2020 American Transplant Congress
Single-Dose Pre-Operative Pregabalin to Minimize Pain and Opioid Use after Liver Transplantation
Einstein Medical Center Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
*Purpose: Multimodal pain management strategies, including pregabalin (PGB) alone, have demonstrated efficacy in minimizing post-surgical pain and opioid use. Our study aimed to determine if…2020 American Transplant Congress
Rare Case of Donor Transmission of Hepatitis a Virus in Two Kidney Transplant Recipients
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
*Purpose: Infectious transmission via solid organ transplant (SOT) remains an inherent risk of transplantation despite measures to mitigate the risk. We report a rare case…2020 American Transplant Congress
Clinical Features and Outcomes of Post-Transplant Osteomyelitis in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients
*Purpose: As survival time of solid organ transplant recipients (SOTR) increases, comorbidities associated with advancing age such as diabetes mellitus and peripheral arterial disease combined…2020 American Transplant Congress
Acute Liver Failure Requiring Liver Transplantation Due to Acute Hepatitis A Infection: A Case Series
*Purpose: On August 1, Philadelphia declared a public health emergency regarding rapid increases in new acute hepatitis A virus (HAV) cases, with 355 locally-acquired cases…2020 American Transplant Congress
Deceased Donor Families and Authorization for Research: Differences among Ethnic Groups
Miami Transplant Institute, University of Miami, Miami, FL
*Purpose: Clinical research in transplantation is key to advancement of the field. NIH-sponsored trials such as HOPE in Action and APOLLO network require deceased donor…2020 American Transplant Congress
Diabetes Burnout: An Under-Recognized Risk-Factor in Post-Transplant Care Management
Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
*Purpose: One-third of dialysis patients will have spontaneous glycemic control improvement, necessitating discontinuation of antihyperglycemic therapy, termed diabetes burnout. The aim of this study was…2020 American Transplant Congress
Improved Platelet Sequestration with Humanization of Von Willebrand Factor in Pig Xenogeneic Lung Perfusion Model
*Purpose: Von Willebrand factor (vWF) is an important element of hemostasis and when activated, mediates platelet adhesion and promotes platelet aggregation under shear stress conditions.…2020 American Transplant Congress
HLA Diversity Affects Epitope Mismatch Cutoffs Utilized to Predict De Novo DSA Development and Graft Rejection in Renal Transplant Patients
*Purpose: Recent studies have investigated epitope matching in order to determine its predictive power in determining renal transplant outcomes, both in terms of de novo…2020 American Transplant Congress
Allotransplantation of Ligated Arteriovenous Fistula as a Novel Strategy for Patients with Multiple Vascular Access Failures
*Purpose: To evaluate the feasibility of allotransplantation of a ligated arteriovenous fistula*Methods: We report the first case of allotransplantation of a mature working arterialized cephalic…2020 American Transplant Congress
A Two-Step Cell-Based Assay Predicts Immunosuppression-Related Adverse Events in Kidney Transplant Recipients
Transplantation Unit, Renal Division, Medecine Department, Laval University, Québec, QC, Canada
*Purpose: No clinical tool is available to dynamically access immunosuppression status, which results in serious, often life-threatening adverse effects of immunosuppressants. We recently validated that…
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