2016 American Transplant Congress » Poster Session B: Liver: MELD, Allocation and Donor Issues (DCD/ECD)

6:00pm-7:00pm

Same Policy, Different Impact: Center and Regional Effects of SHARE 35 Liver Allocation.

D. Murken,¹ A. Peng,¹ D. Aufhauser Jr,¹ D. Goldberg,² M. Levine.¹

6:00pm-7:00pm

A Call for a New Paradigm of Organ Allocation within the Confines of MELD for Those Who Are Not “the Sickest”.

T. Baker, A. Siarris, P. Accoh, D. Ladner.

6:00pm-7:00pm

Defining Frailty in Liver Transplant Recipients.

L. Louwers,¹ K. Eid,¹ J. Plescia,¹ N. Presser,¹ J. Muntean,¹ M. Kattan,² K. Chagrin,² C. Miller,¹ D. Kelly.¹

6:00pm-7:00pm

Does Rising MELD Score Convey Worse Liver Transplant Outcome?

A. Rahnemai-Azar, J. Perkins, M. Montenovo, T. Pearson, R. Bakthavatsalam, S. Rayhill, A. Dick, J. Reyes, L. Sibulesky.

6:00pm-7:00pm

Extreme Hyperoxia During Pre-Implant Normothermic Liver Perfusion (PINLiP) Is Associated with Post-Reperfusion Syndrome and Vasoplegia.

C. Watson, V. Kosmoliaptsis, L. Randle, M. Hamed, J. Klinck, A. Butler.

6:00pm-7:00pm

Factors Associated with Increased Risk of MELD Progression Among a Large Population of Patients with Cirrhosis and an Initial Low MELD Score (<15).

K. Atiemo, L. Zhao, A. Skaro, L. VanWagner, S. Goel, A. Kho, B. Ho, R. Kang, S. Montag, J. Holl, M. Abecassis, D. Ladner.

6:00pm-7:00pm

Fifty Is the New 40? An Argument to Uncap the MELD Score.

J. DiNorcia,¹ Y. Genyk,¹ K. Andreoni,⁴ W. Kim,³ J. Levitsky,⁵ D. Mulligan,⁶ R. Sung,⁷ M. Nadim.¹

6:00pm-7:00pm

Good Livers with a Bad Reputation: Favorable Outcome with Imported Grafts.

M. Akoad, M. Simpson, J. Pomposelli, E. Pomfret.

6:00pm-7:00pm

Hematopoietic Progenitor Cells and Monocyte Subsets and Hepatic Decompensation in Patients Referred for Liver Transplant Evaluation.

K. Forde,¹ K. Krok,² M. Patel,¹ M. Krowka,³ M. Fallon,⁴ S. Kawut.¹

6:00pm-7:00pm

Impact of Left Ventricular Diastolic Dysfunction on Patients Being Evaluated for Liver Transplantation.

K. Forde,¹ R. McLean,¹ W. O'Donnell,¹ K. Krok,² M. Patel,¹ G. Lin,³ J. Oh,³ M. Krowka,³ M. Fallon,⁴ S. Kawut.¹

6:00pm-7:00pm

Increased Frequency of Post-Recovery Liver Reallocation: The Law of Unintended Consequences?

J. Orlowski, C. Muse, J. Whaley, R. Squires.

6:00pm-7:00pm

Increased Utilization of High Risk Deceased Donors with Share 35 Does Not Affect Outcomes in Liver Transplantation.

M. Boktour, A. Saharia, D. Victor, S. Gordon-Burroughs, C. Mobley, R. McFadden, V. Ankoma-Sey, J. Galati, A. Gaber, H. Monsour, R. Ghobrial.

6:00pm-7:00pm

Liver Graft Steatosis Associates with an Increase of Circulating Immune Response Chemokines.

R. Gehrau, V. Mas, A. Sharma, V. Bontha, D. Maluf.

6:00pm-7:00pm

Liver Transplantation in Patients Actively Drinking Less Than 6 Months Before Transplant Presenting with Acute Decompensation: A Single-Center Experience.

H. Monsour, D. Victor, M. Boktour, J. Galati, J. Ontiveros, L. Theriot, R. McFadden, C. Mobley, A. Saharia, S. Gordon-Burroughs, A. Gaber, R. Ghobrial.

6:00pm-7:00pm

Long-Term Liver Function of Deceased Liver Transplantation Using Hepatitis B Surface Antigen Positive Grafts.

W.-C. Lee,¹ Y.-C. Wang,¹ C.-H. Cheng,¹ T.-H. Wu,¹ C.-F. Lee,¹ R.-S. Soong,¹ T.-J. Wu,¹ H.-S. Chou,¹ K.-M. Chan,¹ C.-S. Lee.²

6:00pm-7:00pm

MELD as a Metric for Survival Benefit of Liver Transplantation.

X. Luo, A. Massie, S. Bae, M. Bowring, D. Segev.

6:00pm-7:00pm

Outcomes Following Inguinal Hernia Repair in Patients with End Stage Liver Disease.

N. Dagher, S. DiBrito, I. Olorundare, C. Landazabal, D. Segev.

6:00pm-7:00pm

Outcomes for Liver Transplantation Using Organs from Donation After Cardiac Death Donors: A Single Center Experience.

J. Vanatta, X. Zhao, V. Puri, R. Helmick, S. Nair, S. Satapathy, J. Eason.

6:00pm-7:00pm

Outcomes of Living and Deceased Donor Liver Transplant Recipients According to the MELD Score.

