2019 American Transplant Congress
Donor Derived Tuberculosis in Solid Organ Transplantation in the United States: 10 Years of UNOS Ad Hoc Disease Transmission Advisory Committee Experience
1DTAC, Richmond, VA, 2UNOS, Richmond, VA
*Purpose: Mycobacterium tuberculosis can be transmitted via organ donation. Failure to recognize tuberculosis (TB) may result in significant morbidity and mortality. Currently, donor screening for…2019 American Transplant Congress
Direct Oral Anticoagulants: An Evaluation of the Safety and Efficacy in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients
Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, FL
*Purpose: The use of direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) has not been fully adopted by the solid organ transplant (SOT) community due to factors including, fluctuating…2019 American Transplant Congress
Real-Life Food Safety Behavior and Incidence of Food-Borne Infections in Solid-Organ Transplant Recipients
*Purpose: Specific food safety measures are highly recommended in solid-organ transplant (SOT) recipients. However, the actual adherence of patients in real life and the impact…2019 American Transplant Congress
The Incidence of Fungal Infections in Pancreas Transplant Recipients in the Absence of Systemic Antifungal Prophylaxis
*Purpose: Fungal infections after pancreas transplantation have been associated with morbidity and mortality, therefore transplant centers may elect to use systemic perioperative antifungal prophylaxis (ppx).…2019 American Transplant Congress
Torque Teno Virus is a Prognostic Biomarker for Acute Biopsy-Proven Alloreactivity in Kidney Transplants
*Purpose: Drug-induced immunosuppression in kidney transplantation is crucial to prevent allograft rejection, but increases risk for infectious, cardiovascular and malignant disease. Tailoring of immunosuppressive drug…2019 American Transplant Congress
Whole Body CT Imaging in Deceased Donor Screening
*Purpose: Using older (extended criteria) donors to increase the donor pool increases the risk of malignancies in the donor. Our aim was to analyze the…2019 American Transplant Congress
Individualized Preconditioning for ABO-Incompatible Living Donor Kidney Transplantation: An Initial Report of 48 Cases from China
*Purpose: Typically, the majority of centres that perform ABO incompatible (ABOi) kidney transplantation use fixed preconditioning protocols regardless of the initial titer. As experience in…2019 American Transplant Congress
Organ Vigilance in Germany: Malignancy Transmission from Organ Donor to Recipient
German Foundation for Organtransplantation, Frankfurt, Germany
*Purpose: Vigilance monitoring after organ transplantation includes Serious Adverse Events (SAE) and Serious Adverse Reactions (SAR). SAE describe findings in the donor after transplant that…2019 American Transplant Congress
Changing Education Paradigms: Training Fellows for High Stake Procedures
*Purpose: Living kidney donation is unique, as healthy patients are placed at risks inherent with major surgery without physical benefit. The procedure receives intense scrutiny…2019 American Transplant Congress
Near-Miss Events during Donor Left Liver Lobe Hepatectomy: A Potential Quality-Control to Assess Donor Safety in Living Donor Liver Transplantation Programs
Cliniques universitaires Saint Luc - Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium
*Purpose: Living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) is a well-established alternative to alleviate postmortem organ shortage in pediatric liver transplantation. Such program, however, should be performed…
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