2021 American Transplant Congress
A Psychosocial Clinician Rating Scale is Used Differently Across Solid Organ Teams within a Single Transplant Center
*Purpose: Transplant psychosocial clinician rating scales like the Stanford Integrated Psychosocial Assessment for Transplant (SIPAT) are widely used tools to standardize subjective patient data, stratify…2021 American Transplant Congress
Initial Experience with TrugrafTm Gene Expression Profile and TracTm Dd-cfdna Testing in Kidney Transplant Recipients Suggests Synergy and Enhanced Management within the First Year Post-transplant and Beyond
Nephrology, Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, MA
*Purpose: Non-invasive validated rejection biomarkers are now available to monitor kidney transplant patients (KTRs). Two such biomarkers are; TruGrafTM (TG) gene expression profile validated to…2021 American Transplant Congress
Microbial Signatures Promote Antibiotic-Mediated Alleviation of Peritransplant Liver Damage in Mouse Recipients
*Purpose: Although recent evidence shows that modifications of gut microbiota by antibiotics (Abx) influences liver allograft function, its compositional role in orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT)…2021 American Transplant Congress
Kidney Programs Can Filter Off a Majority of Their Unwanted Organ Offers without Harming Transplant Volumes
Research, United Network for Organ Sharing, Richmond, VA
*Purpose: Evaluate if multifactorial filters can reduce unwanted kidney offers to centers, thereby reducing administrative burden and getting to the accepting candidate quicker.*Methods: 34 centers…2021 American Transplant Congress
Launching a National Living Donor Registry
*Purpose: The National Donate Life Living Donor Registry launching in 2021 will allow 4000 persons a day the opportunity to become a living donor offering…2021 American Transplant Congress
The Risk of Post-donation Kidney Function Impairment for Prospective Living Kidney Donors with Persistent Isolated Microscopic Hematuria
*Purpose: According to current guidelines, a kidney biopsy is indicated in prospective living kidney donors who present with persistent isolated microscopic hematuria (PIMH) during evaluation,…2021 American Transplant Congress
The Role of Pre-transplant Rectal Screening for Azole-resistant Candida Species in Liver Transplant Candidates
*Purpose: Azole-resistant Candida (ARC) infections have become increasingly common among solid organ transplant recipients. Pre-transplant screening for ARC allows for targeted antifungal prophylaxis, which may…2021 American Transplant Congress
Cardiac Risk Assessment in Liver Transplant Candidates: Survey of National Practice Patterns
*Purpose: Cardiac disease is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in the first year after liver transplantation (LT) and pre-transplant identification is vital to…2021 American Transplant Congress
Quality Improvement Surveillance by Machine Learning
*Purpose: The purpose of this quality study was to compare our newly developed natural language processing (NLP) machine learning surveillance algorithm in detecting the rate…2021 American Transplant Congress
Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography for Pre-Liver Transplant Cardiovascular Risk Assessment: A Single Center Experience
*Purpose: Coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) is an established non-invasive imaging modality for diagnosing coronary artery disease (CAD), though its use for cardiovascular disease (CVD)…
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