2020 American Transplant Congress
Accommodating Increasing Volumes without Knocking Down Walls: Update on an Infusion Center’s Growth
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
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
*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
*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
*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
*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
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
*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
*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
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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