Articles tagged "Age factors"

2020 American Transplant Congress
History of Coronary Artery Disease Predicts Inferior Survival in Liver Transplant Recipients of Advanced Age in a Large Multicenter U.S. Cohort
M. German¹, A. Hristov¹, A. Lee¹, F. Osman¹, A. Kwong², D. Devuni³, C. Wang⁴, J. Boike⁵, J. Jo⁵, L. VanWagner⁵, M. Serper⁶, R. Sharma⁷, E. Verna⁷, J. Shor³, A. Koteish⁸, G. Sehmbey⁹, A. Seetharam⁹, N. John², Y. Patel¹⁰, M. Kappus¹⁰, T. Couri¹¹, S. Paul¹¹, R. Salgia¹², Q. Nhu¹³, C. Frenette¹³, J. Lai⁴, A. Goel², E. Spengler¹
¹U of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, ²Stanford, Palo Alto, CA, ³U of Massachusetts, Worcester, MA, ⁴U of California, San Francisco, CA, ⁵Northwestern, Chicago, IL, ⁶U of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁷Columbia, New York, NY, ⁸Florida Hospital, Orlando, FL, ⁹U of Arizona, Phoenix, AZ, ¹⁰Duke, Durham, NC, ¹¹U of Chicago, Chicago, IL, ¹²Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI, ¹³Scripps, San Diego, CA
*Purpose: Coronary artery disease (CAD) is common in patients of advanced age and does not preclude liver transplantation (LT) if adequately treated. We aimed to…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Results of Pancreas Transplantation in Diabetic Patients with End-Stage Kidney Disease Older Than 50 Years
E. Montagud-Marrahi¹, A. Molina², A. Pané³, M. Ramirez-Bajo⁴, A. Amor³, E. Esmatjes³, J. Ferrer⁵, F. Diekmann¹, P. Ventura-Aguiar¹
¹Nephrology and Kidney Transplantation Department, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, ²Servei de Nefrologia i Trasplantament Renal, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, ³Endocrinology Department, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, ⁴Laboratori Experimental de Nefrologia I Trasplantament (LENIT), CRB CELLEX, Fundació Clínic, IDIBAP, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, ⁵Hepatobiliopancreatic and Liver Transplant Department, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
*Purpose: Improvement of care in type 1 diabetes mellitus, with the optimization of patient access to insulins of variable action, has led to macro- and…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Frailty Prevalence among Younger and Older Kidney Transplant Candidates and Recipients
X. Chen¹, N. Chu¹, J. Walston², D. Segev¹, M. McAdams DeMarco¹
¹Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ²Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: Frailty is associated with decreased access to kidney transplantation and poor post kidney transplant (KT) outcomes. This paper aims to explore the prevalence and…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Hepatic Artery Thrombosis in the Modern Era of Increased Utilization of Livers from Older Donors
A. Kernodle, M. Krach, P. Chiang, D. Segev, A. Massie, J. Garonzik-Wang
Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: In a prior study using national registry data, deceased donor age greater than 50 was associated with a 35% to 61% increased risk of…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Mycophenolic Acid Exposure in Young, Middle Age and Older Stable Renal Transplant Recipients
K. Tornatore¹, K. Attwood², R. Venuto³
¹School of Pharmacy; University at Buffalo, Williamsville Buffalo, NY, ²School of Pharmacy; University at Buffalo Department of Biostatistics; Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, NY, ³School of Medicine; University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY
*Purpose: Mycophenolic acid (MPA) is an essential drug in maintenance immunosuppressive regimens. In spite of increased kidney transplants in the elderly, limited pharmacokinetic investigations comparing…
2020 American Transplant Congress
80 is the New 60: A Single-Center Outcome Study of Octogenarian Kidney Transplant Recipients
D. Shankaranarayanan, T. Muthukumar, S. Sultan, A. Watkins, D. Serur, C. Hartono
Weill Cornell Medicne, New York City, NY
*Purpose: Kidney transplantation is the treatment of choice for end stage renal disease. However, limited data is available on the outcomes of octogenarian recipients.*Methods: Retrospective…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Transition from Youth to Adult Care of Kidney Transplant Recipients: Single Center Experience
L. Ganesan, A. McGrath, K. Dahl, K. Dinello, A. Fong, L. Maestretti, M. Patton, P. Grimm, A. Chaudhuri
Pediatric Nephrology, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital, Stanford, CA
*Purpose: Transition of transplant recipients from youth to adult care has been a challenge for many. Starting in March 2017, Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital (LPCH)…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Managing the Road to Kidney Transplantation in the Elderly
R. S. Munjal, K. Kalra, A. Cherukuri, D. Jorgensen, S. Verma, P. Sood, R. Mehta, C. Puttarajappa, S. Hariharan, C. Wu
Nephrology, UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA
*Purpose: We hypothesize that careful patient selection and waitlist management minimizes the impact of advanced recipient age on kidney transplant outcomes.*Methods: A total of 3,521…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Outcome of Large Donor-Recipient Age Gap in Live-Donor Renal Transplant in Tacrolimus Era
K. Soliman¹, T. Fulop¹, M. Mohamed Ahmed¹, A. Osman², A. Posadas¹, M. Casey¹, V. Rao¹, V. Rohan³, D. Dubay³, S. Nadig³, H. Ali⁴
¹Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ²Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt, ³Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ⁴Medicine, Royal Stoke University, Royal Stoke, United Kingdom
*Purpose: A large donor-to-recipient age gap among deceased-donor renal transplant (RT) patients leads to worse outcomes. However, the impact of this age gap among live-donor…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Age Mismatch between Donor and Recipient in Heart Transplant and its Effect on Mortality
A. Kumar¹, L. Bonell², M. Prikis¹
¹Internal Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, ²Division of General Internal Medicine Research, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT
*Purpose: Increasing donor to recipient age difference has been shown to reduce survival in pediatric heart transplant population. However, the effect of age mismatch in…

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