Articles tagged "Pediatric"

2022 American Transplant Congress
BiomarkeR Initiative to Advance Transplantation OutcomEs in Children (BRITE-c) Analysis
M. E. Seifert¹, L. Sheward², A. Kho², N. Rodig², V. Dharnidharka³, M. Diehl², R. B. Mannon⁴, O. Bestard⁵, T. Blydt-Hansen⁶, D. M. Briscoe²
¹University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL, ²Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, ³St Louis Children's Hospital, St Louis, MO, ⁴University of Nebraska, Omaha, NE, ⁵Bellvitge University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain, ⁶BC Childrens, Vancouver, BC, Canada
*Purpose: Recent studies indicate that 25-36% of clinically stable pediatric renal transplant recipients will have subclinical rejection detected on surveillance biopsy. These findings highlight a…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Is Abo Incompatible Living Donor Liver Transplantation Really a Good Alternative for Pediatric Recipients?
C. de Magnée¹, L. Brunée¹, R. Tambucci¹, A. Pire¹, I. Scheers², E. Sokal², P. Baldin³, F. Zech⁴, S. Eeckhoudt⁵, R. Reding¹, X. Stephenne²
¹Pediatric Surgery and Transplantation Unit, Cliniques Universitaires St Luc, Brussels, Belgium, ²Pediatric Gastroenterology And Hepatology division, Cliniques Universitaires St Luc, Brussels, Belgium, ³Pathology department, Cliniques Universitaires St Luc, Brussels, Belgium, ⁴Institute of Experimental and Clinical Research, Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium, ⁵Laboratoire Hospitalier Universitaire de Bruxelles, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
*Purpose: ABO incompatible (ABOi) living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) has been proposed to compensate for donor shortage. To date, few studies have reported detailed ABOi…
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Portal Vein Challenges in Pediatric Liver Transplantation: The Utility of Interposition Grafts as an Acceptable Management Strategy
K. Etesami¹, R. Hogen², J. Cervantes³, Y. Kwon⁴, S. Zielsdorf³, J. Emamaullee³, Y. Genyk³
¹Surgery, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, ²University of Southern California, West Hollywood, CA, ³University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, ⁴Hepatobiliary and Abdominal Transplant Surgery, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: Portal vein (PV) anomalies and portal vein thrombosis (PVT) can present as challenging cases in the pediatric cohort, necessitating analysis and an algorithmic approach.*Methods:…
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The US Kidney Allocation System Should Not Allocate En Bloc Kidneys from Deceased Donors < 18 Kg as Equivalent to Top 20% KDPI Single Kidneys
W. F. Parker¹, A. Gallo², L. Ross¹
¹University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, ²Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
*Purpose: In December 2020, the US Kidney Allocation System (KAS) revised the allocation rules for deceased donors under 18 kg, stating that both kidneys must…
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Survival Benefit of Early Kidney Transplantation in Infants and Toddlers
S. J. Kizilbash¹, M. Evans², D. Vock², B. Chavers³
¹University of MInnesota, Minneapolis, MN, ²University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, ³Division of Nephrology, Minneapolis, MN
*Purpose: The 1-year mortality in children with end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) has been the highest among infants and toddlers. The objective of this study was…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Lung Transplantation For COVID Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome: A Pediatric And Adult Case Series
C. Arendale¹, D. Kumar², P. S. Garcha³, C. Kutac⁴, G. Loor¹, A. Rana¹, J. Goss¹, N. Galvan¹
¹Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, ²Department of Biochemistry, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, ³Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, ⁴Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center, Houston, TX
*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…
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Identifying Predictors of Pediatric Heart Only versus Combined Heart-Liver Transplantation
K. Zhang, S. Chen, A. Syed, A. Gallo, C. Esquivel, C. Bonham, S. Hollander, M. Ma, J. Han, N. Ebel
Stanford University, Stanford, CA
*Purpose: A standardized protocol to identify which patients with Fontan failure require combined heart liver transplant (cHLT) versus isolated heart transplant (HT) has not yet…
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Benefits and Risks of Induction Immunosuppression Therapy in Pediatric Liver Transplantation
T. Bittermann, P. Abt
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
*Purpose: To investigate trends in induction therapy use in pediatric liver transplantation (LT) in the U.S. and evaluate the potential benefits and risks of induction…
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Treatment Modality and Outcomes of Antibody-Mediated Rejection in Pediatric Kidney Transplant Recipients: The PARAMOUr Study
R. Engen¹, A. Jain², N. Hayde³, A. Mansuri⁴, M. Kallash⁵, S. McEwen⁶, R. Garro⁷, C. Peterson⁸, R. Zahr⁹, L. Harshman¹⁰, D. Puliyanda¹¹, S. Solomon¹², K. Twombley¹³, I. Ashoor¹⁴
¹Pediatrics, University of Wisconsin Madison, Madison, WI, ²Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, ³Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, NY, ⁴Augusta University, Augusta, GA, ⁵The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, ⁶University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, ⁷Emory University, Atlanta, GA, ⁸University of Utah Health, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁹The University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, ¹⁰University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, ¹¹Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, ¹²New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY, ¹³Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ¹⁴Louisiana State University, New Orleans, LA
*Purpose: Antibody-mediated rejection (AMR) is the leading cause of graft failure in kidney transplantation, but evidence for effective treatments is limited.*Methods: PARAMOUr is a retrospective…
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En-Bloc Kidney Transplantation in Children Over a 33-year Period in USA – A Comparative Study
P. Gogalniceanu¹, I. D. Kostakis², P. Chandak³, G. Papadakis⁴, J. Stojanovic⁵, F. Calder⁴, I. Loukopoulos⁴, N. Kessaris⁴
¹Abdominal Transplant Surgery, Guy's Hospital, London, London, United Kingdom, ²Department of HPB Surgery and Liver Transplantation, Royal Free Hospital, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom, ³Transplantation, Guy's and St Thomas Hospitals NHS Trust and King's College London, London, United Kingdom, ⁴Guy's Hospital, London, United Kingdom, ⁵Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, United Kingdom
*Purpose: En-bloc kidney transplantation is not commonly performed due to scarcity of such organs as well as due to potential technical and thrombotic problems. We…