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Articles tagged "Infant"

  • 2022 American Transplant Congress

    Covid-related Neonatal Cholestasis?: Liver Transplantation In Three Infants With Intrauterine Or Perinatal Covid Exposure

    S. Sakhuja1, K. Patel1, N. T. Galvan2

    1Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 2Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

    *Purpose: The COVID pandemic presents a unique set of challenges during pregnancy including thromboembolic complications, direct placental infection, transplacental transmission, and systemic hyperinflammatory state. The…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Galectin-3 Levels in Pediatric Cholestatic Liver Disease

    D. Yoeli1, Z. Wang1, Y. Luo2, A. Chaidez2, M. A. Adams1, C. A. Huang1, C. L. Mack2, N. Navarro Alvarez1

    1Transplant Surgery, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, 2Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Children’s Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO

    *Purpose: Biliary atresia (BA) and other cholestatic liver diseases (CLD) are the most common indications for liver transplantation in children. Research on galectin-3, a protein…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Immunologic Benefits of Maternal Living Donor Allografts in Pediatric Liver Transplantation: Less Rejection Episodes and No Evidence of De Novo Allosensitization

    A. Barbetta1, G. Meeberg2, B. Rocque1, S. Barhouma3, S. Gilmour4, F. Faytrouni5, O. Guttman5, P. Campbell4, J. Shapiro2, J. Emamaullee1

    1Surgery, Abdominal Transplant, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 2Surgery, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, 3University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 4University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, 5University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada

    *Purpose: Living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) offers improved graft and patient survival in pediatric liver transplant (LT) recipients. Prior studies have suggested immunological advantage when…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Hepatoportoenterostomy versus Primary Liver Transplantation for Biliary Atresia: A Review of the National Experience

    D. Yoeli1, R. A. Choudhury1, S. S. Sundaram2, C. L. Mack2, J. P. Roach3, F. M. Karrer4, M. E. Wachs1, M. A. Adams1

    1Transplant Surgery, University of Colorado and Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO, 2Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, University of Colorado and Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO, 3Pediatric Surgery, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, 4Pediatric Surgery, University of Colorado and Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO

    *Purpose: Kasai hepatoportoenterostomy (HPE) followed by liver transplantation (LT) if needed is the standard of care for children with biliary atresia (BA). Some, however, have…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    ABH Subtype-Specific Tolerance after ABO-Mismatched Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation

    B. Motyka1, A. Halpin1, J. Pearcey1, A. Kariminia2, A. Halevy2, S. Maier1, A. Halevy2, P. Subrt2, C. W. Cairo1, G. D. Cuvelier3, K. R. Schultz2, L. J. West1

    1Alberta Transplant Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, 2British Columbia Children’s Hospital Research Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, 3CancerCare Manitoba, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada

    *Purpose: ABO-mediated immunity is reported to have minimal detrimental impact after ABO-mismatched hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT). Patients are generally presumed ‘tolerant’ with regard to ABO.…
  • 2019 American Transplant Congress

    En Bloc Kidney Transplant from Infant Donors Less Than 5kg into Adult Recipients

    Z. Wang, Q. Xia, M. Wang, H. Li, J. Liu, J. Liu, J. Liu

    Urology, Union hospital, Wuhan, China

    *Purpose: To explore the feasibility of en bloc kidney transplantation from infant donors less than 5kg into adult recipients.*Methods: A retrospective analysis was conducted of…
  • 2019 American Transplant Congress

    Absence of Antibodies in Human Neonates and Infants to Gtko/cmahko/β4galnt2ko (Triple Gene Knockout) Pig Cells: Relevance to Cardiac Xenotransplantation for Complex Congenital Heart Disease

    H. Hara1, Q. Li1, C. A. Banks1, T. Yamamoto1, D. Ayares2, D. C. Cleveland1, D. K. Cooper1

    1Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, 2Revivicor Inc., Blacksburg, VA

    *Purpose: Heart transplantation (Tx) in neonates is associated with the best results of any organ Tx, but the lack of deceased human donor hearts in…
  • 2019 American Transplant Congress

    The High Burden of Vaccine Preventable Infections Following Pediatric Solid Organ Transplant

    A. G. Feldman1, B. L. Beaty2, D. Curtis3, E. Juarez-Colunga2, A. Kempe4

    1Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, 2University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, 3Pediatric Infectious Diseases, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, 4Pediatrics, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO

    *Purpose: Pediatric transplant recipients are at risk for vaccine preventable infections due to immunosuppression, suboptimal response to vaccines before and after transplant, and potential under-immunization…
  • 2019 American Transplant Congress

    Immunization Status at the Time of Pediatric Liver Transplant: A 1-year Study through The Society of Pediatric Liver Transplantation

    A. G. Feldman1, A. Kempe2, B. L. Beaty3, R. Torres1, D. Curtis4, S. S. Sundaram1

    1Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, 2Pediatrics, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, 3University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, 4Pediatric Infectious Diseases, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO

    *Purpose: Vaccine preventable infections are a serious and common complication following transplant. Immunizations are a minimally invasive and cost-effective approach to reducing infections. The objectives…
  • 2019 American Transplant Congress

    Barriers to Pre-Transplant Immunization: A Qualitative Study of Pediatric Liver-Transplant Stakeholders

    A. G. Feldman1, R. Marsh2, A. Kempe3, M. Morris2

    1Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, 2University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, 3Pediatrics, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO

    *Purpose: Less than 30% of pediatric liver transplant recipients are up-to-date on age-appropriate immunizations at the time of transplant despite being at high-risk for infections…
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