Articles tagged "Age factors"

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…
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…

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