Am J Transplant, Volume 20, Suppl 3 Archives - Page 206 of 223 - ATC Abstracts

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Glecaprevir-Pibrentasvir Effect on Tacrolimus Troughs in Abdominal Transplant Recipients
M. Chunduru, K. Schnelle, H. Winters, O. Witkowsky, L. Von Stein
The Ohio State Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH
*Purpose: Glecaprevir-pibrentasvir (GP) is one of several pangenotypic therapies available for the treatment of hepatitis C. Historical use of ritonavir based hepatitis C therapies increased…
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The 1-Year Incremental Costs of Delayed Graft Function (DGF) in Commercially Insured Kidney Transplant Patients Under 65
T. Mayne¹, F. Corvino², A. Dillon², W. Wang², S. Mohan³
¹Angion Biomedica Corp, San Francisco, CA, ²Genesis Research, Hoboken, NJ, ³Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY
*Purpose: Strong evidence exists that DGF is associated with poor patient outcomes. The long-term impact of DGF on health resource use and cost, however, is…
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Impact of Patients’ Perception of Hospital Experience on Organ Donation Rates
A. Azim¹, A. Friedman², S. Nishida¹, K. Okumura¹, G. Veillette¹, T. Diflo¹, R. Latifi¹, H. Sogawa¹
¹Surgery, Westchester Medical Center, Valhalla, NY, ²Transplant, Live On NY, New York, NY
*Purpose: The Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) survey is a validated data collection methodology for measuring a patient’s perception of his/her…
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Utility of Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate in Living Kidney Donor Candidates
Y. Lu¹, A. Naik¹, K. Woodside², R. Sung², R. Doshi³, R. Parasuraman¹, S. Norman¹, M. Doshi¹
¹Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ²Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ³Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
*Purpose: Pre-donation renal function is an important determinant of future development of kidney disease in live kidney donors (LKD). In 2017, the Kidney Disease Improving…
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Current Status of Pre-Transplant Mortality in Pediatric Organ Transplantation
G. Mazariegos¹, E. Hsu², .. OPTN Pediatric Committee³
¹UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ²Seattle Children's, Seattle, WA, ³UNOS, Richmond, VA
*Purpose: Although NOTA states that organ allocation policy must recognize differences between children and adults, and adopt criteria, policies, and procedures that address the unique…
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Survival with Post-Transplant Diabetes Mellitus is Worse after Heart Transplantation
K. Y. Feng¹, E. Henricksen², Y. Moayedi³, R. Lee², J. Han¹, S. Purewal¹, A. Puing¹, M. Basina¹, J. J. Teuteberg¹, K. K. Khush¹
¹Medicine, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, ²Pharmacy, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, ³Cardiology, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada
*Purpose: An increasing number of patients undergoing heart transplantation (HTx) have diabetes mellitus (DM). However, there is limited data on clinical outcomes after HTx in…
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Comparison of Short-Term Outcomes of Induction Therapy with Alemtuzumab versus Rabbit Antithymocyte Globulin in Lung Transplantation
V. Liu, M. W. Soto-Arenall, A. Patel
Pharmacy, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL
*Purpose: To identify the short-term efficacy and safety outcomes of alemtuzumab (C1H) versus rabbit antithymocyte globulin (rATG) in lung transplant patients. The objectives are to…
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Glucocorticoid-Induced Osteoporosis in Lung Transplant Patients
J. Clark, L. Potter
Department of Pharmacy, University of Chicago Medicine, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: Although vital for preventing rejection, glucocorticoids contribute to post-operative morbidity, including osteoporosis. The primary purpose of this study was to identify the occurrence of…
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Impact of Sarcopenia on Simultaneous Pancreas and Kidney Transplantation Outcomes: A Retrospective Observational Cohort Study
R. P. Meier, H. Noguchi, Y. Kelly, M. Sarwal, G. Conti, R. Halleluyan, M. Tavakol, P. Stock, C. Freise
Transplant Surgery, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
*Purpose: Sarcopenia has been identified as a recognized predictive variable for surgical outcomes. We hypothesized that sarcopenia could be a key measure to identify frail…
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Avoiding Surveillance Biopsy: How? When? Now!
A. Ang¹, C. Schieve², S. Rose², C. Kew¹, M. R. First², R. B. Mannon¹
¹School of Medicine, University of Alabama, Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ²Transplant Genomics Inc., Mansfield, MA
*Purpose: The TruGraf™ blood test measures a specific gene expression signature in the peripheral blood mononuclear cells to enable noninvasive serial assessment of kidney transplant…