Am J Transplant, Volume 20, Suppl 3 Archives - Page 214 of 223 - ATC Abstracts

2020 American Transplant Congress
Allograft Loss and Patient Death among Kidney Transplant Recipients; Is Therapy Non-Adherence the Underlying Perpetrator?
K. Kalra, R. Munjal, A. Cherukuri, R. Mehta, C. Puttarajappa, D. Jorgensen, P. Sood, C. Wu, N. Shah, S. Hariharan
Nephrology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA
*Purpose: To ascertain causes of allograft dysfunction, loss and death in a cohort of kidney transplant patients*Methods: In this Retrospective cohort study, 943 patients who…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Understanding the Relationship between Health Literacy, Education Level, and Transplant Actions among Low-Income and Black Patients
A. Waterman¹, S. L. Skelton², O. N. Ranasinghe¹, J. L. Beaumont³, L. Alvarez³
¹Transplant Research and Education Center, Los Angeles, CA, ²Southern Illinois University - Edwardsville, Edwardsville, IL, ³Terasaki Research Institute, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: Limited health literacy in end stage kidney disease patients is associated with low transplant referral rates. We estimated the prevalence of low health literacy…
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Monitoring Inflammatory Cytokines in HLA-Sensitized Kidney Transplant Patients (HS KTx Pts) Desensitized with Clazakizumab (CLZ, Humanized Anti-IL-6 Monoclonal Antibody) Followed by Transplantation (Tx)
S. Ge¹, A. Petrosyan¹, M. Chu¹, N. Ammerman², A. Vo², X. Zhang³, S. C. Jordan², M. Toyoda¹
¹Transplant Immunology Laboratory, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, ²Comprehensive Transplant Center, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, ³HLA Laboratory, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: Chronic inflammation and HLA sensitization are burdens for end stage renal disease Pts awaiting for a KTx. IL-6 is a pro-inflammatory cytokine responsible for…
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Belatacept in Kidney Transplant Recipients with Previous Non-Renal Solid Organ Transplants
O. Cristea, C. Larsen, I. Badell
Emory Transplant Center, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA
*Purpose: Selective co-stimulatory blockade with belatacept has demonstrated long-term benefits in renal transplantation, with improved glomerular filtration rate and decreased risk of death and graft…
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Steatosis Quantification by MRI PDFF Effectively Identifies Liver Allografts at Low Risk for Recipient Complicationsin Living Donor Liver Transplantation
A. Duarte-Rojo, D. R. Jorgensen, Q. Qi, K. Chupetlovska, A. A. Borhani, A. Furlan, M. Molinari, S. Ganesh, A. Humar
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA
*Purpose: Novel methods to assess steatosis, such as proton density fat fraction (PDFF) from MRI provide an accurate and continuous quantification of mild steatosis. We…
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Liver Transplant Recipients with BMI 40 to <50 kg/m² Have Excellent Patient and Graft Survival
K. Daniel, J. Hause, F. Osman, J. Mezrich, E. Spengler
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI
*Purpose: Obesity rates in the United States (US) have reached nearly 40%, which has led to an increasing proportion of liver transplant (LT) candidates with…
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Correlation of Intraoperative Donor Duodenal Segment Swab Cultures with the Subsequent Occurrence of Surgical Site Infections in Kidney-Pancreas Transplant Recipients
C. M. Rotstein¹, M. Alabdulla¹, S. Al Rehily¹, Y. Natori², K. Van¹, M. Cattral¹, T. Reichman¹
¹University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²Division of ID, University of Miami, Miami, FL
*Purpose: Pancreas transplantation (PT) is commonly employed for the treatment of type I diabetes mellitus. It has been postulated that surgical site infections (SSIs), particularly…
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Infectious Complications in Elderly Kidney Transplant Recipients Undergoing Desensitization
S. Sethi, R. Najjar, A. Peng, A. Vo, S. Jordan, E. Huang
Cedars Sinai Medical Center, West Hollywood, CA
*Purpose: Data is limited on the impact of desensitization on infectious complications in elderly kidney transplant (KT) recipients. We examined infectious complications in elderly KT…
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Osmotic Nephropathy from a Non-Sucrose Based IVIG
S. Reddy, L. Kodali
Nephrology, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, AZ
*Purpose: We present a case of acute renal failure and hyperkalemia due to osmotic nephropathy from a non-sucrose based IVIG infusion therapy.*Methods: A 67-year-old man…
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Patient-Informed Design of an Educational Website on Living Kidney Donation
M. Keller¹, R. Seibert¹, T. Feeley², L. Kayler¹
¹Erie County Medical Center, Buffalo, NY, ²University at Buffalo, SUNY, Buffalo, NY
*Purpose: Web-based education may be a powerful tool to support kidney patients’ learning about living kidney donation (LKD); however, websites that are not user-friendly can…