2024 – Transplantation

RESISTANT MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM COMPLEX INFECTION – A DIAGNOSTIC MANAGEMENT CONUNDRUM IN A DIALYSIS DEPENDENT PATIENT FOLLOWING GRAFT FAILURE Dr Pamela Wu1, Dr Venkat Manicakavasagam1, Dr Sanjeev Baweja1, Dr Victoria Sasongko1, Dr William James1 1Lismore Base Hospital, Lismore, Australia Background: Infection remains...

PATIENT PERSPECTIVES ON DECISION MAKING IN DECEASED DONOR KIDNEY TRANSPLANT OFFERS: A QUALITATIVE STUDY DR ALISION WEIGHTMAN1,2,3, EMILY DUNCANSON1, 5, DR SIMON COGHLAN4, A/PROF PHILIP CLAYTON1,2,3 1ANZDATA, Adelaide, Australia, 2Adelaide Medical School, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia, 3Central and Northern...

HEALTH PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES OF KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION IN AUSTRALIA TARA WATTERS1,2, NICOLE SCHOLES-ROBERTSON3, BEVERLEY GLASS1, ANDREW MALLETT4,5 1College of Medicine & Dentistry, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia, 2Department of Renal Medicine, Cairns Hospital, Cairns, Australia, 3Sydney School of Public Health, The...

KAPOSI SARCOMA: A RARE CAUSE OF UNILATERAL FOOT PAIN IN A SOLID ORGAN TRANSPLANT RECIPIENT Dr Siaw Wee Teo1, Dr Sally Zou1, Dr Ian Simpson2, Dr Jessica Ryan1,3, Prof John Kanellis1,3, Dr Joanna  Kent1,3, A/Prof William Mulley1,3 1Department of Nephrology,...

A GLOBAL SURVEY OF SELF-REPORTED CANCER SCREENING PRACTICES BY HEALTH PROFESSIONALS FOR KIDNEY TRANSPLANT CANDIDATES AND RECIPIENTS Dr NIDA SALEEM1,2,3, Dr WAI H LIM4,5, Associate Professor ANNABELLE WILSON1, Associate Professor JACQUELINE  STEPHENS1,2, Professor BILLIE  BONEVSKI1, Professor ALLISON JAURE2,6, Professor ARMANDO ...

ASSOCIATION BETWEEN ESTIMATED GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATES AT INITIATION OF DIALYSIS AND ALL-CAUSE MORTALITY IN KIDNEY TRANSPLANT RECIPIENTS WITH A FAILING KIDNEY ALLOGRAFT Dr Dharshana Sabanayagam1,2,3, Dr Farzaneh Boroumand1,2, Dr Katrina Chau4,5, Dr Eric Au6,7,8, Dr Shuvo Baker1, Dr Ryan Gately9,10,...

OBESITY AS A BARRIER TO TRANSPLANTATION: INSIGHTS FROM AN AUSTRALIAN TRANSPLANT CENTRE Dr Emily Yeung1, A/Prof William  Mulley1,2, Prof Kevan Polkinghorne1,3,4, Prof John Kanellis1,2 1Department of Nephrology, Monash Medical Centre, Clayton, Australia, 2Centre for Inflammatory Diseases, Department of Medicine, Monash...

RARE CASE OF PARVOVIRUS INFECTION CAUSING PURE RED CELL APLASIA IN A KIDNEY-PANCREAS TRANSPLANT RECIPIENT Dr Oscar Perry1, Dr  Robert Ellis1,2, Dr Sanjana Dang1,2, Dr  George John1,2, Dr Stephanie Hendry3, Dr Monica Suet Ying Ng1,2,4,5 1Kidney Health Service, Royal Brisbane...

PHYSIOTHERAPY ASSESSMENT AND INTERVENTION OF FRAILTY IN KIDNEY TRANSPLANT WORK UP ERICA PATTERSON1, SUZANNAH JACKSON2, CLAIRE BOOTE1, MARLETTE HILES4, BASU GOPAL4, ANGELA BURGE1,3 1Physiotherapy Department, Alfred Health, Melbourne, Australia, 2Dietician Department, Alfred Health, Melbourne, Australia, 3Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and...

SUCCESSFUL RENAL TRANSPLANTATION IN A PATIENT WITH ATYPICAL HAEMOLYTIC-URAEMIC SYNDROME FOLLOWING ALLOGENEIC HAEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANT SOPHIE O’BRIEN1, KRISTEEN BARKER2 1Western Health, Australia, 2Alfred Health, Australia Background: Thrombotic microangiopathy (TMA) leading to renal failure after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT)...