Am J Transplant, Volume 21, Suppl 3 Archives - Page 78 of 139 - ATC Abstracts

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Pre-transplant Prognostic  Nutritional  Index  Predicts  Short-term  Outcomes  After  Liver Transplantation
E. Lisznyai, T. Kitajima, K. Delvecchio, A. Mohamed, S. Yeddula, T. Shamaa, T. Ivanics, K. Collins, M. Rizzari, A. Yoshida, M. Abouljoud, S. Nagai
Transplant Institute, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI
*Purpose: To understand the importance of pre-transplant nutritional status in optimizing liver transplant outcomes.*Methods: The prognostic nutritional index (PNI) is a  serum  marker of nutrition…
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Post Pediatric Liver Transplant Immunosuppression: What’s the Caregivers’ Perspective?
I. D. Batsis¹, J. C. Bucuvalas¹, E. Eisenberg², J. Lau², S. Feng³, E. Perito⁴
¹Pediatric Hepatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, NY, New York, NY, ²Patient and Family Engaged Partners, SPLIT, New York, NY, ³Pediatric Transplant Surgery, UCSF, San Francisco, CA, ⁴Pediatric Hepatology, UCSF, San Francisco, CA
*Purpose: For children with liver transplants (LT), achieving an “ideal outcome” is a balancing act: too little immunosuppression (IS) begets graft injury; too much IS…
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Impact of Pediatric Living Donor Liver Transplant Center Volume on Waiting List and Post-Transplant Outcomes
D. Yoeli, R. A. Choudhury, H. B. Moore, T. L. Nydam, M. E. Wachs, E. A. Pomfret, M. A. Adams
Transplant Surgery, University of Colorado School of Medicine and Children’s Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO
*Purpose: The aim of this study was to compare pediatric liver transplant (pLT) waiting list and post-transplant outcomes by center pediatric living donor liver transplant…
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Incidence and Risk Factors for Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer in Lung Transplant Recipients
G. Holdren¹, E. Lushin¹, M. Duncan², C. Hage²
¹Pharmacy, Indiana University Health, Indianapolis, IN, ²Pulmonary Critical Care, Indiana University Health, Indianapolis, IN
*Purpose: The purpose of this study is to identify the incidence of nonmelanoma skin cancer (NMSC) post lung transplantation and to examine the relationship between…
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Public Perceptions of Presumed Consent for Organ Donation in Canada: A Qualitative Descriptive Study of Public Comments from News Articles
D. E. Fox¹, M. Donald², C. Chong¹, R. R. Quinn³, P. E. Ronksley¹, M. J. Elliott³, N. N. Lam³
¹The Department of Community Health Sciences, The University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ²Cumming School of Medicine, The University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ³The Cumming School of Medicine and Department of Community Health Sciences, The University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
*Purpose: In 2019, two Canadian provinces (Alberta and Nova Scotia) became the first jurisdictions in North America to pass presumed consent legislation to increase deceased…
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Healthcare Disparities Amongst Dialysis Patients in North Carolina: Decreased Access to Transplant in Lowest Health Rank Counties
D. Leto¹, W. Irish², C. Haisch², B. Tuttle², D. Leeser²
¹Cape Fear Valley Medical Center, Fayetteville, NC, ²East Carolina University, Greenville, NC
*Purpose: This study measured healthcare disparities amongst the counties in North Carolina with the best compared with counties with the worst healthcare outcomes, specifically the…
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Outcomes of Patients Referred for Liver Transplant Evaluation
E. Solomon¹, M. Waykar², K. Robichaux³, J. Buggs⁴, A. Kumar¹, N. Kemmer⁵
¹Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, ²Honors College, University of Tampa, Tampa, FL, ³Honors College, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, ⁴Transplant Surgery, Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, FL, ⁵Transplant Hepatology, Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, FL
*Purpose: National demand for liver transplants is increasing steadily, with 8,896 liver transplants performed in the USA in 2019, a 7.8% increase from 2018. The…
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Dynamic Forecasting of Patient-Specific Kidney Transplant Function with a Sequence-to-Sequence Deep-Learning Model
E. Van Loon¹, W. Zhang², A. Van Craenenbroeck¹, B. De Moor², M. Naesens¹
¹Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, ²ESAT Stadius Center for Dynamical Systems, Signal Processing and Data Analytics, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
*Purpose: Alike other clinical biomarkers, eGFR trajectories are characterized by intra-individual variability, related to biological fluctuations and analytical error. These fluctuations hamper the distinction between…
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Early Increases in Post-Transplant Pancreatic Enzymes Are Associated with Surgical Complications Among Pancreas Transplant Recipients
S. Parajuli, G. Leverson, B. Welch, H. Sollinger, D. Kaufman, D. Mandelbrot, J. Odorico
University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
*Purpose: An increase in the serum concentration of pancreatic enzymes (amylase and lipase) is commonly related to an acute inflammatory process in the pancreas graft…
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Characterization of SGLT2 Inhibitor Use After Abdominal Transplant
F. Hailemariam¹, S. Yeager², J. Schulte³, P. Singh¹, A. Yadav¹
¹Transplant Nephrology, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, ²Abdominal Transplant Pharmacist, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, ³Abdominal Transplant, Clinical Pharmacist, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
*Purpose: Post solid organ transplantation, diabetic kidney disease (DKD) can progress due to recurrent pre-transplantation diabetes or the development of post-transplantation diabetes mellitus (PTDM). This…