2019 American Transplant Congress
Organ Donation Survey among Health Care Professionals in Argentina
*Purpose: Our objective was to survey health care professionals (HCPs) responsible for the care of potential organ donors (PODs) on attitude toward organ donation, knowledge…2019 American Transplant Congress
Success in Lung Transplantation Outcomes after Receiving a Standardized Desensitization Therapy
*Purpose: With a goal to develop a safe, effective, and consistent approach to desensitization therapy using IVIg in lung transplant (LuT), we instituted a standard…2019 American Transplant Congress
Flow Cytometric Analysis of Leukocyte Migration during Ex Vivo Lung Perfusion with CXCR4 Inhibition
1General Surgery, Duke University, Durham, NC, 2Thoracic Surgery, Duke University, Durham, NC
*Purpose: Ex vivo lung perfusion (EVLP) has emerged as a preservation technique utilized to evaluate candidate donor lungs in a metabolically active state. This also…2019 American Transplant Congress
Treatment of Pseudomonas Infection with Beta-Lactams Including Ceftolozane-Tazobactam in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients
*Purpose: Ceftolozane/Tazobactam (CT) is a potent anti-pseudomonal agent with broad gram-negative activity. Our academic medical center recommends the use of CT for patients with a…2019 American Transplant Congress
Immediate Post-Operative Extubation Decreases Pulmonary Complications in Liver Transplant Patients
Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI
*Purpose: Patients undergoing liver transplantation (LT) have traditionally remained intubated in the early postoperative period. Recently, early extubation and fast track anesthesia (strategy for rapid…2019 American Transplant Congress
Impact of the 2013 Change in Definition of Increased Risk Donors on Lung Transplant Outcomes
*Purpose: The definition for donors at “increased risk” for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis B (HBV), and hepatitis C (HCV) was updated in 2013 from…2019 American Transplant Congress
The Impact Of Early Statin Use Following Lung Transplantation On The Development Of Bronchiolitis Obliterans Syndrome
*Purpose: Conflicting data exists on the effect of statin therapy on the development of bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome (BOS) following lung transplantation, and limited literature is…2019 American Transplant Congress
Simulation of DSA-Free Lung Allocation
*Purpose: In November 2017, the OPTN Executive Committee removed donation service area (DSA) as the first unit of adult donor lung allocation, replacing it with…2019 American Transplant Congress
Simulation vs. Reality: 250NM as First Unit of Lung Allocation
*Purpose: In November 2017, the OPTN Executive Committee removed donation service area as the first unit of donor allocation, replacing it with a circle of…2019 American Transplant Congress
Pediatric Heart and Lung Graft Loss during the “High-Risk Age Window”
*Purpose: Pediatric kidney transplant recipients experience a high-risk age window of increased graft loss during late adolescence and early adulthood (17-24 years), termed emerging adulthood.…
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