Articles tagged "Pediatric"

2021 American Transplant Congress
The Use of Donor Derived Cell Free DNA in Children to Monitor Therapy of Kidney Rejection
A. Al-Uzri, M. Wright, K. Clark, R. Jenkins
Oregon Health & Science Univ, Portland, OR
*Purpose: Elevated donor-derived cell-free DNA (dd-cfDNA) in the presence of HLA donor-specific antibodies (DSA) are shown to correlate with acute antibody-mediated rejection (AMR) in adult…
2021 American Transplant Congress
En Bloc Kidney Transplantation from Pediatrics Weighing Less Than 5 Kg: Single Center Analysis of 31 Cases
Z. Wang¹, X. Zeng², Q. Xia², J. Peng², H. Xiao², J. Liu², H. Li²
¹Urology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Union Hospital, Wuhan, China, ²Urology, Union Hospital, Wuhan, China
*Purpose: Very low bodyweight pediatrics are rarely chosen as donors because of potential higher risk for complications such as early allograft thrombosis, and possible latter…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Pediatric Living Donor Liver Transplant Center Volume on Waiting List and Post-Transplant Outcomes
D. Yoeli, R. A. Choudhury, H. B. Moore, T. L. Nydam, M. E. Wachs, E. A. Pomfret, M. A. Adams
Transplant Surgery, University of Colorado School of Medicine and Children’s Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO
*Purpose: The aim of this study was to compare pediatric liver transplant (pLT) waiting list and post-transplant outcomes by center pediatric living donor liver transplant…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Are All DSA’s the Same? Are We Ready for Precision Medicine in Pediatric LT?
S. E. Shin¹, M. Lee¹, N. Yazigi², K. Khan², S. Kaufman², J. Ahn³, O. Timofeeva⁴, U. Ekong²
¹Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC, ²Medstar Georgetown Transplant Institute, Medstar Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC, ³Biostatistics, Bioinformatics, & Biomathematics, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, ⁴Histocompatibility Laboratory, Dept. of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Georgetown University, Washington, DC
*Purpose: Donor-specific antibodies (DSA) play an uncertain role in rejection after liver transplantation (LT). We hypothesized that evaluation of epitope differences in HLA-DR/DQ mismatching can…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Graft Loss in Adolescent and Young Adult Generation After Pediatric Kidney Transplantation: A Single Center Experience in Japan
Y. Aoki, Y. Hamasaki, M. Muramatsu, J. Hashimoto, M. Kubota, S. Shishido, K. Sakai
Nephrology, Toho University Faculty of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
*Purpose: Kidney transplant recipients of all ages may have difficulty adhering to a strict treatment plan, adolescents and young adults are at particularly high risk…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Nutrition, Body Habitus, and Food Insecurity, in Pediatric Kidney Transplant Recipients
A. Wilkerson¹, J. Figueroa¹, C. Kang¹, R. Garro², M. Kamel¹, R. P. George²
¹Emory University, Atlanta, GA, ²Emory University and Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA
*Purpose: Appropriate nutrition and physical activity are critical for optimal post-transplant recovery and long term outcomes, especially in pediatric populations. Both malnutrition and obesity are…
2021 American Transplant Congress
One-Year Monitoring of Changes to Kidney-Pancreas Waiting Time Criteria: An OPTN Analysis
R. C. Forbes¹, B. Plucinski², J. White², N. T. Kyaw², R. Kandaswamy³, S. V. Niederhaus⁴
¹Surgery, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, ²UNOS, Richmond, VA, ³Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, ⁴Surgery, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: In 2018, the OPTN board approved changes to kidney-pancreas (KP) waiting time criteria. KP candidates accrued waiting time if they were (1) on insulin…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Utility of Follow-up Biopsies After Acute Rejection in Pediatric Kidney Transplantation
S. S. Raza¹, V. Hauptfeld-Dolejsek¹, F. Rosenblum¹, E. C. Mroczek-Musulman², D. R. Kelly², M. Seifert¹
¹Department of Nephrology, UAB School of Medicine, Birmingham, AL, ²Children’s of Alabama, Birmingham, AL
*Purpose: Treatment of acute kidney transplant rejection in children is often guided by creatinine-based estimates of GFR (eGFR) that may lack sensitivity to determine the…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Cost Effectiveness Analysis Comparing Treatments of Biliary Strictures in Pediatric Liver Transplant Patients
B. Whitehead¹, C. Lemoine², R. Superina², J. Green³, S. Mohammad¹
¹Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL, ²Division of Transplant Surgery, Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL, ³Division of Interventional Radiology, Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: Biliary strictures are associated with significant morbidity after pediatric liver transplantation. There are two main treatment options which are percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography (PTC) and…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Growing Up During the Pandemic: A New Look for Transitioning to Adult Transplant Care
M. M. Chandran, E. Blanchette, A. Sikora, M. Bisek, E. S. Christofferson, M. Bock
Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO
*Purpose: Adolescent and young adult (AYA) recipients of solid organ transplants (SOT) are confronted with a unique set of life stressors that may negatively impact…