2019 American Transplant Congress
Biliary Atresia Patients Receiving Liver Transplantation Reflect Changing Birth Demographics in the United States between 1987-2018
Childrens Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA
*Purpose: To review the multi-center US experience with liver transplantation (LT) for Biliary Atresia (BA)*Methods: We reviewed LT outcomes in children with BA in the…2019 American Transplant Congress
Living Donor vs. Deceased Donor Liver Transplantation for Pediatric Patients with Metabolic Liver Disease
Renji Hospital, Shanghai, China
*Purpose: Liver transplantation has been accepted as the appropriate treatment option for pediatric metabolic liver disease and the most common methods used are LDLT and…2019 American Transplant Congress
Metabolic Liver Transplant: A Single Cooperative 2002-2017
*Purpose: Liver transplant (LT) can increase quality and quantity of life for patients with inherited metabolic diseases (IMDs) who suffer severe and unpredictable complications despite…2019 American Transplant Congress
Liver Transplantation in Children with Type 1 and Type 2 Autoimmune Hepatitis
Department of Student Affairs, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
*Purpose: Autoimmune Hepatitis (AIH) can be defined as type 1 and type 2 based on autoantibodies. Liver transplant (LT) may be indicated for chronic liver…2019 American Transplant Congress
Independent Risk Factors for Discard of Pediatric Liver Allografts
*Purpose: The aim of this study is to identify risk factors available at the time of initial DonorNet offer to predict discard of pediatric liver…2019 American Transplant Congress
Obesity Induced IL-18 Production Impairs FOXP3+ Treg Function and Increases Risk of Primary Graft Dysfunction in Lung Transplant Recipients
*Purpose: Lung transplantation is a life-saving treatment for terminal lung diseases but long-term outcomes are poor, beginning with possible development of primary graft disease (PGD)…2019 American Transplant Congress
Correlation between Gene Expression and Histology in Transbronchial Lung Transplant Biopsies
University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
*Purpose: Transbronchial lung transplant biopsies (TBBx) are limited by non-specific histologic lesions and suboptimal interobserver reproducibility. Gene expression offers a potentially more precise, objective and…2019 American Transplant Congress
Impact of the 2013 Change in Definition of Increased Risk Donors on Lung Transplant Outcomes
*Purpose: The definition for donors at “increased risk” for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis B (HBV), and hepatitis C (HCV) was updated in 2013 from…2019 American Transplant Congress
Molecular Features of Rejection in Endobronchial Mucosa Biopsies
University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
*Purpose: Mucosal biopsies are safer and easier to collect than transbronchial biopsies (TBB) but cannot be assessed histologically for lung rejection. Reliable assessment would change…2019 American Transplant Congress
Oral Ribavirin Therapy for Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) in Lung Transplant Recipients: The Impact of Policy Implementation on Cost and Appropriate Use
Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI
*Purpose: RSV is a leading cause of viral infections in lung transplant recipients and is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. While the role of…
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