Articles tagged "Screening"

2022 American Transplant Congress
Developing A Tool To Assess Psychosocial Determinants Of Health And Quality Of Life In Pediatric Liver Transplant Patients
C. R. Christmann¹, S. Rath², S. Sakhuja³, N. Galvan²
¹Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, ²Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, ³Baylor College of Medicine, Sugar Land, TX
*Purpose: Psychosocial assessment prior to liver transplantation is essential to ensure that caregivers and pediatric patients are adequately prepared for this complex process. There are…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Angiotensin II Type 1 Receptor Antibody in Pediatric Abdominal Organ Transplant: Survey of Clinical Practice in the United States
R. Patnaik, K. Hitchman, N. Mittal, D. Ranch, D. Fritze
University Health Transplant Institute, San Antonio, TX
*Purpose: Some studies correlate Angiotensin II Type 1 Receptor (AT1R) antibodies (Ab) with the development of rejection, vascular complications, and allograft dysfunction in pediatric solid…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Glucose Variability in Kidney Transplantation: Pre-Transplant and Post-Transplant Continuous Glucose Monitoring
E. Jo¹, A. Han², S. Min², J. Ha³, H. Lee⁴, A. Cho⁵
¹Surgery, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ²Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ³Seoul Nat'l Univ. College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ⁴Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ⁵Surgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
*Purpose: Continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) provides a 24-hour view of glucose values and information on glycemic variability and additional indices such as the glucose management…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Molecular ABO Typing: An Effective Tool for Resolving Deceased Donor Indeterminate ABO Types
D. Tanglao¹, S. S. Musa¹, J. J. Chew¹, L. Santiago², K. Herron³, B. O'Neale³, N. A. Lemp¹, S. O. Dionne⁴
¹Eurofins DPT, Los Angeles, CA, ²Eurofins DPT, Centennial, CO, ³Eurofins DPT, Centennial, CA, ⁴Eurofins DPT, denver, CO
*Purpose: In order to evaluate molecular ABO typing as an alternative method of blood typing that may be employed when indeterminate serological typing results are…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Pretransplant Infectious Diseases Wellness Visit on Vaccine Uptake in Solid Organ Transplant Candidates
J. Jarrah, Z. Hanna, J. Williams, J. McCorquodale, T. Párraga, S. Greenlee, O. Abreu Lanfranco, M. Ramesh, R. del Busto, G. Alangaden
Transplant Infectious Diseases, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI
*Purpose: Vaccination rates in solid organ transplant candidates (SOTc) remains suboptimal. We report the effect of a dedicated Infectious Disease Pre-transplant (IDPT) clinic visit on…
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.…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Utility of Screening-Bead Assay in Post-Transplant Testing of Donor-Specific Antibodies (DSA) and Antibody-mediated Rejection (ABMR) in Renal Allografts
A. Agrawal¹, E. Dijke², A. Murray³, P. Campbell³
¹Transplant Nephrology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ²Lab. Medicine and Pathology, University of Alberta Hospital, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ³Division of Nephrology, Dept. of Medicine, University of Alberta Hospital, Edmonton, AB, Canada
*Purpose: ABMR is a major cause of poor long-term graft survival. Though post-transplant monitoring of HLA DSAs can aid in risk stratification and optimizing immunosuppression,…