2020 American Transplant Congress
A Liver Transplant Candidate with Above Average Conscientiousness is More Likely to Receive a Liver Transplant
1Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, 2UCSF, San Francisco, CA
*Purpose: Liver transplant (LT) candidates are currently assessed in terms of their physical, social and mental capacity to take care of themselves and their grafts.…2020 American Transplant Congress
Liver Transplantation in Obese Recipients: Post-Transplant Weight Gain and Outcomes
*Purpose: Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease is now the most common cause of end-stage liver disease necessitating orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) in the United States. Several…2020 American Transplant Congress
Bariatric Surgery to Improve Candidacy for Liver Transplantation: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
*Purpose: As non-alcoholic steatohepatitis grows as an indication for liver transplant, the challenge managing obese pre-liver transplant patients will become more pronounced, especially because most…2020 American Transplant Congress
Adult Liver Transplant Recipients Show Increased Fibrinolysis Resistance Compared with Pediatric Recipients: The Potential Impact of Anticoagulation between the Two Populations
University of Colorado, Aurora, CO
*Purpose: Fibrinolytic changes in adult liver transplant patients have previously been demonstrated large transitions from excessive fibrinolysis (hyperfibrinolysis) to fibrinolysis resistance (shutdown) within 2 hours…2020 American Transplant Congress
Liver Transplantation in Locally Unresectable, Undifferentiated Embryonal Cell Sarcoma
General Surgery ( HPB & Transplant), University of Alberta Hospital, Edmonton, AB, Canada
*Purpose: Undifferentiated Embryonal Cell Sarcoma (UESL) of the liver is the third most common malignant liver disease of childhood presenting as a rapidly enlarging intra-abdominal…2020 American Transplant Congress
Anonymous Living Donor Liver Donation: Establishing A Protocol and Understanding Donors Experience
*Purpose: Anonymous living liver donation (ALLDs) are not as widely accepted as directed donations from friends and family, despite having significant potential to help mitigate…2020 American Transplant Congress
Long-Term Liver Transplant Outcomes: A Single Center Cohort Study
Mayo Clinic Florida, Jacksonville, FL
*Purpose: This single center study reviews long-term outcomes of liver transplantation identifying morbidity differences between post-transplant liver patients surviving greater than five years versus those…2020 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Kidney Donor Profile Index (KDPI) on Long-Term Outcomes in Deceased Donor Renal Transplant Recipients with Donor Acute Kidney Injury
*Purpose: Kidneys with donor acute kidney injury (AKI) are discarded at a higher rate. The purpose of the study is to assess long term renal…2020 American Transplant Congress
Evaluation of Oral Candidiasis Incidence at Large Academic Medical Center in Absence of Pharmacologic Prophylaxis at Discharge
*Purpose: Oral candidiasis (OC) is a common complication in solid organ transplant recipients. Despite AST guidelines recommending against universal prophylaxis, it has become common practice…2020 American Transplant Congress
Pneumocystis Pneumonia Occurrence and Prophylaxis Duration in Kidney Transplant Recipients According to Perioperative Treatment with Rituximab
Department of Surgery, Division of Kidney and Pancreas Transplant, AMC, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
*Purpose: Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP) is a life-threatening fungal infection that can occur in kidney transplantation (KT) recipients. A growing number of KT recipients are receiving…
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