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Articles tagged "High-risk"

  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Mitigating Risk: Post-Exposure Prophylaxis in Liver Transplant Recipients from Donors with Potential Infectious Exposure

    A. Nolan, D. Yarosh, S. Shaikh.

    Department of Pharmacy, Medstar Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC.

    Purpose: Increased risk organ donors are being more commonly utilized given organ shortages. However, there is a small risk of transmission of diseases such as…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Validation of a Transplant Knowledge Quiz and Its Impact on Outcomes in Kidney Transplant Recipients

    H. Corbo, N. Patel, N. Pilch, V. Rohan, J. Fleming, T. Harrison, J. Hardcopf, B. O'Brien, C. Perez, P. Baliga, H. Meadows, D. Taber.

    Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston.

    The aim of this study is to determine if transplant quiz scores given prior to discharge were predictive of known patient risk factors and if…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Impact of De Novo DSA Development and Management on Kidney Transplant Outcomes

    M. Cote,1 M. Pavlakis,2 F. Cardarelli,2 J. Pena,3 A. Dinh,3 K. Richards,1 K. Joyal,1 C. Rogers.1

    1Pharmacy, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA; 2Transplant Institute, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA; 3Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA.

    Multiple studies have shown that development of donor specific antibodies (DSAs) can have a negative impact on renal allograft outcomes resulting in decreased renal function,…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Outcomes of Organ Transplantation from Donors with Cancer History

    Z. Guo,1 X. He,1 S. Huang.1

    1Organ Transplant Center, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China; 2Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Organ Donation and Transplant Immunology, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China; 3Guangdong Provincial International Cooperation Base of Science and Technology, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.

    Purpose: The inherent challenges of selecting an acceptable donor for each of the increasing numbers and acuity of recipients has led programs to take increased…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Using the Remuzzi Score to Guide Single vs. Dual Transplantation Mitigates the Risk of Early Graft Failure

    J. Ayorinde, G. Pettigrew.

    Surgery, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom.

    BackgroundExpanded criteria circulatory death donors (DCD) may represent an underutilised donor pool. Our centre has used urgent pre-implantation biopsy (Remuzzi score) to guide single (SKT)…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Early versus Late Cytomegalovirus Prophylaxis after Kidney Transplant

    M. Harris, J. Byrns, J. Gommer, M. Laub, M. Ellis.

    Duke University Hospital, Durham, NC.

    Background: Prophylaxis against cytomegalovirus (CMV) is recommended in high-risk patients (CMV D+/R-) and those who are CMVR+ and getting T-cell depletional therapy. It is unclear…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Economic Evaluation of Contemporary Kidney Transplant Practice

    D. Axelrod,1 M. Schnitzler,2 H. Xiao,2 W. Irish,3 J. Tuttle-Newhall,3 S-.H. Chang,4 B. Kasiske,5 T. Alhamad,4 K. Lentine.2

    1Lahey Clinic, Burlington; 2Saint Louis University, St. Louis; 3East Carolina University, Greeneville; 4Washington University, St. Louis; 5Hennepin County, Minneapolis.

    Kidney transplantation (KTx) has been established as the optimal therapy for medically suitable patients with end-stage renal disease, prolonging survival and reducing health care spending.…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Reducing Discards for Deceased Kidney Donors over Age 50 by Restricting Biopsy Criteria

    C. Hostetler, J. Rogge, B. Nicely, S. Rudich.

    Clinical Division, Gift of Life Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.

    The placement of kidneys from deceased organ donors of advanced age is an ongoing challenge. An Organ Procurement Organization (OPO) evaluated its discard rate for…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Major Adverse Cardiovascular Events Following Simultaneous Pancreas and Kidney Transplantation. A Study of the United Kingdom Transplant Registry

    P. Yiannoullou,1,2 A. Summers,1,2 C. Fullwood,2 Z. Moinuddin,1,2 I. Shapey,1,2 H. Khambalia,1,2 T. Augustine,1,2 M. Rutter,1,2 D. van Dellen.1,2

    1Transplantation, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, United Kingdom; 2University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom.

    BackgroundPatients with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) and end-stage renal disease (ESRD) suffer increased cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Simultaneous pancreas and kidney transplantation (SPKT) improves…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Val-Ganciclovir Prophylaxis Delays Onset of EBV Viremia in the First Year Post-Solid Organ Transplantation in High-Risk Patients

    S. Albatati,1 A. Sharma,2 S. Gantt,1 K. Haubrich,1 A. Wright,1 T. Blydt-Hansen.1

    1University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada; 2University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada.

    Introduction: Donor-derived primary Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection poses serious risks to EBV naïve children post-solid organ transplantation, including development of EBV-related PTLD. Currently, there is…
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