyterian, New York, NY, ²Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY
*Purpose: Combined hepatocholangiocarcinomas (HCC-CCA) are rare tumors with both hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and cholangiocarcinoma (CCA) differentiations. They are usually associated with a worse prognosis after…
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Non-Linear Relationship between Recipient BMI and Survival Outcomes after Liver Transplantation-A Dose-Response Meta-Analysis
T. Song
Organ Transplantation Center, Urology Department, Urology Research Institute, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu City, China
*Purpose: Dose-response relationship between preoperative and postoperative body mass index (BMI) and survival outcomes after liver transplantation (LT) has not been clearly defined yet.*Methods: PubMed,…