2021 American Transplant Congress
Long-term Outcomes of Donation After Cardiac Death and Living Donor Liver Transplant for Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis: An Analysis of UNOS Registry from 2002-2020
Transplant and Hepatobiliary Surgery, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI
*Purpose: Use of donation after circulatory death (DCD) grafts is a reported risk factor for worse outcomes after liver transplant (LT) for primary sclerosing cholangitis…2021 American Transplant Congress
Immunologic Benefits of Maternal Living Donor Allografts in Pediatric Liver Transplantation: Less Rejection Episodes and No Evidence of De Novo Allosensitization
*Purpose: Living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) offers improved graft and patient survival in pediatric liver transplant (LT) recipients. Prior studies have suggested immunological advantage when…2021 American Transplant Congress
Hepatoportoenterostomy versus Primary Liver Transplantation for Biliary Atresia: A Review of the National Experience
*Purpose: Kasai hepatoportoenterostomy (HPE) followed by liver transplantation (LT) if needed is the standard of care for children with biliary atresia (BA). Some, however, have…2021 American Transplant Congress
Pre-Procurement Cardiac Arrest in Lung Allograft Donors and Effects on Recipient Outcomes
Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN
*Purpose: This study seeks to help expand the lung transplant donor pool by demonstrating the safe use of lung allografts from donors who underwent pre-procurement…2021 American Transplant Congress
Hospital-Level Metrics and Interventions to Increase Deceased Organ Donation: A Systematic Review
*Purpose: The shortage of transplantable organs available for the ever-growing transplant waiting list is well-described. Efforts to ameliorate this have predominantly focused on improving processes…2021 American Transplant Congress
Black Transplant Recipients Reside in the Most Socially Vulnerable Communities
*Purpose: Racial and socioeconomic disparities in post-transplant outcomes have been described for all solid organ recipients. While the importance of the social determinants of health…2021 American Transplant Congress
Has the Proportional Rise in Deceased Organ Donation Rate Over Last 5 Years Been Optimal? A Data-based, Forecasting Model Analysis of UNOS/NHSBT UK Donor Data
*Purpose: The increase in deceased donor numbers since last decade has been widely reported. We aim to analyse if the trend in rise of numbers…2021 American Transplant Congress
Needs of People with Kidney Transplantation During the Covid 19 Pandemic and Its Confinement, and the Role of Communication Technologies Through the “Patient Experience”
*Purpose: During the COVID-19 pandemic, healthcare services have focused on the care of acute processes and there is a risk of not meeting the needs…2021 American Transplant Congress
Early Increases in Post-Transplant Pancreatic Enzymes are Not Associated with Inferior Patient or Graft Outcomes Among Pancreas Transplant Recipients
University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
*Purpose: An increase in the serum concentration of pancreatic enzymes (amylase and lipase) is commonly related to an acute inflammatory process in the pancreas graft…
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