Articles tagged "Pediatric"

2019 American Transplant Congress
The High Burden of Vaccine Preventable Infections Following Pediatric Solid Organ Transplant
A. G. Feldman¹, B. L. Beaty², D. Curtis³, E. Juarez-Colunga², A. Kempe⁴
¹Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, ²University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, ³Pediatric Infectious Diseases, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, ⁴Pediatrics, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO
*Purpose: Pediatric transplant recipients are at risk for vaccine preventable infections due to immunosuppression, suboptimal response to vaccines before and after transplant, and potential under-immunization…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Early Outcomes Comparing Two Steroid-Avoidance Protocols in Pediatric Renal Transplantation
D. Puliyanda¹, H. Pizzo¹, N. Rodig², M. Somers²
¹Cedars-Sinai Med Ctr, Los Angeles, CA, ²Pediatric Nephrology, Boston Childrens Hospital, Boston, MA
*Purpose: Steroid-avoidance in pediatric kidney transplants (txs) was found effective and safe with daclizumab induction. Upon daclizumab’s discontinuation, lymphocyte-depleting agents became used in this setting,…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Assessment of the Global Practice of Pediatric Living Donor Liver Transplantation: Comparison of U.S. and International Programs
J. Emamaullee¹, M. Kim¹, C. Conrad¹, C. Lane¹, P. Singh¹, C. Niemann², L. Sher¹, Y. Genyk¹
¹University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, ²University of California-San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
*Purpose: As programs have become more experienced with living donor liver transplantation (LDLT), technical hurdles have been overcome and superior graft and patient survival has…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Subclinical Rejection is Common on Surveillance Biopsies in Children with Kidney Transplant
S. Gattis¹, R. Liverman¹, A. Serluco¹, J. Yin¹, J. Hogan², S. Jernigan², R. George², P. D. Winterberg², R. Garro²
¹Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA, ²Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA
*Purpose: Surveillance biopsies provide the opportunity to identify subclinical rejection and other pathologic changes, yet their utilization varies across pediatric kidney transplant centers. The purpose…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Differences in Graft Survival for Pediatric and Adult Kidney Recipients Followed and Lost to Follow-Up
A. M. Robinson¹, E. K. Hsu², S. M. Bartosh³, D. E. Stewart¹, G. V. Mazariegos⁴
¹United Network for Organ Sharing, Richmond, VA, ²Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA, ³University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, Madison, WI, ⁴Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA
*Purpose: While the majority of kidney transplant recipients are followed by their program, many end up reported to the OPTN as lost to follow-up (LTFU).…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Metabolic Liver Transplant: A Single Cooperative 2002-2017
N. Yazigi¹, K. Chapman²
¹Transplantation, MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, Washigton, DC, ²Transplantation, Children's National Rare Disease Institute, Washington, DC
*Purpose: Liver transplant (LT) can increase quality and quantity of life for patients with inherited metabolic diseases (IMDs) who suffer severe and unpredictable complications despite…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Immunization Status at the Time of Pediatric Liver Transplant: A 1-year Study through The Society of Pediatric Liver Transplantation
A. G. Feldman¹, A. Kempe², B. L. Beaty³, R. Torres¹, D. Curtis⁴, S. S. Sundaram¹
¹Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, ²Pediatrics, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, ³University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, ⁴Pediatric Infectious Diseases, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO
*Purpose: Vaccine preventable infections are a serious and common complication following transplant. Immunizations are a minimally invasive and cost-effective approach to reducing infections. The objectives…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Utilization of Donor Kidneys with Acute Kidney Injury in Pediatric Transplantation
C. S. Hwang¹, B. Tanriover², S. Levea², D. Desai¹, V. Ariyamuthu², P. Vagefi¹, M. MacConmara¹
¹Surgery, UT Southwestern, Dallas, TX, ²Medicine, UT Southwestern, Dallas, TX
*Purpose: Donor kidneys that are otherwise healthy with acute kidney injury (AKI) are increasingly used in adult transplant programs. We sought to examine the experience…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Renal Recovery and Prognostic Factors in Children Following Liver Transplantation
R. Büscher, N. Gantenberg, A. Büscher, E. Lainka, P. Hoyer
Department of Pediatrics II, University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany
*Purpose: Progression to chronic renal disease (CKD) is highly prevalent in adults following liver transplantation (LT) with a profound impact on patient survival, assuming that…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Decreased Rejection and Higher Graft Survival in Pediatric Deceased Donors
P. Budhiraja¹, D. Rotich², J. Mahnken², A. Ilahe¹, A. Naik³, D. Cibrik¹
¹Nephrology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, ²Statistics, University of Kansas, Kansas City, KS, ³Nephrology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
*Purpose:Pediatric donor kidneys are important pool of donor kidneys which despite the early surgical complications have good long-term graft survival.1 We hypothesize that this survival…