Am J Transplant, Volume 17, Suppl 3 Archives - Page 135 of 181 - ATC Abstracts

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Does the Model for End Stage Liver Disease (MELD) Score Predict Outcome in Total Artificial Heart Patients?
M. Rafiei, J. Moriguchi, M. Kittleson, J. Patel, T. Aintablian, E. Passano, R. Sharoff, J. Kwan, E. Kransdorf, D. Chang, L. Czer, J. Kobashigawa, F. Arabia.
Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute, Los Angeles
The total artificial heart (TAH) is being used for biventricular failure in patients with severe heart disease. Patients(pts) who have received a left ventricular assist…
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Improvement of Cyclosporine A Dosing Strategy to Enhance Medication Adherence.
M. Barten,¹ E. Harmel,¹ M. Goldmann,¹ F. Wagner,¹ H. Reichenspurner,¹ M. Rybczynski.²
¹Cardiovascular Surgery, University Heart Center Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany; ²General and Interventional Cardiology, University Heart Center Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
Background: It is known that the number of daily pills is crucial for medical adherence of patients after heart transplantation (HTx). For cyclosporine A (CsA)…
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Pregnancy Outcomes in Female Kidney Transplant Recipients Using Assisted Fertility Methods.
L. Coscia,¹ D. Armenti,¹ S. Constantinescu,^1,2 M. Moritz.^1,3,4
¹Transplant Pregnancy Registry, Gift of Life Institute, Philadelphia, PA; ²Medicine, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA; ³Surgery, Lehigh Valley Health Network, Allentown, PA; ⁴Morsani College of Medicine, USF, Tampa, FL
The purpose of this study was to analyze pregnancy and transplant outcomes in female kidney recipients who used fertility medications alone (FM), intrauterine insemination (IUI),…
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Improving Clinical Decisions for Kidney Transplant Recipients Through Online Medical Simulation.
S. Gitzinger, E. Jackson, D. Blevins.
Medscape, LLC, New York, NY
Methods: The CME intervention comprised two cases presented in a virtual patient simulation (VPS) platform, allowing learners to choose from numerous lab tests, diagnoses, and…
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Outcomes After Hysterectomy in Patients with End Stage Renal Disease.
I. Olorundare, S. DiBrito, C. Haugen, J. Garonzik-Wang, D. Segev.
JHU, Baltimore
INTRODUCTION:Hysterectomy is one of the most common gynecologic surgeries performed on women, including women with ESRD awaiting kidney transplantation. Despite this, studies of hysterectomy among…
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National Trends in Utilization of Donation After Cardiac Death Donor Livers for Transplantation.
S. Kubal,¹ R. Mangus,¹ B. Ekser,¹ R. Amos,² J. Fridell.¹
¹Department of Surgery, Division of Transplantation, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN; ²Indiana Donor Network, Indianapolis, IN
Background: Optimizing utilization of donation after cardiac death (DCD) livers is imperative to address organ shortage. Understanding factors that contribute to DCD liver discards is…
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Exceptions Points and Size Drive Gender Disparities in Liver Transplantation.
L. Nephew,¹ D. Goldberg,^1,2 J. Lewis,^1,2 P. Abt,³ M. Bryan,⁴ K. Forde.^1,2
¹Division of Gastroenterology/Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA; ²Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA; ³Division of Liver Transplantation, Department of Surgery, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA; ⁴Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Background and Aims: The root causes of gender disparities in liver transplantation (LT) have not been fully elucidated. We hypothesize that the source of the…
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Survival Benefit of Kidney and/or Pancreas Transplantation for Patients with Type 1 Diabetes in the United States.
R. Gruessner,¹ M. Laftavi,¹ O. Pankowycz,² V. Whittaker,¹ Z. Acun,¹ V. Aggarwal,² N. Ozden,² A. Gruessner.¹
¹Surgery, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY; ²Internal Medicine, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY
Study Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine the survival benefit of pancreas and/or kidney transplants as reported over a 28-year time period…
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Intraomental Non-Purified Islet Transplantation Isolated from DCD Donor Pancreas.
S. Wang, G. Pei, Y. Liu, Z. Wang, B. Zhang, Y. Xie, J. Wang, Z. Shen.
Transplant Center, Tianjin First Center Hospital, Tianjin, China
Objective: We have proved that omentum was a more efficient site to perform non-purified islet transplantation with more safety in Beagle dog islet auto-transplantation model.…
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Evaluation of Graft Functional Recovery After Simultaneously Pancreas and Kidney Transplantation with Donation After Cardiac Death in China (16 Cases of Report).
A. Hu, W. Liao, C. Zhang, X. Zhu, X. He.
The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
Purpose: In recent rears, a pilot program of organ donation after cardiac death (DCD) was initiated in China from general citizens. We describe the first…