Am J Transplant, Volume 21, Suppl 3 Archives - Page 102 of 139 - ATC Abstracts

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The Incremental Cost of Transplanting Patients with 100% cPRA Under the Kidney Allocation System: A Single Center Analysis
R. Gumber, E. Kraus, K. Jackson, N. Alachkar
Nephrology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: Our group has described excellent three year patient and graft survival in patients with 100% cPRA undergoing kidney transplantation under the Kidney Allocation System…
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The Extremes of KDPI: Even KDPI 95%+ Kidneys Can Be Used Successfully
A. Gilbert, J. Verbesey, B. Thomas, J. Moore, M. Cooper
Medstar Georgetown Transplant Institute, Washington, DC
*Purpose: While the use of kidneys with KDPIs greater than 85% has become common, there is still reluctance among centers to use the very highest…
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Donation After Circulatory Death Kidney Transplantation Has Equal Long-Term Graft and Patient Survival as Donation After Brain Death: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
E. Rijkse¹, S. Ceuppens¹, H. Qi², J. N. IJzermans¹, D. A. Hesselink³, R. C. Minnee¹
¹HPB/Transplant surgery, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands, ²Biostatistics, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands, ³Nephrology and Transplantation, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands
*Purpose: Donation after circulatory death (DCD) kidneys are not worldwide accepted yet due to concerns about inferior quality. To investigate whether these concerns are justified,…
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True Living Donation Experiences: A Thematic Analysis of Storytelling from Kidney Living Donors
E. Ho¹, E. H. Wood², R. Pines³, L. A. Davis⁴, S. M. Advani⁵, A. D. Waterman²
¹Terasaki Institute, Los Angeles, CA, ²UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, ³Cottage Hospital, Santa Barbara, CA, ⁴DeSales University, Center Valley, PA, ⁵National Human Genome Research Institute (NIH), Bethesda, MD
*Purpose: Personal experiences of living donors (LDs) or recipients (Rs) can motivate more individuals to pursue living donor kidney transplant. After building a library of…
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Impact of Treatment of Subclinical Rejection at 2 Weeks After Kidney Transplantation, Compared by 1 Year Histologic Outcomes
O. Lee¹, K. Lee¹, J. Park¹, J. Lee², G. Kwon³, K. Kim⁴
¹Surgery, Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ²Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ³Pathology, Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ⁴Biostatistics, Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
*Purpose: Subclinical rejection (SCR) is associated with chronic allograft nephropathy, which is the most common cause of allograft failure in kidney transplantation (KT). Therefore, early…
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Renal Transplant is Safe in Septuagenarians
P. Serrano Rodriguez, J. Vonderau, K. Szempruch, C. S. Desai
Abdominal Transplant Surgery, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
*Purpose: With increasing life expectancy, there has been increase in transplant rates amongst elderly recipients who often have more comorbidities than younger recipient. The aim…
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The Impact of Fixed-Dose Alemtuzumab in Renal Transplant Recipients According to Weight
S. Mandala¹, N. Khodieva², A. Bigness¹, S. Mohamed², H. Mohammed¹, K. Robichaux², A. Brueckner³, R. Baliga⁴, J. Buggs⁵, A. Kumar¹, L. Bowman³
¹Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, ²Honors College, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, ³Transplant Pharmacy, Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, FL, ⁴Nephrology, Florida Kidney Physicians, Tampa, FL, ⁵Transplant Surgery, Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, FL
*Purpose: Alemtuzumab, a potent anti-CD52 monoclonal antibody is used for induction immunosuppression post-renal transplantation as a fixed 30mg dose regardless of the patient’s weight. The…
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Belatacept Utilization During the Covid-19 Pandemic in the United States
M. MacConmara, A. Shubin, D. Wojciechowski, L. de Gregorio, J. Shah, P. Vagefi, C. S. Hwang
Department of Surgery, Division of Surgical Transplantation, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX
*Purpose: With the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, many people in the United States were urged to stay at home. Kidney transplantation continued during this…
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Patient Survival After Living Donor Kidney Donation
M. G. Naik, K. Sakurayama, K. Budde, F. Halleck
Medical Department, Division of Nephrology and Internal Intensive Care Medicine, Charité, Berlin, Germany
*Purpose: Living donor kidney transplantation [LDKT] is associated with best patient survival and life quality among kidney replacement therapies in case of chronic kidney disease.…
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Kidney Transplant Associated Allergy Transfer After Living Donation
K. López-Vega, S. Davis
Division of Renal Diseases and Hypertension, Anschutz Medical Campus, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO
*Purpose: Donor to recipient IgE-mediated food allergy transfer has been described in non-kidney solid organ transplant. Here, we report a novel case of an adult…