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Articles tagged "Safety"

  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Implementation of a High-risk Medication Report for Waitlisted Liver Transplant Candidates

    M. M. Eiting1, H. Yeh2, M. Cote1, S. Shao1, A. B. Scherrer2, L. Dageforde2, N. Elias2, C. Rogers Marks1

    1Pharmacy, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, 2Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA

    *Purpose: Use of high-risk medications (HRMs) at the time of liver transplant may lead to delays in surgery or peri-operative complications (bleeding, drug-drug interactions (DDI),…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Immunotherapy of Dc-cik Cells in Patient with Hepatocellular Carcinoma Recurrence Following Liver Transplantation

    S. Hsu, L. Jeng, H. Yang, A. Thorat

    China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

    *Purpose: Dendritic cells (DCs) and cytokine-induced killer (CIK) cells, components of anti-cancer therapy, have shown clinical benefits and potential to overcome chemotherapeutic resistance in some…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Survival Adult Liver Transplantation: Experience in a Latinoamerican High Complexity Center. 15 Years with More Than 500 Transplants

    C. A. Murcia, N. Ramirez, M. E. Ramos, C. Benavides, J. Rivera, G. Mejia

    Transplant Unit, Fundación Cardioinfantil, Bogotá, Colombia

    *Purpose: Liver disease is one of the main causes of chronic disease morbidity and mortality in the world and liver transplantation is the only curative…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Clearance of Viral RNA and DNA and Antibody Response Following Administration of Live Attenuated Measles and Varicella Vaccines in Children with Chronic Liver Disease

    S. Kemme1, A. Weinberg2, A. G. Feldman1

    1Children's Hospital Colorado, Denver, CO, 2University of Colorado Denver, Denver, CO

    *Purpose: Guidelines recommend waiting four weeks between live vaccine administration and transplantation; however, there is little data to support this waiting period and it often…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Low Diagnostic Yield of Protocol Allograft Biopsy Performed During DGF in Deceased Donor Kidney Transplant Recipients Treated with Induction and Standard-Dose CNI-Based Maintenance

    E. Favi1, A. James2, M. Ferraresso1, R. Cacciola3

    1Renal Transplantation, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy, 2Renal Transplantation, Royal London Hospital, London, United Kingdom, 3HBP and Transplant Unit, Tor Vergata University, Rome, Italy

    *Purpose: DGF after kidney transplantation (KTx) has been associated with an increased risk of rejection. For this reason, clinical guideline recommends weekly allograft biospy (Bx)…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Multi- National Survey among Nephrologists & Transplant Surgeons about the Suitability and Acceptance of the Marginal Live Kidney Donors with Active Heavy Smoking or Intermittent Drug Abuse

    Z. Arabi1, A. Hamad2, S. Kaysi3, M. Bukhari4

    1KAMC, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 2The Regional Medical Center, Orangeburg, SC, 3CHU Clermont-Ferrand, Saint Pryv/ Saint Mesmin, France, 4Taif University, Taif, Saudi Arabia

    *Purpose: Potential kidney donors who actively smoke heavily or had intermittent illegal drug use (IIDU) are mostly excluded from donating a kidney. Tobacco use in…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Evaluation of Apixaban Usage in Solid Organ Transplant Patients with Renal Impairment

    L. Rakouki, R. Yau, C. Tunwar

    Pharmacy, CHI St. Luke's Health-Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center, Houston, TX

    *Purpose: There remains a gap in the literature for apixaban dosing recommendations for treatment of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) or pulmonary embolism (PE) in special…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Creation of a Low-Cost Kidney Transplant Surgery Simulator and Survey of its Utility for Education

    V. Melkonian, T. Huy, C. Varma, M. Nazzal, H. Randall, M. Nguyen

    Department of Surgery, Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, MO

    *Purpose: Surgical skills education in transplant surgery is challenging as center-specific outcomes are scrutinized and trainees’ exposure to the sub-specialty is decreasing. Simulation could overcome…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Multi- National Survey among Nephrologists & Transplant Surgeons about the Suitability and Acceptance of the Marginal Live Kidney Donors with Mild Hypertension

    Z. Arabi1, E. Elhassan1, A. Altheaby1, A. Hamad2, S. Kaysi3

    1KAMC, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 2The Regional Medical Center, Orangeburg, SC, 3CHR Orleans, Orleans, France

    *Purpose: There is variability among transplant centers in the acceptance of living donor candidates with well-controlled hypertension. Increased gestational hypertension and preeclampsia are more common…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    First Case of Simultaneous Living Related Parathyroid- and Kidney Transplantation Into a Child

    N. Vallant1, M. Sinha2, P. Gogalniceanu1, M. Cheung2, C. Boffa3, M. Irving2, P. Carroll2, J. Hubbard1, R. Gokmen1, N. Ware2, N. Mamode1, N. Kessaris1

    1Renal Transplant and Vascular Access, Guy's Hospital London, London, United Kingdom, 2Renal Transplant and Vascular Access, Evelina London Children's Hospital, London, United Kingdom, 3Renal Transplant and Vascular Access, Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom

    *Purpose: Inherited hypoparathyroidism can lead to life threatening episodes of hypocalcaemia as well as to end stage renal failure at a young age. We are…
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