Articles tagged "COVID-19"

2022 American Transplant Congress
Acute Cellular Rejection in Liver Transplant Recipients Following Vaccination Against Covid-19
R. Sarwar¹, O. Adeyi², N. Lim¹
¹Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, ²Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
*Purpose: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) global pandemic has seen the development of effective vaccines in record time. We report a series of five liver…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Implications of Pre-Transplant (tx) COVID-19 on SOT or HCT: A Multicenter Study
G. Haidar¹, K. Hughes-Kramer², C. Alonso³, J. Hand⁴, E. Blodget⁵, V. Srinivasa⁵, S. Aslam⁶, H. Hassouna⁷, C. Lawson⁷, M. Malinis⁸, S. Anjan⁹, E. Lease¹⁰, M. Al-Obaidi¹¹, P. Vergidis¹², J. Husson¹³, D. van Duin¹⁴, R. Avery¹⁵, K. Downes¹⁶, M. R. Heldman¹⁰, J. Nelson¹⁷, S. Pouch¹⁸, S. Chuang¹⁹, C. Kao²⁰, M. Estabrook²¹, F. Alconchel²², S. Mazumber²³, P. Samanta², M. Wagener², N. Singh², F. Silveira²
¹UPitt, Pitt, PA, ²UPitt, Pittsburgh, PA, ³BIDMC, Boston, MA, ⁴Ochsner, New Orleans, LA, ⁵USC, Los Angeles, CA, ⁶UCSD, San Diego, CA, ⁷Spectrum Health, Grand Rapids, MI, ⁸Yale, New Haven, CT, ⁹UMiami, Miami, FL, ¹⁰UW, Seattle, WA, ¹¹U Arizona, Tucson, AZ, ¹²Mayo, Rochester, MN, ¹³UMMC, Baltimore, MD, ¹⁴UNC, Chapel Hill, NC, ¹⁵JHU, Baltimore, MD, ¹⁶CHOP, Philadelphia, PA, ¹⁷Stanford, Stanford, CA, ¹⁸Emory, Decatur, GA, ¹⁹U Rochester, Rochester, NY, ²⁰WashU, St Louis, MO, ²¹WashU, Saint Louis, MO, ²²Spain, Murcia, Spain, ²³U Tennessee, Memphis, TN
*Purpose: Describe outcomes of patients (pt) with pre-tx COVID-19.*Methods: Multicenter study of SOT/HCT candidates who had a positive (pos) SARS-CoV-2 PCR pre-tx.*Results: Pre-tx: Of 208…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Transplant Patients Risk for SARS-CoV-2 Infection Post-2nd Vaccine Dose; We Are Not Home and Dry Yet
G. Koimtzis¹, L. Szabó¹, P. Nagaraja¹, C. Chalklin¹, D. Elker², A. Asderakis¹
¹Cardiff Transplant Unit, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, United Kingdom, ²Cardiff Transplant Unit, University Hosptal of Wales, Cardiff, United Kingdom
*Purpose: SARS-CoV-2 is associated with high mortality among transplant recipients. Data of transplant patients’ infections post-2nd vaccine dose is not available. The aim of the…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Patient and Provider Perspectives on Telehealth Clinic Visits Precipitated by the Covid-19 Viral Pandemic
L. Adamski¹, C. Alvarez¹, M. Patterson², C. Shen³, G. Kaur³, F. K. Butt³
¹Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, ²University of South Carolina, Greenville, SC, ³Penn State Milton S Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA
*Purpose: The transplant community had to adjust to a new way of practicing medicine during the COVID-19 viral pandemic. Our transplant center quickly adapted to…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Pericardial Effusion: A Potential Late Complication of COVID-19 Infection
O. Sogbein, A. Rizvi, M. Mujtaba, S. Hussain
Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX
*Purpose: COVID-19 infection involves entry of SARS-CoV-2 virus into cells via interaction between its spike protein and angiotensin converting enzyme resulting in an NF-κβ mediated…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Effect of Covid-19 Vaccination on Markers of Rejection in Heart Transplant Recipients
Z. Pieters¹, E. Bruno¹, S. Kim¹, S. De Sirkar¹, M. Thomas¹, S. B. Sharmin², M. Liebo¹, A. Heroux¹, N. Clark¹, G. Reid¹, S. Uprichard², M. Yu¹
¹Medicine, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL, ²Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: Heart transplant recipients have worse survival with COVID-19 than the general population, highlighting the importance of vaccination in these patients. The impact of vaccination…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Landscape of Attitudes Towards Living Kidney Donation During the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic in the United States: Results of a Public Opinion Survey
K. Kaplow¹, J. Ruck¹, A. Thomas¹, D. Warren¹, D. Segev¹, C. Corlett², J. Sinacore³, M. Levan¹
¹Department of Surgery, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ²Brand Planning LLC, Williamsburg, VA, ³National Kidney Registry, Babylon, NY
*Purpose: Solid organ transplantation decreased during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic largely due to temporary shutdowns. The pandemic revealed significant gaps in medical knowledge among the public;…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Factors Contributing To SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine Hesitancy In Kidney Transplant Candidates
P. LaBella¹, E. Silverman², S. Mehta³, N. M. Ali⁴
¹Transplant Infectious Disease, New York University Langone Health, New York, NY, ²Transplant Infectious Disease, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, ³New York University Langone Transplant Institute, New York, NY, ⁴Transplant Institute, NYU Langone Health, New York, NY
*Purpose: SARS-CoV-2 infection in kidney transplant recipients is associated with an increased risk of severe disease and mortality relative to other patient populations, with mortality…
2022 American Transplant Congress
The Evolution of Mortality in Kidney Transplant Recipients at a Single Center in the Era of Covid
M. M. Eiting, K. Phillips, L. Smith
University of Utah Health Hospital & Clinics, Salt Lake City, UT
*Purpose: Mortality secondary to COVID-19 infection is significantly higher in solid organ transplant recipients compared to the general population. Limited data exists evaluating the impact…
2022 American Transplant Congress
High Incidence Of Anti-HLA DSA And Late Allograft Dysfunction In Solid Organ Transplant Recipients Hospitalized With Covid-19
J. T. Killian, S. Roman Soto, V. Hauptfeld-Dolejsek, E. B. Levitan, P. M. Porrett, V. Kumar, F. E. Lund, J. A. Houp
University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
*Purpose: Solid organ transplant (SOT) recipients admitted for COVID-19 commonly experience immunosuppression reduction and acute allograft dysfunction. Given the number of SOT patients hospitalized for…