Articles tagged "Pediatric"

2020 American Transplant Congress
New Concept of Liver Transplatation in Pediatric Patient – Up Side Down Metod
P. Dubska, L. Janousek, J. Chlupac, M. Kocik, J. Fronek
Transplantation Surgery, Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Prague, Czech Republic
*Purpose: Liver transplantation (LTx) in pediatrics has become an accepted modality for treatment in end-stage liver disease and irreversible acute liver failure. Left lateral segment…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Transplant Monitoring and PTLD Detection with B Cell Receptor Repertoire Analysis in a Large Prospective Pediatric Cohort
K. Jackson¹, O. Martinez², S. Krams², M. Robien³, M. Lapasaran², B. Armstrong⁴, C. Twist⁵, K. Weinberg⁶, D. Gratzinger¹, B. Tam¹, M. Sever⁴, M. Brown³, D. Bernstein⁶, C. Esquivel², S. D. Boyd¹
¹Department of Pathology, Stanford Univ School of Med, Stanford, CA, ²Department of Surgery/Division of Abdominal Transplantation, Stanford Univ School of Med, Stanford, CA, ³NIAID, NIH, Bethesda, MD, ⁴Rho, Chapel Hill, NC, ⁵Roswell Park, Buffalo, NY, ⁶Department of Pediatrics, Stanford Univ School of Med, Stanford, CA
*Purpose: Post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder (PTLD) remains a serious problem in the pediatric transplant population. The Clinical Trials of Organ Transplantation in Children (CTOT-C)-06 is a…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Association of Congenital Anomalies of the Kidney and Urinary Tract with Urinary Tract Infection and Graft Rejection in Pediatric Kidney Transplant Recipients
M. Bock, D. Han, A. Sikora, K. Mckinnon, S. Hecht, M. Chandran, V. Vemulakonda
Children's Hospital Colorado, Denver, CO
*Purpose: Congenital anomalies of the kidney and urinary tract (CAKUT) are a leading cause of pediatric end-stage renal disease (ESRD). Prior studies have shown an…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Yield and Utility of Surveillance Kidney Biopsies in Pediatric Kidney Transplant Recipients at Various Time Points Post-Transplant
A. Landsberg¹, M. Riazy², T. Blydt-Hansen¹
¹Nephrology, BC Children's Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ²Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada
*Purpose: There lacks consensus regarding the appropriate timing of routine surveillance biopsies (SB) for pediatric kidney transplant recipients. We evaluated the yield of positive biopsy…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Antimicrobial Prophylaxis Post Antibody Mediated Rejection Treatment in Pediatric Kidney Transplant Recipients: Interim Report from the Paramour “PediAtric Renal AMr Outcomes” Study
S. Solomon¹, R. Garro², N. Hayde³, A. Jain⁴, M. Kallash⁵, K. Twombley⁶, I. Ashoor⁷
¹Maria Fareri Children's Hospital, Valhalla, NY, ²Emory University, Atlanta, GA, ³The Children's Hospital at Montefiore, Bronx, NY, ⁴Children's Hospital of Michigan, Detroit, MI, ⁵Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH, ⁶Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ⁷LSU Health New Orleans, New Orleans, LA
*Purpose: Universal guidelines do not exist for post antibody mediated rejection (AMR) treatment antimicrobial prophylaxis (ppx) in pediatric kidney transplant (KT) recipients. We sought to…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Pediatric Liver Transplantation for Metabolic Liver Diseases versus Biliary Atresia: Single Center Experience
A. M. Elsabbagh, K. M. Khan, A. A. Amin, S. S. Kaufman, N. A. Yazigi, T. M. Fishbein
MedStar Georgetown Transplant Institute, Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC
*Purpose: The main indication for LT in children has been biliary atresia (BA). Recent advances in surgical management and the development of new immunosuppressants have…
2020 American Transplant Congress
The Impact of Non-Directed Anonymous Live Liver Donors on the Number of Children on the Waitlist at a Single Pediatric Liver Transplant Center
D. Yoeli¹, M. A. Adams¹, M. E. Wachs¹, S. S. Sundaram², R. A. Choudhury¹, K. D. Conzen¹, J. R. Burton³, E. A. Pomfret¹, W. E. Jackson³
¹Transplant Surgery, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, ²Pediatric Hepatology, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, ³Transplant Hepatology, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO
*Purpose: Since the initiation of our living donor (LD) pediatric liver transplant program in November 2016, 10 non-directed anonymous donors have been approved and completed…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Significance of Pathology in Antibody Mediated Rejection in Pediatric Kidney Transplant Recipients on 1 Year Outcomes: Interim Results of the Paramour “Pediatric Renal AMR Outcomes” Study
I. Ashoor¹, A. Jain², R. Garro³, M. Kallash⁴, S. Soloman⁵, K. Twombley⁶
¹LSUHSC and Children's Hospital New Orleans, New Orleans, LA, ²Children's Hospital of Michigan, Detroit, MI, ³Emory University School of Medicine and Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA, ⁴Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH, ⁵Maria Fareri Children's Hospital at Westchester Medical Center, Valhalla, NY, ⁶Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
*Purpose: Little is known about how pathology findings on biopsy correlate with outcomes in pediatric kidney transplant patients with antibody mediated rejection (AMR). We aimed…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Liver Transplantation for Primary Liver Sarcoma in Children-The US Experience from the Scientific Registry for Transplant Recipients (1988-2018)
A. Amin, K. Soltys, S. Ranganathan, G. Bond, A. Khanna, A. Ganoza, Q. Sun, G. Mazariegos, R. Sindhi
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA
*Purpose: Primary liver sarcomas (PLS) are rare tumors and encompass subtypes with diverse histology and varying outcomes. These subtypes include embryonal sarcoma (ES), rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS),…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Adult Split Liver Transplants Increased after Implementation of a Pediatric Liver Transplant Program
J. Cullen¹, P. Vargas¹, S. Pelletier¹, K. Soltys², S. Rasmussen¹, G. Mazariegos², J. Oberholzer¹, N. Goldaracena¹
¹Surgery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, ²Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
*Purpose: Split liver transplantation (SLT) is a strategy to address organ shortage, but is technically more demanding than whole liver transplants.*Methods: SLTs conducted at a…