2020 American Transplant Congress
Depression Screening Protocol in Post Transplant Clinic. Implementing the A3 Scientific Method for Improving Patient Safety
Charles Strickler Transplant Center, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA
*Purpose: Effect of the routine use of Patient Health Questionnaire PHQ-2 Screening in ambulatory transplant clinic to identify patients at risk for self-harm*Methods: Following a…2020 American Transplant Congress
Evaluation of Optimization of Workflow for Timing of Inpatient Therapeutic Drug Monitoring of Maintenance Immunosuppressive Drugs in Abdominal Transplant Recipients
Department of Pharmacy, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: Therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) is essential to the safety and efficacy of immunosuppressants (IS) given their narrow therapeutic index. After an internal review, it…2020 American Transplant Congress
ANG-3777, A Hepatic Growth Factor Mimetic, Attenuates Post-Transplant Renal Dysfunction in Rats
Angion Biomedica, Uniondale, NY
*Purpose: ANG-3777, a small-molecule mimetic of hepatocyte growth factor (HGF), has the potential to exert antifibrotic and nephroprotective effects. A rat model of renal transplantation…2020 American Transplant Congress
Preformed Donor Specific Antibody and Mfi-Dependent Effects in Simultaneous Liver-Kidney Transplantation
Department of Transplantation, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
*Purpose: Preformed donor specific antibody to HLA Class II (pDSA) is suggested to be an independent risk factor for mortality in simultaneous liver and kidney…2020 American Transplant Congress
Sleep Quality and Psychosocial Factors in Liver Transplant Recipients from an Outpatient Follow-Up Clinic in China
Transplantation Center, Third Xiangya Hospital, Changsha, China
*Purpose: Sleep disturbance is a severe problem in liver transplant recipients; few studies have confirmed the psychosocial factors associated with sleep quality in patients after…2020 American Transplant Congress
Perspectives of Nephrologists and Urologists on Financial Incentives for Altruistic Non-Directed Living Kidney Donors
*Purpose: Several strategies have been suggested to remove financial barriers that can arise from donating a kidney, including payment in the form of incentives, rewards…2020 American Transplant Congress
Socio-Demographic Disparities in Access to Organs from HCV-Viremic Donors among HCV-Negative Patients
*Purpose: The success of pilot trials of transplanting organs from hepatitis C virus (HCV) viremic donors into HCV-negative recipients (HCV D+/R-) has led to an…2020 American Transplant Congress
Comparing Early Kidney after Liver Transplant (KALT) and Simultaneous Liver-Kidney Transplant (SLK): Evaluating Racial Disparities. Will Everyone Have the Same “Safety Net”?
*Purpose: In 2017, UNOS implemented simultaneous liver-kidney transplant (SLK) guidelines that included medical eligibility criteria and a “safety net” providing prioritization on the kidney transplant…2020 American Transplant Congress
Belatacept in Kidney Transplant Recipients with Previous Non-Renal Solid Organ Transplants
Emory Transplant Center, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA
*Purpose: Selective co-stimulatory blockade with belatacept has demonstrated long-term benefits in renal transplantation, with improved glomerular filtration rate and decreased risk of death and graft…2020 American Transplant Congress
New Strategy to Maximize Nanomedicine Delivery During Ex Vivo Organ Perfusion
*Purpose: Organ transplant is a highly successful therapy for patients facing end stage organ failure. However, there is a severe lack of transplantable organs which…
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