Am J Transplant, Volume 20, Suppl 3 Archives - Page 39 of 223 - ATC Abstracts

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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…
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Therapeutic Inhibition of Spleen Tyrosine Kinase Decreases Hepatic Damage after Ischemia Reperfusion Injury
A. Zarrinpar, V. Boominathan, A. Kobayashi, S. Duarte
Surgery, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
*Purpose: Hepatic ischemia/reperfusion injury (IRI) is a major challenge in transplantation. The complex array of interrelated signaling events in IRI have been studied individually, but…
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Protective Effect of Fucoidan Against Tacrolimus-Induced Nephrotoxicity in LLC-PK1 Cells
H. J. Jang
Surgery, University of Ulsan, Gangneung Asan Hospital, Gangneung, Korea, Republic of
*Purpose: Tacrolimus (FK506) is an immunosuppressant agent that is frequently used to prevent rejection of solid organs upon transplant. However, nephrotoxicity due to apoptosis and…