Am J Transplant, Volume 21, Suppl 3 Archives - Page 79 of 139 - ATC Abstracts

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Nanoparticle Mediated Drug Delivery for Lung Transplantation
P. M. Patel¹, S. Jung², C. L. Miller¹, J. M. O¹, T. Costa¹, A. Dehnadi¹, I. Hanekamp¹, X. F. Li², L. Jiang², H. Ichimura², A. Azimzadeh¹, J. C. Madsen³, R. Abdi²
¹Surgery, Center for Transplantation Sciences, Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ²Medicine, Transplant Research Center, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ³Surgery, Center for Transplantation Sciences, Division of Cardiac Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
*Purpose: Severe primary graft dysfunction (PGD) affects 30% of lung transplant patients. Pulmonary alveolar macrophages play a significant role in lung PGD, but systemic immunotherapy…
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Prospective Intensive Monitoring for Anamnestic DSA Responses Allows Near Elimination of Early Clinical AMR
M. McGowan¹, A. Bickenbach¹, A. R. Shields², R. R. Alloway¹, P. Brailey¹, E. Portwood¹, C. Alquist¹, A. Christianson¹, B. Abu Jawdeh¹, M. Cuffy¹, J. Kremer², S. Bumb¹, A. Govil¹, M. Anand¹, T. Kaur¹, E. S. Woodle¹
¹U Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, ²Christ Hospital, Cincinnati, OH
*Purpose: Anamnestic donor specific antibody (aDSA) responses can result in severe, graft threatening antibody-mediated rejection (AMR). We hypothesized that intensive DSA monitoring (IDM) for aDSA…
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High and Low Frequency Domino Liver Transplantation Centers Demonstrate Similar Outcomes
J. Panichella, H. Resweber, H. Curtis, K. Nguyen, A. Di Carlo, S. Karhadkar
Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
*Purpose: For patients with transthyretin (TTR) Amyloidosis, the only disease modifying treatment is an orthotopic liver transplant. However, because of the nature of this disease,…
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Cross-Circulation for Extracorporeal Liver Support in a Swine Model
W. K. Wu¹, A. Tumen¹, J. W. Stokes², R. Ukita², A. E. Hozain³, C. R. Flynn², M. J. Lee³, J. R. Talackine², N. L. Cardwell², J. A. Reimer³, M. Pinezich³, C. Benson², G. Vunjak-Novakovic³, S. P. Alexopoulos², M. Bacchetta²
¹co-first authors, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, ²Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, ³Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY
*Purpose: Although machine perfusion has gained momentum as an organ preservation strategy in liver transplantation, significant organ shortages and waitlist mortality persist, highlighting unmet needs…
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CT-measured Cortical Volume Ratio is an Alternative to Nuclear Medicine Split Scan Ratio Among Living Kidney Donors
J. Montgomery, C. Brown, A. Zondlak, K. Walsh, J. Kozlowski, A. Pinsky, E. Herriman, J. Sussman, Y. Lu, E. Stein, P. Shankar, R. Sung, K. Woodside
Michigan Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI
*Purpose: The 125I-iothalamate clearance and 99mTc-DTPA split scan nuclear medicine studies are used among living kidney donor candidates to determine mGFR and split-scan ratio (SSR).…
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Noninferiority Outcomes Among Undocumented Immigrant Kidney Transplant Recipients in California
H. Ichii¹, N. Eguchi¹, E. Tantisattamo², U. Reddy², A. Ferrey², D. Dafoe¹
¹Surgery, University of California Irvine, Orange, CA, ²Medicine, University of California Irvine, Orange, CA
*Purpose: There are over 2 million undocumented immigrants (UI) in California, where currently, all individuals regardless of immigration status have equal access to kidney transplant(KT).…
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Managing the Costs of Routine Follow-up Care After Living Kidney Donation: A Survey of Contemporary Experience, Practice & Challenges
K. Lentine¹, G. McNatt², R. Howey³, C. Thomas², R. Hays⁴, U. Lebron-Banks⁵, S. Ainapurapu¹, A. Tietjen⁶
¹Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, MO, ²Univ. Iowa, Iowa City, IA, ³Toyon Associates, Concord, CA, ⁴Univ. Wisconsin, Madison, WI, ⁵New York-Presbyterian Hosp., New York, NY, ⁶St. Barnabas, Livingston, NJ
*Purpose: Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) Policy mandates that living kidney donor (LKD) programs collect and report clinical and laboratory follow-up information for living…
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Iatrogenic Sodium Exposure in Hospitalized Patients with Liver Disease
P. Klem¹, R. Mbangu Kot Mbau², B. Crowther¹, V. Lewis¹, S. Lin¹, E. Patrick³, A. Nadrash¹, K. Schoeppler¹, I. Kim¹
¹Pharmacy, University of Colorado Hospital, Aurora, CO, ²Pharmacy, University of Colorado Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Aurora, CO, ³Transplant Services, University of Colorado Hospital, Aurora, CO
*Purpose: Numerous medications administered in the hospital setting may contain hidden/additional amounts of sodium in the drug itself and via intravenous (IV) diluents or admixtures.…
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Wave of the Future: Expanding Role and Necessity of the Dedicated Procurement Surgeon
C. Strom, B. Cimsit, H. Nelson, F. Delmonico
New England Donor Services, Waltham, MA
*Purpose: To evaluate the quantitative and qualitative benefits of a dedicated procurement surgeon (DPS) across the transplant spectrum, including the DPS technical performance value for…
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DAP12 Promotes Liver DC Tolerogenicity by Negative Regulation of the CGAS-STING-IFN I Pathway
Y. Zheng¹, J. Long², N. Ryosuke¹, L. Peng³, F. Peng³, A. Thomson¹
¹Thomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ²Department of Cardiology, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, China, ³Department of Kidney Transplantation, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, China
*Purpose: Constitutive expression of comparatively high levels of DNAX-activating protein of 12KDa (DAP12) by liver myeloid dendritic cells (mDCs) has been implicated in their immune…