2022 American Transplant Congress
Compliance with OPTN Infectious Disease Testing
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
*Purpose: Effective 3/1/21 OPTN policy requires all transplant recipients to have pre-transplant and post-transplant infectious disease testing performed at specific intervals: upon admission and prior…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
Eliminating Hepatitis C Positive Status from Kidney Donor Profile Index (KDPI) Calculations Results in Improved Transplant Rates and Outcomes in an Elderly Veteran Population
*Purpose: Overall mortality on the kidney transplant waiting list is higher for older patients. The average age of waitlisted veteran patients is 64, with patients…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…
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