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  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Transplant-free Survival in Alcohol-related Liver Disease (ALD) Patients Presenting with First Evidence of Ascites

    K. Fahoum1, N. T. Shen2, E. Basu1, J. Lee3, A. Kaplan2, A. Salajegheh4, R. Rosenblatt2, A. Jesudian2, C. Lucero2, B. Fortune2, M. M. Safford5, R. S. Brown2

    1Medical College, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, 2Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, 3Population Health Sciences, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, 4Psychiatry, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, 5General Internal Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY

    *Purpose: The development of ascites is a poor prognostic sign for patients with cirrhosis. The factors associated with transplant-free survival at initial presentation with ascites…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Can an Organ Survive for More Than 100 Years Between Donor and Recipient

    R. Gruessner, J. Renz, A. C. Gruessner

    SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY

    *Purpose: It has been hypothesized that parenchymal grafts have a longer life expectancy than the cardio-cerebro-vascular system. We investigated the occurrence of deceased-donor liver (DDOLT),…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    The Role of Histone Acetylation/methylation Mediated Epigenetic Modifications in the Pathogenesis of Non-alcoholic Steatohepatitis-associated Liver Carcinogenesis

    P. K. Rajan1, U. Utibe-Abasi1, J. D. Sanabria1, M. Banerjee2, G. Smith1, M. S. Schade1, J. Sanabria1, K. Sodhi1, S. Pierre2, Z. Xie2, J. I. Shapiro2, J. Sanabria1

    1Department of Surgery, Marshall University, Huntington, WV, 2Marshall Institute for Interdisciplinary Research (MIIR), Marshall University, Huntington, WV

    *Purpose: Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the most aggressive human cancers and is characterized by an acquisition of multiple abnormal phenotypes driven by epigenetic…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Influence of Controlled Donation After Circulatory Death (cdcd) on Waiting List Mortalityfor Liver Transplantation in the Last 10 Years: The Spanish Experience

    F. Alconchel, M. Royo-Villanova, J. Moya, L. Martínez-Alarcón, J. Zambudio, P. Cascales-Campos, T. Nicolás, R. Robles, F. Sánchez-Bueno, J. Pons, J. Rodríguez, A. Ríos, J. Fernández, P. Ramírez

    University Hospital Virgen Arrixaca (IMIB-Arrixaca), Murcia, Spain

    *Purpose: Controlled donation after circulatory death (cDCD) provides one third of liver donors in Spain nowadays. The aim of our work is to evaluate the…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Pre-transplant Prognostic  Nutritional  Index  Predicts  Short-term  Outcomes  After  Liver Transplantation

    E. Lisznyai, T. Kitajima, K. Delvecchio, A. Mohamed, S. Yeddula, T. Shamaa, T. Ivanics, K. Collins, M. Rizzari, A. Yoshida, M. Abouljoud, S. Nagai

    Transplant Institute, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI

    *Purpose: To understand the importance of pre-transplant nutritional status in optimizing liver transplant outcomes.*Methods: The prognostic nutritional index (PNI) is a  serum  marker of nutrition…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Post Pediatric Liver Transplant Immunosuppression: What’s the Caregivers’ Perspective?

    I. D. Batsis1, J. C. Bucuvalas1, E. Eisenberg2, J. Lau2, S. Feng3, E. Perito4

    1Pediatric Hepatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, NY, New York, NY, 2Patient and Family Engaged Partners, SPLIT, New York, NY, 3Pediatric Transplant Surgery, UCSF, San Francisco, CA, 4Pediatric Hepatology, UCSF, San Francisco, CA

    *Purpose: For children with liver transplants (LT), achieving an “ideal outcome” is a balancing act: too little immunosuppression (IS) begets graft injury; too much IS…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Impact of Pediatric Living Donor Liver Transplant Center Volume on Waiting List and Post-Transplant Outcomes

    D. Yoeli, R. A. Choudhury, H. B. Moore, T. L. Nydam, M. E. Wachs, E. A. Pomfret, M. A. Adams

    Transplant Surgery, University of Colorado School of Medicine and Children’s Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO

    *Purpose: The aim of this study was to compare pediatric liver transplant (pLT) waiting list and post-transplant outcomes by center pediatric living donor liver transplant…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Incidence and Risk Factors for Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer in Lung Transplant Recipients

    G. Holdren1, E. Lushin1, M. Duncan2, C. Hage2

    1Pharmacy, Indiana University Health, Indianapolis, IN, 2Pulmonary Critical Care, Indiana University Health, Indianapolis, IN

    *Purpose: The purpose of this study is to identify the incidence of nonmelanoma skin cancer (NMSC) post lung transplantation and to examine the relationship between…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Public Perceptions of Presumed Consent for Organ Donation in Canada: A Qualitative Descriptive Study of Public Comments from News Articles

    D. E. Fox1, M. Donald2, C. Chong1, R. R. Quinn3, P. E. Ronksley1, M. J. Elliott3, N. N. Lam3

    1The Department of Community Health Sciences, The University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, 2Cumming School of Medicine, The University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, 3The Cumming School of Medicine and Department of Community Health Sciences, The University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada

    *Purpose: In 2019, two Canadian provinces (Alberta and Nova Scotia) became the first jurisdictions in North America to pass presumed consent legislation to increase deceased…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Healthcare Disparities Amongst Dialysis Patients in North Carolina: Decreased Access to Transplant in Lowest Health Rank Counties

    D. Leto1, W. Irish2, C. Haisch2, B. Tuttle2, D. Leeser2

    1Cape Fear Valley Medical Center, Fayetteville, NC, 2East Carolina University, Greenville, NC

    *Purpose: This study measured healthcare disparities amongst the counties in North Carolina with the best compared with counties with the worst healthcare outcomes, specifically the…
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