2020 American Transplant Congress
Social Support in the Peri-Liver Transplant Period Affects Post-Transplant Survival, Rejection Rate and Length of Stay
*Purpose: Although social support is a key component of the pre-transplant evaluation, it’s effect on post-transplant outcomes remains understudied. The purpose of this study was…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
*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
*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
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
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
*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
*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…2020 American Transplant Congress
Multi- National Survey among Nephrologists and Transplant Surgeons about the Suitability and Acceptance of the Marginal Live Kidney Donors with Family History of Kidney Disease
*Purpose: Kidney transplantation from a living donor is the best treatment option for End Stage Kidney Disease. Considering the shortage of available organs, transplant centers…2020 American Transplant Congress
The Efficacy and Safety of Ischemia-Free Liver Transplantation (IFLT) in the Treatment of End-Stage Liver Disease in a Prospective, Randomized, Controlled Trial: A Report of the First 25 Cases
Organ Transplant Center, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
*Purpose: We’ve established a novel procedure called ischemia-free liver transplantation (IFLT). The results from the pilot study suggest that IFLT might prevent ischemia-reperfusion injury (IRI)…2020 American Transplant Congress
Viral Kinetics of De Novo HCV Infection and Response to Antiviral Therapy in Liver and Kidney Transplant Recipients Receiving HCV-Viremic Donors
*Purpose: There is general agreement that expanded use of organs from HCV-viremic donors is desirable, including in recipients without HCV infection. However, the optimal treatment…
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