2016 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Early Allograft Dysfunction (EAD) and Its Components on Patient Survival Following Liver Transplantation (LT): Long-Term Outcomes Up to 10 Years.
Transplant Division, Department of Surgery, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN.
Background: It has been shown that EAD in LT is a useful tool to predict intermediate (5-year) mortality. The purpose of this study is to…2016 American Transplant Congress
Factors Associated with Mortality Among a Large Population of Patients with Cirrhosis and a Low MELD (<15).
Northwestern University, Chicago.
AimStudies suggest that certain patients with liver cirrhosis and a low MELD score (<15) remain at high risk for mortality. Current data is largely limited…2016 American Transplant Congress
The Impact of CMS Policy on Delisting of "Too Sick" Liver Transplant Candidates.
Surgery, UMass Medical School, Worcester, MA.
Background: The Model for End Stage Liver Disease (MELD)-based allocation system (2002) transformed liver transplant waitlist mortality by prioritizing the “sickest first.” We examine the…2016 American Transplant Congress
Modified Normothermic Extracorporeal Liver Perfusion for Discarded Human Livers.
Introduction: Donor organ shortages have led to increased interest in finding new approaches to recover organs from extended criteria donors (ECD). Normothermic ex-vivo liver perfusion…2016 American Transplant Congress
A Users Guide to Maximizing Utility and Outcome in >70 Year Old Donors.
Liver Transplant & HPB Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College, NY, NY.
Background Among 10 million stroke fatalities in the US since 2002, donated livers were recovered from 28,313. Unfortunately, only 2,402 livers were yielded from 7.5…2016 American Transplant Congress
Liver-Intestine Candidates Benefit from National Sharing.
1United Network for Organ Sharing, Richmond, VA; 2Duke University Hospital, Durham, NC.
Introduction. On June 18, 2013, the OPTN implemented regional sharing of adult donor livers for candidates with allocation MELD/PELD scores of 35 and greater. As…2016 American Transplant Congress
Muscle Function, Mass, and Quality in Obese Liver Transplant Candidates: Results from the Functional Assessment in Liver Transplantation (FrAILT) Study.
Background: Sarcopenia, or severe loss of muscle mass, is common in cirrhotics and adversely affects quality of life and transplant outcomes. Obese liver transplant(LT) candidates…2016 American Transplant Congress
The Impact of Share 35 on Liver Allocation and Utilization: One DSA's Experience.
LifeShare of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, OK.
Background: In June 2013, U.S. liver allocation changed from a local-regional-national model to “Share 35”, broadening sharing to a regional level based upon recipient MELD…2016 American Transplant Congress
Relative Distribution of Livers from HCV+ Donors in the U.S.
1University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco; 2Loma Linda University, Loma Linda.
Background: HCV-antibody positive donors represent an effective strategy to increase liver availability to HCV+ recipients. However, many HCV+ liver transplant (LT) candidates are now receiving…2016 American Transplant Congress
Geographic Variation in Liver Supply and Demand.
Purpose: To characterize the balance of supply and demand for deceased donor livers in the current Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) regions and in…
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