Am J Transplant, Volume 21, Suppl 3 Archives - Page 122 of 139 - ATC Abstracts

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An Investigation of Surgeon’s Effect on Deceased-Donor Kidney Offers and Transplant Outcomes
A. C. Randa, J. P. Roberts
Department of Surgery, UCSF, San Francisco, CA
*Purpose: We studied the transplant surgeons' effect on accepting or rejecting the deceased donor kidney offers and their subsequent effect on transplant outcomes.*Methods: There are…
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Experiential Expertise: What Can Patients and Donors Teach Us About Living Donation?
L. A. Davis¹, E. H. Wood², E. Ho³, R. Pines⁴, S. M. Advani⁵, A. D. Waterman²
¹DeSales University, Center Valley, PA, ²UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, ³Terasaki Institute, Los Angeles, CA, ⁴Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital, Santa Barbara, CA, ⁵National Human Genome Research Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD
*Purpose: While educational materials and discussions with medical professionals are factually sound, insight from actual living donors (LDs) and recipients (Rs) may offer unique, experiential…
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Kidney Transplant Survival After Borderline Rejection in the Setting of Denovo Dsa Formation
A. P. Bregman¹, S. Jackson², S. Riad¹
¹Department of Nephrology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, ²Biostatistics, M-Health Fairview Analytics, Minneapolis, MN
*Purpose: The significance of borderline cellular rejection has been questioned in the past. Data on borderline rejection with deNovo DSA (dnDSA) formation is limited. We…
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Kidney Transplantation in Patients with Severe Pulmonary Hypertension: Not an Absolute Contraindication?
B. Prajapati¹, D. Gumber², I. Moinuddin¹, C. Bhati¹, G. Gupta¹, D. Grinnan³, D. Kumar¹
¹Nephrology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, ²Cardiology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, ³Pulmonology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
*Purpose: Severe pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) as defined by a pulmonary artery systolic pressure (PASP) >50mmHg is associated with high peri-operative mortality and thus is…
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A Comparative Analysis of Kidney Allograft Outcomes in Steroid Use versus Steroid Discontinuation After Basiliximab Induction: Unos Data Base Study
F. Cardarelli, H. Patel, A. Aala
Nephrology, BIDMC, Boston, MA
*Purpose: Basiliximab is a monoclonal antibody produced by recombinant DNA technology used by many transplant centers in the U.S. as induction immunosuppression. When Basiliximab is…
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Tolerability of De Novo and Conversion Belatacept Regimens in Kidney Transplantation
T. Le¹, J. Shoji², J. Phillips¹, D. Quan¹
¹Pharmaceutical Services, UCSF Medical Center, San Francisco, CA, ²Transplant Nephrology, UCSF Medical Center, San Francisco, CA
*Purpose: Belatacept, a selective T lymphocyte co-stimulation blocker, has been shown to be a safe and effective maintenance therapy for immunosuppression. We investigated the long-term…
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The Impact of Diabetes on Young Transplant Recipients: An American Perspective
J. M. Loera, S. C. Barrett, T. S. Zhang, A. A. Awan, B. V. Murthy, R. T. Cotton, C. A. O'Mahany, N. T. Galvan, J. A. Goss, A. A. Rana
Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
*Purpose: Our study aims to demonstrate the impact of diabetes, types I and II, on American young adults (18-40 years old) requiring kidney transplantation.*Methods: Using…
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Alterations in Mineral Metabolism of Living Kidney Donors: Prospective Observational Study
H. Lee¹, E. Ko¹, H. Cho², C. Yang¹, B. Chung¹
¹Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ²Department of Urology, Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
*Purpose: The aim of this study is to investigate whether reduction in glomerular filtration rate (GFR) after kidney donation causes mineral metabolism alterations, and also…
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Is There a Role for Pre-Operative Angiographic Kidney Embolization Prior to Allograft Nephrectomy?
M. Jacobs¹, R. Stratta¹, D. Harriman², A. Farney¹, J. Rogers¹, G. Orlando¹, A. Reeves-Daniel¹, C. Jay¹
¹Wake Forest Baptist Health, Winston Salem, NC, ²University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
*Purpose: To determine if morbidity associated with allograft nephrectomy (AN) of a failed or diseased kidney transplant (KT) is improved by pre-operative angiographic kidney embolization…
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The Differential Impact of Size Mismatch in Live versus Deceased Donor Kidney Transplant
A. J. Vinson¹, T. Skinner², B. Kiberd³, D. Clark¹, K. Tennankore¹
¹Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Nova Scotia Health Authority, Halifax, NS, Canada, ²Department of Urology, Nova Scotia Health Authority, Halifax, NS, Canada, ³Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada
*Purpose: The risk of significant weight mismatch between donors and recipients (D-R) undergoing living donor kidney transplant (LDKT) is not well established. Further, how this…