2020 American Transplant Congress
Managing the Road to Kidney Transplantation in the Elderly
Nephrology, UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA
*Purpose: We hypothesize that careful patient selection and waitlist management minimizes the impact of advanced recipient age on kidney transplant outcomes.*Methods: A total of 3,521…2020 American Transplant Congress
Evaluating Postoperative Opioid Requirements of Kidney Transplant Recipients
*Purpose: Multimodal analgesia with non-opioid analgesics in the setting of enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) pathway has proven beneficial in managing pain and decreasing adverse…2020 American Transplant Congress
Organ Offer Behavioral Research Enhances Transplant Surgeon Training
*Purpose: Due to the complexities of fielding organ offers, the 2019 ASTS 2nd Year Surgical Fellows Symposium’s agenda included multiple sessions devoted to training on…2020 American Transplant Congress
A Mouse Model of Non-MHC Mismatches Recapitulates Chronic Allograft Dysfunction and I-IFTA
*Purpose: Fibrotic and atrophic changes or IF/TA is an important cause of graft loss. We reported that genome-wide donor-recipient non-HLA mismatches independently correlate with Banff…2020 American Transplant Congress
Understanding the Relationship between Health Literacy, Education Level, and Transplant Actions among Low-Income and Black Patients
*Purpose: Limited health literacy in end stage kidney disease patients is associated with low transplant referral rates. We estimated the prevalence of low health literacy…2020 American Transplant Congress
De Novo Dosing of LCP-Tacrolimus Using Conservative Weight-Based Strategy Resulted in Supratherapeutic Trough Levels in Majority of Patients
University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA
*Purpose: Due to ongoing national drug shortages, our center transitioned to de novo use of LCP-tacrolimus (LCPT) in kidney transplant patients using a conservative dosing…2020 American Transplant Congress
Male Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders are at Risk for Delayed Graft Function after Renal Transplantation
*Purpose: Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders (NHPI) have an increased risk of chronic kidney disease with disproportionately fewer patients receiving kidney transplants; this study aims…2020 American Transplant Congress
Membrane Expression of CD163 and CD206 by Blood Monocytes is Upregulated in Kidney Allograft Recipients
Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Prague, Czech Republic
*Purpose: Blood monocytes differentiating into tissue macrophages or dendritic cells are involved in multiple immune responses including reactions to the transplanted allograft. Peripheral monocytes can…2020 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Extracorporeal Photopheresis in a Full-Mismatch Kidney Transplant Rat Model
*Purpose: Extracorporeal photopheresis (ECP) is an immunomodulatory cell therapy based on the infusion of autologous cellular products exposed to ultraviolet light (UV), in the presence…2020 American Transplant Congress
Effect of Low vs Standard Dosage of Anti-Thymocyte Globulin Induction Therapy on the Co-Inducible Molecules (Cd28, CTLA-4, ICOS, PD-1) Expression Pattern in T Regulatory Cell
*Purpose: Two thymoglobulin (TG) dosages effect on the Tregulatory cell (Treg) and describe the behavior of the co-stimulatory pathways in terms of FIM and gene…
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