Articles tagged "Elderly patients"

2016 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes of Sequential and En Bloc Transplants in the Elderly: 10 Year Review of UNOS Data.
V. Whittaker,¹ R. Gruessner,¹ A. Vikram,² A. Gruessner.
¹Surgery, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY; ²Medicine, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY.
To evaluate the outcome of sequential and en bloc transplants in the elderly.Method: Retrospective review UNOS data 2004-2014 kidney transplant alone patients >65 years. Patient…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Hospitalizations, Survival, and Complications: 1-Year Outcomes for Elderly Lung Transplant Recipients.
N. Casciello, A. Fuentes, J. Krisl, N. Sinha, T. Kaleekal.
Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX.
Purpose: In 2014, The International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation published consensus guidelines listing age greater than 65 years as a relative contraindication to…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Alemtuzumab Induction Therapy in Elderly Kidney Transplant Recipients.
I. Yakubu,¹ B. Masters,¹ B. Ravichandran,¹ T. Sparkes,¹ M. Moss,¹ F. Rasetto,¹ S. Jonchhe,¹ B. Thomas,² N. Costa,² D. Leeser,² S. Bartlett,² A. Haririan.²
¹Pharmacy, University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore; ²University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore.
Background: In descriptive studies, alemtuzumab has been associated with an escalating risk of death and graft loss in elderly (≥65 years) kidney transplant recipients. However,…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes in Elderly Renal Transplant Recipients Using Thymoglobulin or Interleukin-2 Receptor Antagonist Induction.
N. Jasiak,¹ J. Thielke,¹ J. Chen,² N. Hilal,¹ S. Salah,¹ D. Wu,¹ E. Benedetti,² P. West-Thielke.^1,2
¹Pharmacy, University of Illinois, Chicago; ²Transplant Surgery, University of Illinois, Chicago.
Background: Approximately 20% of all renal transplants performed in the US in 2014 occurred in elderly patients. Elderly patients are known to be at higher…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Induction with T-cell Depletional Agents Is Safe and Efficacious in the Very Elderly Kidney Transplant Recipients: An Analysis of the OPTN Database.
H. Dave, L. Wolfe, H. Fattah, D. Kumar, A. King, M. Levy, A. Cotterell, A. Sharma, C. Bhati, G. Gupta.
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA.
Background: Kidney transplantation is increasingly being offered to the very elderly (Age>70 years) kidney transplant recipients. Previous studies analyzing the effect of induction immunosuppression in…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Early Hospital Readmisison Among Older Kideny Transplant Recipients.
E. King, L. Kucirka, M. McAdams-DeMarco, F. Al-Ammary, D. Segev.
Surgery, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
BACKGROUND: We previously established 31% of all kidney transplant (KT) recipients experience early hospital readmission (EHR). We hypothesized that rates of EHR might be higher…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Which Post-Transplant Complications Are More Common in Elderly Renal Recipients?
F. Agena, F. Paula, B. Reichert, P. Neves, A. Piovesan, W. Nahas, E. David-Neto.
Renal Transplantation Service, Hospital das Clinicas - University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Elderly recipients are listed for renal transplantation (RTx) more frequently. The immediate (first 60 days) post-transplant complications expected in this group have not been well…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Evaluation of T Cell Immunity in Elderly Solid Organ Transplant Recipients.
J. Schaenman,¹ Y. Korin,² T. Sidwell,² V. Groysberg,² E. Lum,¹ E. Huang,¹ S. Bunnapradist,¹ T. Pham,¹ G. Danovitch,¹ E. Reed.²
¹Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA; ²Department of Pathology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA.
Elderly transplant recipients experience increased rates of death, especially death due to infection, as compared with younger patients. However, little is known about the mechanism…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Improved Health Related Quality of Life Also in Older Recipients Following Kidney Transplantation.
K. Lønning,¹ K. Heldal,^2,3 T. Bernklev,^2,3 M. Andersen,^1,4 A. Hartmann,^1,3 N. Von der Lippe,³ A. Reisæter,¹ K. Midtvedt.¹
¹Department of Organ Transplantation, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway; ²Clinic of Internal Medicine, Telemark Hospital, Skien, Norway; ³Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway; ⁴Department of Health Sciences, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.
Background: There is a lack of knowledge regarding elderly patients with end stage renal disease (ESRD) and health related quality of life (HRQOL) after KTX.…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Clinical Prediction Tool to Guide Referral of Elderly Dialysis Patients for Kidney Transplant Evaluation.
L.-X. Chen,¹ M. Josephson,¹ N. Stankus,¹ K. Campbell,¹ D. Hedeker,² M. Saunders.¹
¹Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL; ²Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL.
Background: Adults over 70 years old are the fastest growing segment of the end stage renal disease (ESRD) population. Due to substantial variation in co-morbidities…