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Articles tagged "African-American"

  • 2019 American Transplant Congress

    BK Virus Infection Disparity between Black and Other Races; Do Not Blame the Mycophenolic Acid

    N. Raj1, R. Spong1, S. Jackson2, V. Vakil1, D. Keys1, E. Finger3, S. Riad1

    1Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 2Complex Care Analytics, Fairview Health Services, Minneapolis, MN, 3Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN

    *Purpose: Disparities in kidney transplant outcomes between black recipients and others continue to exist. We sought to examine the impact of race and the differential…
  • 2019 American Transplant Congress

    ilearnKAS: An Animated Video to Educate African Americans about Key Concepts of Kidney Allocation

    J. Narvaez, B. Dolph, T. Feeley, L. Kayler

    University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY

    *Purpose: ilearnKAS is a iteratively-designed patient-engaged mobile educational animated video developed with guidance from patients, providers, Self-efficacy and Multimedia Learning Theories designed for African American…
  • 2019 American Transplant Congress

    The Impact of Race on Metabolic, Graft and Patient Outcomes after Pancreatic Transplantation

    V. S. Rohan, S. N. Nadig, J. Mcgillicuddy, V. Rao, D. Dubay, K. Soliman, P. Baliga, D. Taber

    Transplant Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC

    *Purpose: Health disparities in African-Americans (AAs) are well-documented in kidney transplantation. There is a paucity of data regarding effect race in pancreas transplant (PTX) outcomes.*Methods:…
  • 2019 American Transplant Congress

    Race-Sex Effects on Immune Response Potential during Tacrolimus Minimization Therapy in Stable Renal Allograft Recipients

    K. Tornatore1, K. Attwood2, R. Venuto3, H. Minderman4

    1University at Buffalo; School of Pharmacy, Buffalo, NY, 2Biostatistics, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, NY, 3University at Buffalo; School of Medicine: Nephrology, Buffalo, NY, 4Flow & Image Cytometry, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, NY

    *Purpose: African American renal transplant recipients (RTR) exhibit more immunoreactivity to allografts which may contribute to chronic rejection. This study investigated race-sex influences on ex…
  • 2019 American Transplant Congress

    Lack of Linguistically and Culturally Tailored Initiatives in Kidney Transplant Programs in the United States

    S. Carbunaru1, A. Ortiz2, C. Ortiz3, J. Ortiz3, J. Locke4, J. Caicedo1

    1Department of Surgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, 2University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 3Department of Surgery, University of Toledo College of Medicine & Life Sciences, Toledo, OH, 4University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL

    *Purpose: Although minorities are the majorities in the kidney transplant waiting list, it is unknown if kidney transplant programs in United States have implemented linguistically…
  • 2019 American Transplant Congress

    Time within Therapeutic Range: A Comparison of Three Tacrolimus Formulations within Ninety Days of Renal Transplant

    S. Patel, K. Khalil, A. Lichvar, E. Benedetti, P. West-Thielke

    University of Illinois Hospital and Health Sciences System, Chicago, IL

    *Purpose: Optimizing tacrolimus (TAC) time within therapeutic range (TTR) has been shown to improve outcomes post-transplant. To date, there are no studies assessing differences in…
  • 2019 American Transplant Congress

    Excellent Outcome in African-American (AA), Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetic Recipients after Simultaneous Pancreas and Kidney Transplantation (SPK)

    A. Gruessner, S. Saggi, R. W. Gruessner

    SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY

    *Purpose: African-American recipients (AA) are considered a high risk group for organ transplantation. As outcomes after pancreas transplantation have significantly improved, the number of transplants…
  • 2019 American Transplant Congress

    Clinical Impact of Race and Timing of Acute Rejection on Recipients of Kidney Transplant on Early Steroid Withdrawal Protocol

    O. Adebiyi, S. Yaqub, W. Goggins, D. Mishler, T. Taber, A. Sharfuddin

    Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN

    *Purpose: There has been conflicting reports on the impacts of the timing of acute rejection (AR) (early vs late) on the overall outcome of a…
  • 2019 American Transplant Congress

    Dosing Requirements Of Astagraf Xl In African American Kidney Transplant Recipients Converted From Twice-daily Tacrolimus (aaaktrs)

    J. N. Fleming, M. A. Posadas-Salas, D. J. Taber

    Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC

    *Purpose: Pharmacokinetics from clinical studies demonstrated similar drug exposure (AUC) and correlation between trough (C0) and AUC between tacrolimus IR and Astagraf XL, which led…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Racial and Socioeconomic Influences on Kidney Transplantation. A 10 Year Retrospective Study

    A. Arvelakis, S. Lerner, V. Wadhera, V. Delaney, S. Ames, V. Shegal, R. Kent, G. DeBoccardo, N. Singh, S. Florman, R. Shapiro.

    Recanati/Miller Transplantation Institute, The Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY.

    Introduction: Racial disparities in kidney transplantation are a widely discussed topic. Studies have shown less access to listing and transplantation, and worse graft survival in…
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