2015 American Transplant Congress
Change in Frailty Between Evaluation for Kidney Transplantation and Transplantation
BACKGROUND: Frailty prevalence is high and predicts early hospital readmission, length of stay and mortality in adults of all ages undergoing kidney transplantation (KT). The…2015 American Transplant Congress
Frailty in Patients Being Evaluated for Kidney Transplantation
BACKGROUND: In patients undergoing hemodialysis, frailty prevalence is high and predicts mortality and hospitalization. Little is known about frailty in patients with ESRD who are…2015 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Donor Specific Antibodies in the Older Kidney Transplant Recipient
Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston.
Recent evidence suggests that renal transplant recipients (RTR) with both rejection and donor specific antibodies (DSA) are at high risk of graft loss. Concurrently, the…2015 American Transplant Congress
Liver Transplantation in Children Using Organ Donation After Circulatory Death An Analysis of the National Registry
Liver Transplant and Hepatobiliary, Cleveland, Cleveland, OH.
The waiting list mortality rate for children is higher than for adults owing to scarce availability of size-appropriate grafts for liver transplantation(OLT). There is a…2015 American Transplant Congress
Transplanting Pediatric Livers Into Adult Recipients Is Associated With Increased Rejection and Decreased Survival
General Surgery, Division of Transplantation, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL.
Introduction: Transplantation of pediatric livers to adult recipients, a measure which places the graft at higher risk of hepatic artery thrombosis (HA), is frequently necessitated…2015 American Transplant Congress
Age Should Not Be Considered a Contraindication for Living Kidney Donation
Imperial College Renal and Transplant Centre, Hammersmith Hospital, London, United Kingdom.
The increasing numbers of patients with ESRD on the transplant waiting list has been the main driving force for expanding the donor pool. Acceptance of…2015 American Transplant Congress
The Losing Trifecta: Age ≥70, Deceased Donor Transplant, and Delayed Graft Function
Columbia University, New York.
INTRO: Patients ≥70 are the fastest growing part of the ESRD population. Although historically patients ≥70 have had acceptable renal transplant outcomes, in our own…2015 American Transplant Congress
Matching of Recipient and Donor Age Is the Most Powerful Risk Factor Affecting to Long-Term Graft Survival and Function
Recipient age and donor age were typical non-immunologic parameters affecting to graft survival rate (GSR). Using more than 3,000 cases of living donor transplantation database…2015 American Transplant Congress
Patient Outcomes After Listing for Kidney Alone Transplantation in Potential Recipients Aged Over 70 Years
BackgroundLow likelihood of listing and subsequent deceased donor transplantation has previously been reported for the elderly with additional concerns about patient frailty, morbidity and mortality…2015 American Transplant Congress
Reconsideration of Age Limits for Pancreas Transplantation
Div. of Transplantation, Dept. of Surgery, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI.
Introduction: Pancreas transplantation (PTx) remains the only strategy for reinstitution of long-term insulin production and outcomes have progressively improved. Yet, historically, centers have employed age-limits…