2020 American Transplant Congress
Hypernatremia Predicts Waitlist Death and Deterioration, but Not Post-Transplant Outcomes in Pediatric Liver Transplant Candidates
*Purpose: Pre-transplant hypernatremia has been shown to predict post-transplant mortality in adult liver transplant (LT) recipients. The effects of hypernatremia in children, however, remain unexplored.…2020 American Transplant Congress
Liver Transplantation for Pediatric Genetic and Metabolic Liver Disease: A Single-Center Experience
*Purpose: Pediatric liver transplantation (LT) is an established treatment for a myriad of liver diseases most notably biliary atresia and urea cycle defects. In the…2020 American Transplant Congress
Limited Differences in Infectious Complications of Pediatric Liver Transplant between Hepatoblastoma and Non-Hepatoblastoma Patients
Cincinnati Children's Hosp Med Cntr, Cincinnati, OH
*Purpose: Pediatric liver transplantation (pLTX) has become a part of treatment for Hepatoblastoma (HB). The incidence and characterization of infectious events (IE) has not been…2020 American Transplant Congress
New Concept of Liver Transplatation in Pediatric Patient – Up Side Down Metod
Transplantation Surgery, Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Prague, Czech Republic
*Purpose: Liver transplantation (LTx) in pediatrics has become an accepted modality for treatment in end-stage liver disease and irreversible acute liver failure. Left lateral segment…2020 American Transplant Congress
Understanding Attitudes and Perceptions about Liver Disease and Living-Donor Liver Transplant- Results of a National Survey
*Purpose: There are more than 14,000 people on the national waiting list for a liver transplant. Approximately 25% will die before receiving a life-saving transplant…2020 American Transplant Congress
De Novo Dosing and Trough Attainment Trends of Extended-Release Tacrolimus in the Absence of Dose Adjustments
*Purpose: Initial dosing of tacrolimus extended-release tablets (LCPT) was 0.17 mg/kg/day in the pivotal trial in de novo kidney transplant recipients. Dosing subsequent to the…2020 American Transplant Congress
Bile Microbiology and Antibiotic Susceptibility in Liver Transplant Recipients versus Non-Transplant Population
Surgery, Chung-Ang University Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
*Purpose: The signs and symptoms of biliary infection in liver transplantation (LT) recipients are frequently subtle because of immunosuppression, thereby delaying its diagnosis and increasing…2020 American Transplant Congress
A Comparative Analysis of Mucormycosis in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients and Other Immunosuppressed Hosts Including Patients with Uncontrolled Diabetes
*Purpose: Mucormycosis is a rare disease that is associated with a high morbidity and mortality. It usually affects those with uncontrolled diabetes mellitus (DM) and…2020 American Transplant Congress
Pentamidine Prophylaxis in Transplant Recipients
Department of Pharmacy, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI
*Purpose: Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (TMP-SMX) is preferred therapy for pneumocystis pneumonia (PJP) prophylaxis in solid organ transplant (SOT) recipients, however, use can be limited by allergy and…2020 American Transplant Congress
Successful Use of Tedizolid for the Treatment of Nocardiosis in Transplant Recipients
*Purpose: Nocardiosis is an opportunistic infection occasionally seen after solid organ (SOT) and hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation. Treatment is challenging due to the limited number of…
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