Am J Transplant, Volume 21, Suppl 3 Archives - Page 15 of 139 - ATC Abstracts

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Not Always as it Seems: Lack of Hepatitis C Virus Transmission from Nucleic Acid Testing Positive Deceased Donors
A. Nishio Lucar¹, A. Kumar¹, S. Rao¹, V. L. Kelly¹, K. Coles², J. Kamal¹, C. W. Green¹, A. M. Doyle¹
¹Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, ²University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
*Purpose: Hepatitis C virus (HCV) + organs are increasingly use to transplant HCV naive candidates with good short-term outcomes. HCV transmission with HCV nucleic acid…
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Changes to Allocation of En Bloc Deceased Donor Kidneys to Low Epts Patients
A. Robinson¹, M. Pavlakis², V. Casingal³
¹United Network for Organ Sharing, Richmond, VA, ²Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, ³Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, NC
*Purpose: The OPTN implemented a policy on September 5, 2019 standardizing en bloc deceased donor kidney allocation in order to efficiently place and utilize kidneys…
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The Implications of Donor-Recipient Size Mismatch in Renal Transplantation
I. D. Kostakis, N. Karydis, T. Kassimatis, N. Kessaris, I. Loukopoulos
Department of Transplantation, Guy’s Hospital, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
*Purpose: Transplanting kidneys small for the recipient’s size results in inferior renal graft function. Body surface area (BSA) is related to kidney size. We used…
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Can Procurement Biopsy Data Tell Us Anything? The Influence of Interstitial Fibrosis on Long-term Kidney Graft Survival
D. Stewart¹, J. Foutz¹, L. Kamal², H. McGehee¹, P. Saravanane², S. Yu³, R. Yousfi², G. Gupta²
¹Research, United Network for Organ Sharing, Richmond, VA, ²Virginia Commonwealth University Health, Richmond, VA, ³Research, Virginia Commonwealth University Health, Richmond, VA
*Purpose: Biopsy findings have been shown to have a profound impact on kidney utilization decisions. Most studies of the association between procurement biopsy findings and…
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Intersecting Disparities in Health Literacy Among Renal Patients Experiencing Transplant Barriers
C. W. Nonterah, K. Workman, S. Shah
Psychology, University of Richmond, Richmond, VA
*Purpose: Recent data from the United States Renal Data System (USRDS, 2020) indicate that 131, 636 patients were diagnosed with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) in…
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Superior Metabolic Function of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients After Simultaneous Kidney/pancreas Transplantation Compared with Kidney Transplantation Alone
X. Y. Fu, C. Yu, H. Wang, J. Zhao, Z. Wang, C. Mo, X. Shi, G. Feng, W. Song, Z. Shen
Tianjin First Centeral Hospital, Tianjin, China
*Purpose: To compare the renal function, metabolic profiles and survival outcomes of simultaneous pancreas kidney transplantation (SPK) and kidney transplantation alone (KTA) to end-stage renal…
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The Association of Pre-Kidney Transplant C-Peptide Level with Post Transplant Outcomes
A. J. Vinson, K. Tennankore
Nova Scotia Health Authority Division of Nephrology, Departm, Halifax, NS, Canada
*Purpose: Insulin is produced by pancreatic beta-cells by cleavage of a prohormone precursor into equal parts insulin and C-peptide. C-peptide has been shown to have…
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Alemtuzumab vs Antithymocyte Globulin Induction in Hepatitis C Viremic Donors to Hepatis C Negative Kidney Transplant Recipients
K. Walter, L. Mincemoyer, J. Giang, J. Suero, N. Shah, K. Szempruch
University of North Carolina Medical Center, Chapel Hill, NC
*Purpose: The optimal induction agent for kidney transplantation of hepatitis C virus nucleic acid test positive donors to negative recipients (HCV NAT D+/R-) is unknown.…
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Kidney Transplant Outcomes Stratified by Age with a Calcineurin and Steroid Free Regimen
R. Scalzo¹, M. Harris¹, J. Morris², J. Byrns¹
¹Pharmacy, Duke University Hospital, Durham, NC, ²Nephrology, Duke University Hospital, Durham, NC
*Purpose: To evaluate the impact of an alemtuzumab, belatacept, and sirolimus based regimen on renal function stratified by age in kidney transplant (KT) patients.*Methods: This…
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Seasonal and Income-related Factors in Live Kidney Donation in the United States from 1995 to 2019
F. Al Ammary¹, A. Arking², G. Kaddu², J. Garonzik Wang², A. B. Massie², D. Segev², A. Muzaale²
¹Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ²Surgery, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: For nearly two decades, the annual number of US live kidney donors has been characterized by striking and worrying patterns of general decline that…