Articles tagged "Elderly patients"

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…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Everolimus/Low Tacrolimus(TAC) Compared to MPA/RegularTAC for Renal Transplantation in the Elderly Recipient – Preliminary Analysis of the nEverOld Trial.
E. David-Neto,¹ F. Agena,¹ F. Ramos,¹ A. Triboni,¹ M. Altona,² V. Coelho,² N. Galante,¹ F. Lemos.¹
¹Kidney Transplant Service, Hospital das Clínicas, University of São Paulo School of Medicine, Sao Paulo, Brazil; ²Geriatric Service, Hospital das Clínicas, University of São Paulo School of Medicine, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
In the last decade, elderly patients (≥60y) have been more frequently listed for renal transplantation. From 2007 to 2014 the percentage of elderly renal transplant…
2016 American Transplant Congress
A Users Guide to Maximizing Utility and Outcome in >70 Year Old Donors.
K. Halazun, E. Przybyszewski, B. Samstein, E. Verna, A. Fox, R. Brown, J. Emond.
Liver Transplant & HPB Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College, NY, NY.
Background Among 10 million stroke fatalities in the US since 2002, donated livers were recovered from 28,313. Unfortunately, only 2,402 livers were yielded from 7.5…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes of Donor Nephrectomy in the Elderly.
O. Serrano,¹ A. Bangdiwala,² K. Yadav,¹ A. Adamusiak,¹ D. Vock,³ W. Payne,¹ T. Dunn,¹ S. Chinnakotla,¹ E. Finger,¹ T. Pruett,¹ A. Matas,¹ R. Kandaswamy.¹
¹Surgery, Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN; ²Biostatistics and Bioinformatics Core, Masonic Cancer Center, Minneapolis, MN; ³Biostatistics, Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN.
PURPOSE: The critical organ shortage has increased demand for marginal donor kidneys. Although previously a contraindication to live kidney donation, advanced age donors (>60 y.o.)…
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Infectious Complication in Extremely Elderly Kidney Transplant (KT) Recipients: A Leading Cause of Death.
J. Cabrera,^1,3 M. Fernández-Ruiz,² M. Molina,¹ E. González,¹ N. Polanco,¹ F. López-Medrano,² J. Aguado,² M. Praga,¹ A. Andrés.¹
¹Department of Nephrology, Hospital Universitario “12 de Octubre”, Madrid, Spain; ²Unit of Infectious Diseases, Hospital Universitario “12 de Octubre”, Madrid, Spain; ³Department of Nephrology, Hospital Evangelico, Montevideo, Uruguay.
Introduction: The incidence of infection after KT have been reported to directly increase with recipient's age, likely due to the combined effect of co-morbidities and…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Acute Rejection Profoundly Impacts Graft Survival in Young but Not in Old Kidney Transplant Recipients.
C. Denecke,^1,3 M. Biebl,^1,3 J. Fritz,² A. Brandl,^1,4 S. Weiss,^1,4 T. Dziodzio,^1,3 F. Aigner,^1,3 R. Sucher,^1,3 C. Bösmüller,¹ J. Pratschke,^1,3,4 R. Öllinger.^1,3
¹Visceral, Transplantation and Thoracic Surgery, Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria; ²Medical Statistics, Informatics and Health Economics, Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria; ³General, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, Charité Universitätsmedizin, Campus Virchow, Berlin, Germany; ⁴General, Visceral, Vascular and Thoracic Surgery, Charite Universitätsmedizin, Campus Mitte, Berlin, Germany.
Background: The proportion of marginal grafts and elderly recipients awaiting kidney transplantation is ever increasing. The correlation of age with DGF and acute rejection determines…
2016 American Transplant Congress
The Use of Kidney Donors Older Than 80 Years Does Not Affect Graft Survival in the Medium Term.
A. Fernández,¹ J. González,² C. Galeano,¹ S. Elias,¹ S. Jimenez,¹ F. Caravaca,¹ S. Pampa,¹ R. Marcen.¹
¹Nephrology, Hospital Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Spain; ²Nephrology, Hospital de León, Leon, Spain.
INTRODUCTION:Kidney transplantation is the best option for renal replacement therapy. One of its main limitations is the organs shortage. We analyzed the results in kidney…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Survival Advantage in the Elderly with Kidney Transplantation.
G. Spanos,¹ N. Duncan,¹ P. Brookes,¹ D. Goodall,¹ K. Koutroutsos,¹ E. Evangelou,² M. Loucaidou.¹
¹Imperial College Renal Transplant Centre, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom; ²Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom.
Background: Patients with established renal failure (ERF) are aging. Of patients starting dialysis at our centre a third and a half are over the age…
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Really Old (>84 Years) Deceased Donor Livers Can Save Lives.
A. Friedman, E. Marquez, K. DelliCarpini.
LiveOnNY, New York, NY.
Avoiding death of the liver transplant candidate who depends on the inadequate organ supply requires careful strategy. Nevertheless, transplantation of livers from potential donors older…