Am J Transplant, Volume 21, Suppl 3 Archives - Page 95 of 139 - ATC Abstracts

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No Benefit of Antithymocyte Globulin in Living Donor Liver Transplant Recipients
N. Wilson, P. Nguyen, G. Saracino, R. Patel, G. Testa, T. Sam
Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX
*Purpose: Acute rejection after liver transplant is associated with increased risk of graft failure and mortality. Reports on rejection rates in living donor liver transplants…
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Extreme Hyponatremia as a Risk Factor for Early Mortality After Liver Transplantation in the MELD-Sodium Era
T. Ivanics¹, S. Leonard-Murali¹, H. Mouzaihem¹, D. Moonka², T. Kitajima¹, S. Yeddula¹, T. Shamaa¹, M. Rizzari¹, K. Collins¹, A. Yoshida¹, M. Abouljoud¹, S. Nagai¹
¹Division of Transplant and Hepatobiliary Surgery, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI, ²Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI
*Purpose: The impact of hyponatremia on waitlist and post-transplant outcomes following the implementation of MELD-Na based liver allocation remains unclear. We sought to evaluate waitlist…
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Living Donor versus Deceased Donor Pediatric Liver Transplantation: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Outcomes
A. Barbetta¹, C. Butler², S. Barhouma², R. Hogen¹, B. Roque¹, H. Schillperoort³, G. Meeberg⁴, J. Shapiro⁵, Y. Kwon¹, R. Kohli⁶, J. Emamaullee¹
¹Surgery, abdominal transplat, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, ²University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, ³Norris Medical Library, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, ⁴Department of Surgery, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ⁵Department of Surgery,, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ⁶Department of Pediatrics, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: Reduced size deceased donors and living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) can help address the organ shortage for pediatric liver transplant candidates. Concerns regarding technical…
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Clinically Evident Portal Hypertension (CEPH) is Associated with Low IGF-1 in Children with Chronic Liver Disease
B. Whitehead¹, S. Mohammad¹, S. Kelly¹, J. Josefson², L. Mithal³, E. M. Alonso¹
¹Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL, ²Division of Endocrinology, Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL, ³Division of Infectious Disease, Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: Children with chronic liver disease exhibit growth hormone resistance which is an additional risk factor for sarcopenia and growth failure in this vulnerable population.…
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Lung Transplantation After Ex-Vivo Lung Perfusion versus Static Cold Storage: A Single Institution Cost Analysis
S. E. Halpern¹, S. J. Kesseli², S. Au¹, M. K. Krischak¹, D. G. Olaso¹, H. Smith³, G. Tipton², I. Jamieson³, J. C. Haney², J. A. Klapper², M. G. Hartwig²
¹Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, ²Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, ³Office of Finance, Duke Transplant Center, Durham, NC
*Purpose: Ex-vivo lung perfusion (EVLP) allows for reconditioning of “marginal” lung grafts and extended lung preservation. However, EVLP is costlier than cold storage. We compared…
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Review of Outcomes After Diagnosis of Malignancy in Kidney Transplant Patients: Unos Database
H. Patel¹, N. Agrawal¹, R. Gupta¹, P. Geetha², A. Abdul Razzack³, F. Cardarelli¹
¹Transplant Nephrology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, ²Nephrology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, ³Medicine, Dr. NTR University of Health Sciences, Vijaywada, India
*Purpose: Malignancy is the third major cause of death among transplant recipients. Among the transplant recipients, Patient and kidney transplant outcomes after the diagnosis of…
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Regional Impact of Covid-19 on Kidney Transplant in the Southeast
C. Jay¹, B. Sharda¹, R. Helmick², R. Forbes³, V. Casingal⁴, R. Stratta¹
¹Wake Forest Baptist Health, Division of Abdominal Organ Transplantation, Winston-Salem, NC, ²University of Tennessee Health Science Center, James Eason Transplant Institute, Memphis, TN, ³Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Division of Kidney and Pancreas Transplantation, Nashville, TN, ⁴Atrium Health, Division of Transplant Surgery, Charlotte, NC
*Purpose: Despite categorization of kidney transplantation as Tier 3b with guidelines against postponing, the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has been profound but geographically diverse.…
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Increased Deceased Organ Donation Rates Among Racial and Ethnic Minorities: Not Exactly. A UNOS/NHSBT UK Donor Data Analysis Over the Last Five Years
H. Sharma¹, A. Pradeep², A. Ditchfield³, M. Abraham⁴, P. Lominchar⁵, S. Mehra¹, A. Skaro⁴
¹Transplant and Vascular Access Surgery, Royal Liverpool University Hospital, Liverpool, United Kingdom, ²Liver Unit, King's College, London, United Kingdom, ³Transplant and Vascular Access Surgery, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Manchester, United Kingdom, ⁴Transplant Surgery, University Of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada, ⁵Visceral Surgery, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañon, Madrid, Spain
*Purpose: The recent reports suggest that organ donation from minority population have been increasing. The comparative organ donation data from the minority population reported to…
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Quality Improvement Surveillance by Machine Learning
J. D. Perkins¹, E. Clemens², M. Granich³, J. Yeung³, J. Reyes¹
¹Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ²Pharmacy, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ³Center of Clinical Excellence, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
*Purpose: The purpose of this quality study was to compare our newly developed natural language processing (NLP) machine learning surveillance algorithm in detecting the rate…
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Human Leukocyte Antigen Mismatches Between Donor-Recipient or Donor-Donor are Not Associated with Adverse Pancreas Outcomes in Pancreas After Kidney Transplant Recipients
S. Parajuli, D. Kaufman, B. Welch, H. Sollinger, D. Mandelbrot, J. Odorico
University of Wisconsin, MADISON, WI
*Purpose: A greater degree of HLA mismatch has been previously associated with inferior graft survival in kidney and pancreas transplantation. Pancreas after kidney (PAK) recipients…