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Extreme Hyponatremia as a Risk Factor for Early Mortality After Liver Transplantation in the MELD-Sodium Era
*Purpose: The impact of hyponatremia on waitlist and post-transplant outcomes following the implementation of MELD-Na based liver allocation remains unclear. We sought to evaluate waitlist…2021 American Transplant Congress
Assessing Liver Transplant Outcomes Utilizing Post-Cross Clamp Offers
1Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, AZ, 2Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine, Scottsdale, AZ
*Purpose: With the ongoing organ shortage, there has been increased interest in utilizing post-cross clamp (XC) liver allografts as a means of expanding the donor…2021 American Transplant Congress
Achilles Heel No Longer: Marked Decline in Early Relaparotomy and Allograft Pancreatectomy Rates Following Simultaneous Kidney-Pancreas Transplantation in the Contemporary Era
*Purpose: Technical complications requiring early relaparotomy (relap) and allograft pancreatectomy (AP) have long been the Achilles heel of simultaneous kidney-pancreas transplantation (SKPT).*Methods: Single center retrospective…2021 American Transplant Congress
Unclear Implications of Tacrolimus Time in Therapeutic Range as a Predictor of Acute Rejection in Renal Transplant Recipients Undergoing Early Corticosteroid Withdrawal
University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: Tacrolimus (TAC) demonstrates a wide intra- and inter-patient variability (IPV) necessitating therapeutic drug monitoring. The purpose of this study is to determine the impact…2021 American Transplant Congress
Clinically Evident Portal Hypertension (CEPH) is Associated with Low IGF-1 in Children with Chronic Liver Disease
*Purpose: Children with chronic liver disease exhibit growth hormone resistance which is an additional risk factor for sarcopenia and growth failure in this vulnerable population.…2021 American Transplant Congress
Portal Vein Challenges in Pediatric Liver Transplantation: The Utility of Interposition Grafts as an Acceptable Management Strategy
*Purpose: To examine our single center experience in the operative management of pediatric liver transplantation (LT) patients with challenging portal vein (PV) anomalies.*Methods: We retrospectively…2021 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Positive Donor Cultures on Postoperative Lung Transplantation Infectious Outcomes
Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX
*Purpose: Transmission risk of microbes present in donor lungs at time of donation to lung transplant recipients (LTR) is unclear. Infection is the second highest…2021 American Transplant Congress
Clearance of Viral RNA and DNA and Antibody Response Following Administration of Live Attenuated Measles and Varicella Vaccines in Children with Chronic Liver Disease
1Children's Hospital Colorado, Denver, CO, 2University of Colorado Denver, Denver, CO
*Purpose: Guidelines recommend waiting four weeks between live vaccine administration and transplantation; however, there is little data to support this waiting period and it often…2021 American Transplant Congress
Artificial Neural Network Application for MELDNa Prediction
1University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 2Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH
*Purpose: The adoption of MELDNa decreased 90-days mortality on patients waiting for liver transplant (LT); however, there are no tools available to predict MELDNa trajectories…2021 American Transplant Congress
Macrosteatosis in the US Pediatric Deceased Liver Donor Population, 2005-2018
University of Alabama School of Medicine, Birmingham, AL
*Purpose: The pediatric obesity epidemic is associated with early signs of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) such as increased hepatic macrosteatosis and liver enzymes. In…
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