2020 American Transplant Congress
IM Naltrexone Post Liver Transplant for Alcoholic Hepatitis Patients to Prevent Relapse
Transplant Surgery, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY
*Purpose: The number of patients requiring liver transplants due to Hepatitis C Virus is declining due to the new treatment options, and the growing number…2020 American Transplant Congress
Outcome of Hepatitis B Virus DNA-Positive Liver Transplantation in Hepatitis B Virus/Hepatitis D Virus Co-Infected Recipient Treated with High Dose Hepatitis B Immune Globulin: A Case Report
*Purpose: Introduction: While common in Asian countries, liver transplantation (LT) for patients with hepatitis B virus (HBV)/hepatitis D virus (HDV) co-infection is rare in the…2020 American Transplant Congress
Hepatitis C Antibody Seroconversion after Transplantation of Kidneys from Hepatitis C Infected Donors to Hepatitis C Negative Recipients
*Purpose: We aimed to assess factors associated with hepatitis C virus (HCV) seroconversion among HCV seronegative kidney transplant candidates receiving HCV infected donor kidneys.*Methods: This…2020 American Transplant Congress
Access to Direct Acting Antiviral Therapy for Recipients of Solid Organs from Hepatitis C Viremic Donors
Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
*Purpose: Emerging data supports transplantation of organs from hepatitis C-positive (HCV) donors to expand the donor pool, but access to direct acting antivirals (DAAs) to…2019 American Transplant Congress
Transmission of Infections from Organ Donor to Recipient – German Data
German Foundation for Organtransplantation (DSO), Frankfurt, Germany
*Purpose: In Europe, vigilance monitoring after organ transplant includes Serious Adverse Events (SAE) as well as Serious Adverse Reactions (SAR). All SAE and SAR related…2019 American Transplant Congress
Liver Transplantation in Acute Hepatic Insufficiency Induced by Imatinib
*Purpose: Case report of a Woman, pediatrician, 40 yo,with chronic myeloid leukemia using Imatinib who developed Serious Acute Hepatic Failure and needed liver transplant to…2019 American Transplant Congress
Case Series: Anti-Thymocyte Globulin as a Treatment for Steroid-Refractory Severe Acute Hepatitis in Children
*Purpose: Pediatric severe acute hepatitis (SAH), when not attributed to acetaminophen toxicity, is commonly hypothesized to be caused by a non-typeable viral infection and/or immune…2019 American Transplant Congress
Liver Transplantation in Children with Type 1 and Type 2 Autoimmune Hepatitis
Department of Student Affairs, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
*Purpose: Autoimmune Hepatitis (AIH) can be defined as type 1 and type 2 based on autoantibodies. Liver transplant (LT) may be indicated for chronic liver…2019 American Transplant Congress
Hepatitis A Hospitalizations among Kidney Transplant Recipients in the United States: A Nationwide Study
*Purpose: Hepatitis A illness severity increases in immunosuppressed patients and one of important indicators of hepatitis A illness severity is whether patients require hospitalization. This…2019 American Transplant Congress
Introduction of Universal Hepatitis E RNA Screening in Deceased Organ Donors – The UK Experience
*Purpose: We aim to describe the strategy and initial results of post-donation, universal screening of deceased organ donors in the UK. HEV RNA is tested…
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