Am J Transplant, Volume 5, Suppl 3 Archives - Page 58 of 170 - ATC Abstracts

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Nomogram for Predicting Patient Survival After Withdrawal of Life-Sustaining Treatment in Patients With Devastating Neurological Injury
G. Xu, X. He.
Organ Transplant Center, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, guangzhou, China; Organ Transplant Center, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, guangzhou, China.
Objective:Reliable prediction of time of death after withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment in patients with devastating neurological injury is crucial to successful donation after circulatory death.…
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“Unexpected” Positive Crossmatchs in Zero-HLA-A-B-DR Mismatched or HLA-DR-Matched Organs
K. Haarberg,¹ M. Cusick,¹ M. Abecassis,¹ A. Jaramillo,² B. Kaplan,³ A. Tambur.¹
¹Transplant Surgery, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL; ²Gift of Hope Organ and Tissue Donor Network, Itasca, IL; ³Center for Transplantation, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS.
Deceased donor kidney allocation is currently prioritized by HLA-A,-B and-DR serologic matching, which disregards both specificity at the allele level, and the contributions of HLA-C,-DQ,…
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Improving ABMR Diagnostics Through Advanced Anti-HLA Antibody Screening Techniques
R. Ponsirenas,^1,2 H. Cazarote,^1,2 S. Shimakura,³ J. Valdameri,¹ F. Contieri,⁴ C. von Glehn,^1,2 M. Susin.^1,2
¹Transplant Immunology Laboratory, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná, Curitiba, Parana, Brazil; ²Medicine School, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná, Curitiba, Parana, Brazil; ³Departament of Statistics, Universidade Federal do Parana, Curitiba, Parana, Brazil; ⁴Kidney Transplant Unit, Hospital Evangélico de Curitiba, Curitiba, Parana, Brazil.
The identification of low-level antibodies by single antigen bead methodology has brought advancements in risk evaluation of kidney transplants recipients. However, the use of the…
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Kidney Transplantation (KTx) With Positive Crossmatch (XM) but No Donor Specific Antibody (DSA)
J. Verbesey, O. Timofeeva, L. Dong, B. Javaid, G. Monica, A. Gilbert, J. Moore, P. Weems, S. Ghasemian, S. Rosen-Bronson, M. Cooper.
MedStar Georgetown Transplant Institute, Washington, DC.
Purpose: Prior to KTx, a XM is performed between the intended recipient and donor. This XM can be positive despite no DSA. It can be…
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Novel Flow Cytometry Method for Detecting Complement-Fixing Blood Group IgG Antibody in ABO-Incompatible Renal Transplantation
T. Ishizuka,¹ M. Yasuo,¹ Y. Ishida,¹ H. Miura,¹ K. Iwadoh,² T. Murakami,² K. Kitajima,² I. Nakajima,² S. Fuchinoue.²
¹Transplant Immunology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Shinjuku ward, Tokyo, Japan; ²Surgery III, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Shinjuku ward, Tokyo, Japan.
【Background】We experienced a hyperacute rejection (HAR) in ABO-incompatible renal transplantation (ABO-I RTx) on POD 0. We hypothesized that complement-fixing IgG anti-A/B blood group antibody (anti-A/B…
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Immune-Mediated Injury in Kidney Transplant Recipients Treated With Alemtuzumab Induction and a Steroid Avoidance Protocol
R. Sapir-Pichhadze, T. Mahbub, C. Saw, D. Baran.
McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Canada.
Study purpose: We evaluated short-term clinical and immunological outcomes of kidney transplant recipients who received alemtuzumab induction and a steroid-avoidance protocol.Methods: This is a retrospective…
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Clinical Consequences of Immune-Mediated Allograft Arteriosclerosis: A Population Based Study
A. Loupy, Vernerey, Viglietti, Aubert, Duong van Huyen, Bruneval, Empana, Suberbielle, Glotz, Jouven, Legendre, Lefaucheur.
Paris Translational Research Center for organ Transplantation, Paris, France.
BACKGROUNDThe role of circulating antibodies and alloimmune response beyond traditional cardiovascular risk factors in the development of accelerated arteriosclerosis and its long-term clinical consequences is…
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Serial Changes in Body Composition After Kidney Transplantation
S. Deger,¹ A. Bian,² G. Chen,² T. Ikizler,¹ K. Birdwell.¹
¹Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN; ²Biostatistics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN.
BACKGROUND: A significant long-term nutritional problem after kidney transplantation is obesity. We examined the changes in body composition after transplantation and its determinants.METHODS: A total…
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End of Treatment Liver Biopsy With Sofosbuvir: Histologic Changes Suggestive of Hepatitis C Activity in Liver Transplant Recipients With Achieved SVR
B. Ismail,¹ X. Zervos,¹ P. Bejarano,² M. Waton,¹ D. Beltran,³ D. Sears,¹ A. Tzakis.¹
¹Liver Transplant, Cleveland Clinic Florida, Weston, FL; ²Pathology, Cleveland Clinic Florida, Weston, FL; ³Pharmacy, Cleveland Clinic Florida, Weston, FL.
Background: Interferon (IFN) free HCV regimens are associated with better tolerability and efficacy. The majority of studies report biochemical and virological response; however limited information…
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Does Smoking Lead to Increased Rates of Acute Cellular Rejection in Liver Transplant Recipients?
B. Rao,¹ D. Montezuma-Calvo,² K. Tosch,² S.-M. Jafri.²
¹Internal Medicine, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI; ²Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI.
Introduction: Prior studies of liver transplant recipients who smoke have shown associations between mortality and adverse outcomes. We investigated if smoking status at the time…