2019 American Transplant Congress
Increasing Incidence and Transplantation of Individuals Listed with Alcoholic Liver Disease
*Purpose: Alcoholic liver disease (ALD) has recently become the most common indication for liver transplantation in the US; it is important to characterize changes in…2019 American Transplant Congress
Organ Procurement Organization Surgeon Improves Utilization of Livers from Pediatric Donors
*Purpose: Pediatric liver transplant centers tend to send their own procurement team for organ assessment and recovery. TXSB organ procurement organization (OPO) hired a full-time…2019 American Transplant Congress
Caregiving before Thoracic Transplantation–A Qualitative Inquiry
1Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, 2University of Florida-Gainesville, Gainesville, FL
*Purpose: Although post-transplant caregiver (CG) support is a prerequisite for transplant listing, research shows CG outcomes including stress and social functioning may be worse during…2019 American Transplant Congress
Comparison of Basiliximab and Alemtuzumab for Lung Transplant Induction
*Purpose: Compare alemtuzumab and basiliximab used for lung transplant in terms of rejection, CLAD, and mortality.*Methods: A retrospective review of lung transplants performed between 2010…2019 American Transplant Congress
Robotic Pancreas Kidney Transplantation For Type 1 Diabetic Patient With End stage Renal Disease: First Year Experience In Single Institute
*Purpose: Simultaneous pancreas kidney transplantation for type 1 diabetic patients with end-stage renal disease is a highly successful, but also very invasive surgical procedure. Robotic…2019 American Transplant Congress
The Use of Mobile Software for Real-Time, Secure, Team-Based Procurement and Transplantation Team Communication to Improve the Deceased Donor Organ Transplantation Process
HealthTech Solutions, Inc., Coralville, IA
*Purpose: Deceased donor organ (DDO) transplantation is an effective cure for patients suffering from organ failure. Organ transplantation is cost-effective, provides a significant survival benefit,…2019 American Transplant Congress
Pharmacist Impact on Vaccinations Rates in Cardiothoracic Transplant Recipients
William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital, Madison, WI
*Purpose: The purpose of this project is to determine the impact pharmacists have on cardiothoracic transplant recipients’ vaccination status at the time of transplant surgery.*Methods:…2019 American Transplant Congress
Donor Derived Neoplasia: Will It Be a Risk after Clinical Pig Organ Xenotransplantation?
*Purpose: The survival of the nonhuman primates with life-supporting pig kidney grafts has increased substantially (to >1 year). As clinical pig organ xenotransplantation draws closer,…2019 American Transplant Congress
Infectious Complications after Treatment of Antibody-Mediated Kidney Allograft Rejection: A National Cohort Study
*Purpose: Multimodal therapeutic strategies used to treat acute antibody-mediated rejection (AMR) could enhance the risk of infection. However, data in this context are scarce.*Methods: We…2019 American Transplant Congress
Favorable Outcome of Pathologic Downstaging by Locoregional Treatment for Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Liver Transplantation
Severance hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
*Purpose: There was no distinct guideline how to take into account the effect of pretransplant locoregional treatment (LRT) in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) staging system. The…
