2020 American Transplant Congress
Monitoring the Removal of Donation Service Area from Lung Allocation
*Purpose: In 2017 the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) altered US lung allocation policy by replacing the donor service area (DSA) with a 250…2020 American Transplant Congress
Has Every Possible Life Been Saved?: Rummaging Through the Discard Heap
*Purpose: To determine the reasons that deceased donor organs were allocated but not transplanted (TXP) in a large organ procurement organization (OPO).*Methods: All organs allocated…2020 American Transplant Congress
Development and Impact of DSA after Lung Transplant
*Purpose: Antibody-mediated rejection (AMR) after lung transplant (LT) is a serious complication, potentially leading to graft failure despite advances in drug therapy. Diagnosis and treatment…2020 American Transplant Congress
Medication Adherence in Thoracic Transplant Candidates
*Purpose: Medication non-adherence is associated with poor outcomes in transplant recipients. It can be challenging to identify candidates at risk for medication non-adherence. The simplified…2020 American Transplant Congress
Invasive Aspergillosis in Lung Transplant Recipients with Aspergillus Colonization Beyond One Year after Transplant
University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada
*Purpose: Antifungal prophylaxis is recommended for Aspergillus colonization within a year in lung transplant recipients (LTRs) to prevent invasive aspergillosis (IA). However, the rate of…2020 American Transplant Congress
Donor Lung Travel Distance and Time
1Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, 2SRTR, Minneapolis, MN, 3University of Washington, Seattle, WA
*Purpose: With the policy change from donation service area (DSA) to 250 nautical miles (NM) as the first unit of US lung allocation, distances between…2020 American Transplant Congress
Phage Therapy for Mycobacterium Abscessus (Mab) Infection after Lung Transplant (LT)
*Purpose: LT recipients with Mab infections have poor outcomes. We describe a patient with refractory Mab infection treated with mycobacteriophage therapy.*Methods: A 56-year-old woman with…2020 American Transplant Congress
First Report of Successful CD38-Antagonist Daratumumab Augmented Carfilzomib-Based Treatment of Refractory Definite AMR of the Lung Allograft
1AdventHealth, Orlando, FL, 2University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
*Purpose: Antibody-mediated rejection (AMR) after lung transplant (LT) is associated with early progressive chronic lung allograft dysfunction (CLAD) and death. Therapeutic regimens remain poorly evaluated.…2020 American Transplant Congress
Changes in Health-Related Quality of Life During the First Year in Lung Transplantation Recipients
Lung Transplant Center, Wuxi People’s Hospital, Wuxi, China
*Purpose: This longitudinal study was conducted to recognize the tracks of HRQOL during the first year after transplantation and the main factors associated with HRQOL…2020 American Transplant Congress
Safety and Efficacy of Prophylactic Valganciclovir Dosing after Solid Organ Transplant
Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL
*Purpose: At centers where antiviral prophylaxis is used after solid organ transplant, valganciclovir is administered for the prevention of cytomegalovirus (CMV). At Loyola University Medical…
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