2020 American Transplant Congress
Efficacy Of CMV Prophylaxis In Liver Transplant Recipients
Intermountain Medical Center, Murray, UT
*Purpose: Human cytomegalovirus (CMV) is a ubiquitous beta herpesvirus present in the human population at rates between 30% and 90%. It can be transmitted via…2020 American Transplant Congress
Effect of Pre-Transplant Opioid Use on Post Liver Transplant Outcomes
Lahey Hospital and Medical Center, Burlington, MA
*Purpose: Impact of pre-liver transplant opioid use on post-liver transplant length of stay and clinical outcomes.*Methods: This single-institution retrospective study included adult patients who received…2020 American Transplant Congress
Live Donor Liver Transplant Offers Higher Survival, Improved Quality of Liver and Lower Morbidity for Recipients with Low MELD Score
Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX
*Purpose: The shortage of cadaveric liver grafts contributes to significant waitlist mortality. Patients with low MELD-Na score (2020 American Transplant Congress
Temporal Trends in the Incidence and Impact of Infections Following Kidney Transplantation
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: Infections remain a major threat to successful kidney transplantation (KT), and are associated with a subsequent higher risk of mortality and graft loss. However,…2020 American Transplant Congress
Risk Factors for Bacterial or Candidal Donor-Derived Infections among Solid Organ Transplant Recipients
*Purpose: Donor-derived infections (DDIs) among solid organ transplant recipients (SOTR) are often associated with significant morbidity and mortality, although the predisposing factors for DDIs remain…2020 American Transplant Congress
The Level of Plasm Donor-Derived Cell-Free DNA in Kidney Transplant Patients with Severe Pneumonia
*Purpose: Pulmonary infection is one of the common complications after kidney transplantation. Donor-derived cell-free DNA (ddcfDNA) is a new biomarker to diagnose allograft injury. Currently,…2020 American Transplant Congress
Treatment of Hepatic Encephalopathy in Cirrhotic Patients: Does Rifaximin Prevent Clostridioides Difficile Infection? A Retrospective Analysis
Swedish Medical Center, Seattle, WA
*Purpose: Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality and new prevention strategies in high-risk patients are needed. Rifaximin has been…2020 American Transplant Congress
Vira-ome: A Tool for an Unbiased Plasma Virome Analysis of SOT Recipients from Cell-Free DNA Sequences
R&D, Viracor-Eurofins, Lee's Summit, MO
*Purpose: Blood virome of healthy individuals is frequently predominated by member of families such as Herpesvirus, Anellovirus and Polyomaviridae. The viral load of commensal species…2020 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Renal Transplant on the Outcomes of Breast Cancer Surgery
1The University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, 2Westchester Medical Center, Valhalla, NY
*Purpose: Breast Carcinoma has the highest incidence of any cancer in adult females. The impact of a prior kidney transplant (KT) on breast cancer has…2020 American Transplant Congress
Comparison of Prophylaxis Strategies for CMV Infection in Liver Transplant Recipients
The Ohio State Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH
*Purpose: The best strategy to prevent cytomegalovirus (CMV) following liver transplantation is not defined for intermediate risk recipients (recipient seropositive (R+) regardless of donor status).…
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