J. Lee, J. Lee, S. Song, J. Lee, S.-K. Kwon, D. Joo, M. Ju, G. Choi, J. Choi, S. Kim, M. Kim.

6:00pm-7:00pm

Outcomes with the Use of Pediatric Donor Livers in Adult Recipients: Review of the UNOS Database.

K. Croome, D. Lee, J. Burns, J. Nguyen, D. Perry, C. Taner.

6:00pm-7:00pm

Physical Disability on the Liver Transplant Waitlist: Results from the Functional Assessment in Liver Transplantation (FrAILT) Study.

M. Samoylova, M. Haftek, S. Shiboski, K. Covinsky, J. Roberts, J. Lai.

6:00pm-7:00pm

Pre-Mortem Cannulation and NECMO Preservation for DCD Liver Transplantation.

P. Ruiz,¹ M. Gastaca,¹ A. Valdivieso,¹ A. Ventoso,¹ I. Palomares,¹ M. Prieto,¹ J. Bustamante,² P. Salvador,² J. Ortiz de Urbina.¹

6:00pm-7:00pm

Probability of Transplant (POT) Index: A Novel Method to Predict the Likelihood of an Adult Liver Transplant.

J. Moffett,¹ M. Kueht,¹ H. Petrowsky,² I. Riaz,³ C. Nalty,⁴ S. Khaderi,¹ C. O'Mahony,¹ J. Goss,¹ A. Rana.¹

6:00pm-7:00pm

Resolution of Donor Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Following Liver Transplantation.

A. Posner,¹ W. Twaddell,² S. Hanish,² D. Bruno,² W. Hutson,² L. Hebert,² R. Barth,² J. LaMattina.²

6:00pm-7:00pm

Results from 100 Consecutive Donation-After-Circulatory Death (DCD) Liver Transplants Using a Thrombolytic Protocol.

J. Seal, H. Bohorquez, N. Battula, E. Ahmed, D. Bruce, I. Carmody, R. Trevor, G. Tyson, S. Joshi, N. Bzowej, G. Therapondas, N. Girgrah, A. Cohen, G. Loss.

6:00pm-7:00pm

Risk Factors for Short and Long Term Mortality in High MELD Recipients.

A. Bertacco,^1,2 M. Rodriguez-Davalos,¹ M. Schilsky,³ P. Yoo,¹ S. Kulkarni,¹ B. Fortune,³ A. Liapakis,³ S. Emre,¹ D. Mulligan.¹

6:00pm-7:00pm

Role of Donor Hemodynamic Trajectory in Determining Graft Survival in Liver Transplantation from Donation After Circulatory Death Donors.

D. Firl, K. Hashimoto, C. O'Rourke, J. Fung, B. Eghtesad.

6:00pm-7:00pm

Some DCD Livers Function as Well as DBD Livers: The Implications of Discarding Usable Livers.

J. Scalea, R. Redfield, D. Foley.

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Strategies to Prevent Ischemic Cholangiopathy After Donation After Circulatory Death Donor Liver Transplantation.

C. Kubal,¹ R. Mangus,¹ J. Fridell,¹ B. Ekser,¹ N. Rush,² R. Saxena,² J. Tector.¹

6:00pm-7:00pm

Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of the Impact of Computed Tomography Assessed Skeletal Muscle Mass on Outcome in Patients Awaiting or Undergoing Liver Transplantation.

J. van Vugt,¹ S. Levolger,¹ R. de Bruin,¹ J. van Rosmalen,² H. Metselaar,³ J. IJzermans.¹

6:00pm-7:00pm

The Impact of Gender Discordance on Graft Survival Among Liver Transplant Recipients.

J. Moore, X. Luo, A. Massie, T. Purnell, D. Mogul, D. Segev.

6:00pm-7:00pm

The Role of Obesity in Survival Outcomes of Liver Transplant Recipients with High MELD Score.

S.-H. Chang,¹ N. Carlsson,¹ X. Liu,² J. Wellen,³ J. Hagopian,⁴ T. Horwedel,⁴ T. Alhamad.⁵

6:00pm-7:00pm

Thrombolytic Protocol in Organ Procurement from Donation After Circulatory Death Donors Reduces Ischemic Cholangiopathy in Liver Transplantation.

J. Fan, G. Selvaggi, W. De Faria, S. Nishida, A. Tekin, T. Beduschi, Y. Yushkov, R. Vianna.

6:00pm-7:00pm

Transplanting the Extremely Sensitized Patient: The University of Wisconsin Experience with the New Kidney Allocation System.

E. Grodstein, R. Bennett, J. Anderson, G. Press, A. Djamali, D. Kaufman, R. Redfield.

6:00pm-7:00pm

Trends in Liver Transplant Rates and Waitlist Survival.

M. Bowring, A. Massie, X. Luo, L. Kucirka, E. Chow, A. Cameron, D. Segev.

6:00pm-7:00pm

Underweight BMI Is Associated with Graft Failure and Increased Mortality in Liver Transplant Recipients.

T. Alhamad,¹ N. Carlsson,² X. Liu,³ J. Wellen,⁴ J. Garonzik-Wang,⁴ S.-H. Chang.²

6:00pm-7:00pm

Use of Elderly Donors in Liver Transplantation: A Paired-Match Analysis at a Single Center.

D. Ghinolfi, Q. Lai, P. DeSimone, D. Pezzati, G. Cirillo, F. Filipponi.

6:00pm-7:00pm

Waitlist versus Population-Based Metrics of Access to Liver Transplantation: Comparing UNOS Waitlist Data and Nationally-Representative Data of Patients with End-Stage Liver Disease.

D. Goldberg,^1,2 B. French,² J. Lewis,^1,2 S. Halpern.^1,2