Articles tagged "Screening"

2021 American Transplant Congress
Quality Improvement Surveillance by Machine Learning
J. D. Perkins¹, E. Clemens², M. Granich³, J. Yeung³, J. Reyes¹
¹Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ²Pharmacy, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ³Center of Clinical Excellence, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
*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
Cardiac Risk Assessment in Liver Transplant Candidates: Survey of National Practice Patterns
P. Barman¹, R. Chadha², L. VanWagner³
¹Div. of GI/Hepatology, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA, ²Anesthesiology, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL, ³Div. of GI/Hepatology, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
*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
The Role of Pre-transplant Rectal Screening for Azole-resistant Candida Species in Liver Transplant Candidates
K. K. Patel¹, M. M. Azar², A. Koff³, K. Belfield⁴, D. R. Peaper⁵, J. Topal², M. Malinis²
¹Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, ²Section of Infectious Diseases, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, ³Section of Infectious Diseases, UC Davis, Sacramento, CA, ⁴Department of Pharmacy, Yale New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT, ⁵Department of Laboratory Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
*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
The Risk of Post-donation Kidney Function Impairment for Prospective Living Kidney Donors with Persistent Isolated Microscopic Hematuria
J. v. Weijden¹, M. van Londen¹, I. M. Nolte², M. H. De Borst¹, S. P. Berger¹
¹Nephrology, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands, ²Epidemiology, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
*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
Launching a National Living Donor Registry
J. E. Milton¹, M. Cooper², B. Hippen³
¹Transplant Center, University of Texas Health San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, ²MedStar Georgetown Transplant Institute, Washington, Colombia, ³Metrolina Nephrology Associates, PA, Charlotte, NC
*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
Kidney Programs Can Filter Off a Majority of Their Unwanted Organ Offers without Harming Transplant Volumes
A. Toll, H. McGehee, R. McTier, D. Stewart
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
Microbial Signatures Promote Antibiotic-Mediated Alleviation of Peritransplant Liver Damage in Mouse Recipients
K. J. Dery¹, S. Kageyama¹, H. Hirao¹, H. Kojima¹, K. Kadono¹, T. Dong², J. W. Kupiec-Weglinski¹
¹The Dumont-UCLA Transplantation Center, Los Angeles, CA, ²Department of Medicine, Vatche & Tamar Manoukian Division of Digestive Diseases, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
*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
Initial Experience with Trugraf^Tm Gene Expression Profile and Trac^Tm Dd-cfdna Testing in Kidney Transplant Recipients Suggests Synergy and Enhanced Management within the First Year Post-transplant and Beyond
V. Paramasivam, B. Greco, M. Germain
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
A Psychosocial Clinician Rating Scale is Used Differently Across Solid Organ Teams within a Single Transplant Center
S. Entenman¹, T. Chaffee², M. Pienta³, B. Young³, E. Clifton¹, J. Mellinger⁴, L. McElroy⁵, G. Winder¹
¹Psychiatry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ²Psychiatry, University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, MO, ³Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁴Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁵Surgery, Duke University, Durham, NC
*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
The Perfect Candidate? The Stanford Integrated Psychosocial Assessment for Transplant
E. J. Henricksen¹, K. Stott², S. Ilango², Y. Moayedi³, K. Waddell⁴, H. I. Luikart⁴, J. Twiggs⁴, R. Lee¹, B. M. Zhang⁵, W. Hiesinger⁶, K. K. Khush⁴, J. J. Teuteberg⁴
¹Transplant, Stanford Healthcare, Stanford, CA, ²Social Work, Stanford Healthcare, Stanford, CA, ³Cardiology, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴Cardiology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, ⁵Pathology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, ⁶Cardiothoracic Surgery, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
*Purpose: The Stanford Integrated Psychosocial Assessment for Transplant (SIPAT) is a tool used to objectify and enhance the pre-transplant psychosocial evaluation. We sought to assess…