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  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Accommodating Increasing Volumes without Knocking Down Walls: Update on an Infusion Center’s Growth

    J. C. Estrada

    Comprehensive Transplant Center, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA

    *Purpose: An increase in transplants performed at the medical center in comparison to the limited availability of outpatient infusion chairs and home infusion companies compelled…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Risk Factors for Antibody-Mediated Rejection after Adult Liver Transplantation with Preformed Donor-Specific Antibodies: A Single Center Experience

    T. Tajima, K. Hata, J. Kusakabe, H. Miyauchi, T. Anazawa, T. Ito, S. Uemoto

    Div. of HBP Surgery and Transplantation, Dept. of Surgery, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

    *Purpose: In general, preformed donor-specific antibodies (pDSAs) can lead to an increased risk of antibody-mediated rejection (AMR); however, their prevalence, risk factors, and the efficacy…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Suspected Vape Use in Lung Donor

    S. Leonard1, N. Sinha2, S. Manickavel2, S. Manickavel2

    1Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, University of Miami/Jackson Health System, Miami, FL, Miami, FL, 2Miami Transplant Institute, University of Miami/Jackson Health System, Miami, FL, Miami, FL

    *Purpose: E-cigarette, or vaping, product use-associated lung injury (EVALI) is a recently described disease entity prominently reported throughout many sources. Thus far, diagnosis is primarily…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Outcomes Analysis of Transplant Centers Performing High Volumes of Hard to Place Kidneys: An Update

    D. Bahl1, N. Mehta2, Y. A. Qazi3

    1School of Medicine, St. George's University, West Indies, Grenada, 2University of California, Berkeley, Torrance, CA, 3School of Medicine, Keck Medicine of USC, Los Angeles, CA

    *Purpose: Despite a growing number of patients awaiting a kidney transplant, the discard rate remains significantly high. The UNOS SRTR data now provides information on…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Technology Access, Use, and Intent among Kidney Transplant Candidates Vulnerable to Health Disparities

    S. Smith1, M. Keller2, R. Seibert3, L. Kayler1

    1Transplant, Transplant and Kidney Care Regional Center of Excellence, Erie County Medical Center, Buffalo, NY, 2Transplant, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Department of Community Health and Health Behavior, Buffalo, NY, 3Transplant, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Department of Epidemiology and Environmental Health, Buffalo, NY

    *Purpose: Advances in eHealth have created opportunities to reach vulnerable populations, however, eHealth strategies could paradoxically increase health disparities if vulnerable individuals lack technology access…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Increasing Utilization via Accelerating the Placement of Hard-to-Place Kidneys

    S. Noreen1, R. Brown1, Y. Becker2, M. Cooper3, K. O'Connor4, J. Prinz5, D. Klassen1

    1United Network for Organ Sharing, Richmond, VA, 2University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, IL, 3MedStar Georgetown Transplant Institute, Washington, DC, 4LifeCenter Northwest, Bellevue, WA, 5Donor Alliance, Denver, CO

    *Purpose: Increasing the number of transplants by increasing utilization is a key goal of the OPTN, with a particular focus on the use of marginal…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Single Port Robot Assisted Kidney Transplantation

    E. Miller, C. Wilson, G. Sawczyg, S. Kim, A. Aminsharifi, J. Garisto, J. Kaouk, A. Wee, M. Eltemamy

    Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute CCF, Cleveland, OH

    *Purpose: Innovative methods are needed to further optimize safe outcomes in kidney transplantation (KT), therefore as an alternative surgical approach we present a single case…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Highly Effective Short Course Therapy to Prevent Infection after Transplantation from HCV-Infected Organ Donors to Uninfected Recipients across Multiple Organ Types

    A. Humar1, M. Cypel1, D. Kumar1, H. Dahari2, R. Vanin Pinto Ribeiro1, N. Marks1, N. Kamkar1, I. Bahinskaya1, F. Onofrio3, M. A. Zahoor3, O. Cerrochi3, K. Tinckam1, S. J. Kim1, T. W. Reichman1, M. McDonald1, T. K. Waddell1, G. Sapisochin1, M. Selzner1, S. Keshavjee1, H. L. Janssen3, B. E. Hansen3, L. Singer1, J. Feld3

    1Transplant Centre, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, 2Loyala University, Chicago, IL, 3Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada

    *Purpose: An increasing percentage of potential organ donors are infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV). Establishment of HCV infection in uninfected recipients is near-universal with…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Perioperative Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) in Liver Transplantation: A Case Series

    J. G. Guorgui1, T. Ito1, M. M. Lu1, P. Benharash2, A. Ardehali3, V. Gudzenko4, C. Wray4, V. G. Agopian1, J. DiNorcia III1, H. Yersiz1, D. G. Farmer1, R. W. Busuttil1, F. M. Kaldas1

    1The Dumont-UCLA Transplant Center, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, 2Cardiovascular Outcomes Research Laboratories, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, 3Division of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Surgery, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, 4Department of Anesthesiology, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA

    *Purpose: Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) is a life-saving treatment modality for patients who develop cardiopulmonary failure refractory to conventional efforts. ECMO has been used sparingly…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    A Successful Kidney Transplantation from Hepatitis C NAT Positive Deceased Donor to an HIV Positive Recipient with Previous History of Treated HCV Infection

    R. H. Naik, S. Shawar, H. Schaefer

    Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN

    *Purpose: Due to a shortage of deceased donor kidney organs, increased waiting times have been associated with adverse outcomes post kidney transplantation. The recent breakthrough…
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