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The 2018 Fellows Symposium in Transplantation is now available on demand. Access the general sessions of this meeting from the comfort of your home or office. This is a free resource for AST members ($25 cost for non-members).
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The deadline to apply for an AST research grant is November 1. Check out the current research opportunities on the AST website.
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We just launched the 2018 COP giving contest: The Donation Derby. Watch this race, as the COPs compete for two prizes and fundraise for their upcoming initiatives. All donations made by COP members until the end of the year will count towards this contest, so be sure to check it out today.
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The Thompson Liver / Oncology System provides surgeons with the ability to obtain stable, versatile retraction for liver transplants, liver resections, oncology, and obesity cases. Multi-planed retraction and unlimited flexibility for the most complex abdominal and pelvic cases. Call 1-800-227-7543 to start your free trial.
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Last year, the Transplant Pharmacy (Tx Pharm) and the Liver and Intestinal (LICOP) COPs won the Donation Derby. Check out our latest blog post to see what they are doing with the funds they earned.
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Join us for an interactive discussion on personalized medicine at the 2019 Cutting Edge of Transplantation (CEoT) meeting in Phoenix, AZ. Early bird registration is now open.
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Now through November 30, 2018, the AST is accepting nominations for its 2019 Board of Directors. If you are interested in joining the AST board, or know someone who is, we encourage you to submit your nomination.
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The study is designed to explore an investigational drug-maribavir-in stem cell transplant and solid organ transplant recipients whose CMV infections are not responding to current treatments. This investigational drug is given as an oral pill. Please visit to learn more about the SOLSTICE study.
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As an AST member, access to free or discounted educational resources are included in your membership. These diverse educational resources offer materials relevant to the transplant professional in every stage of their career – from basic trainee lessons to webinars on specialized topics. LEARN MORE
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Transplant professionals have increasing demands on their time. Finding time in one’s day to attend conferences or to read journals is challenging. Transplant in 10 is intended to provide transplant professionals with short, easily accessible videos on key and updated topics in 10 minutes.
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Webinar: Significance, Identification, and Treatment of Post-Thoracic Transplant Circulating Antibodies
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Family Planning in SOT
After participating in this webinar, the learner will be able to:
- Discuss the effect of end organ disease and subsequent transplant on fertility in women.
- Review the safety and efficacy of hormonal contraceptive options in transplant recipients.
- Discuss pre-conception recommendations for transplant recipients, including timing and immunosuppression management.
- Review maternal and fetal outcome data in both transplant recipients and living organ donors.
- Provide resources for additional patient and provider education on reproductive health after transplantation.
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HRSA
UNOS released a special public comment this week related to liver and intestinal organ allocation. This new proposal, open October 8 through November 1, removes donor service area and regions. This is the result of current litigation related to organ allocation. Please visit the OPTN website here to review the proposal.
CMS
CMS announced a proposed rule to relieve burden on healthcare providers by removing unnecessary, obsolete or excessively burdensome Medicare compliance requirements for healthcare facilities. Collectively, these updates would save healthcare providers an estimated $1.12 billion annually.
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Hepatology
Estimation of glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) in patients with liver disease is suboptimal in presence of renal dysfunction. We developed a model for GFR Assessment In Liver disease (GRAIL) before and after liver transplantation (LT). GRAIL was derived using objective variables (creatinine, blood urea nitrogen, age, gender, race, albumin) to estimate GFR based on timing of measurement relative to LT and degree of renal dysfunction.
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Liver Transplantation
Acceptance criteria for liver allografts are ever more expanding because of a persisting waiting list mortality. Older livers are therefore offered and used more frequently for transplantation. This study aims to analyze the use and long‐term outcome of these transplantations.
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Transplantation Proceedings
Sarcopenia is a condition in which the amount of skeletal muscle decreases. Recent studies have suggested that sarcopenia is a risk factor for the incidence of postoperative complications, longer hospitalization, and a poorer prognosis. In this study, we examined the impact of sarcopenia in association with a history of hemodialysis in renal transplantation patients.
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Transplantation
In December 2014, the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) implemented a new Kidney Allocation System (KAS), expanding the dichotomy of extended and standard criteria donors to include a spectrum of 10 specific donor characteristics, forming the Kidney Donor Profile Index (KDPI). Along the spectrum, kidneys with a high-KDPI were perceived as suboptimal and at a higher probability for discard.
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American Journal of Transplantation
Solid organ transplant (SOT) candidates may not be immune against potentially vaccine-preventable diseases because of insufficient immunizations and/or limited vaccine responses. We evaluated the impact on vaccine immunity at transplant of a systematic vaccinology workup at listing that included (1) pneumococcal with and without influenza immunization, (2) serology-based vaccine recommendations against measles, varicella, hepatitis B virus, hepatitis A virus, and tetanus, and (3) the documentation of vaccines and serology tests in a national electronic immunization registry (www.myvaccines.ch).
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