Am J Transplant, Volume 21, Suppl 3 Archives - Page 70 of 139 - ATC Abstracts

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Endocrine Cell Identity and HOMA-B In Patients with Chronic Pancreatitis Undergoing Islet Auto-transplantation
C. A. Beamish¹, O. Gaber², O. M. Sabek²
¹Surgery, Houston Mehodist Hospital, Houston, TX, ²Surgery, Houston Mehodist, Houston, TX
*Purpose: Islet identity loss is an emergent factor in dysglycemia in diabetes, islet transplantation, and chronic pancreatitis (CP). Pancreatectomy and islet auto-transplantation (PIAT) for CP…
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Donor Derived Cell-Free DNA (dd-cfDNA) in Pancreas Transplant Recipients
S. Riad¹, H. Sarumi², R. Kandaswamy³
¹Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, ²Surgery, University of Minnesota Physicians, Minneapolis, MN, ³Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
*Purpose: Data on the role of DD-cfDNA after pancreas transplantation is lacking. Herein we report on our center experience with DD-cfDNA in 10 unique SPK…
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Impact of the Transplant Clinical Pharmacist in an Outpatient Transplant Clinic
O. Roe¹, S. Gattis¹, R. Parsons², D. Lo², S. Todd¹
¹Emory University Hospital, Atlanta, GA, ²Emory Transplant Center, Atlanta, GA
*Purpose: Pharmacist involvement in the outpatient transplant clinic setting has been correlated with improved patient outcomes in single organ cohort studies. Direct clinical pharmacist involvement…
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The Impact of Lack of Access to Simultaneous Kidney and Pancreas Transplantation Due to Insurance Ineligibility – A Single Center Analysis
Y. A. Qazi, E. Villalon, D. Samson, W. Mon, M. Smogorzewski
Keck Medical Center at USC, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: Simultaneous kidney and pancreas transplantation(SPK) provides a survival and quality of life advantage in young, low BMI insulin dependent diabetics with End Stage Renal…
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Sars-cov-2 Stat Testing for Organ Donation; One Laboratory’s Experience
S. Dionne, B. O'Neale
VRL-Eurofins, Centennial, CO
*Purpose: The COVID-19 pandemic took the U.S. by storm. The Transplant Community had to navigate through unprecedented scenarios in order to continue the life-saving mission…
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Covid-19 Infections Post-liver and Kidney Transplantation in a Southern Ca Program
M. E. de Vera¹, J. Woloszyn², S. Regmi², R. Rattanavich², M. Rakoski², M. Lin², P. Mehta², A. Kore², J. Weissman², C. Martens², T. Phan², B. Jerez-Aguilar², M. Robinson², E. Wells², R. Villicana², M. Nguyen²
¹Loma Linda University Health, San Bernardino, CA, ²Transplant Institute, Loma Linda University Health, San Bernardino, CA
*Purpose: Southern CA is at the epicenter of the Covid-19 pandemic. We reviewed outcomes of our center's liver, kidney, and pancreas transplant patients stricken with…
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Precision Medicine Tools in Kidney Transplant (KTx): Implications for Individualized Immunosupression Therapy and Downstream Cost-savings
S. Anand, J. Sanchez-Garcia, L. Dong, M. Fife, J. Krong, D. Morris, T. Srinivas
Intermountain Medical Center, Murray, UT
*Purpose: Kidney Tissue Transcriptomics (Tr) is an emerging adjunct to traditional histology for diagnosis of kidney rejection in KTx. The objective assessment and reliance on…
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Status of Kidney Allocation in Liver-kidney Transplants Before and After the UNOS/OPTN Policy
J. Oveyssi, M. Hussain, P. Homkrailas, S. Bunnapradist
Department of Internal Medicine: Division of Transplant Nephrology, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: On August 10, 2017 the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) enacted policies 9.7 and 8.5G to establish medical criteria for simultaneous liver-kidney (SLK)…
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High Degree of Center Variation in Simultaneous Heart Kidney Transplant: Opportunities for Standardization
B. I. Shaw¹, M. L. Samoylova¹, S. J. Kesseli¹, D. Olaso², A. S. Barbas¹, D. L. Sudan¹, L. E. Boulware³, L. M. McElroy¹
¹Surgery, Duke University, Durham, NC, ²School of Medicine, Duke University, Durham, NC, ³Medicine-Nephrology, Duke University, Durham, NC
*Purpose: Simultaneous heart kidney transplant (SHK) is increasingly common and unregulated. We sought to understand variation in patient selection for SHK at the center level.*Methods:…
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SARS-CoV-2 Antibody Response After Induction Therapy in Kidney Transplant Recipients
M. Lubetzky¹, S. Sultan², Z. Zhao³, M. Cushing³, Z. Kapur¹, S. Albakry¹, N. Hauser¹, J. Marku-Podvorica¹, R. Craig-Schapiro², J. Lee¹, T. Salinas¹, M. Aull², S. Kapur², M. Suthanthiran¹, D. Dadhania¹
¹Nephrology, Weill Cornell-NYPresbyterian, New York, NY, ²Transplant Surgery, Weill Cornell-NYPresbyterian, New York, NY, ³Pathology, Weill Cornell-NYPresbyterian, New York, NY
*Purpose: SARS-CoV-2 antibody prevalence in kidney transplant recipients is beginning to be reported, although little is known about the humoral immune response in the immediate…