2022 American Transplant Congress
Performance of Kidney Transplantation in a Resource-Poor Setting of Southeast Nigeria- A Review of the First Ten Cases
*Purpose: To assess complication and survival after performance of kidney transplantation in a resource poor setting in Southeast Nigeria*Methods: A retrospective review of transplant registers…2022 American Transplant Congress
Lung Transplantation For COVID Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome: A Pediatric And Adult Case Series
*Purpose: Lung transplantation (LTx) has been shown to be a viable treatment for irreversible lung disease caused by COVID-19. Given the limited data on the…2022 American Transplant Congress
Comparing Long-Term Outcomes of Steroid-Based versus Steroid-Avoidant Immunosuppression in Pediatric Kidney Transplant Recipients
*Purpose: With increasing use of potent immunosuppressant (IS) medications, steroid-avoidant (SA) regimens are now commonly used for pediatric kidney transplant recipients (pKTs) to avoid potential…2022 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes After Covid-19 Infection in Transplant Recipients
*Purpose: The purpose of this study is to evaluate outcomes of readmission, rejection, graft dysfunction, graft failure, and death in SOT recipients (SOTR) after COVID-19…2022 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes and Complications of Covid-19 in Pediatric Solid Organ Transplant Patients
Department of Surgery, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA
*Purpose: The purpose of the study was to examine the clinical course, outcomes, and complications of COVID-19 in pediatric solid organ transplant patients from a…2022 American Transplant Congress
High-Level Pre-Transplant C-Peptide Among T2d Recipients of Simultaneous Pancreas and Kidney Transplants is Associated with Reduced Pancreatic Graft Function
University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
*Purpose: Among selected patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) and type 2 diabetes (T2DM), simultaneous pancreas and kidney (SPK) transplants can be an effective option,…2022 American Transplant Congress
Renal Function at Five Years from a Randomized Multicenter Trial of Belatacept-Based CNI Free and Early Steroid Withdrawal Immunosuppression
1University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, 2Christ Hospital, Cincinnati, OH
*Purpose: BENEFIT and BENEFIT EXT trials have demonstrated that belatacept-based immunosuppression was associated with improved long term renal allograft function compared to cyclosporine-based immunosuppression. Similar…2022 American Transplant Congress
Monitoring Efficacy of Tocilizumab Treatment for Chronic Antibody Mediated Rejection (cAMR) in Kidney Transplants Using Donor-Derived Cell-Free DNA (dd-cf-DNA)
*Purpose: IL-6/IL-6R have emerged as important targets for treating cAMR. Recent data show that long-term treatment can stabilize eGFR, reduce DSAs and result in a…2022 American Transplant Congress
Portal Vein Thrombosis and DCD Liver Transplantation: Dangerous Combination or Clinical Opportunity?
*Purpose: Individually, recipient portal vein thrombosis (PVT) and donation after circulatory death (DCD) allografts are associated with a higher risk of poor deceased donor liver…2022 American Transplant Congress
Variable Course of Hepatitis A Virus Infection in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients
*Purpose: Although Hepatitis A virus (HAV) infection is typically a self-limited disease in immunocompetent individuals, the natural history and viral kinetics of HAV in solid…
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