2020 American Transplant Congress
The Impact Of Weight Reduction Surgery And Morbid Obesity On Renal Function After Transplantation
1RIMUHC, Montreal, QC, Canada, 2McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
*Purpose: Morbid obesity is a significant barrier and renal transplantation is rarely offered to patients with Class III obesity (body mass index (BMI) > 40…2020 American Transplant Congress
Altruistic Liver Donors at Thomas E Starzl Transplant Institute: Impact of the Educational Campaign: Gift of Life
Transplant Surgery, UPMC Thomas E Starzl Transplant Institute, Pittsburgh, PA
*Purpose: Background and aims: There is an urgent need to expand access to living donor liver transplants due to a wide gap in the availability…2020 American Transplant Congress
Evaluation of the Safety and Efficacy of Valganciclovir to Prevent Cytomegalovirus Infection in Pediatric Solid Organ Transplant Recipients Utilizing Two Dosing Regimens
Pharmacy, Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: Valganciclovir (VGCV) is FDA-approved for CMV prophylaxis in children aged one month to sixteen years old using the Pescovitz algorithm (7 x body surface…2020 American Transplant Congress
Risk Aversion in Lung Transplantation: Organ Procurement Organizations Differ in Willingness to Pursue Non-Ideal Donor Organs
*Purpose: Lungs from non-ideal deceased donors are disproportionally discarded despite evidence that waitlisted candidates benefit from use of these organs. Organ procurement organizations (OPOs) individually…2020 American Transplant Congress
Humanized Mouse Reveals the Cytoprotective Function of Hepatocyte RXFP1 in Liver Transplant Recipients
*Purpose: RXFP1 (RLX family peptide receptor 1) is a cognate receptor for relaxin (RLX), an insulin-like growth factor, with vasoactive/remodeling properties. We have documented cytoprotective…2020 American Transplant Congress
Generation and Long-Term Culturing of AIPCs for Islet Replacement
1Imagine Pharma, Pittsburgh, PA, 2Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh, PA
*Purpose: Islet transplantation is one of the most promising hopes for a cure for type 1 diabetes, although islet shortage remains a serious concern. A…2020 American Transplant Congress
Financial Analysis of Donor HCV+ Kidney in HCV- Recipients
*Purpose: Use of organs from viremic hepatitis C positive donors (dHCV+) in recipients without HCV has been demonstrated to improve access to kidney transplant (KTx).…2020 American Transplant Congress
Early Inflammatory Lesions on Surveillance Biopsies Post Kidney Transplant is Associated with Increased Incidence of Late Clinical Rejections
*Purpose: It is unclear whether subclinical inflammation (or subclinical rejection) noted on early post transplant biopsies are associated with late clinical rejections (beyond 6 months).*Methods:…
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