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Articles tagged "Age factors"

  • 2019 American Transplant Congress

    Pregnancy Outcomes by Conception Age in Female Liver Transplant Recipients

    M. Sarkar1, L. A. Coscia2, D. Kliniewski2, S. Rao3, S. Constantinescu4, M. J. Moritz5

    1Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, 2Gift of Life Institute, Transplant Pregnancy Registry International, Philadelphia, PA, 3Medicine, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA, 4Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, 5Surgery, Lehigh Valley Health Network, Allentown, PA

    *Purpose: The purpose of this study is to compare pregnancy outcomes in liver transplant recipients by different conception ages. Background: Over 30% of female transplant…
  • 2019 American Transplant Congress

    Comparison of Pregnancy Outcomes by Conception Age in Female Kidney Transplant Recipients

    S. Rao1, L. A. Coscia2, D. Kliniewski2, S. Constantinescu3, M. J. Moritz4

    1Medicine, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA, 2Gift of Life Institute, Transplant Pregnancy Registry International, Philadelphia, PA, 3Medicine, Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, 4Surgery, Lehigh Valley Health Network, Allentown, PA

    *Purpose: The purpose of this study is to compare pregnancy outcomes in 1066 female kidney transplant recipients by different conception ages.*Methods: Data were collected by…
  • 2019 American Transplant Congress

    Approach to Leukopenia in Older Kidney Transplant Recipients

    M. Shearer, M. Labonte, L. Erbe, R. Rodgriuez, A. Price, V. Rao, M. Casey, K. Soliman, D. Lazarus, D. Taber, M. Posadas Salas

    Dept of Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC

    *Purpose: Older kidney transplant recipients face challenges of post-transplant complications related to frailty and comorbidity burden. They are particularly vulnerable to side effects of immunosuppression…
  • 2019 American Transplant Congress

    The Rapidly Aging Population of Liver Transplant Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma

    J. B. Rubin, G. Cullaro, N. Mehta, J. C. Lai

    Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, UCSF, San Francisco, CA

    *Purpose: Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the fastest rising cause of cancer-related mortality in the US and a leading indication for liver transplant (LT). Direct acting…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Functional Assessment of Kidney Transplant Candidates with the 6 Minute Walk Test and Hand Grip Strength

    S. Anand,1 S. Gilligan,2 D. Morris,1 T. Srinivas.

    1Transplant Nephrology, Intermountain Healthcare, Murray; 2University of Utah, Murray, UT.

    Background: The 6 minute walk test distance (6MWT) and Isometric hand grand grip strength (HGS) have been studied in various settings as objective measures of…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Age-Specific Effects of Tacrolimus Are Associated to Specific Changes of T Cell Metabolism

    Y. Nian, T. Heinbokel, K. Minami, R. Abdi, A. Elkhal, S. Tullius.

    Transplant Surgery Research Lab, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston.

    Background: Energy metabolism of immune cells has been identified as critical in driving alloimmunity. While metabolic capacities change with aging, aspects linking age, immunosuppression, and…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    When Does Donor Age Matter? A Review of over 70,000 Liver Transplants

    D. Yoeli, E. Pan, M. Kueht, N. Galvan, R. Cotton, C. O'Mahony, J. Goss, A. Rana.

    Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX.

    Background: Past studies on donor age in liver transplantation have largely relied on binary groups (i.e., young vs. old) with arbitrarily defined cut-offs. The aim…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Host Factors and Clinical Spectrum of Adenovirus Infection in Pediatric Solid Organ Transplantation: A Closer Look at the Infant, the Toddler and the Child

    C. Del Valle Mojica, S. Chen, H. Gans.

    Pediatrics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA.

    Adenovirus (AdV) is increasingly recognized in solid organ transplants (SOT), with reported mortality exceeding 50%. Characterization of AdV infection in the pediatric SOT population is…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    A Single Center Transition of Care Model from Pediatric Heart Recipients to Adult Services Ongoing Study Model

    S. Adams, M. Wigger.

    Heart Transplant, Vanderbilt Medical Center, Nashville, TN.

    This is an ongoing look at designing a pediatric to adult transition model and lessons learned over time. It has been shown that the first…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Pilot Study of Health IT Feasibility and Impact on Quality of Life for Young Adult Kidney Transplant Recipients

    C. Blosser, R. Katz, J. Himmelfarb, N. Bansal.

    Nephrology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA.

    Background: Young adult kidney transplant recipients (KTRs) are an at-risk population and long-term survival rates are significantly lower than expected. A large majority of young…
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