2022 American Transplant Congress
Renal Graft Outcomes in Simultaneous Heart-Kidney Transplantation
Westchester Medical Center / New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY
*Purpose: Simultaneous heart and kidney transplantation (SHKT) has increased steadily in United States Previously it was shown that SHKT is associated with benefits in overall…2022 American Transplant Congress
Recipient and Kidney Graft Outcomes of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Positive Deceased Donors in the United States
*Purpose: With the inception of the HIV Organ Policy Act, HIV-positive donor to HIV-positive recipient kidney transplantation is a novel form of transplantation in the…2022 American Transplant Congress
Gm2a: A Novel Regulatory Pathway Controlling CD8+ T Cell Alloimmunity
1Department of Surgery, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, 2Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY
*Purpose: Transplant recipients experience lifelong immunosuppression, yet studies have shown that a subset of patients may be able to retain stable graft function even with…2022 American Transplant Congress
Trends in Donor Cause of Death and the Effect on Outcomes in Liver Transplantation Over 15-Years
*Purpose: Over the past 15 years, there has been a significant shift in donor cause of death (COD), which has coincided with an increase in…2022 American Transplant Congress
Very Small Pediatric Donors May Help Address the Sex Disparity in Access to Kidney Transplantation
UC Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA
*Purpose: Women with end-stage renal disease have lower access to deceased donor kidney transplantation than men. Expanding the donor pool to include kidneys from very…2022 American Transplant Congress
Use of De Novo mTOR Inhibitors in Highly Sensitized Kidney Transplant Recipients
*Purpose: mTOR inhibitors (mTORi) allow calcineurin-inhibitor reduction without loss of efficacy and may improve allograft-transplant outcomes. However, the safety of this protocol in high-immunological risk…2022 American Transplant Congress
Expanded Criteria Donor with Severe Acute Kidney Injury: Worth to Use?
*Purpose: Because of organ shortage, the world facing problem, expanded criteria donor (ECD) was utilized to increase donor pool. Although long term allograft survival from…2022 American Transplant Congress
Graft and Patient Outcomes of Kidney Transplant Tourism: A Single-Center Experience
*Purpose: The expanding supply-demand mismatch between organs available for transplantation and patients in need led to the growth of transplant tourism. In our study, we…2022 American Transplant Congress
Impact of a Pharmacist on Transitions and Ambulatory Outcomes in Lung Transplant Recipients
*Purpose: Minimal data exists describing the impact of a pharmacist in transitions of care (TOC) and ambulatory medication management in lung transplant recipients (LTRs). Following…2022 American Transplant Congress
Is Stigma of Hepatitis C with KDPI Still Justified?
Comprehensive Transplant Center, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH
*Purpose: Kidney donor profile index (KDPI) is composed of 10 variables that are used to estimate the quality of a kidney. Hepatitis C virus (HCV)…
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