2021 American Transplant Congress
AM PAC Scores and Liver Transplant Resource Utilization
*Purpose: Activity Measure for Post-Acute Care (AM-PAC) is a tool utilized to assess three functional domains: basic mobility, daily activities, and applied cognition. Previous studies…2021 American Transplant Congress
Benign Pneumatosis Intestinalis with Pneumoperitoneum in the Immunocompromised Patient: Three Cases
Department of Transplant and Hepatobiliary Surgery, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI
*Purpose: Isolated pneumatosis intestinalis after solid organ transplantation, as well as its surgical management in appropriate clinical context, is a well described entity. The management…2021 American Transplant Congress
TPIAT Outcomes in Diabetic and Non-diabetic Patients
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
*Purpose: Total pancreatectomy with islet auto-transplant (TPIAT) has become a mainstay treatment for patients who suffer from refractory chronic pancreatitis. It has consistently been shown…2021 American Transplant Congress
Achilles Heel No Longer: Marked Decline in Early Relaparotomy and Allograft Pancreatectomy Rates Following Simultaneous Kidney-Pancreas Transplantation in the Contemporary Era
*Purpose: Technical complications requiring early relaparotomy (relap) and allograft pancreatectomy (AP) have long been the Achilles heel of simultaneous kidney-pancreas transplantation (SKPT).*Methods: Single center retrospective…2021 American Transplant Congress
The Quality Incentive Program (QIP) is Associated with Increased Waitlisting for Transplantation
*Purpose: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) introduced the Quality Incentive Program (QIP) in 2012, a pay-for-performance program which penalizes dialysis centers payments…2021 American Transplant Congress
Has the Proportional Rise in Deceased Organ Donation Rate Over Last 5 Years Been Optimal? Data-based, Forecasting Model Analysis of UNOS/NHSBT UK Donor Data
*Purpose: The increase in deceased donor numbers since last decade has been widely reported. We aim to analyse if the trend in rise of numbers…2021 American Transplant Congress
Short Term Outcomes in Previously Covid Positive Living Kidney Donors and Their Recipients
Henry Ford Transplant Institute, Detroit, MI
*Purpose: Study short term outcomes of living kidney donors (LKD) who were previously infected with COVID 19, and in their recipients.*Methods: After a brief hiatus…2021 American Transplant Congress
Combined CD11b/CD40 Blockade is Superior to CD40 Blockade Alone in Prolonging Survival in Pig-to-Nonhuman Primate Renal Xenotransplantation
*Purpose: Blockade of the CD40/CD154 pathway is highly effective in preventing rejection in pig-to-nonhuman primate (NHP) xenotransplantation models. Clinical translation of anti-CD154 mAbs, however, has…2021 American Transplant Congress
Peripheral Blood Hematopoietic Chimerism: A Robust Biomarker for Transplantation Tolerance
*Purpose: Despite the development of highly effective immunosuppressive medications, organ rejection and the toxicity of the drugs themselves remain significant obstacles to long-term graft and…2021 American Transplant Congress
Construction of a Waiting Time Predictive Model for Kidney Transplant with Deceased Donor in the State of São Paulo
*Purpose: Chronic kidney disease is an important public health problem and kidney transplant is the therapy of choice when possible. The transplant system in the…
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