2022 American Transplant Congress
Compliance with OPTN Infectious Disease Testing
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
*Purpose: Effective 3/1/21 OPTN policy requires all transplant recipients to have pre-transplant and post-transplant infectious disease testing performed at specific intervals: upon admission and prior…2022 American Transplant Congress
Treading the Paradigm Shift: A Single Center Comparative Study of Outcomes Between Pre-Emptive and Early Kidney Transplant with Non Pre-Emptive Kidney Transplant Recipients Innational Kidney and Transplant Institute
*Purpose: To compare the 3-year outcome of pre-emptive and early kidney transplant recipients versus non pre-emptive recipients in our institution from January 2013 to December…2022 American Transplant Congress
Cortex Recipient Weight Ratio is a Predictor for Short-Term Renal Function After Living Donor Kidney Transplant
*Purpose: Renal function early after living donor kidney transplant (LDKT) depends on “nephron mass” in the renal graft, and “nephron mass” can be quantified as…2022 American Transplant Congress
Identification of a Donor Kidney with Heterozygous COL4A3-related Alport Syndrome in a Homozygous Recipient Highlighting the Importance of Genetic Testing
1CLS Health, Webster, TX, 2Natera, Inc., Austin, TX, 3Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
*Purpose: Selection of an appropriate donor for kidney transplantation can mitigate the risk of rejection and increase the chances of graft survival. While immunologic matching…2022 American Transplant Congress
Causal Factors and Clinical Impact of Urinary Tract Infections in Renal Transplanted Patients: An Observational Retrospective Study
Fondazione IRCCS Ca Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico Milano, Milan, Italy
*Purpose: This study aims to examine the etiology of urinary tract infections (UTIs) in a cohort of KTxps, trying to identify their potential predisposing factors…2022 American Transplant Congress
A More Equitable Transplant Evaluation: What Patient-Level Factors Impact Time to Kidney Transplant Evaluation Completion?
Houston Methodist, Houston, TX
*Purpose: The kidney transplant evaluation process can take months or years to complete depending on patient health status and level of engagement. This study examines…2022 American Transplant Congress
Donor Hospital Referrals of Potential Deceased Donors Slow Down on Weekends
LiveOnNY, Long Island City, NY
*Purpose: As a condition of participation, CMS requires the referral to an organ procurement organization (OPO) of patients with death or imminent death by every…2022 American Transplant Congress
Smartphone-Microfluidic Fluorescence Imaging System for Studying Islet Physiology
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
*Purpose: The goal of this study is to develop an innovative smartphone-microfluidic fluorescence imaging (µSFI) system for multi-parameter islet function characterization, which could provide quantitative…2022 American Transplant Congress
Circumstances Influencing Likelihood to Become an Organ Donor
*Purpose: Currently, there are approximately 102,000 patients on the waitlist for a renal or liver transplant (Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN), 2021). In 2021,…2022 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes of a Novel Belatacept-Based Regimen – Beyond 2 Years of Follow-Up
*Purpose: For kidney transplant recipients (KTR) there are limited choices of immunosuppression (IS) maintenance regimens. The most commonly used regimen consists of a calcineurin inhibitor…
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