Articles tagged "Age factors"

2017 American Transplant Congress
Young African American Heart Transplant Recipients Have an Elevated Risk of Post-Transplant Mortality.
H. Maredia, M. Bowring, A. Massie, S. Oyetunji, C. Merlo, R. Higgins, D. Segev, E. Bush.
JHU, Baltimore
African American (AA) race is associated with worse survival among heart transplant recipients. Even after controlling for socioeconomic and clinical characteristics, racial disparities persist and…
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Trends in Liver Transplantation Among Older Adults with ESLD.
C. Haugen,¹ Q. Huang,² M. Pozo,¹ M. McAdams-DeMarco,² D. Segev.^1,2
¹Surgery, JHU, Baltimore; ²Epidemiology, JHU, Baltimore
As the population ages and as the average age of liver transplant (LT) waitlist candidates increases, understanding of the trends and outcomes is imperative for…
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Dementia and Alzheimer's Disease Among Older Kidney Transplant Recipients.
M. McAdams DeMarco, S. Bae, N. Chu, A. Gross, C. Brown IV, E. Oh, P. Rosenberg, K. Neufeld, R. Varadhan, M. Albert, J. Walston, D. Segev.
Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD
Background: Kidney transplantation (KT) is a growing treatment option for older ESRD patients. Older recipients may develop post-KT dementia and Alzheimer's disease (AD) associated with…
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Is It Safe to Use Older Donor Liver Grafts for Older Recipients?
M. Safwan, K. Collins, K. Takahashi, M. Rizzari, A. Yoshida, M. Abouljoud, S. Nagai.
Transplant and Hepatobiliary Surgery, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI
Aim: The safety of liver transplantation (LT) using older donor grafts into older recipients remains to be elucidated. The aim of this study was to…
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EPTS Is a Poor Predictor of Post-KT Mortality for Older Recipients.
M. McAdams DeMarco, X. Luo, A. Massie, D. Segev.
Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD
Background:The new kidney allocation system (KAS) is meant to better match longevity of recipients and allografts. The United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) decided that…
2017 American Transplant Congress
Clinical Outcome of Pancreas Transplantation in Elderly Patients with Diabetes Mellitus.
J. Jung,¹ J. Choi,² S. Shin,² Y. Kim,² D. Han.²
¹Nursing, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea; ²Surgery, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
Introduction: The age of the recipient is an important factor affecting the outcome of pancreas transplantation. In elderly people, it was a taboo due to…
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Is Reluctance to Accept Younger Kidney Donors Justified?
H. Ibrahim,¹ D. Berglund,¹ S. Jackson,² A. Matas.¹
¹U of MN, Mpls; ²M Health, Mpls
Transplant centers are often reluctant to accept young kidney donors because of long-term concerns regarding reduced renal mass and because they have not yet reached…
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CD4⁺IFN-γ⁺IL-10⁺ Regulatory Type 1 Cells Facilitate Prolongation of Graft Survival in Old Recipient Mice Treated with Rapamycin.
T. Heinbokel, M. Quante, K. Minami, A. Elkhal, S. Tullius.
Transplant Surgery Research Laboratory and Division of Transplant Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Although the elderly represent a rapidly growing population among transplant recipients, age-specific aspects have not been considered sufficiently in clinical trials. Moreover, age-specific effects of…
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The Objective Liver Frailty Index Significantly Improves the Clinician “Eyeball Test” to Predict Mortality in Liver Transplant Candidates.
J. Lai, K. Covinsky, C. McCulloch, S. Feng.
UCSF, San Francisco
Background: Frailty is a critical determinant of waitlist outcomes. The most commonly-used test to assess frailty in liver transplant (LT) candidates is the “eyeball test”,…
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Pediatric Recipients of Deceased Adult Donor Kidneys Have Equivalent Outcomes Compared with Pediatric Donors.
D. Mikhail,¹ H. Sharma,^3,4 J. Chen,² M. Cooper,⁴ A. Sener,^1,3 P. Luke.^1,3
¹Urology, Western University, London, ON, Canada; ²Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, ON, Canada; ³Multi-Organ Transplant Surgery, Western University, London, ON, Canada; ⁴Transplant Surgery, Georgetown University, Washington, DC
INTRODUCTION:Efforts are made to transplant paediatric deceased donor kidneys into pediatric recipients. To our knowledge, data does not support better graft outcomes with matched pediatric…