Am J Transplant, Volume 22, Suppl 3 Archives - Page 85 of 190 - ATC Abstracts

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Phenotypes of Non-Citizen Kidney Transplant Recipients in the United States by Machine Learning Consensus Clustering
P. Vaitla¹, C. Thongprayoon², C. Jadlowiec³, N. Leeaphorn⁴, S. Mao², M. Mao², A. Prakrati⁵, M. Cooper⁶, W. Cheungpasitporn²
¹University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS, ²Mayo Clinic, Rochestor, MN, ³Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, AZ, ⁴Saint Luke, Kansas City, MO, ⁵Texas Tech, El Paso, TX, ⁶Georgetown Transplant Institute, Washington, DC
*Purpose: Health care policies and coverage for non-US citizens vary significantly across the country. Kidney transplant outcomes in non-US citizens are at par or better…
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Telemedical Surveillance and Optimized Treatment of Blood Pressure in Kidney Transplant Recipients
W. Düttmann¹, M. G. Naik¹, B. Zukunft¹, B. Osmanodja¹, G. Eleftheriadis¹, S. Ronicke², M. Choi¹, F. Bachmann¹, F. Halleck¹, K. Budde¹
¹Nephrology and Medical Intensive Care, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ²Department of Nephrology and Medical Intensive Care, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
*Purpose: Patients with chronic kidney disease suffer often from cardiovascular diseases, especially high blood pressure and its complications such as stroke and heart attack. After…
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The Gift of Life: Gift Discourse in Transplant and Its Implications in Anonymous Living Liver Donation
S. S. Humar¹, J. Jung², S. Krause¹, N. Selzner¹, S. Abbey¹
¹University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada
*Purpose: The Gift of Life metaphor is prevalent in pro-donation dialogue, aiming to promote transplant programs and conceptualize the act of organ donation. To obtain…
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Steroid-Free Living Donor Liver Transplantation Using Rabbit Antithymocyte Globulin Induction Reduces Incidence of Acute Cellular Rejection
C. Eymard¹, S. Naik¹, J. Eason²
¹James D Eason Transplant Institute, Memphis, TN, ²University of Tennessee/Methodist Transplant Institute, Memphis, TN
*Purpose: The efficacy of steroid-free immunosuppression protocols using rabbit antithymocyte globulin (RATG) induction with tacrolimus minimization has previously been described in deceased donor liver transplantation.…
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Efficacy and Safety of Delayed, Low-Dose Valganciclovir in High-Risk Cytomegalovirus Liver Transplant Recipients
S. Anders¹, A. Freeman¹, L. Hutchinson¹, U. Kaszubski¹, M. Janusek¹, A. Hooter², D. Raymond², C. Nguyen²
¹Ochsner Medical Center, New Orleans, LA, ²Xavier University, New Orleans, LA
*Purpose: The goal of this study was to compare the safety and efficacy of a delayed valganciclovir (VGCV) dosing protocol for cytomegalovirus (CMV) prophylaxis in…
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Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic on Longitudinal Molecular Surveillance in the KOAR Registry
T. Alhamad¹, A. Malone¹, D. Mandelbrot², P. M. Anand³, H. M. Wadei⁴, G. Shekhtman⁵, N. Agrawal⁵, K. Pinney⁵, K. Qu⁵, A. Desai⁶
¹Washington University, St. Louis, MO, ²University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, ³Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ⁴Mayo Clinic Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL, ⁵CareDx, Brisbane, CA, ⁶Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL
*Purpose: The SARS-CoV2 pandemic increased the complexity of delivering routine clinical care and laboratory services for immunosuppressed kidney transplant (KTx) recipients. We evaluated how the…
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Process Evaluation of the Ascent Study: A Hybrid Type 1 Effectiveness-Implementation Trial of a Multi-Level Intervention to Improve Dialysis Provider Knowledge of Kidney Allocation Policy Changes and Increase Kidney Transplant Waitlisting
M. A. Urbanski¹, Y. Lee¹, M. Basu¹, C. Escoffery², R. Hamoda¹, L. Plantinga³, S. O. Pastan¹, R. E. Patzer¹
¹Division of Transplantation, Emory University School of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, ²Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, ³Division of Geriatrics and Gerontology, Emory University School of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
*Purpose: Kidney transplant is the optimal treatment for end-stage kidney disease, yet only a fifth of patients are on the waitlist and inequities in access…
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Differences in Acceptance to the Kidney Transplant List
J. Cotton¹, K. Perry², N. Costa³, S. Niederhaus¹
¹University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ²University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD, ³Georgetown University, Washington, DC
*Purpose: During the COVID-19 pandemic, kidney transplant (KT) evaluations shifted from in-person evaluation (IPE) to telemedicine evaluation (TME). Given differences in access to electronics and…
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Association of Pre-Transplant Anti A1 IgM Antibody Titers with Survival Outcomes in A2/A2B to B Kidney Transplantation
M. Fallahzadeh, D. Shaffer, A. El Chediak, I. Feurer, S. Rega, J. L. Triozzi, S. Shawar
Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
*Purpose: The new kidney allocation system implemented in 2014 has allowed blood type B recipients to receive kidneys from A2/A2B donors. Although many centers use…
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Racial Differences in HLA Mismatch Potential Among Kidney Registrations
A. Robinson¹, K. Lindblad¹, D. Stewart¹, J. Kim², V. Casingal³, P. Lalli³, J. Lunz⁴, C. Murphey⁵, M. Pavlakis⁶
¹UNOS, Richmond, VA, ²Surgery, Keck Medicine of USC, Los Angeles, CA, ³Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, NC, ⁴LifeLink Foundation Transplant Immunology Lab, Tampa, FL, ⁵Southwest Immunodiagnostics, Inc., San Antonio, TX, ⁶Beth Israel Deaconess Med Ctr, Boston, MA
*Purpose: HLA matched kidneys are associated with better long-term post-transplant graft survival. However, prioritizing patients well-matched with an available donor has historically resulted in disparities…