Am J Transplant, Volume 18, Suppl 3 Archives - Page 122 of 211 - ATC Abstracts

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Effects of Sarcopenia on Patients Undergoing Liver Re-Transplantation
J. Stracke, M. Ilias, S. Nagai.
Transplant Surgery, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI.
Background:Loss of muscle mass (sarcopenia) has been found to be a measure of mortality after primary liver transplantation. We aimed to evaluate its effect in…
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Predictors of Graft Survival amongst Recipients of Liver Allografts with Prolonged Cold Ischemic Time (CIT)
J. Steggerda,¹ K. Kim,¹ D. Malinoski,² M. Bloom.¹
¹Surgery, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA; ²Surgery, Oregon Health Science University, Portland, OR.
Background: CIT is an independent risk factor for worse outcomes in liver transplantation (LT). Factors contributing to improved graft survival in organs with CIT ≥12…
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Non-US Citizen Liver Transplant Recipients (LTR) Have Superior Outcomes Compared to US Citizen LTR: A Retrospective Study of 50,422 Subjects Using the Organ Procurement and Transplant Network (OPTN) from 1992-2015
T. Butler,¹ A. Rana,² M. Garfinkel.¹
¹Department of Transplantation, Southern Illniois University School of Medicine, Springfield, IL; ²Department of Abdominal Transplantation, Baylor, Houston, TX.
The US performs over 7,000 liver transplants per year and a substantial subset of Non-US citizen recipients exist. United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) policy…
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Cumulative United States Experience in Domino Liver Transplants
K. Barrera, S. Sharma, A. Gruessner, R. Gruessner.
Surgery, State University of New York, Downstate, Brooklyn, CA.
Background/Purpose: The ongoing shortage of livers in the setting of growing waiting lists remains a challenge in transplantation. First introduced in 1995, sequential or domino…
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The Opioid Strikes Back: Pre-Transplant Opioid Exposure is Associated with Increased Readmissions after Renal Transplant
B. O'Brien, N. Patel, L. Wilson, P. Mauldin, S. Ball, R. Gilbert, Z. Elmaasarani, P. Baliga, N. Pilch, D. Taber, J. Fleming.
Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC.
Recent analyses suggest that opioid use in renal transplant recipients is associated with increased complications, graft loss and mortality. The aim of this study was…
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Predictors of Immunosuppressive Medication Adherence in Chinese Renal Transplant Recipients: Marital Status and Immunosuppressive Medication Beliefs
J. Liu,¹ S. Liu,² J. Xie,¹ J. Yan.¹
¹The Third Affiliated Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China; ²Adelphi University College of Nursing and Public Health, Garden City, NY.
Purpose: Our aim was to examine the beliefs on immunosuppressive medication (IM) and IM adherence in Chinese renal transplant recipients, and explore the predictors of…
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Effect of Donor-Recipient Gender-Mismatch on Long Term Function after Pancreas Transplantation
F. Messner,¹ C. Bösmüller,¹ M. Maglione,¹ M. Riedmann,² R. Oberhuber,¹ B. Cardini,¹ T. Resch,¹ S. Schneeberger,¹ C. Margreiter.¹
¹Visceral, Transplant and Thoracic Surgery, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria; ²Medical Statistics, Informatics and Health Economics, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria.
Background: Several studies in solid organ transplantation have shown a correlation between gender-match and risk of graft loss. In this study we aimed to analyze…
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The Effect of Steroid Maintenance in Recipients with Pancreas Transplant Alone: A Single Center Experience
J. Choi, J. Jung, H. Kwon, S. Shin, Y. Kim, D. Han.
Division of Kidney and Pancreas Transplantation, Department of Surgery, Asan Medical Center, University Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Background: In solid organ transplantation, the use of steroids for maintenance therapy is common. However, the appropriateness of steroid maintenance or withdrawal in pancreas transplantation…
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Outcomes from Brain Death Donors with Cardiac Arrest Accepted for Pancreas Transplantation
P. Ventura-Aguiar,¹ J. Ferrer,² D. Paredes,³ C. Rodriguez,³ C. Fontdevilla,² E. Esmatjes,⁴ J. Garcia-Valdecasas,² F. Oppenheimer,¹ F. Diekmann,¹ M. Ricart.¹
¹Nephrology and Kidney Transplant Department, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain; ²Hepatobiliopancreatic and Liver Transplant Department, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain; ³Organ Transplantation Coordination Department, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain; ⁴Diabetes Unit, Department of Endocrinology and Nutrition, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain.
Donor selection has a major impact on pancreas transplantation. Cardiac arrest and hypoxemia produce an insult to endothelial cell and may increase the risk of…
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Improving and Delivering Medical Education about Organ Donation and Transplantation to Medical Students Could Play a Fundamental Role in Organ Donation Expansion: Its Time to Get the Basics Right.
A. Ghazanfar, E. Vyra.
Transplant Surgery, St Georges University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom.
Background: Education and knowledge about organ donation and transplantation are the most important tools required by all doctors to become ambassador for it irrespective of…