Am J Transplant, Volume 5, Suppl 3 Archives - Page 51 of 170 - ATC Abstracts

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Parameters of Machine Perfusion Evaluating Quality of Kidneys from DCD/ECD Donors
G. Chen, C. Wang, J. Qiu, M. Han, X. He, L. Chen.
Organ Transplant Center, The first affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Background Donors from donation after cardiac death(DCD) and expanded criteria donors(ECD) have poorer outcomes compared to standard deceased donors(SCD). It is important to evaluate quality…
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Socioeconomic Factors and Early Hospital Readmission After Kidney Transplant at a Single Center
J. Lin, E. King, R. Craig-Shapiro, C. Wickliffe, A. Massie, D. Segev.
Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore.
Early hospital readmission (EHR) is a key negative outcome in kidney transplantation (KT). Socioeconomic (SE) factors are associated with EHR in other contexts, but have…
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Recreational Marijuana Use Is Not Associated With Worse Kidney Allograft Outcomes
G. Greenan, M. Anders, A. Leeser, J. Bromberg, S. Niederhaus.
Department of Surgery, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD; Department of Anesthesiology, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD; Department of Surgery, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD; Department of Surgery, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD; Department of Surgery, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD.
Background: As marijuana (MJ) legalization is ongoing, kidney transplant programs need to develop listing criteria for MJ users. No data exist on whether recreational MJ…
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Comparison of One-Year Outcomes in High Risk Kidney Transplantation: ABO Incompatible and DSA Positive/CDC-AHG Negative
N. Townamchai,¹ W. Chancharoenthana,¹ S. On-Pun,² S. Wattanatorn,¹ Y. Avihingsanon,¹ K. Praditpornsilpa.¹
¹Department of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University and King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand; ²Transfusion Medicine Unit, Chulalongkorn University and King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand.
Back ground: Both donor specific anti-HLA antibody (DSA) and anti-ABO are the major barriers in kidney transplantation. We evaluated the outcomes of desensitization protocols in…
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The Donor Risk Index Does Not Accurately Classify Patients With or Without Graft Failure
E. Franco,¹ T. Athanasios,² N. Kemmer,³ L. Leone,¹ A. Alsina,¹ B. Djulbegovic.²
¹Surgery, TGMG/USF Morsani College of Medicine, Tampa, FL; ²Internal Medicine, Morsani College of Medicine, USF, Morsani College of Medicine, Tampa, FL; ³Hepatology, TGMG/USF Morsani College of Medicine, Tampa, FL.
In liver transplantation assessing risk of donor is paramount to graft survival. The donor risk index (DRI) was introduced as a predictor of graft failure…
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Single-Center Analysis of Adult, Combined Heart-Liver Transplant (CHLT) Recipients
H. Monsour Jr,¹ M. Boktour,² A. Abimbola,¹ M. Elnemr,¹ S. Gordon Burroughs,² D. Victor III,¹ A. Saharia,² B. Trachtenberg,³ A. Bhimaraj,³ A. Gaber,² J. Estep,³ R. Ghobrial.²
¹Department of Medicine, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX; ²Department of Surgery, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX; ³Cardiology Department, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX.
Background: Combined heart-liver transplantation (CHLT) is life-saving for patients with end-stage heart-liver diseases. This is a review of patients who underwent CHLT at a single-center.Methods:…
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Portal Flow <1000 cc Is Not Associated With Early Graft Dysfunction in Orthotopic Liver Transplantation
M. Gastaca,¹ M. Prieto,¹ A. Matarranz,¹ A. Valdivieso,¹ P. Ruiz,¹ A. Ventoso,¹ I. Palomares,¹ L. Martinez-Indart,² J. Fernandez,³ J. Ortiz de Urbina.¹
¹Hepatobiliary Surgery and Liver Transplantation Unit, Cruces University Hospital. University of the Basque Country, Bilbao, Vizcaya, Spain; ²Epidemiology Unit, Cruces University Hospital. University of the Basque Country, Bilbao, Vizcaya, Spain; ³Hepatology Unit, Cruces University Hospital. University of the Basque Country, Bilbao, Vizcaya, Spain.
Purpose: The aim of our study was to determine whether a portal flow <1000 cc after orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) is associated with a higher…
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The Impact of the Arterial Reconstructions On the Living Donor Kidney Graft
T. Hiramitsu, K. Futamura, M. Okada, K. Ito, M. Tsujita, N. Goto, S. Narumi, Y. Watarai.
Transplant and Endocrine Surgery, Nagoya Daini Red Cross Hospital, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan.
BackgroundProcurement side of living donor kidney is decided according to the kidney function. We procure the kidney with lower function for the remaining donor kidney…
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Kidney Vs. Heart Calculated PRA (CPRA) for Sensitized Heart Candidates: Does Donor Ethnic Distribution Make a Difference?
A. Kucheryavaya, L. Robbins Callahan, L. Edwards.
UNOS, Richmond.
Background: CPRA, which is used for deceased donor (DD) kidney (KI) and pancreas/kidney-pancreas (PA/KP) allocation, is computed with KI DD HLA and ethnic frequencies. CPRA…
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The Role of the Incretin Effect After Pancreas Transplantation
S. Mittal,¹ R. Franklin,¹ E. Sharples,¹ F. Knop,² J. Holst,² S. Gough,¹ P. Friend.¹
¹Oxford University Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom; ²University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
AIM: The ability to generate a greater insulin response to an oral compared to an intravenous glucose load is the result of pancreatic stimulation by…