2022 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes of Sensitized Simultaneous Liver-Kidney Transplant
David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: Pre-formed donor-specific HLA antibodies (DSAs) in simultaneous liver-kidney transplants (SLKTs) have been associated with increased risk of antibody mediated rejection (AMR) and negative transplant…2022 American Transplant Congress
Excessive Weight Gain Does Not Associate with Poorer Graft Outcomes in Simultaneous Pancreas-Kidney Transplant Recipients – A Single-Center Experience
University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
*Purpose: Weight gain is common following organ transplantation, and there exists concern that in simultaneous pancreas-kidney (SPK) recipients, this may lead to poorer graft outcomes.*Methods:…2022 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Late and Recurrent Acute Graft Pyelonephritis on Long-Term Kidney Graft Outcomes
*Purpose: While Urinary tract infections are the most common infections in kidney transplant recipients, the impact of late acute graft pyelonephritis (AGPN) on graft outcomes…2022 American Transplant Congress
Effects of Pre-Lung Transplantation Pulmonary Rehabilitation on Functional Capacity and Quality of Life
*Purpose: Pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) prior lung transplantation (LT) has been effective in reducing post transplantation complications. However, few studies have examined the effect of pre-lung…2022 American Transplant Congress
Prolonged Preservation by Hypothermic Machine Perfusion Facilitates Logistics in Liver Transplantation: A European Observational Cohort Study
*Purpose: A short period (1-2 hours) of hypothermic oxygenated machine perfusion (HOPE) after static cold storage is safe and reduces ischemia-reperfusion injury-related complications after liver…2022 American Transplant Congress
Reduction in Opioid Discharge Prescribing for Kidney Transplant Recipients Through Implementation of a Standardized Opioid Prescribing Policy
*Purpose: Diversion of unused opioid medications has contributed to the opioid epidemic, and opioid use after kidney transplantation has been shown to be a risk…2022 American Transplant Congress
Direct Procurement of Heart and Lungs from a Controlled DCD Donor with Ongoing Abdominal Normothermic Regional Perfusion (aNRP) – A Synchronized Retrieval
*Purpose: With the increased number of aNRP in controlled DCD donors comes a high demand for techniques to directly procure cardiothoracic organs during the aNRP.…2022 American Transplant Congress
Increased Risk for Allograft Loss in African American Kidney Transplant Recipients After Biopsy for Chronic Allograft Dysfunction
*Purpose: Chronic allograft dysfunction (CGD) is the first sign of a “troubled kidney”. CGD was defined as >25% increase in serum creatinine relative to a…2022 American Transplant Congress
Eliminating Hepatitis C Positive Status from Kidney Donor Profile Index (KDPI) Calculations Results in Improved Transplant Rates and Outcomes in an Elderly Veteran Population
*Purpose: Overall mortality on the kidney transplant waiting list is higher for older patients. The average age of waitlisted veteran patients is 64, with patients…2022 American Transplant Congress
Does the New Kidney Transplant Allocation System Impact Delayed Graft Function Rates After Kidney Transplantation?
*Purpose: The Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) implemented a new, distance based, kidney transplant allocation system (nKAS) for recipients of deceased donor kidney transplant…