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Articles tagged "African-American"

  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Attitudes Towards Covid-19 Vaccination in an Inner-city Population of Kidney Transplant Patients (Ktx)

    P. Kerner, A. Imas, G. Udod, L. Gruffi, M. Goldberg, A. Saleh, K. Cruickshank, M. Markell

    SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, Brooklyn, NY

    *Purpose: Kidney transplant recipients are at high risk for complications from COVID-19 infection and prevention is important. We studied attitudes toward vaccines including willingness to…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Covid-19-related Knowledge, Health Behaviors and Attitudes Towards Telemedicine and Emergency Visits in a Population of Kidney Transplant (KTx) Recipients

    A. Lin, M. Saw-Aung, W. Yang, G. Udod, A. Imas, M. Markell

    SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, Brooklyn, NY

    *Purpose: We explored knowledge about COVID-19 and attitudes towards emergency care and telemedicine visits in a population of inner-city KTx pts.*Methods: A telephone survey was…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Characterizing Kidney Transplant Recipients with SARS-CoV-2: An Academic Single Center Experience

    S. Nahi, A. Shetty, S. Tanna, J. Leventhal

    Northwestern University, Chicago, IL

    *Purpose: Kidney transplant (KTx) recipients are a unique cohort in regard to SARS-CoV-2 susceptibility and clinical course, owing to their immunosuppressed state and propensity for…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Rabbit Anti-thymocyte Globulin Induction Dosing Strategies in a High-risk Kidney Transplant Population

    C. Nguyen, R. Yau, C. Tunwar

    Pharmacy, CHI Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center, Houston, TX

    *Purpose: The objective of this retrospective observational study is to compare the safety and efficacy of two dosing strategies, rabbit anti-thymocyte globulin (rATG) at a…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Do Pretransplant C-peptide Levels Influence Outcomes in Simultaneous Pancreas-Kidney Transplantation? A Matched Case-Control Study

    K. B. Gurung, V. Gurram, J. Rogers, A. C. Farney, G. Orlando, C. L. Jay, A. Reeves-Daniel, A. Mena-Gutierrez, N. Sakhovskaya, W. Doares, S. Kaczmorski, M. D. Gautreaux, R. J. Stratta

    Abdominal Transplant Surgery, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, NC

    *Purpose: Experience with simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplant (SPKT) in uremic patients (pts) with detectable pretransplant C-peptide (Cp) levels and a “type 2” diabetes mellitus (DM) phenotype…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Kidney Transplant Outcomes Stratified by Race with a Calcineurin and Steroid Free Regimen

    R. E. Scalzo, M. T. Harris, J. D. Morris, J. S. Byrns

    Pharmacy, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC

    *Purpose: This study aimed to describe the outcomes, stratified by race, associated with belatacept and sirolimus immunosuppression after alemtuzumab induction.*Methods: This was a retrospective, single-center…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Simultaneous Pancreas-Kidney Transplantation in Caucasian versus African American Patients: Does Recipient Ethnicity Influence Outcomes?

    J. Rogers1, A. Farney2, G. Orlando2, C. Jay2, K. Gurung2, B. Sharda2, A. Reeves-Daniel3, A. Mena-Gutierrez3, N. Sakhovskaya3, W. Doares4, S. Kaczmorski4, M. Magid4, M. Gautreaux2, R. Stratta2

    1Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, NC, 2Department of Surgery, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, NC, 3Internal Medicine, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, NC, 4Department of Pharmacy, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, NC

    *Purpose: The influence of African American (AA) recipient ethnicity on outcomes following simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplantation (SPKT) in the modern era is uncertain.*Methods: From 11/01 to…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Tacrolimus Dose Requirements in Lung Transplant Recipients on Systemic Azole Antifungals: The Influence of Race and Transplant Indication

    K. S. Walter1, T. Wert1, R. Coakley2, L. J. Lobo2, R. A. Evans1

    1Department of Pharmacy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, 2Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC

    *Purpose: CYP3A5 polymorphisms, drug interactions, and alterations in gastric absorption impact tacrolimus metabolism. This is important for those at higher risk of expressing these factors,…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Profound Opportunities Lost: Patients with High Priority for Ideal Donor Kidneys That are Not Placed on the Kidney Transplant Waiting List

    J. Schold1, A. Huml1, E. Poggio1, J. Sedor1, S. Husain2, K. L. King2, S. Mohan2

    1Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, 2Columbia University, New York, NY

    *Purpose: The national Kidney Allocation System(KAS) prioritizes patients with high (top 20%) Estimated Post-Transplant Survival (EPTS) with expedited access to high quality deceased donor kidneys.…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Variation in Next of Kin Authorization for Research in Deceased Donor Organ Transplantation: Experience at One Organ Procurement Organization

    K. L. Lentine1, C. Jones1, W. Cheungpasitporn2, R. Rothweiler3, H. Xiao1, M. Ortigosa-Goggins4, G. Marklin3, R. B. Mannon5

    1Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO, 2Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, 3Mid-America Transplant, St. Louis, MO, 4University of Miami, Miami, FL, 5University of Nebraska, Omaha, NE

    *Purpose: Research related to deceased donor interventions seeks to address diverse questions to improve the use and outcomes of organ gifts for transplantation. Consent for…
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