2021 American Transplant Congress
Body Mass Index >35 Does Not Impact Kidney Transplant Outcomes or Health Related Quality of Life Despite BMI Class or Recipient Race
*Purpose: Kidney transplant [KTx] in recipients with BMI > 35 remains controversial and has not often been studied in recipients with BMI >40. There is…2021 American Transplant Congress
No Benefit of Antithymocyte Globulin in Living Donor Liver Transplant Recipients
Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX
*Purpose: Acute rejection after liver transplant is associated with increased risk of graft failure and mortality. Reports on rejection rates in living donor liver transplants…2021 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Covid-19 Infection on Tacrolimus Levels in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients
Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL
*Purpose: Immunocompromised patients are considered to be at high-risk for infection with SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19). There have been observations within the transplant community that patients infected…2021 American Transplant Congress
Given the Potential Impact on Liver Transplant Selection, Revisiting the Current Standard of Diagnosis of Hepatocellular Carcinoma
*Purpose: The current standard of diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) relies on non-invasive radiographic methods, namely computerized tomography (CT) and/or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). However,…2021 American Transplant Congress
Albumin Level Prior to Liver-Directed Therapy is a Risk Factor of Waitlist Tumor Progression Independent of HCC Burden
Ochsner Health, New Orleans, LA
*Purpose: Milan Criteria, α-fetoprotein (AFP), and MELD score at diagnosis influence prognosis in bridge to transplant (BTT) hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). With HCC surveillance many patients…2021 American Transplant Congress
AM PAC Scores and Liver Transplant Resource Utilization
*Purpose: Activity Measure for Post-Acute Care (AM-PAC) is a tool utilized to assess three functional domains: basic mobility, daily activities, and applied cognition. Previous studies…2021 American Transplant Congress
Covid-19 Infections Post-liver and Kidney Transplantation in a Southern Ca Program
*Purpose: Southern CA is at the epicenter of the Covid-19 pandemic. We reviewed outcomes of our center's liver, kidney, and pancreas transplant patients stricken with…2021 American Transplant Congress
Post-Transplant Outcomes Comparing A2 Incompatible to Compatible Deceased Donor Liver Transplant Recipients
Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: Transplantation of A2 livers into type O and B recipients (A2i DDLT) is a growing modality to increase access to DDLT for O and…2021 American Transplant Congress
Dual Liver and Kidney Donors, What Makes Them Decide to Do It?
Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA
*Purpose: There is incongruity between the transplant waiting list and the number of deceased donors available, therefore there is an enduring challenge to increase the…2021 American Transplant Congress
Association of Obesity and Early Post Kidney Transplantation Complications
Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY
*Purpose: Although the prevalence of obesity among kidney transplant recipients is rising, there continues to be reluctance to waitlist obese candidates. We sought to determine…
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