2019 American Transplant Congress
Lung Transplantation in the Elderly Patients with Multi-Comorbidities
Temple University Health System / Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
*Purpose: Recently there is an outstanding steadily increase in elderly patients above 70 years old who are referred to our center as potential candidates for…2018 American Transplant Congress
EVLP on Donor Lungs: National Trends and Outcomes
Purpose: The OPTN/UNOS added fields to the deceased donor registration form on 3/31/2015 to capture the intent to utilize ex vivo lung perfusion (EVLP) on…2018 American Transplant Congress
Ex Vivo Lung Perfusion Using the Portable OCS Maintains Endothelial Integrity in the Context of Reduced Severe PGD Rates
PurposeThe INSPIRE trial revealed significant reduction of PGD grade 3, i.e. less ischemia reperfusion injury (IRI) using the Organ Care System (OCS) compared to controls…2018 American Transplant Congress
Surveillance for Mycoplasma/Ureaplasma Infection in Lung Transplant Recipients (LTRs)
University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
Introduction: An association with Ureplasma urealyticum, Ureaplasma parvum and Mycoplasma hominis infections has been proposed to play a causative role in hyperammonemia syndrome (HS), a…2018 American Transplant Congress
A Cost Analysis on Normothermic Machine Perfusion at a Single Center
General Surgery, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH.
INTRODUCTION: Normothermic machine perfusion (NMP) for liver transplantation is a novel and promising technique.One of the concerns related to its usage is the high cost.The…2018 American Transplant Congress
Increase in Potentially Resistant Non-Aspergillus Molds Isolated in Lung Transplant Recipients after Voriconazole and Posaconazole Prophylaxis
Background: Lung transplant recipients are at higher risk for invasive fungal infections compared to other solid organs transplant patients. Antifungal prophylaxis with mold-active azoles has…2018 American Transplant Congress
NK Cells with a Lung-Resident Phenotype Represent the Most Prominent Donor Passenger Leukocyte Subset after Clinical Lung Transplantation
ObjectivesDonor passenger leukocytes in peripheral blood of recipients after lung transplantation have been described long time ago. However, kinetics, distribution of T vs. NK cells,…2018 American Transplant Congress
Primary Oral Vancomycin Prophylaxis Reduces the Incidence of Clostridium difficile Infection among Lung Transplant Recipients
Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH.
Purpose: To determine the efficacy of primary oral vancomycin prophylaxis in reducing the incidence of Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) in the early post-op period among…2018 American Transplant Congress
Prospective Trial Using Pulmonary Rehabilitation to Treat Frailty
Background: Frailty is a novel risk factor to potential lung transplant candidates and recipients associated with excess morbidity and mortality. Limited data is available on…2018 American Transplant Congress
CXCR4 Inhibition Improves Donor Leukocyte Depletion during Ex Vivo Lung Perfusion
Surgery, Duke University, Durham, NC.
Background: Ex vivo lung perfusion (EVLP) has emerged as a modern preservation technique, developed to evaluate candidate donor lungs in a normothermic and metabolically active…
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