2022 American Transplant Congress
Infections Requiring Hospitalization After Simultaneous Pancreas-Kidney Transplantation Compared to Kidney Transplantation Alone
*Purpose: Although infections related to surgical complications are more common after simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplantation (SPK) compared to kidney transplantation alone (KTA), the burden of infections…2022 American Transplant Congress
Early Experience with 4-drug Maintenance Immunosuppression in Kidney and Pancreas Transplant Recipients
*Purpose: Belatacept based immunosuppression regimens in kidney transplant recipients have been associated with better kidney function, improved metabolic profile, less de novo DSA formation and…2022 American Transplant Congress
Tele-Health Implementation During Covid19 Pandemic in Liver Transplant Population: A Focus on Medication Adherence, Patient Satisfaction, Clinical Outcomes and Possible Cost Impact
*Purpose: The COVID-19 pandemic affected many aspects of health care, including the provision of care in ambulatory care clinics, necessitating the utilization of telehealth. For…2022 American Transplant Congress
Does the New Kidney Transplant Allocation System Impact Delayed Graft Function Rates After Kidney Transplantation?
*Purpose: The Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) implemented a new, distance based, kidney transplant allocation system (nKAS) for recipients of deceased donor kidney transplant…2022 American Transplant Congress
Sodium-Glucose Co-Transporter 2 Inhibitors; Short-Term Outcome in Diabetic Kidney Transplant Recipients
*Purpose: The idea of using SGLT2i in kidney transplant recipients (KTR) is a legitimate one after the recent encouraging data for their use in other…2022 American Transplant Congress
COVID-19 in Solid Organ Transplant: A Global Perspective
ESOT, NHSBT, UNOS, CareDx, South San Francisco, CA
*Purpose: Transplantation has been disrupted dramatically by COVID-19 due to reallocation of healthcare resources and concerns from early reports of increased mortality rates (20-30%) in…2022 American Transplant Congress
HLA Alleles Add to Risk Stratification for CMV Infection in Renal Transplant Recipients
*Purpose: Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is the most common viral infection that occurs after solid organ transplantation. The incidence of CMV infection or disease (I/d) varies based…2022 American Transplant Congress
Favorable Outcomes in Older Recipients Receiving Simultaneous Kidney Pancreas Transplantation
1Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, AZ, 2Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
*Purpose: Improved therapeutic advances in diabetes mellitus care have resulted in a higher number of older diabetics on dialysis. The majority of centers use an…2022 American Transplant Congress
The Evolution of Mortality in Kidney Transplant Recipients at a Single Center in the Era of Covid
University of Utah Health Hospital & Clinics, Salt Lake City, UT
*Purpose: Mortality secondary to COVID-19 infection is significantly higher in solid organ transplant recipients compared to the general population. Limited data exists evaluating the impact…2022 American Transplant Congress
Racial Disparities in Preemptive Kidney Transplantation Beyond Listing Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate
*Purpose: Given recent attention on the impact of the race coefficient in equations for estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) on racial disparities in kidney transplantation,…
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