Articles tagged "Kidney transplantation"

2022 American Transplant Congress
Impact of a Pharmacy-Led Post-Transplant Diabetes Mellitus Clinic in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients
H. Sweiss¹, R. Hall¹, M. Flores², S. Bhayana¹, R. Patel¹, C. Long²
¹University Health - University Hospital, San Antonio, TX, ²College of Pharmacy, University of Incarnate Word, San Antonio, TX
*Purpose: To evaluate the impact of a pharmacy-led post-transplant diabetes mellitus (DM) clinic.*Methods: This retrospective chart review from 08/01/20 to 6/30/21 evaluated adult kidney transplant…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Sirolimus Use Is Associated With An Improved Immune Response To Covid-19 Vaccination In Kidney Transplant Recipients
G. B. Perkins¹, M. Tunbridge², T. Salehi², C. Chai¹, C. M. Hope¹, P. Garcia-Valtanen¹, J. J. Singer³, P. R. Hurtado², S. C. Barry¹, B. Grubor-Bauk¹, P. Hissaria², S. J. Chadban³, P. Coates¹
¹University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia, ²Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, Australia, ³Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, Australia
*Purpose: Kidney transplant recipients (KTRs) are highly vulnerable to severe COVID-19, however are poorly protected by vaccination. Additional vaccine doses have achieved limited improvements in…
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Pharmacogenomic Dosing in Kidney Transplant Patients Converted from Tacrolimus Immediate Release to Tacrolimus Extended Release (Envarsus XR®)
K. D. Belfield¹, K. J. Armstrong², D. Malhotra³, G. F. Girone¹
¹Department of Pharmacy, Yale New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT, ²Department of Pharmacy, Hospital of Central Connecticut, New Britain, CT, ³Section of Nephrology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
*Purpose: When converting from tacrolimus (tac) immediate release (tacIR) to tac extended release (Envarsus XR; tacXR), the package insert (PI) recommends 80% of the tacIR…
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Exacerbation of Racial Disparities in Living Donor Kidney Transplant During the Covid-19 Pandemic
N. Singh¹, R. Li², T. Alhamad³, M. A. Schnitzler⁴, R. B. Mannon⁵, M. D. Doshi⁶, K. J. Woodside⁶, B. E. Hippen⁷, M. Cooper⁸, J. Snyder⁹, D. A. Axelrod¹⁰, K. L. Lentine⁴
¹Willis Knighton Health System, Shreveport, LA, ²Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, MO, ³Washington University, Saint Louis, MO, ⁴Saint Louis University Center for Abdominal Transplantation, Saint Louis, MO, ⁵University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ⁶University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁷Metrolina Nephrology, Associates, Charlotte, NC, ⁸Medstar Georgetown Transplant Institute, Washington, DC, ⁹Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute, Minneapolis, MN, ¹⁰University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
*Purpose:The SARS-CoV-2 or coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has disproportionately impacted racial and ethnic minority groups in the United States. Although, kidney transplant procedures decreased…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Decreased Mortality from Sars-CoV-2 Infection in Kidney Transplant Recipients Over the Course of the Pandemic
Y. Al Azzi, P. Loarte, C. Pynadath, L. Liriano, M. Ajaimy, S. Kapoor, H. Yaffe, M. Le, J. Graham, J. Rocca, S. Greenstein, M. Kinkhabwala, E. Akalin
Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY
*Purpose: We aimed to investigate the mortality from SARS-CoV-2 in kidney transplant recipients in the Bronx, New York since the beginning of the pandemic*Methods: Between…
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Clinical Implications of Robotically Assisted Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy: A Single Center Experience
A. Popovic¹, S. Loerzel², M. Hanlon², S. Iskhagi², B. Gallay³, E. Shaban³, J. Leggat³, R. H. Dvorai⁴, S. Narsipur⁵, R. Saidi², R. Shahbazov²
¹College of Medicine, SUNY, Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, ²Surgery, Division of Transplantation, SUNY, Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, ³Medicine, SUNY, Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, ⁴Pathology, SUNY, Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, ⁵SUNY, Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY
*Purpose: Robotic assisted live donor nephrectomies (RDN) continue to increase in prevalence over the last years. Prior studies demonstrated outcomes of robotic procedures are no…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Is Donor Hepatitis C Virus Infection Status Associated with Early Post-Kidney Transplant Failure in the Era of Direct-Acting Antiviral Medications?
S. Sutcliffe¹, S. Chang¹, D. Stewart², M. Ji³, K. Lentine⁴, G. Gupta⁵, T. Alhamad⁶
¹Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO, ²United Network for Organ Sharing, Richmond, VA, ³Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO, ⁴Saint Louis University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO, ⁵Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond, VA, ⁶Washington University School of Medicine at St. Louis, Saint Louis, MO
*Purpose: To determine the influence of donor hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection status on early kidney transplant (KT) failure in HCV negative recipients in the…
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Impaired Cellular Immunity and Elevated Myeloid Derived Suppressor Cells in Kidney Transplant Recipients with Impaired Antibody Response to Covid-19 Vaccination
B. Nibhanupudy¹, K. Mcdonald¹, M. Angelis¹, L. T. Chin¹, P. Wai¹, R. Metzger¹, C. Ashokkumar², R. Sindhi²
¹AdventHealth Transplant Institute, Orlando, FL, ²Plexision, Inc, Pittsburgh, PA
*Purpose: To evaluate post-vaccination cellular and antibody (Ab) immunity after COVID-19 vaccination in single blood samples from 17 kidney transplant (KT) recipients who had received…
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Effects of Race, Previous CoV2 Exposure and the Length and Type of Maintenance Immunosuppression on Protective Immunity to COVID19 Vaccine in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients
A. Choudhary¹, M. Lerman², S. Khan², J. Hunt², A. Nikaein³, D. Calianese¹, E. Kalu², D. K. Jaijyan⁴, W. Honnen¹, A. Pinter¹
¹PHRI, Rutgers University, Newark, NJ, ²Transplant, Medical City Dallas, Dallas, TX, ³Texas Speciality, Medical City Dallas, Dallas, TX, ⁴pHRI, Rutgers University, Newark, NJ
*Purpose: The diverse factors affecting the vaccine induced neutralizing antibody response in solid organ transplant recipients and their immunity against CoV2 variants are needed to…
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Racial Disparities in Preemptive Kidney Transplantation Beyond Listing Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate
K. L. King¹, S. Husain², S. Mohan²
¹Medicine - Nephrology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, ²Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY
*Purpose: Given recent attention on the impact of the race coefficient in equations for estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) on racial disparities in kidney transplantation,…