Am J Transplant, Volume 5, Suppl 3 Archives - Page 38 of 170 - ATC Abstracts

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Program-Effect Attenuation With Time Posttransplant
N. Salkowski,¹ L. Hunsicker,^1,2 J. Snyder,¹ B. Kasiske.^1,3
¹Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients, Minneapolis Medical Research Foundation, Minneapolis, MN; ²Department of Medicine, University of Iowa, College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA; ³Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN.
The program-specific reports produced by SRTR include 1-month, 1-year, and 3-year posttransplant graft and patient survival measures. The 1-month and 1-year measures use the same…
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CMV IgG Provides Similar Anti-CMV Efficacy as Valganciclovir in High-Risk Organ Transplant Recipients, With Reduced Costs
N. Pilch, D. Taber, C. Schaffner, S. Nadig, J. McGillicuddy, C. Bratton, P. Baliga, K. Chavin.
MUSC, Charleston, SC.
Abdominal organ transplants at high risk for CMV infection (D+/R-) remain a difficult cohort to prevent late CMV infection despite prolonged valganciclovir (VGC) administration. Administration…
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Dengue Virus Infection Among Renal Transplant Recipients: A Series of 10 Cases in a Tropical Country
S. Costa,^1,2 C. Jacinto,¹ L. Martiniano,¹ Y. Amaral,¹ F. Paes,² M. Sales,² E. Daher,^1,2 G. Junior,³ R. Esmeraldo.²
¹Post-Graduation Program in Medical Sciences, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Federal University of Ceará, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil; ²Division of Renal Transplantation, Hospital Geral de Fortaleza, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil; ³Post-Graduation Program in Collective Health, School of Medicine, Sciences Center, University of Fortaleza, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil.
Background: Dengue in an important endemic disease in many parts of the world. The aim of this study is to describe a case series of…
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Post-Donation Outcomes in 46 Live Pancreas Donors
V. Kirchner, D. Sutherland, T. Dunn, E. Finger, T. Pruett, R. Kandaswamy.
Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN.
Background: Live donor segmental pancreas transplants have been performed selectively to increase the pool of donors, minimize cold ischemia time, and to avoid brain death.…
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Pediatrics & Donor Derived Disease Transmission: The US OPTN Experience
M. Green,¹ S. Taranto,² S. Covington,² M. Michaels,¹ C. Wolfe,³ D. Kaul.⁴
¹Pediatrics & Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA; ²OPTN/UNOS, Richmond, VA; ³Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC; ⁴Medicine, University of Michigan School of Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI.
Potential donor derived disease transmission events (PDDTE) are tracked by the OPTN DTAC. Specific evaluation of potential transmissions from pediatric (ped) donors or the impact…
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ABO-Incompatible Live Donor Kidney Transplants Inferior to ABO-Compatible Transplants, but Match Deceased Donor Results: Is Kidney Paired Donation the Answer?
J. Verbesey, M. Cooper, A. Gilbert, M. Grafals, P. Weems, J. Moore, S. Ghasemian, C. Nilubol, B. Javaid.
Georgetown University School of Medicine, MedStar Georgetown Transplant Institute, Kidney and Pancreas Transplant Program, Washington, DC.
Objective: Compare kidney allograft survival in ABO-incompatible (ABO-I) and ABO-compatible (ABO-C) live donor kidney transplant recipients.Methods: We analyzed UNOS database for patients who underwent a…
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Arterial Blood Pressure at Time of Liver Transplant (LT) Evaluation Correlates With Kidney Biopsy Findings in LT Candidates With Renal Dysfunction
H. Wadei, A. Peguero, A. Alsaad, M. Mai, K. Oshel, T. Gonwa, C. Taner, A. Keaveny.
Transplant, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL.
Renal dysfunction is common in LT candidates; however, predicting post-LT renal recovery is sometimes difficult. Kidney biopsy is helpful in identifying reversible renal injury but…
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Examining Long-Term Survivors in Combined Heart-Lung Transplantation
S. Kadakia,¹ S. Jayarajan,¹ S. Taghavi,¹ V. Ambur,¹ C. Lewis,¹ A. Shiose,² G. Wheatley III,² L. Kaiser,³ T. Guy,² Y. Toyoda.²
¹Department of Surgery, Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA; ²Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA; ³Division of Thoracic Surgery, Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA.
The goal of this study was to determine variables associated with mortality in combined heart-lung transplantation (HLT).The United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) database was…
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Defining the Epidemiologic Landscape of HIV-Infected Deceased Donors in the United States
A. Cash, A. Shaffer, S. Anjum, A. Massie, D. Segev, C. Durand.
Surgery, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD.
The HIV Organ Policy Equity Act mandates research on the use of HIV-infected (HIV+) deceased donors (HIVDD) for transplantation in HIV+ recipients. The only data…
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Transplanting Pediatric Livers Into Adult Recipients Is Associated With Increased Rejection and Decreased Survival
V. Fleetwood, J. Harris, M. Hertl, E. Chan.
General Surgery, Division of Transplantation, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL.
Introduction: Transplantation of pediatric livers to adult recipients, a measure which places the graft at higher risk of hepatic artery thrombosis (HA), is frequently necessitated…