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Articles tagged "Lung"

  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Measuring and Monitoring Equity in Access to Deceased Donor Lung Transplants among Lung Registrations

    R. R. Goff1, E. D. Lease2, S. Sweet3, A. Robinson1, D. Stewart1

    1Research, United Network for Organ Sharing, Richmond, VA, 2University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 3St. Louis Children's Hospital, St. Louis, MO

    *Purpose: In 2018, the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) published a methodology to measure equity in access to deceased donor kidney transplantation that has…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Improved Platelet Sequestration with Humanization of Von Willebrand Factor in Pig Xenogeneic Lung Perfusion Model

    M. R. Connolly1, L. Burdorf1, Z. Abady1, S. Sendil2, E. Redding2, B. Cerel1, S. Pratts1, C. Phelps3, W. Eyestone3, D. Ayares3, A. Azimzadeh1, R. N. Pierson III1

    1Center for Transplantation Sciences, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, 2University of Maryland, Baltimore, Baltimore, MD, 3Revivicor, Blacksburg, VA

    *Purpose: Von Willebrand factor (vWF) is an important element of hemostasis and when activated, mediates platelet adhesion and promotes platelet aggregation under shear stress conditions.…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Effects of Subnormothermic Ex Vivo Lung Perfusion on Inflammatory Injury in a Murine Lung Transplant Model

    J. N. Gloria1, S. J. Kesseli2, J. Yerxa2, M. Zhang2, M. Zhu2, W. Parker2, R. P. Davis2, A. S. Barbas2, M. G. Hartwig3

    1Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, 2Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, 3Department of Thoracic Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC

    *Purpose: Ex vivo lung perfusion (EVLP) has emerged as a technique that safely preserve lungs prior to transplantation. Recent evidence demonstrates increased levels of inflammatory…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Comparative Analysis of Risk Factors and Outcomes in Kidney Transplant Recipients with Lung Cancer and Those with No Malignancy: UNOS Data Set

    H. Patel1, V. Nissaisorakarn2, E. Sula Karrecci1, N. Agrawal1, F. Cardarelli1

    1Transplant Nephrology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, 2Department of Internal Medicine, Metrowest Medical Center, Boston, MA

    *Purpose: Transplant recipients are at increased risk for malignancy. Patients who develop cancer after transplant have worse outcomes, especially those with lung cancer. Transplant-related risk…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Evaluation of SUBA-Itraconazole Use in Lung Transplant Recipients

    J. G. Youssef1, C. Ahmed1, B. J. Pierce2, C. Pham2, F. Ye1, K. Tatum1, S. Yau1, A. Goodarzi1, H. J. Huang1

    1Department of Medicine, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX, 2Department of Pharmacy, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX

    *Purpose: Itraconazole (IT) is commonly used after lung transplant for fungal prophylaxis, particularly in those with a history of skin cancer, concern for Histoplasmosis infection,…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Alternate Triazole Therapy for Breakthrough Invasive Fungal Disease in Lung Transplant Recipients on Triazole Prophylaxis

    A. Abbas, H. Hassouna, F. Marco Canosa, K. D. Brizendine

    Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH

    *Purpose: Invasive fungal diseases (IFD) are a leading cause of infection related morbidity and mortality in lung transplant (LT) recipients. Data regarding outcomes of breakthrough…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Impact of the 2015 LAS Revisions on Lung Candidates with Pulmonary Vascular Disease

    K. Lindblad1, R. Goff1, K. Chan2

    1UNOS, Richmond, VA, 2University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

    *Purpose: On February 19, 2015 a major revision to the Lung Allocation Score (LAS) was implemented with the goal of more accurately reflecting waitlist urgency…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Is Total Ischemic Time a Measure of OPTN Efficiency? Monitoring the Impact of Lung Allocation Policy on Ischemic Time

    A. M. Placona1, R. R. Goff1, P. Shay2, B. Carrico1

    1United Network for Organ Sharing, Richmond, VA, 2Health Administration, Trinity University, San Antonio, TX

    *Purpose: There is concern that the shift to circle based organ allocation policy may increase coordination costs. Within both public comment and the peer reviewed…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Monitoring the Removal of Donation Service Area from Lung Allocation

    R. R. Goff1, R. Daly2, E. D. Lease3

    1Research, United Network for Organ Sharing, Richmond, VA, 2Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, 3University of Washington, Seattle, WA

    *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

    Green Channel of Human Organ Transport (GCHOT) Improved the Utilization Rate of Chinese Citizens’ Donated Lungs: A Single-Center Data Analysis

    J. Chen, X. Li, C. Hu, F. Liu

    Wuxi Lung Transplant Center, Wuxi, China

    *Purpose: Lung transplantation in China has been developing for over forty years. Wuxi lung transplant center has the largest lung transplant (LT) volume nationwide. It…
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