Articles tagged "Screening"

2022 American Transplant Congress
Rates Of Dermatology Follow-up And New Skin Cancer Diagnosis Among Solid Organ Transplant Recipients During The Covid-19 Pandemic
R. Saranath, J. Gomez, B. Fernandez, E. Shah, S. Michalak, I. Ahronowitz
USC Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: Solid organ transplant recipients (SOTRs) are at an elevated risk of developing non-melanoma skin cancers. Routine dermatologic surveillance has been shown to improve skin…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Two-Week Protocol Biopsy in Renal Allograft: Feasibility, Safety, and Outcomes
M. Lim¹, K. Lee²
¹Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ²Department of Surgery, Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
*Purpose: Protocol biopsy in renal allograft helps to early detect subclinical rejection (SCR) in patients who have no abnormal clinical and laboratory findings. Still, there…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Noninvasive Biomarkers for Allograft Monitoring After Intestinal Transplantation: Promising Early Results from a Novel Peptide, REG3α
C. P. Smullin¹, R. S. Venick², E. A. Marcus², B. V. Naini³, D. G. Farmer⁴
¹David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, ²Pediatrics, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, ³Pathology, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, ⁴Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: There is an urgent need for the discovery and application of noninvasive biomarkers to detect allograft rejection after intestinal transplantation (ITx). Calprotectin and citrulline…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Lack of Measles Immunity and Vaccination Rates in Patients Being Evaluated for Solid Organ Transplant: Missed Opportunities
C. Larsen¹, C. Kotton²
¹Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, ²Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
*Purpose: Solid organ transplant (SOT) recipients are not eligible for live-vaccines, including the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine, due to safety concerns on immunosuppression.…
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Personalized Medicine Using Next-Generation Sequence for Kidney Transplant Recipients
J. Sanchez-Garcia, D. Morris, E. Darling, M. Dantis-Tan, J. Olson, K. Gaid, A. Raza, S. Anand
Intermountain Medical Center, Murray, UT
*Purpose: Tissue diagnosis definitely drives therapeutic and prognostic decisions amongst patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). However, patients with CKD often present late in the…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Sarcopenia Using L3 and Thigh Skeletal Muscle Index on Clinical Outcomes in Liver Transplantation Recipient
M. Lim, J. Kim
Department of Surgery, Samsung Medical Cener, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
*Purpose: Sarcopenia is defined as loss of muscle mass and function. It has been reported as a significant risk factor for outcome after Liver transplantation…
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Seeing is Believing: Efficacy of a Video-Based Intervention in Improving Skin Cancer Risk Awareness and Preventative Strategies Among Solid Organ Transplant Recipients
R. Saranath, J. Gomez, E. Shah, S. Michalak, R. Haughton, B. Fernandez, I. Ahronowitz
USC Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: Despite improvement in their overall life expectancy, solid organ transplant recipients (SOTRs) remain at elevated risk of developing non-melanoma skin cancers. Moreover, patients of…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Performance of 2021 Creatinine and Cystatin C Based Equations without Race in Living Kidney Transplant Donors
A. Liaqat, H. Sawaf, L. Cholin, S. Arrigain, A. Wee, J. Schold, J. Augustine, E. Poggio
Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
*Purpose: New 2021 Creatinine (Cr) and Cystatin C (CysC) based GFR equations without the race factor have been refitted to perform better than either 2009…
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A Comparison of Vibration Controlled Transient Elastography, FAST, AGILE-3 and AGILE-4 Scores in Liver Transplant Recipients
T. Arshad¹, M. Tseng², B. Anh³, T. Syed⁴, A. Miller⁵, V. Patel⁴, A. Asgharpour⁴, I. O. Michael⁶, S. Patel⁵, M. Muthiah⁷, M. S. Siddiqui⁴
¹Department of Internal Medicine, VCU, Richmond, VA, ²Internal Medicine, VCU, Richmond, VA, ³Department of Statistical Sciences & Operations Research, VCU, Richmond, VA, ⁴Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, VCU, Richmond, VA, ⁵VCU, Richmond, VA, ⁶Department of Pathology, VCU, Richmond, VA, ⁷National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
*Purpose: Hepatic fibrosis is a strong predictor of clinical outcomes following liver transplantation (LT), however, non-invasive fibrosis assessment remains challenging. Vibration controlled transient elastography has…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Liver Transplant Recipient Social Support Network: Impact on Clinical Outcomes
M. M. French¹, R. S. Mangus², R. Holmes³, A. Krause³, J. Sumner³, C. Kubal⁴, B. Ekser⁵, P. Mihaylov⁶, J. Fridell⁷, A. Lutz⁸
¹Social Work, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN, ²Surgery, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN, ³Department of Surgery, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN, ⁴Department of Surgery, Indiana University Hospital, Indianapolis, IN, ⁵Surgery, Indiana University - Transplant Surgery, Indianapolis, IN, ⁶Department of Surgery, Indiana Univ School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, ⁷Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, ⁸Department of Surgery, Indiana University, Fishers, IN
*Purpose: Health disparities are present in transplantation, just as in other areas of medicine. This is a retrospective review of liver transplant (LT) recipients to…

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