Articles tagged "Age factors"

2019 American Transplant Congress
The Outcomes after an Infection in Older Liver Transplant Recipients is Comparable to Younger Adults
J. Garcia-Diaz¹, M. Kerkelis², T. Shah³, M. Tucker⁴, M. Gastanaduy⁵, J. Woo¹, M. Ponder¹, M. Malinis⁶, M. Malinis⁶
¹Infectious Diseases, Ochsner Medical Center, New Orleans, LA, ²University of Queensland/Ochsner Clinical School, New Orleans, LA, ³Internal Medicine, St. Joseph Hospital, Denver, CO, ⁴Internal Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, ⁵Center for Outcomes and Health Services Research, Ochsner Medical Center, New Orleans, LA, ⁶Infectious Diseases, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
*Purpose: Solid organ transplantation is being increasingly offered to older patients with concurrent chronic medical conditions such as cardiovascular, cerebrovascular, and renal disease. Risk of…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Functional Dependence, Access to Kidney Transplantation and Waitlist Mortality
A. Muzaale¹, N. Chu¹, H. Ying¹, S. Norman², S. Sison¹, D. Segev¹, M. McAdams-Demarco¹
¹JHU, Baltimore, MD, ²UM, Ann Habor, MI
*Purpose: Among patients with ESRD, functional dependence is common and an important determinant of both HRQOL and adverse outcomes. Kidney transplant (KT) may help patients…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Does Ethnicity Impact Elderly Kidney Transplant Recipient Outcomes?
I. Bajjoka, A. Yaldo, S. Serra, S. Foley, C. Crombez, M. Abouljoud
Henry Ford Transplant Institute, Detroit, MI
*Purpose: Elderly patients represent a growing proportion of the kidney transplant population. In order to address the needs of this special group, risk factors for…
2019 American Transplant Congress
How Do We Choose? Predicting Utilization Of Cardiac Donors And The Effect Of Era
D. A. Baran¹, J. T. Lansinger², A. Long², J. Philpott³, H. Copeland⁴, W. Old³, G. Zeevi³, C. Barreiro³, C. Kemp³, B. H. Smith³, K. Stelling³, A. Ingemi³, P. Bourassa³, J. M. Herre³
¹Sentara Heart Hospital, Virginia Beach, VA, ²Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA, ³Sentara Heart Hospital, Norfolk, VA, ⁴University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS
*Purpose: The number of patients on the heart transplant waitlist continues to rise. However, the rate of organ acceptance is only about 1/3 of all…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Association between Recipient Sex and Risk of Heart Graft Failure
A. Chackowicz¹, X. Zhang², M. Dahhou², R. Sapir-Pichhadze³, H. Cardinal⁴, B. Foster⁵
¹Faculty of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, ²Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada, ³Dept. of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁴Dept. of Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁵Dept. of Pediatrics, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
*Purpose: Previous studies of sex differences in heart transplant outcomes focused on interactions between donor and recipient sex, but did not consider the potentially modifying…
2019 American Transplant Congress
What Are Factors That Can Influence The High Immunological Graft Loss Rate In Young Pancreas Transplant Recipients
A. C. Gruessner, J. Renz, S. Saggi, R. W. Gruessner
SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY
*Purpose: Pancreas transplants (tx) are increasingly performed in older patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus. This trend may be explained by the significantly higher immunologic…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Facial Composite Tissue Allotransplantation: First Canadian Experience
S. Collette¹, A. Govshievich², S. F. Dufresne¹, D. Désy¹, H. St-Jacques¹, D. Borsuk¹
¹Hopital Maisonneuve-Rosemont, Montreal, QC, Canada, ²University of Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada
*Purpose: Facial vascularized composite allotransplantation (VCA) has emerged as a groundbreaking reconstructive solution for patients with severely disfiguring facial injuries. It allows simultaneous “like with…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes From Very Old Deceased Kidney Donors For Transplantation
E. Guillen¹, P. Ventura-Aguiar¹, A. Ruiz², G. Piñeiro¹, D. Cucchiari¹, I. Revuelta¹, V. Torregrosa¹, F. Cofan¹, E. De Sousa¹, N. Esforzado¹, M. Musquera³, L. Peri³, F. Oppenheimer¹, F. Diekmann¹
¹Renal Transplant Unit, Nephrology and Kidney Transplantation Department, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain, ²Organ Transplantation Coordination Department, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain, ³Renal Transplant Unit, Urology Department, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain
*Purpose: Age of deceased donors is increasing, so ensuring the viability of these organs is essential for renal transplantation to continue being the best option…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Risk Predictive Strategy to Expand Pancreas Donor Selection
J. W. Mensink¹, K. M. Ooms - de Vries², V. A. Huurman¹, R. A. Pol³, I. P. Alwayn¹, A. E. Braat¹
¹Department of Surgery; Division of Transplantation, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ²Dutch Transplant Foundation, Leiden, Netherlands, ³Department of Surgery; Division of Transplantation, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
*Purpose: The discrepancy between the number of patients on the waiting list and the number of donor pancreata for transplantation needs extension of accepting criteria…
2019 American Transplant Congress
6-Minute Walk Testing in Patients on the Kidney Transplant Waitlist
X. S. Cheng¹, J. Lee², K. V. Discipulo¹, J. Myers³, J. C. Tan¹
¹Nephrology, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, ²Kidney Transplant, Stanford Hospital, Palo Alto, CA, ³Cardiology, Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, CA
*Purpose: Poor physical function in kidney transplant candidates is associated with frailty, sub-optimal transplant outcomes, and higher health care utilization. We need an instrument to…