2020 American Transplant Congress
Limited Differences in Infectious Complications of Pediatric Liver Transplant between Hepatoblastoma and Non-Hepatoblastoma Patients
Cincinnati Children's Hosp Med Cntr, Cincinnati, OH
*Purpose: Pediatric liver transplantation (pLTX) has become a part of treatment for Hepatoblastoma (HB). The incidence and characterization of infectious events (IE) has not been…2020 American Transplant Congress
Management of Adenovirus Enteritis after Intestinal Transplantation
*Purpose: Solid organ transplant recipients are at risk for infection, in part due to immunosuppression. Adenovirus enteritis (AE) is one possible clinical presentation of infection…2020 American Transplant Congress
Use of Direct Acting Antiviral Medications in Transplant Recipients Receiving Organs from Hepatitis C Viremic Donors
*Purpose: The availability and high efficacy of direct acting antivirals (DAAs) to treat hepatitis C (HCV) is changing practice in solid organ transplant. A large…2020 American Transplant Congress
Kidney Transplant Outcomes in Incarcerated End Stage Renal Disease Patients
Transplant institute, Loma Linda University, San Bernadino, CA
*Purpose: Kidney transplantation remains the treatment of choice for end stage renal disease as it improves mortality and morbidity. Outcomes of incarcerated ESRD patients who…2020 American Transplant Congress
The Pro-Inflammatory Profile of Alcoholic Patients Increases Risk for Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury During Orthotopic Liver Transplantation
*Purpose: Ischemia-reperfusion injury (IRI) elicits cellular damage which triggers a pro-inflammatory immune response that can lower allograft survival in orthotopic liver transplant (OLT) patients. In…2020 American Transplant Congress
Zoledronate Induced AKI with Nephrotic Range Proteinuria in a Transplant Kidney
Nephrology, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, AZ
*Purpose: An unusual presentation of acute kidney injury with nephrotic range proteinuria following zoledronate in a normal functioning transplant kidney.*Methods: 61-year-old lady with history of…2020 American Transplant Congress
Pancreas Transplant in Patients Older Than 50: An Analysis of Outcomes and Immunosuppression
*Purpose: Pancreas transplant (PT) is the ideal therapy for many patients with diabetes and kidney failure. There are limited published data addressing the impact of…2020 American Transplant Congress
T Cell Dysfunction as Measured by Impaired Antigen Response is Associated with Infection and Frailty in Kidney Transplant Recipients
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: Kidney transplant recipients are at risk for infection, especially the growing numbers of older patients. Our previous studies demonstrated that senescent and exhausted T…2020 American Transplant Congress
Femto Pulse Analysis of Exosome RNA from Plasma of Renal Transplant Patients Confirmed the Unique Benefits of Plasma Exosome for Messenger RNA (mRNA) Transcript Analysis
*Purpose: Previously, we reported the feasibility of measuring the mRNA transcript levels of various genes in plasma exosomes of renal transplant patients for prediction of…2020 American Transplant Congress
Abdominal Multiorgan Retrieval from Pigs in a Slaughterhouse: A Reliable and Efficient Donation after Circulatory Death Model for Ex Vivo Organ Perfusion
Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences, Oxford University, Oxford, United Kingdom
*Purpose: Advances in organ perfusion technology have been driven by the increasing necessity to utilise organs from donors after circulatory death (DCD) and marginal donors.…
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