Am J Transplant, Volume 22, Suppl 3 Archives - Page 183 of 190 - ATC Abstracts

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Understanding Transplant Awareness in Pre-Kidney Transplant Recipients – Role of Surgeon Visit
G. Defelice, H. Harrington, M. Ratcliff, D. Moravec, E. Wands, A. Sauviac, A. Paramesh, A. Vijay
Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA
*Purpose: Education for pre-Kidney Transplant recipient candidates aims to improve their knowledge and understanding about the transplant process, outcomes and potential complications and facilitate adjustment…
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Preoperative Blood Pressure and Risk of Delayed Graft Function in Deceased Donor Kidney Transplantation
S. Wazir, M. Abbas, P. Ratanasreemehta, C. Zhang, C. M. Puttarajappa
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA
*Purpose: Evaluate association between preoperative blood pressure and delayed graft function (DGF) in deceased donor kidney transplantation (DDKT)*Methods: In this single center study of adult…
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Efficacy and Safety of Angiotensin II Compared to Catecholamine Vasopressors as a First-Line Vasopressor for Perioperative Hypotension in Kidney Transplant Recipients
G. Urias¹, J. Benken¹, A. Lichvar², D. Pierce¹, L. Andrews¹, K. Dalton³, A. Datta¹, H. Nishioka¹, E. Benedetti¹, S. Benken¹
¹University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, ²University of California San Diego Health, San Diego, CA, ³St. David's Healthcare, Austin, TX
*Purpose: Perioperative use of catecholamine vasopressors (CV) in kidney transplantation (KT) have been associated with negative renal outcomes and the development of arrhythmias. A more…
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Comparison of Statin-Associated Adverse Events Across Different Types of Statins in Kidney Transplant Recipients
S. Bae¹, J. Ahn², M. A. Schnitzler³, K. Lentine⁴, D. Segev¹, M. McAdams-DeMarco¹
¹Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ²SOM, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ³Surgery, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO, ⁴Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO
*Purpose: Statins are the third most prescribed drug class in kidney transplant (KT) recipients. Statin’s safety profile in KT recipients remains unclear, although these individuals…
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Donor Terminal Creatinine – Does It Matter?
V. G. Menon, Y. Wert, W. Hoffman, D. Ladie, M. Singh, M. Waybill, H. Yang
UPMC, Harrisburg, PA
*Purpose: When assessing deceased donor kidneys, the transplantation team studies several donor variables including creatinine. A creatinine that is elevated immediately prior to procurement can…
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A New Chapter In An Evolving Pandemic: Successful Pediatric Liver Transplantation With Covid+ Donors
M. B. Goss¹, F. Munoz², E. A. Moulton³, S. Pouch⁴, S. Koohmaraie⁵, N. Moreno¹, J. Goss³, N. Galvan³
¹McGovern Medical School, Houston, TX, ²Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX, ³Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, ⁴Emory University School of Medicine, Decatur, GA, ⁵Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX
*Purpose: We report the first two pediatric liver transplants utilizing allografts from COVID+ donors, infected at time of organ procurement, demonstrating a pivotal step toward…
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Identical Kidneys Are Discarded at Higher Rates When Labeled as High KDPI
C. Crannell, J. Perkins, C. Kling
University of Washington, Seattle, WA
*Purpose: The kidney donor risk index (KDRI) and percentile conversion kidney donor profile index (KDPI) were introduced with the Kidney Allocation System (KAS) to provide…
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Sodium-Glucose Co-Transporter 2 Inhibitors; Short-Term Outcome in Diabetic Kidney Transplant Recipients
J. Yagan¹, T. S. Mahmoud¹, A. Hasan², O. Gheith¹, n. El-Serwy¹, S. Rida¹, M. Mostafa¹, M. Shaker¹, P. Nair¹, T. Alotaibi¹
¹Nephrology, Hamed Al-Essa Organ Transplant Center, Kuwait, Kuwait, ²Immunometabolism, Dasman Diabetes Center, Kuwait, Kuwait
*Purpose: The idea of using SGLT2i in kidney transplant recipients (KTR) is a legitimate one after the recent encouraging data for their use in other…
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Transplant Combined with Neoadjuvant Therapy Improves Survival for Patients with Liver-Limited, Locally Advanced Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma: A SEER Database Analysis
G. G. Panayotova¹, M. Javle², S. Pentakota¹, F. Paterno¹, A. Amin¹, L. Brown¹, S. Simonishvili¹, Y. Qin¹, T. Ayorinde¹, G. Prakash¹, C. Conrad³, J. V. Guarrera¹, K. E. Lunsford¹
¹Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ, ²University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, ³St. Elizabeth's Medical Center, Boston, MA
*Purpose: Preliminary single-center data suggest multimodal therapy may improve outcomes for patients with intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (iCCA) undergoing liver transplant (LT), particularly in the setting of…
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Post-Kidney Transplant Valacyclovir or Valganciclovir for EBV Prophylaxis: A Randomized Controlled Trial
P. S. Verghese¹, A. Matas², S. Chinnakotla², M. Evans³, H. Balfour Jr⁴
¹Pediatric Nephrology, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Minneapolis, MN, ²Surgery, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN, ³Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, ⁴Lab Medicine & Pathology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
*Purpose: EBV viremia post-kidney transplant (KTx) has no proven prophylaxis.*Methods: In this randomized, open-label trial [NCT01329185], adult and pediatric recipients were randomly assigned (1:1) to…