Am J Transplant, Volume 5, Suppl 3 Archives - Page 160 of 170 - ATC Abstracts

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Electronic Health Service to Improve Therapeutic Drug Monitoring of Immunosuppressants
M. Barten,¹ J. Garbade,² I. Hausladen,² F. Mohr.²
¹Cardiovascular Surgery, University Heart Center Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany; ²Cardiac Surgery, University Leipzig Heart Center, Leipzig, Germany.
PurposeTherapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) of immunosuppressants is critical to avoid rejection or toxic side effects by under- or over-immunosuppression after heart transplantation (HTx). Hence, in…
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Effects of Anti-Human Leukocyte Antigen Antibody After Heart Transplantation
F. Liou, M. Kittleson, J. Patel, S. Siddiqui, M. Luu, B. Kearney, D. Ramzy, D. Chang, L. Czer, N. Reinsmoen, J. Kobashigawa.
Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute, Los Angeles, CA.
Purpose: The development of donor-specific antibodies (DSA) after heart transplant has been correlated to the subsequent development of graft rejection. The development of DSA are…
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Geographic Differences in HIV+ Kidney Transplant Waitlist Characteristics
J. Locke,¹ S. Gustafson,² C. Durand,³ J. Snyder,² B. Shelton,¹ R. Reed,¹ P. MacLennan,¹ S. Mehta,¹ A. Nellore,¹ D. Segev.^2,3
¹University of Alabama, Birmingham, Birmingham, AL; ²SRTR, MMRF, Minneapolis, MN; ³Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD.
Kidney transplant (KT) is now a viable option for select HIV+ end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients. As OPTN does not collect HIV status at waitlisting,…
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Stem Cell and Novel Biologic Therapies to Enhance Functional Recovery in Limb Transplantation
K. Kniery, M. DeHart, T. Brown, S. Salgar.
Surgery/Clinical Investigation, Madigan Army Medical Center, Tacoma, WA.
Introduction: Unlike visceral organ transplants, vascular composite allotransplantation such as limb and face require successful nerve regeneration and reinnervation of graft motor and sensory targets…
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Kidney and Liver CIT Variations Across OPOs and Their Implications: US Experience Between 2003 and 2011
J. Melancon, N. Koizumi, C. Callender, D. DasGupta, T. Smith.
Surgery, George Washington University, Washington, DC; Public Policy, George Mason University, Arlington, VA; Surgery, Howard University, Washington, DC; Health Sciences, University of Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN; School of Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
Introduction: Significant variations in kidney and liver transplant outcomes across OPOs have been reported, but their causes remain largely unknown. This study investigated variations in…
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Early Clinical Indicators of Long Term Survival and Allograft Loss Following De Novo DSA. A 15-Year Longitudinal Study
M. Everly,¹ L. Rebellato,² K. Briley,² A. Maldonado,³ P. Bolin,² C. Haisch,² W. Kendrick,⁴ S. Kendrick,⁴ C. Morgan,² R. Harland,² P. Terasaki.¹
¹Terasaki Foundation, Los Angeles, CA; ²East Carolina University, Greenville, NC; ³Vidant Medical Center, Greenville, NC; ⁴Eastern Nephrology Associates, Greenville, NC.
Improvement in outcomes in renal transplant patients with de novo donor specific anti-HLA antibodies (dnDSA) is needed. This analysis aims to identify surrogate endpoints following…
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Liver Transplantation for Children With Autoimmune Hepatitis and Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis: An Analysis of the UNOS Database
J. Jossen,¹ R. Annunziato,² J. Chu,¹ H.-S. Kim,² S. Sheflin,¹ J. Lai,¹ R. Arnon.¹
¹Department of Pediatrics, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY; ²Fordham University, New York.
Autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) and primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) are progressive immune-mediated inflammatory diseases that may require liver transplant (LT). Outcomes in children undergoing LT for…
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Standardizing Quality Improvement Practices in Pediatric Liver Transplantation: The SPLIT A3 Project
B. Kelly,¹ R. Himes,² J. Bucuvalas,³ L. Ware,¹ S. Horslen.⁴
¹Surgery, Children's Hospital Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA; ²Pediatrics, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX; ³Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Cincinnati, OH; ⁴Pediatrics, Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA; ⁵The Studies of Pediatric Liver Transplantation, EMMES Corporation, Maryland.
Quality improvement (QI) programs are key drivers of continual reform in process and patient safety, but at present, there are no pediatric liver transplant (PLT)-specific…
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Does DSA Market Competition Influence OPO Performance?
J. Adler,¹ H. Yeh,¹ J. Markmann,¹ L. Nguyen,² D. Axelrod.³
¹Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA; ²Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA; ³Surgery, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH.
INTRODUCTION: Increased market competition within a Donor Service Area (DSA) is associated with a greater number of liver and kidney transplants, but its effect on…
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Living Donor Characteristics Associated With Changes in Post-Donation GFR
E. Poggio,¹ D. Mandelbrot,⁴ P. Reese,⁵ D. Goldfarb,³ S. Flechner,³ J. Schold.²
¹Nephrology and Hypertension, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH; ²Qualitative Health Sciences, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH; ³Urology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH; ⁴Division of Medicine, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; ⁵Nephrology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
Living donor transplantation is the preferred modality for treatment of ESRD because it confers excellent outcomes for recipients and poses reasonable risks to most donors.…