Am J Transplant, Volume 21, Suppl 3 Archives - Page 26 of 139 - ATC Abstracts

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Pathology of the Explanted Lungs and Surveillance Allograft Biopsy in 202 Lung Transplant Cases: Single Institution Experience
S. Sathirareuangchai¹, S. Moore¹, Q. Cai¹, L. De Las Casas¹, J. Joerns², J. Torrealba¹
¹Pathology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, ²Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX
*Purpose: This study correlates lung transplantation outcomes with pathologic diagnoses of explants and surveillance transbronchial allograft biopsies.*Methods: A retrospective IRB approved review of archival material…
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Dual Lactate Clearance in the Liver Viability Assessment During Normothermic Machine Perfusion
M. Xu¹, F. Zhou¹, O. Ahmed¹, J. Shin¹, Y. Zhu¹, G. Upadhya¹, K. Byrnes², B. Wong¹, J. Kim¹, Y. Lin¹, W. Chapman¹
¹Department of Surgery, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, ²Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO
*Purpose: Liver normothermic machine perfusion (NMP) has been increasingly performed as a tool of organ preservation and to evaluate donor function. The perfusate lactate clearance…
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Racial Differences in Tacrolimus Xr Dosing in De Novo Kidney Transplant Recipients
N. Patel, T. Carcella, F. Bartlett, V. Rohan, D. Taber
Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
*Purpose: In May of 2020, our center was challenged with a nationwide shortage of tacrolimus IR, warranting implementation of a new de novo tacrolimus XR…
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Wound Infection After Kidney Transplantation: A Single Center Study
A. Demirag, J. Oberholzer, A. Agarwal, B. Rawashdeh, E. McCraken, K. Brayman
Transplantation, University of Virginia Medical Cener, Charlottesville, VA
*Purpose: Wound complications (WC) following kidney transplantation (KTx) consume valuable resources and may be associated with inferior short and long term graft outcomes. Known risk…
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Update on Pancreas Retransplantation- A Registry Analysis
A. Gruessner, J. Renz, S. Saggi, R. Gruessner
SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY
*Purpose: A successful pancreas transplant provides patients with brittle diabetes the opportunity of good long-term metabolic control. While initially more and more retransplants were performed,…
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COVID-19 Transmission within One Year from Pancreas and Kidney Recipients
H. Sarumi, J. Fisher, B. Johnson, T. Pruett
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
*Purpose: The current pandemic has created uncertainty surrounding the transmission of COVID-19. It was recently published that in the general population, household contacts have a…
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The Impact of Tacrolimus IPV and TTR on the Development of De Novo Donor-specific Antibodies in Kidney Transplant Recipients
D. Xu¹, K. Richards¹, K. Zheng¹, H. Patel², F. Cardarelli², J. A. Pena³, A. Aala²
¹Pharmacy, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, ²Nephrology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, ³Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA
*Purpose: High intrapatient variability (IPV) and low time in therapeutic range (TTR) of tacrolimus (TAC) may increase the risk of developing de novo donor-specific antibodies…
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Impact of Traveling for Transplant on Access to and Outcomes from Kidney and Liver Transplantation
K. Ross-Driscoll¹, R. Lynch¹, D. Axelrod², R. Patzer¹
¹Emory University, Atlanta, GA, ²University of Iowa, Ames, IA
*Purpose: Newly developed transplant referral regions (TRRs) can be used to understand how and why patients travel outside of their home transplant center to receive…
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Kidney Transplantation in Times of Covid-19 – Decision Analysis in the Canadian Context
I. Yanev¹, M. Gagnon¹, M. Cheng², S. Paraskevas², D. Kumar³, A. Dragomir⁴, R. Sapir-Pichhadze⁴
¹McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, ²McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada, ³University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴Research Institute of McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada
*Purpose: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic significantly impacted the field of transplantation across Canada. In this study, we outline the implications of COVID-19 related…
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Utility of Follow-up Biopsies After Acute Rejection in Pediatric Kidney Transplantation
S. S. Raza¹, V. Hauptfeld-Dolejsek¹, F. Rosenblum¹, E. C. Mroczek-Musulman², D. R. Kelly², M. Seifert¹
¹Department of Nephrology, UAB School of Medicine, Birmingham, AL, ²Children’s of Alabama, Birmingham, AL
*Purpose: Treatment of acute kidney transplant rejection in children is often guided by creatinine-based estimates of GFR (eGFR) that may lack sensitivity to determine the…