Articles tagged "Pediatric"

2020 American Transplant Congress
Transition from Youth to Adult Care of Kidney Transplant Recipients: Single Center Experience
L. Ganesan, A. McGrath, K. Dahl, K. Dinello, A. Fong, L. Maestretti, M. Patton, P. Grimm, A. Chaudhuri
Pediatric Nephrology, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital, Stanford, CA
*Purpose: Transition of transplant recipients from youth to adult care has been a challenge for many. Starting in March 2017, Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital (LPCH)…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Correlation of CMV and EBV DNAemia in the Development of Invasive Fungal Disease among Pediatric Intestinal and Liver Transplant Recipients
B. M. Chatani¹, J. Garcia², T. Beduschi³, A. Tekin³, R. Vianna³, I. A. Gonzalez¹
¹Pediatric Infectious Disease, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, ²Pediatric Gastroenterology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, ³Miami Transplant Institute, Miami, FL
*Purpose: Invasive fungal disease (IFD) among pediatric solid organ transplant recipients is a relatively rare event, however often results in death. There are many factors…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Marginal Livers Have Excellent Outcomes in Pediatric Patients with Metabolic Liver Disease
M. MacConmara, C. Feizpour, D. Desai, S. Hanish, P. Vagefi, A. Aqul, C. S. Hwang
UT Southwestern, Dallas, TX
*Purpose: Pediatric patients with metabolic diseases are listed so that livers are preferentially allocated to them, having the option of receiving a very high quality…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Epidemiology of EBV Infection and EBV Load Kinetics after Pediatric Living Donor Liver Transplantation
M. Yamada, A. Fukuda, M. Ogura, S. Shimizu, Y. Ishikawa, F. Kawano, H. Uchida, M. Takeda, Y. Yanagi, S. Sakamoto, M. Kasahara, K. Imadome
National Center for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan
*Purpose: Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is a ubiquitous virus that infects more than 90% of adult population worldwide. EBV infection after pediatric liver transplantation (LT) accounts…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Pediatric National Liver Review Board: Impact on Children on the Waitlist
J. Foutz¹, S. Noreen¹, E. Hsu², E. Perito³, G. Mazariegos⁴
¹United Network for Organ Sharing, Richmond, VA, ²Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA, ³UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital, San Francisco, CA, ⁴Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA
*Purpose: On 5/14/19 changes were made to the exceptions review process for pediatric liver transplant candidates, with transition from 11 Regional Review Boards to one…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Incidence and Risks Factors of Kidney Allograft Loss Due to BK Virus in Pediatric Population: UNOS Data Set
H. Patel¹, K. Agrawal¹, A. Pawar¹, N. Rodig², N. Agrawal¹, F. Cardarelli¹
¹Transplant Nephrology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, ²Nephrology (Medicine), Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA
*Purpose: BK virus infection can lead to graft dysfunction and loss in kidney transplant patients. Incidence and prevalence of BK Viremia (BKV) and BK Virus…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Health Mindsets Can Influence Psychosocial Ratings in Pediatric Renal Transplant Patients
R. Wright, A. Gallo, L. Maestretti, C. Mueller
Surgery, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
*Purpose: There is a large body of research which shows psychological states can influence health and behavioral outcomes, yet in clinical practice, psychosocial states are…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Liver Transplantation in Locally Unresectable, Undifferentiated Embryonal Cell Sarcoma
B. I. Babu, D. L. Bigam, K. Z. Dajani, J. A. Shapiro, N. Kneteman
General Surgery ( HPB & Transplant), University of Alberta Hospital, Edmonton, AB, Canada
*Purpose: Undifferentiated Embryonal Cell Sarcoma (UESL) of the liver is the third most common malignant liver disease of childhood presenting as a rapidly enlarging intra-abdominal…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Mass Cytometry-Based Immunoprofiling as a Tool to Predict Rejection in a Large Cohort of Pediatric Transplant Recipients
M. Rao¹, J. T. Harden², M. Lapasaran², C. O. Esquivel³, O. M. Martinez², S. M. Krams²
¹Pediatrics, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, ²Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, ³Surgery and Pediatrics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA
*Purpose: Rejection remains a serious problem in the pediatric transplant population. Early detection remains a challenge; furthermore, the changes in immune makeup which accompany rejection…
2020 American Transplant Congress
C-Reactive Protein 1-Year Post-Transplant is Associated with Future Development of Coronary Artery Vasculopathy and Rejection in a Pediatric Heart Transplant Cohort
H. J. Tadros, A. H. Bashir, F. J. Fricker, B. A. Pietra, D. Gupta
Congenital Heart Center/Pediatrics, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
*Purpose: Coronary artery vasculopathy (CAV) is one of the leading causes of mortality beyond 3y post-transplant (OHT). Multiple risk factors are associated with development of…