Am J Transplant, Volume 21, Suppl 3 Archives - Page 32 of 139 - ATC Abstracts

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Covid-19 in Hiv-infected Solid Organ Transplant Recipients: A Case Series
M. Ramanathan, A. Fernandez, Y. Natori, J. Simkins, J. Camargo, M. Morris, N. Rivera, M. Loebe, G. Ciancio, L. Abbo, A. Mattiazzi, G. Guerra, S. Anjan
University of Miami, Miami, FL
*Purpose: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is associated with increased mortality and morbidity in immunosuppressed patients. Data on management and outcomes in HIV-infected solid organ transplant…
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Variation of Mortality from SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Kidney Transplant Recipients Over the Course of the Pandemic
Y. Al Azzi, C. Pynadath, P. Loarte, O. Alani, L. Liriano-Ward, M. Ajaimy, R. Bartash, J. Graham, M. Le, H. Yaffe, S. Greenstein, J. Rocca, M. Kinkhabwala, E. Akalin
Montefiore Medical Center, New York, NY
*Purpose: We aimed to investigate the mortality from SARS-CoV-2 in kidney transplant recipients in the Bronx, New York, one of the epicenters of the pandemic…
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Infectious Complications and Malignancy After Kidney Transplantation in the Elderly Population
L. Liriano-Ward, M. Parides, Y. Al Azzi, C. Pynadath, M. Ajaimy, P. Loarte, J. Graham, S. Greenstein, M. Le, H. Yaffe, M. Kinkhabwala, J. Rocca, E. Akalin
Montefiore Medical Center, New York, NY
*Purpose: All patients, regardless of age, may benefit from renal transplantation due to improved quality of life and decreased mortality. However, elderly patients are at…
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Belatacept Pharmacokinetics in Patients with and without Infection
A. Bickenbach¹, M. McGowan¹, B. Miyagawa², T. Mizuno², A. Shields³, A. Christianson¹, P. West-Thielke⁴, J. Leone⁵, E. Woodle¹, D. Kaufman⁶, A. Wiseman⁷, A. Vinks², R. Alloway¹
¹U Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, ²Cincinnati Children's Med Center, Cincinnati, OH, ³Christ Hospital, Cincinnati, OH, ⁴UIC, Chicago, IL, ⁵Tampa Gen, Tampa, FL, ⁶U Wisconsin, Madison, WI, ⁷Centura Transplant, Denver, CO
*Purpose: Two belatacept(BELA) fixed mg/kg dosing regimens, less intense(LI) and more intense(MI) were compared. The LI regimen was approved due to the higher risk profile…
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VO_2peak Differentiates Survival Post Kidney Transplant
H. Chakkera¹, B. Kaplan², P. Budhiraja¹, R. Butterfield¹
¹Mayo Clinic Hospital, Phoenix, AZ, ²Baylor Scott and White Health, Temple, TX
*Purpose: The OPTN/UNOS utilizes the calculated estimated posttransplant survival (EPTS) score as the measure of post-kidney transplant survival to guide allocation of deceased donor kidney…
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Long-Term Outcomes in Older Kidney Transplant Recipients from Older Donors
E. Cuadrado-Payán, E. Montagud-Marrahi, J. Casals-Urquiza, J. del Risco-Zevallos, D. Cucchiari, P. Ventura-Aguiar, I. Revuelta, G. Piñeiro, N. Esforzado, F. Cofan, J. Ugalde, J. Campistol, F. Oppenheimer, J. Torregrosa, F. Diekmann
Nephrology and Kidney Transplantation, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
*Purpose: The age of patients referred for kidney transplantation has increased progressively. However, the precise influence of age on hard outcomes after transplantation is controversial*Methods:…
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Optimizing Usage of High KDPI Kidneys
Y. Ng¹, C. Kling², L. Sibulesky², J. Perkins²
¹Medicine/Nephrology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ²Surgery/Transplant, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
*Purpose: Among recipients of high kidney donor profile index (KDPI) kidneys, it is unclear if certain recipients fair better than others. Using data from the…
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Health-related Quality of Life (HRQoL) in Patients on Dialysis and Kidney Transplant Recipients – Experience with the PROMIS Global-10 Survey
G. Chawla, W. Hajjar, M. Dastgheib, N. Yanga, G. Ahmadzadeh, N. El-Dassouki, A. Shahreza, N. Al Kaabi, N. Edwards, I. Mucsi
University Health Network, Division of Nephrology and Multi-Organ Transplant Program, Toronto, ON, Canada
*Purpose: The PROMIS (Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System) Global-10 survey has been used to assess HRQoL in population surveys and studies including patients with chronic…
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Information-Seeking Behavior During Covid-19: Opportunities for Communication and Care Transition Improvements
S. H. Advani¹, S. M. Advani², Y. A. Iraheta³, A. Murillo⁴, H. A. Gritsch³, A. D. Waterman³
¹Terasaki Institute, Bethesda, MD, ²National Human Genome Research Institute, Bethesda, MD, ³UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, ⁴Terasaki Institute, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: To learn more about how at-risk dialysis and transplant patients sought health information during COVID-19 and what was most helpful, we conducted a mixed-methods…
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The Seattle Heart Failure Model is a Predictor of Mortality After Kidney Transplant in Patients with End Stage Renal Disease and Heart Impairment
A. Perez-Gutierrez¹, P. J. Bachul², D. N. Danz³, B. Juengel², M. Josephson², J. Fung², P. Witkowski², B. Chung⁴, Y. Becker²
¹Surgery, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, IL, ²Surgery, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, ³Economics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, IL, ⁴Cardiology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: Cardiovascular disease is the main cause of mortality after kidney transplantation. Many patients with ESRD have heart failure that is attributed to fluid overload.…