Articles tagged "Monitoring"

2022 American Transplant Congress
Long-Term Outcomes for Living Kidney Donors with Early Guideline-Concordant Follow-Up Care
A. Dhalla¹, A. Lloyd², K. L. Lentine³, A. X. Garg⁴, R. R. Quinn¹, P. Ravani¹, S. W. Klarenbach², B. R. Hemmelgarn², U. Ibelo¹, N. N. Lam¹
¹Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ²Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ³Center for Abdominal Transplantation, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO, ⁴Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Western University, London, ON, Canada
*Purpose: Current guidelines recommend that living kidney donors receive annual lifelong follow-up to monitor kidney health. It is unclear whether early guideline-concordant care is associated…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Early Evaluation Of The Impact Of Change In UNet Organ Refusal Code Reasons On Us Transplant Center Organ Offers
S. Noreen¹, C. Martinez¹, S. Mohan², K. McCharen¹, A. Placona¹, R. Patzer³
¹United Network for Organ Sharing, Richmond, VA, ²Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, ³Emory University, Atlanta, GA
*Purpose: On December 2, 2021 a new set of organ refusal codes was implemented in DonorNet. These new codes were meant to provide more relevant…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Establishing a Framework for Long-Term Follow-Up: A Survey of Perspectives and Preferences of Living Kidney Donors
S. K. Singh¹, N. Caton², O. Johnston², C. S. Hanson³, A. Dominello³, K. Yetzer⁴, D. Chang², A. Tong³, J. S. Gill²
¹Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ³Sydney School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia, ⁴Canadian Blood Services, Ottawa, ON, Canada
*Purpose: There is currently no established standard for long-term follow-up of living kidney donors in Canada. To inform a new national standard, we sought to…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Real-Life Tacrolimus Levels Are Associated with Biopsy-Proven Acute Rejection After the First Year Post-Kidney Transplantation
S. Meziyerh, T. van Gelder, D. van der Helm, P. J. van der Boog, J. W. de Fijter, D. J. Moes, A. P. de Vries
LUMC, Leiden, Netherlands
*Purpose: Evidence to recommend specific target concentrations for immunosuppression beyond the first year of kidney transplantation (KT) is limited. We correlated real-life exposure data of…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Creating a Workflow for the Electronic Medical Record Allows Living Donor Liver Transplantation Programs to Track Candidates and Identify Areas for Optimization
A. Liapakis¹, R. Batra¹, E. Cohen², D. Haakinson¹, M. Schilsky¹, K. Ventura², D. Mulligan¹
¹Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, ²Yale New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT
*Purpose: To provide a pathway to increase living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) opportunities through creation of a simple workflow algorithm embedded within the EPIC electronic…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Measurement of Physical Activity and Frailty in the Early Post-Operative Period After Liver Transplant Surgery: Single-Center Pilot Study Using Fitbit Watch
T. Shamaa, L. Allenspach, O. Shamaa, S. Shimada, C. Crombez, O. Hage-Hassan, T. Kitajima, S. Yeddula, I. Bajjoka, K. Collins, M. Rizzari, A. Yoshida, M. Abouljoud, S. Nagai
Henry Ford Transplant Institute, Detroit, MI
*Purpose: Robust physical activity after liver transplant (LT) is an important determinant of long-term health. Patient and providers assessments of perioperative physical activity do not…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Discordant Histological Findings During Acute Rejection in a Combined Face and Hand Transplant Recipient
O. C. Onuh¹, J. Trilles¹, W. J. Rifkin¹, H. Brydges¹, B. F. Chaya¹, R. Rodriguez Colon¹, D. Boczar¹, D. J. Ceradini¹, E. D. Rodriguez¹, B. E. Gelb²
¹Hansjörg Wyss Department of Plastic Surgery, NYU Langone Health, New York, NY, ²Transplant Institute, NYU Langone Health, New York, NY
*Purpose: The purpose of this study is to evaluate histologic findings in a face and bilateral hand transplant recipient that was monitored with multi-site allograft…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Critical Care of the Brain-Dead Recipient of a Pig-to-Human Renal Transplant
G. L. Piper¹, P. Sommer², J. M. Stern¹, B. Sullivan¹, E. Weldon¹, N. Lawson¹, B. Lonze¹, R. Dieter², G. Boulton¹, R. Montgomery¹
¹NYU Langone Transplant Institute, New York, NY, ²NYU Langone Health, New York, NY
*Purpose: The care of a brain dead (BD) patient undergoing xenotransplantation in a non-clinical environment poses unique challenges. Selection of an appropriate decedent, stabilization of…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Circulating Donor-Derived Cell-Free DNA: A Novel Non-Invasive Biomarker for Immune Surveillance in Vascularized Composite Allotransplantation
W. J. Rifkin¹, J. Trilles¹, P. S. Rabbani¹, O. C. Onuh¹, B. E. Gelb², D. J. Ceradini¹, E. D. Rodriguez¹
¹Hansjörg Wyss Department of Plastic Surgery, NYU Langone Health, New York, NY, ²Transplant Institute, NYU Langone Health, New York, NY
*Purpose: The purpose of this study is to evaluate whether circulating donor-derived cell-free DNA (dd-cfDNA) could be used as a noninvasive biomarker to detect rejection…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Clinical Validation of Automated Urinary Chemokine Assays for Non-Invasive Detection of Kidney Transplant Rejection: A Large Prospective Cohort Study
E. Van Loon¹, C. Tinel¹, J. Callemeyn¹, M. Coemans¹, A. Van Craenenbroeck¹, T. Vaulet², D. Anglicheau³, M. Naesens¹
¹Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, ²ESAT STADIUS Center for Dynamical Systems, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, ³Department of Nephrology and Kidney Transplantation, Necker Hospital, Paris, France
*Purpose: Non-invasive diagnostic markers for kidney transplant rejection can provide useful information but often do not reach the clinical implementation stage. The chemokines CXCL9 and…

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