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

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Robotic Assisted Donor Nephrectomy: A Single Center Experience
A. Khan, A. Sharma, S. Lee, A. Cotterell, D. Kumar, L. Kamal, I. Moinuddin, D. Bruno, V. Kumaran, M. Levy, C. Bhati
Transplant Surgery, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
*Purpose: Robotic donor nephrectomy (RLDN) is an emerging procedure of choice for living kidney donors at many programs. This approach has benefit of minimal invasive…
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Pediatric Kidney Transplant Strategy: The Sequence Effect
A. J. Vinson¹, B. Kiberd², P. Acott³, K. Tennankore¹
¹Nova Scotia Health Authority Division of Nephrology, Departm, Halifax, NS, Canada, ²Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada, ³IWK Health Center, Halifax, NS, Canada
*Purpose: Improvements in patient survival with pediatric end stage kidney disease (ESKD) predicts needing more than one kidney transplant over a child’s lifetime. Timing of…
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Single Center Experience on SARS-CoV-2 Testing of Symptomatic and Asymptomatic Pediatric Kidney Transplant Recipients
H. Pizzo¹, P. R. Soni², S. Nadipuram², J. Garrison¹, D. Puliyanda¹
¹Pediatric Nephrology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, ²Pediatric Infectious Disease, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: As of late November 2020, there have been 61.5 million cases of SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) worldwide resulting in 1.44 million deaths. Despite the outstanding number…
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Graft Outcomes of Antibody Mediated Rejection without Donor Specific Anti – HLA Antibodies After Kidney Transplantation
H. Ko, S. Min, A. Han, S. Ahn, C. T. Chung, H. Kim, K. Choi, S. Min, H. Kang, J. Ha
Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
*Purpose: The aim of this study was to investigate graft outcomes based on the presence of donor-specific anti-HLA antibodies (DSA) and the time of diagnosis…
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Clazakizumab for the Treatment of Chronic Active Antibody-Mediated Rejection in Kidney Transplant Recipients: Phase 3 IMAGINE Study Design
P. Nickerson¹, G. Böhmig², S. Chadban³, D. Kumar⁴, R. B. Mannon⁵, T. van Gelder⁶, S. Adler⁷, E. Chong⁷, A. Djamali⁸
¹University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, ²Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, ³University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia, ⁴University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁵University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ⁶Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ⁷CSL Behring, King of Prussia, PA, ⁸University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
*Purpose: Chronic active antibody-mediated rejection (CAMR) is a major cause of allograft loss with no approved drugs for its treatment. Currently, off-label regimens recommended by…
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Recurrence and Outcome of Anti-GBM Glomerulonephritis After Kidney Transplantation: A Belgian Multicenter Study
S. Coche
Nephrology, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Brussels, Belgium
*Purpose: Recurrence of anti-glomerular basement membrane (anti-GBM) glomerulonephritis (GN) in the kidney graft is a rare event, described in limited case reports and registry analysis.…
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Serum Phosphatidylethanol is Superior to Urine Ethyl Glucuronide for Diagnosis of Alcohol Relapse in Liver Transplant Recipients
N. Lim¹, T. Leventhal¹, M. Thomson¹, M. Hassan¹, J. Thompson¹, S. Chinnakotla², V. Kirchner², T. Pruett², R. Kandaswamy², V. Humphreville², A. Adams², J. Lake¹
¹Divison of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, ²Divison of Transplantation, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
*Purpose: Liver transplantation (LT) for alcohol-related liver disease (ALD) is increasing. The primary issue in these patients is often recidivism, therefore screening for ETOH use…
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Longitudinal Quality of Life Assessment in Liver Transplant – Feasibility Study and Early Results
O. M. Siddiqui, P. Polineni, A. J. Thuluvath, C. Loftus
Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: In addition to survival, quality of life (QoL) is critical to optimizing care in liver transplantation (LT). Although QoL is associated with clinical outcomes…
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Serum Phosphatidylethanol is Superior to Urine Ethyl Glucuronide for Detection of Alcohol Use in Pre-transplant Patients
N. Lim¹, T. Leventhal¹, M. Thomson¹, M. Hassan¹, J. Thompson¹, S. Chinnakotla², V. Kirchner², T. Pruett², R. Kandaswamy², V. Humphreville², A. Adams², J. Lake¹
¹Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, ²Division of Transplantation, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
*Purpose: More patients are presenting for liver transplant (LT) evaluation for alcohol-related liver disease (ALD). Detection of ETOH use has significant implications for patients undergoing…
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Albumin Level Prior to Liver-Directed Therapy is a Risk Factor of Waitlist Tumor Progression Independent of HCC Burden
P. Thevenot, K. Nunez, T. Sandow, M. Hibino, P. Wright, J. Patel, D. Fort, A. Cohen
Ochsner Health, New Orleans, LA
*Purpose: Milan Criteria, α-fetoprotein (AFP), and MELD score at diagnosis influence prognosis in bridge to transplant (BTT) hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). With HCC surveillance many patients…