Am J Transplant, Volume 21, Suppl 3 Archives - Page 103 of 139 - ATC Abstracts

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Pediatric Donation During COVID-19 Pandemic
M. MacConmara, B. Wang, L. de Gregorio, J. Shah, D. Desai, S. Hanish, P. Vagefi, C. S. Hwang
Surgery, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX
*Purpose: The COVID-19 pandemic led to a decrease in transplantation throughout the United States. We examined the impact of the pandemic in regards to the…
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Results of the APP Practice Survey: Do APPs Practice at the Top of Their Scope of Practice?
H. Domingo¹, D. Krieger², B. Muth³, A. Frank⁴, A. Borth⁵, H. McDade⁵, K. Paolini⁶, A. Mayfield⁵, M. Siegfired⁷, J. Yoo⁸, H. Hoy⁹, N. McCormick¹⁰
¹Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ²University of California-San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ³University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, ⁴Medstar Georgetown University, Annandale, VA, ⁵University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, ⁶Erie County Medical Center, Grand Island, NY, ⁷Swedish Organ Transplant, Seattle, WA, ⁸Rush University, Chicago, IL, ⁹University of Alabama - Huntsville, Huntsville, AL, ¹⁰University of Colorado-Denver, Denver, CO
*Purpose: Transplant centers employ Advance Practice Providers (APPs) in response to physician trainee work hour restrictions and to increase patient access to transplant care. APPs…
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Risk Classification Models for Kidney Graft Failure
M. G. Naik¹, K. Budde¹, D. Telmo Neves²
¹Medical Department, Division of Nephrology and Internal Intensive Care Medicine, Charité, Berlin, Germany, ²Intelligent Analytics for Massive Data, German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence, Berlin, Germany
*Purpose: Longterm graft survival after kidney transplantation is stagnant over the last decades. An individual risk assessment for graft failure is needed. In our project…
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Gm2a: A Novel Regulatory Pathway Controlling Alloimmunity
K. M. Baecher¹, P. S. Heeger², P. Cravedi², M. Fribourg², M. L. Ford¹
¹Department of Surgery, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, ²Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY
*Purpose: In recently published studies we discovered that the inhibitory receptor FcγRIIB regulates CD8+ T cell alloimmunity in a cell-autonomous fashion, and that increased expression…
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The Trifecta Study: Calibrating Circulating Donor-Derived Cell-Free DNA at the Time of Indication Biopsies Against the Molecular Phenotype of the Biopsy Reveals a Prominent Association with NK Cell Genes
P. Halloran¹, Z. Demko², A. Prewett², J. Reeve¹, P. Billings²
¹Alberta Transplant Applied Genomics Centre, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ²Natera Inc., San Carlos, CA
*Purpose: The international, multicenter, prospective Trifecta study was designed to calibrate dd-cfDNA% measurements in blood at the time of indication biopsy against the molecular characteristics…
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Is There a Role for Donor-Specific Antibody Testing in Simultaneous Liver-Kidney Transplantation? A Single Center Analysis of Outcomes
A. Das, A. Barbetta, D. Remulla, C. Goldbeck, T. Maw, J. Kim
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: Simultaneous liver-kidney transplantation (SLKT) has grown exponentially since its conception in the 1960’s. The role for donor specific antibody (DSA) testing in SLKT is…
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Estrogen Receptor Beta Deletion is Protective in Renal Ischemia Reperfusion Injury in a Renal Specific Manner
C. S. O'Brien, P. Hernandez, Z. Wang, G. Ge, W. Hancock, M. H. Levine
Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
*Purpose: Renal Ischemia Reperfusion Injury (IRI) is a major contributor to delayed graft function (DGF) in kidney transplantation. Previously, we have shown lower rates of…
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Associations of Lack of Insurance and Other Sociodemographic Traits with Deficiencies in Follow-Up After Living Kidney Donation
K. Lentine¹, R. Hays², N. Lam³, A. Tietjen⁴, A. Muiru⁵, H. Xiao¹, A. Garg⁶, C. Thomas⁷, G. McNatt⁷, R. Howey⁸, U. Lebron-Banks⁹, M. Cooper¹⁰, M. Conboy¹¹, B. Kasiske¹¹
¹Saint Louis Univ, Saint Louis, MO, ²Univ of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, ³Univ of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ⁴St. Barnabas, Livingston, NJ, ⁵Univ of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ⁶Western Univ, London, ON, Canada, ⁷Univ of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, ⁸Toyon Associates, Concord, CA, ⁹New York Presb Hosp, New York, NY, ¹⁰Medstar-Georgetown, Washington, DC, ¹¹SRTR, Minneapolis, MN
*Purpose: Follow-up after living kidney donation in the United States has improved with recent policy mandates. We hypothesized that lack of insurance at donation may…
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Psychosocial Determinants of Regimen Adherence Among Kidney Transplant Recipients
A. Balakrishnan, S. Bailey, D. Mroczek, M. Serper, D. P. Ladner, M. S. Wolf
Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: There is increasing evidence suggesting a high prevalence of inadequate medication adherence among kidney transplant recipients (KTRs) and its subsequent consequences on health outcomes.…
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The Australian and New Zealand Living Kidney Donor Profile Index
G. L. Irish¹, S. Chadban¹, N. Boudville², S. B. Campbell³, J. Kanellis⁴, P. A. Clayton¹
¹Australian and New Zealand Dialysis and Transplant Registry, South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute, Adelaide, Australia, ²Medical School, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia, ³Department of Nephrology, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, Australia, ⁴Department of Nephrology, Monash Health, Melbourne, Australia
*Purpose: Risk scores may aid risk quantification and decision-making in kidney transplantation. The Living Kidney Donor Profile Index (LKDPI) was developed to choose between living…