2020 American Transplant Congress
Measuring and Monitoring Equity in Access to Deceased Donor Lung Transplants among Lung Registrations
*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
Relationship between Tacrolimus Intrapatient Variability and Medication Adherence in Kidney Transplant Recipients
The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH
*Purpose: Intrapatient variability (IPV) has been established as a risk factor for poor post-transplant outcomes. IPV is frequently proposed to be related to nonadherence but…2020 American Transplant Congress
Renal Allograft Surveillance with Allospecific T-cytotoxic Memory Cells Which Express CD154
Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
*Purpose: Allo-antigen-specific T-cytotoxic memory cells (TcM) which express CD40 ligand (CD154) in overnight lymphocyte co-culture are strongly associated with acute cellular rejection (ACR) seen in…2020 American Transplant Congress
Is Total Ischemic Time a Measure of OPTN Efficiency? Monitoring the Impact of Lung Allocation Policy on Ischemic Time
*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
Characterization of Gut Microbiome in Liver Transplant Recipients with Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis
*Purpose: Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and its progressive form non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) is a growing problem globally and recurs even after liver transplant (LT).…2020 American Transplant Congress
Donor-Derived Cell-Free DNA Levels During Early Rejection after Kidney Transplant May Be Impacted by Type of Induction Agent Received
*Purpose: Donor-derived cell-free DNA (dd-cfDNA) is an injury biomarker that detects rejection in kidney transplant recipients (KTR). It is reported as % cfDNA from the…2020 American Transplant Congress
Evaluation of a Surveillance after Prophylaxis Strategy for Cytomegalovirus Prevention in Liver Transplant Recipients
1University of Cincinnati Med Ctr, Cincinnati, OH, 2Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, FL
*Purpose: Despite prophylaxis and preemptive strategies, CMV infection remains a common complication post liver transplant (LT). CMV surveillance after prophylaxis may improve outcomes, but supporting…2020 American Transplant Congress
The Plasma DdcfDNA Level Associates with the Pathological Characteristics in Renal Allograft
Kidney Disease Center, First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
*Purpose: Donor-derived cell-free DNA (ddcfDNA) is a promising biomarker for monitoring the allograft health status, however, its relationship with the pathological characteristics is still elusive.*Methods:…2020 American Transplant Congress
Effectiveness of Preemptive Therapy in the Prevention of Cytomegalovirus (CMV) Disease in High-Risk (Donor Seropositive/Recipient Seronegative) Liver Transplant Recipients
Infectious Disease, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH
*Purpose: Guidelines recommend preemptive therapy (PET) as one strategy for prevention of CMV disease in high risk liver transplant recipients (LTR). However, questions have been…2020 American Transplant Congress
Comparison of Intraoperative Cortical Renal Blood Flow after Reperfusion Using Laser Speckle Flowgraphy Device between Adult and Pediatric Kidney Transplants
Nephrology, Toho University Faculty of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
*Purpose: Laser speckle flowgraphy (LSFG) is a device to monitor cutaneous and ocular fundus blood flow. The aim of this study reveals that the differences…
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