2022 American Transplant Congress
Very Small Pediatric Donors May Help Address the Sex Disparity in Access to Kidney Transplantation
UC Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA
*Purpose: Women with end-stage renal disease have lower access to deceased donor kidney transplantation than men. Expanding the donor pool to include kidneys from very…2022 American Transplant Congress
Prospective Evaluation of Donor-Derived Cell-Free DNA (dd-cfDNA) in Monitoring Response to Anti-Rejection Treatment in Kidney Transplant Recipients with Indication Biopsy
*Purpose: Donor-derived cell-free DNA (dd-cfDNA) is a marker of allograft injury in kidney transplant recipients (KTR). Little is known about the possible use of dd-cfDNA…2022 American Transplant Congress
Evaluation of a Change in Pharmacy Discharge Medication Education for Kidney Transplant Recipients
*Purpose: To evaluate if modification of pharmacy discharge education for kidney transplant recipients contributed to a decreased length of hospital stay (LOS) post-transplant.*Methods: This was…2022 American Transplant Congress
A Novel Mismatch That Modulates the Innate Alloresponse Risk Stratifies Renal Transplant Patients
Thomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute, UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA
*Purpose: Donor polymorphism in the gene encoding signal regulatory protein alpha (SIRPα) is a key modulator of the recipient’s innate alloresponse. Here, we investigated the…2022 American Transplant Congress
Longitudinal Mortality Risks and Renal Functional Outcomes in Living Kidney Donors
*Purpose: Previous studies have suggested that living kidney donors do not have a higher risk of death or end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) than the general…2022 American Transplant Congress
Living Related Kidney Donation for Alport Syndrome Spectrum: Long-Term Outcomes
*Purpose: Data to guide the evaluation of living related donor (LRD) candidates for kidney transplant recipients with Alport syndrome (AS) spectrum are limited. We examined…2022 American Transplant Congress
Transplant Coordinator Time Saved (TCTS) Through a Hybrid On Call Team for Deceased Donor Kidney and Pancreas Transplant Organ Offers
Division of Kidney and Pancreas Transplantation, UC Irvine, Orange, CA
*Purpose: The purpose of this analysis was to estimate transplant coordinator time saved (TCTS) through the implementation of a hybrid on call team. Historically, transplant…2022 American Transplant Congress
Evaluation of Diabetes-Free Life Expectancy Among Living Kidney Donors and Non-Donors with Obesity: A Longitudinal Cohort Study
*Purpose: The growing end stage kidney disease burden paired with substantial rates of obesity in the United States (US) has prompted increased approval of obese…2022 American Transplant Congress
The New Heart Allocation Policy Has Increased Listing by Exception
*Purpose: The new heart allocation policy (October 2018) expanded the number of listing statuses and established a national review board for exception requests in an…2022 American Transplant Congress
Metabolic Outcomes After Pancreas Transplant Alone from Donation After Circulatory Death Donor – The UK Registry Analysis
*Purpose: Extrapolating data from early DCD (donation after circulatory death) kidney transplantation, pancreas transplants from DCD grafts were feared to have worse metabolic outcomes. Hence,…
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