2020 American Transplant Congress
To Wait or Not to Wait: The Survival Benefit of Preemptive Kidney Transplantation after Accounting for Lead Time Bias
1Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD, 2SRTR, Minneapolis, MN
*Purpose: Over 2,000 preemptive living donor kidney transplants (LDKT) per year are performed in the US. Preemptive LDKT allows recipients to avoid dialysis, but increases…2020 American Transplant Congress
Improved Medication Safety Outcomes with a Mobile Health, Pharmacist-Led Intervention: Results of the TRANSAFE Rx Randomized Controlled Trial
*Purpose: Medication (med) safety events are a predominant cause of poor health outcomes, particularly within high-risk groups such as kidney transplant (KTX) recipients. The primary…2020 American Transplant Congress
A Single-Center Analysis of Using Allele-Level 11 HLA Loci Information on cPRA and Organ-Allocation Points in Kidney Transplant Candidates
*Purpose: Calculated panel reactive antibodies (cPRA) is used by the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) to quantify degree of HLA sensitization and assign priority…2020 American Transplant Congress
Perioperative Anticoagulation Decreases Graft Thrombosis in Pancreas Transplantation
*Purpose: Pancreas transplant thrombosis is the most common cause of graft failure in the early postoperative period, occurring 5-20% of cases. Bleeding (which occurs ~30%…2020 American Transplant Congress
The Impact of Occult Graft Fibrosis on Clinical Outcomes in Human Liver Transplant Recipients
1UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, 2Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
*Purpose: Although liver transplantation (LT) has become a standard therapy for end-stage liver disease, early allograft dysfunction (EAD) and graft rejection remain serious unsolved problems.…2020 American Transplant Congress
A Stroke Volume-Based Fluid Resuscitation Protocol Decreases Vasopressor Support and Increases Organ Yield in Brain-Dead Donors
Mid-America Transplant, St Louis, MO
*Purpose: Brain-dead donors are frequently hypovolemic and hypotensive requiring vasopressor support. The goal of fluid resuscitation is to increase perfusion and oxygen delivery and avoid…2020 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Ozone Exposure of Lung Donors and Recipients on All-Cause Mortality after Lung Transplant
*Purpose: A Belgian study found proximity to a motorway increased risk of bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome after lung transplant (LT). Using zip codes as a surrogate…2020 American Transplant Congress
T and B Lymphocyte Dynamics after Genetically-Modified Pig-To-Baboon Kidney Xenotransplantation with an Anti-CD40mAb-Based Immunosuppressive Regimen
1Surgery, University of Alabama at birmingham, Birmingham, AL, 2Revivicor, Blacksburg, VA, VA
*Purpose: We have evaluated recovery of T and B lymphocytes and their subsets after depletion by anti-thymocyte globulin (ATG) and an anti-CD20mAb (Rituximab), followed by…2020 American Transplant Congress
One Year of COIIN Outcomes: Did Cohorts A and B Maintain Graft Survival?
United Network for Organ Sharing, Richmond, VA
*Purpose: The Collaborative Innovation and Improvement Network (COIIN) was a 3-year OPTN project aimed at increasing the utilization of kidneys with a kidney donor profile…2020 American Transplant Congress
Empowering Recipients Through a Champion Program: A Life Saving Initiative
Transplantation, Hartford Hospital, Hartford, CT
*Purpose: Our purpose was to increase access to living donor kidney transplantation for patients referred at our center. With our interventions, our patients and their…
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