2020 American Transplant Congress
Graft and Patient Survival after A2-Incompatible Deceased Donor Kidney Transplantation
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: The Kidney Allocation System (KAS), implemented in 2014, increased offers of ABO type A2 donor kidneys to type O and B recipients, and A2B…2020 American Transplant Congress
Long-Term Outcomes for Living Kidney Donors: A Japanese Single-Center Experience
Urology, Hokkaido University Hospital, Sapporo, Japan
*Purpose: Previous studies suggested that live kidney donors do not have a higher risk of death or end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) than the general population.…2020 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes of Early versus Late Rejection in Kidney Transplant Recipients
*Purpose: Advances in immunosuppression have resulted in significantly improved acute rejection rates and short-term renal graft survival. Several studies have suggested that late rejection (LR)…2020 American Transplant Congress
Understanding the Relationship between Health Literacy, Education Level, and Transplant Actions among Low-Income and Black Patients
*Purpose: Limited health literacy in end stage kidney disease patients is associated with low transplant referral rates. We estimated the prevalence of low health literacy…2020 American Transplant Congress
Monitoring Inflammatory Cytokines in HLA-Sensitized Kidney Transplant Patients (HS KTx Pts) Desensitized with Clazakizumab (CLZ, Humanized Anti-IL-6 Monoclonal Antibody) Followed by Transplantation (Tx)
*Purpose: Chronic inflammation and HLA sensitization are burdens for end stage renal disease Pts awaiting for a KTx. IL-6 is a pro-inflammatory cytokine responsible for…2020 American Transplant Congress
Belatacept in Kidney Transplant Recipients with Previous Non-Renal Solid Organ Transplants
Emory Transplant Center, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA
*Purpose: Selective co-stimulatory blockade with belatacept has demonstrated long-term benefits in renal transplantation, with improved glomerular filtration rate and decreased risk of death and graft…2020 American Transplant Congress
Steatosis Quantification by MRI PDFF Effectively Identifies Liver Allografts at Low Risk for Recipient Complicationsin Living Donor Liver Transplantation
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA
*Purpose: Novel methods to assess steatosis, such as proton density fat fraction (PDFF) from MRI provide an accurate and continuous quantification of mild steatosis. We…2020 American Transplant Congress
Liver Transplant Recipients with BMI 40 to <50 kg/m2 Have Excellent Patient and Graft Survival
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI
*Purpose: Obesity rates in the United States (US) have reached nearly 40%, which has led to an increasing proportion of liver transplant (LT) candidates with…2020 American Transplant Congress
Correlation of Intraoperative Donor Duodenal Segment Swab Cultures with the Subsequent Occurrence of Surgical Site Infections in Kidney-Pancreas Transplant Recipients
1University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, 2Division of ID, University of Miami, Miami, FL
*Purpose: Pancreas transplantation (PT) is commonly employed for the treatment of type I diabetes mellitus. It has been postulated that surgical site infections (SSIs), particularly…2020 American Transplant Congress
Infectious Complications in Elderly Kidney Transplant Recipients Undergoing Desensitization
Cedars Sinai Medical Center, West Hollywood, CA
*Purpose: Data is limited on the impact of desensitization on infectious complications in elderly kidney transplant (KT) recipients. We examined infectious complications in elderly KT…
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