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Articles tagged "Screening"

  • 2019 American Transplant Congress

    Introduction of Universal Hepatitis E RNA Screening in Deceased Organ Donors – The UK Experience

    I. Ushiro-Lumb1, K. Tettmar1, I. Johannessen2, K. Simpson2, I. Hart3, J. Timms4, A. Hale5, S. Ijaz6, R. Tedder6, J. Forsythe1

    1NHS Blood and Transplant, London, United Kingdom, 2Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, 3Royal Liverpool University Hospital, Liverpool, United Kingdom, 4University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire, Coventry, United Kingdom, 5Public Health England, Leeds, United Kingdom, 6Public Health England, London, United Kingdom

    *Purpose: We aim to describe the strategy and initial results of post-donation, universal screening of deceased organ donors in the UK. HEV RNA is tested…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Diagnosis and Prevalence of Strongyloidiasis in Solid Organ Transplant Patients

    H. Pritchard,1 V. Hemmige,1 R. Mejia,2 A. Restrepo.1

    1Division of Infectious Diseases, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX; 2National School of Tropical Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX.

    Background: Immunosuppression of a host with chronic Strongyloides stercoralis infection can lead to dissemination, with a fatality rate of up to 85%. Screening for S.…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Donor Transmitted Nut Allergy Following Solid Organ Transplantation: Analysis of the OPTN Ad Hoc Disease Transmission Advisory Committee (DTAC)

    R. Bag, S. Tlusty, G. Vece, T. Peterson, J. Schaenman, G. Berry, J. Bucio, L. Danziger-Isakov, D. Florescu, D. Goldberg, C. Ho, R. La Hoz, K. Lilly, M. Malinis, A. Mehta, M. Nalesnik, R. Sawyer, L. Strasfeld, P. Wood, N. Theodoropoulos, M. Michaels, C. Wolfe.

    DTAC, United Network for Organ Sharing, Richmond.

    Introduction: Transplant Acquired Food Allergy may cause fatal allergic reactions, and is an under-recognized and poorly understood. Specifically, nut allergy transfer after solid organ transplantation…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Estimated GFR at Donor Screening and Achieved Measured GFR after Living Kidney Donation

    M. van Londen, J. van der Weijden, S. Bakker, S. Berger, J. Sanders, G. Navis, M. de Borst.

    Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands.

    Study Purpose: Accurate pre-donation renal function estimation is important to minimize the risk of future severe renal function impairment in living kidney donors. Recent studies…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Barriers and Disparities in Listing for Pediatric Solid Organ Transplant

    E. A. Steinberg,1 C. Buchanan,1 M. Wachs,1 S. Schmiege.2

    1Univ. of Colorado School of Medicine/Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO; 2Colorado School of Public Health, Aurora.

    Purpose The WHO recommends equitable access to transplant, yet disparities in listing based on gender, race, and education exist in adults. There is little research…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Screening Coccidioides Serology in Kidney Transplant Recipients: A 10-Year Cross-Sectional Analysis

    K. Phonphok,1 T. Duong,1 N. Datta,1 O. Beaird,2 J. Shaenman,2 S. Bunnapradist.1

    1Medicine-Nephrology, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA; 2Medicine-Infectious Diseases, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA.

    Introduction: Southern California is one of the endemic areas of coccidioidomycosis and patients receiving immunosuppression including kidney transplant recipients are at higher risk for dissemination…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Familial Risk of End-Stage Renal Disease in Healthy Live Kidney Donors

    A. Muzaale,1 A. Massie,1 F. Al Ammary,1 K. Lentine,2 D. Segev.1

    1Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore; 2Saint Louis University, St. Louis.

    Kidney donor candidates are rigorously evaluated so that only the lowest risk are cleared for donation; however, it is not standard practice to exclude candidates…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Non-Invasive Imaging Modalities for Immune Monitoring of Vascularized Composite Allografts Using a Translational Large Animal Model

    J. Etra,1 K. Cilwa,2 G. Furtmueller,1 A. Leto Barone,1 K. Kolegraff,1 E. Elster,1 W. Lee,1 G. Brandacher.1

    1Department of Plastic Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD; 2Naval Medical Research Center, Silver Springs, MD; 3Department of Surgery, Uniformed Services, University of Health Sciences and Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD.

    PurposeImmunological complications and skin rejection remains an obstacle in broadening the applicability of vascularized composite allotransplantation (VCA). Currently, diagnosis of rejection relies on skin biopsies…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Telehealth Evaluations to Screen Kidney Transplant Candidates Does Not Adversely Affect Time to or Rate of Transplant

    R. Forbes,1,2 D. Rybacki,1 T. Johnson,1 D. Shaffer,1,2 D. Hale.1,2

    1VA, Nashville; 2VUMC, Nashville.

    Background. Telehealth can improve efficiency, timeliness, and cost effectiveness for kidney transplant waitlist candidates. Patients approved for further evaluation after a screening telehealth visit are…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Rates of Posttransplant Cutaneous Disease Differ between Black and White Solid Organ Transplant Recipients

    R. Allawh,1 K. Nadhan,1 A. Doyle,2 M. Harhay,3 C. Chung.1

    1Dermatology, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA; 2Internal Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA; 3Internal Medicine, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA.

    Background: Immunosuppression (IS) results in heightened risk of developing posttransplant cutaneous complications. Black solid organ transplant recipients (OTRs), who often receive higher doses of IS…
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