2020 American Transplant Congress
Older Organs Transfer Senescence to Transplant Recipients
1Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, 2Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
*Purpose: Older organs represent an underutilized potential. Organ age, at the same time, augments alloimmune responses resulting into increased acute rejection rates. Senescent cells accumulate…2020 American Transplant Congress
Frailty Predicts Increased Length of Stay after Kidney Transplantation: An Implementation Study
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: Our objective was to implement a standardized an assessment of physical frailty and other aging-associated syndromes during routine evaluation of kidney transplant candidates over…2020 American Transplant Congress
Use of Tacrolimus Extended-Release in Elderly Kidney Transplant Recipients
1Barnes-Jewish Hospital, Saint Louis, MO, 2Washington University, Saint Louis, MO
*Purpose: Tacrolimus extended-release (LCPT) has been associated with efficacy and decreased rates of tremor when compared with tacrolimus immediate-release (Tac-IR) in kidney transplant recipients. Patients…2020 American Transplant Congress
Association between Pre-Transplant Frailty and Increased Length of Stay after Lung Transplantation
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: Given the growing numbers of older lung transplant candidates, there has been increasing interest in using frailty assessment for risk stratification of transplant candidates.…2020 American Transplant Congress
Maximizing Utilization of Marginal Kidneys in a Small, Geographically Isolated Transplant Program: 10 Year Experience
Charleston Area Medical Center, Charleston, WV
*Purpose: The initial experience with the kidney allocation system (KAS) resulted in an alarming decrease in the number of transplants in our small and isolated…2020 American Transplant Congress
De Novo Use of Envarsus (LCPT) in African American and Elderly Kidney Transplant Recipients: An Early Single Center Experience
*Purpose: Clinical trials with LCPT have shown a steadier and more consistent concentration time profile over 24 hours with increased bioavailability compared to twice daily…2020 American Transplant Congress
Evaluation of Infectious and Malignant Complications in Elderly Renal Transplant Recipients Receiving Alemtuzumab Compared to Basiliximab
*Purpose: The choice of induction immunosuppression can affect several outcomes after kidney transplant (KTx), especially for elderly recipients. For this population, there is limited data…2020 American Transplant Congress
Atrial Fibrillation Predicts Inferior Survival in Liver Transplant Recipients of Advanced Age in a Large Multicenter U.S. Cohort
*Purpose: More liver transplants (LT) are being performed in patients >65 years (y) - a population with higher rates of cardiovascular (CV) disease. It is…2019 American Transplant Congress
The Association of Kidney Transplant Center Volume with 3-Year Outcomes
*Purpose: To assess if a center volume-outcome relationship exists for contemporary kidney transplantation, specifically in increased-risk scenarios including: diabetic recipients, elderly recipients (age>65) or recipients…2019 American Transplant Congress
Delayed Graft Function as a Survival Prognostic Factor in Elderly Recipients of Kidney Transplantation
Nephrology and Kidney Transplantation, Hospital Clínic of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
*Purpose: Kidney transplantation (KT) provides advantages in terms of survival compared with dialysis. However, in elderly recipients, despite a better long-term survival, a high mortality…
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