Articles tagged "Kidney/pancreas transplantation"

2021 American Transplant Congress
Incidence of Oral Candidiasis in Renal and/or Pancreas Transplant Recipients When Administering Prophylaxis versus No Prophylaxis
L. Von Stein¹, S. Patel¹, L. Wardlow²
¹Transplant, The Ohio State Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, ²Pharmacy, The Ohio State Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH
*Purpose: Oropharyngeal candidiasis (OC), or thrush, is a fungal infection associated with immunosuppression post renal and or/pancreas transplant. Currently, the role of prophylactic oral nystatin…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes of Simultaneous Kidney-Pancreas Transplantation in Patients with Type-I and Type-II Diabetes Mellitus
H. Shokouh-Amiri¹, M. S. Naseer¹, A. Palermini¹, D. Aultman¹, R. McMillan¹, S. Tandukar², N. Singh², G. Zibari¹
¹Advanced Surgery, John C. McDonald Regional Transplant Center - Willis Knighton Health System, Shreveport, LA, ²Transplant Nephrology, John C. McDonald Regional Transplant Center - Willis Knighton Health System, Shreveport, LA
*Purpose: UNOS approved simultaneous kidney-pancreas transplantation (SKPT) for type-II diabetes mellitus (DM) in Oct 2014. There is limited data comparing outcomes of SKPT in type-I…
2021 American Transplant Congress
The Implementation of the New Unos Policy That Relegates C-peptide and Body Mass Index Criteria Has Resulted in Shifting Recipient Demographics
R. Teo, A. Rechnitzer, N. A. Muhdi, J. Torabi, M. Ajaimy, L. Liriano-Ward, Y. Azzi, C. Pynadath, P. Loarte-Campos, A. Brooks, J. P. Rocca, M. Le, E. Akalin, J. A. Graham
Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY
*Purpose: Waitlist time accrual for SPK was previously limited to candidates on insulin that had either a c-peptide ≤ 2 ng/ml, or a c-peptide >…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Achilles Heel No Longer: Marked Decline in Early Relaparotomy and Allograft Pancreatectomy Rates Following Simultaneous Kidney-Pancreas Transplantation in the Contemporary Era
B. Sharda¹, K. Gurung², R. Stratta², A. Farney², G. Orlando², C. Jay², A. Reeves-Daniel³, A. Mena-Gutierrez³, N. Sakhovskaya³, W. Doares⁴, S. Kaczmorski⁴, M. Magid⁴, J. Rogers²
¹Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston Salem, NC, ²Department of Surgery, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, NC, ³Internal Medicine, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, NC, ⁴Department of Pharmacy, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, NC
*Purpose: Technical complications requiring early relaparotomy (relap) and allograft pancreatectomy (AP) have long been the Achilles heel of simultaneous kidney-pancreas transplantation (SKPT).*Methods: Single center retrospective…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Initial Kidney Transplant Evaluations with Telehealth: Is it a Pandemic Only Practice?
A. Govil¹, E. Tims², C. Siemer², J. Harris², C. King², S. Shah¹, C. Thakar¹
¹Univ of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, ²UC Health, Cincinnati, OH
*Purpose: COVID -19 pandemic presented an unprecedented challenge to health care systems. It disrupted the transplant processes including evaluations, especially in rural or other geographically…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Systemic Venous versus Portal Venous Drainage in Simultaneous Pancreas-kidney Transplantation: A Matched-pair Analysis
B. Sharda
Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston Salem, NC
*Purpose: Portal venous drainage of pancreatic transplant appears more physiologic compared to systemic venous drainage. However, present data does not support the superiority of one…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Epidemiology and Risk Factors for Invasive Fungal Infection in Pancreas Transplant in the Absence of Fungal Prophylaxis
J. Burkey¹, J. M. Chen², A. A. Sharfuddin², M. S. Yaqub², A. J. Lutz², J. A. Powelson², J. A. Fridell², N. Barros²
¹Butler University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Indianapolis, IN, ²Indiana University Health, Indianapolis, IN
*Purpose: Invasive fungal infections (IFI) remain a rare yet dreaded complication following pancreas transplantation. Current guidelines recommend antifungal prophylaxis in patients with 1 or more…
2021 American Transplant Congress
COVID-19 Presentation and Severity Within One Year of Pancreas and Kidney Transplantation
H. Sarumi, J. Fisher, B. Johnson, T. Pruett
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
*Purpose: The current pandemic has created uncertainty of induction regimen impact upon severity of COVID-19 disease. Our experience with COVID-19 infection was reviewed to stratify…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Prevalence of Diabetic Changes on Kidney Allograft Biopsies of Normoglycemic Simultaneous Pancreas-Kidney Transplant Recipients
C. Mejia, G. Giannini, D. C. Brennan, A. Rosenberg, S. Alasfar
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: Small studies suggest that achieving normoglycemia with simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplant (SPK) prevents the development of diabetic nephropathy (DN) among type 1 diabetics (T1DM). However,…
2021 American Transplant Congress
COVID-19 Transmission within One Year from Pancreas and Kidney Recipients
H. Sarumi, J. Fisher, B. Johnson, T. Pruett
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
*Purpose: The current pandemic has created uncertainty surrounding the transmission of COVID-19. It was recently published that in the general population, household contacts have a…