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Articles tagged "Elderly patients"

  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    An Evaluation of Converting Elderly Kidney Transplant Recipients from Tacrolimus to LCPT to Limit Neurological Adverse Events and Improve Quality of Life

    A. Reticker, B. Valdepenas, K. Bruno, D. Cikopana, S. Walton, E. Benedetti, I. Tzvetanov, P. West-Thielke

    University of Illinois, Chicago, IL

    *Purpose: Adverse effects (AEs) of tacrolimus significantly reduce recipients’ quality of life (QOL). Given its ability for tremor improvement, this study investigates whether conversion from…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Dose Reduction of Anti-Thymocyte Globulin for Kidney Transplant Induction: Possible Cost Savings?

    M. Chaung, E. Hollinger, M. Brokhof, N. Alvey, L. Lineberger, N. Kenyon

    Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL

    *Purpose: Based on the United Network of Organ Sharing (UNOS) annual report, there has been an increase in the number of adults ages 65-74 waiting…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Multimodal Strategy for Hepatocellular Carcinoma in the Elderly: To Transplant or Not to Transplant

    M. Najjar1, O. Perez1, J. Zou1, S. Sun1, K. Bruestle1, P. Jiang1, E. Verna1, E. Zheng1, Y. Saenger1, A. Mathur1, A. Griesemer1, B. Samstein2, T. Kato1, K. Halazun2, J. Emond1

    1Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, 2Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY

    *Purpose: Liver transplantation LT for HCC is curative but entails increased risk and is limited by organ scarcity. Alternative approaches such as locoregional therapy (LRT)…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Comparison of Anti-Thymocyte Globulin and Alemtuzumab as Induction Therapy in Older Kidney Transplant Recipients

    M. Chaung, E. Hollinger, M. Brokhof, N. Alvey, L. Lineberger, N. Kenyon

    Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL

    *Purpose: The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety and efficacy of induction with either anti-thymocyte globulin (ATG) (total dose 5 mg/kg) or…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    NASH is the Leading Indication for Liver Transplantation in Elderly Patients

    J. A. Steggerda1, J. Yang2, V. Sundaaram2, N. Alkouri3, W. Ayoub2, I. K. Kim1, M. Noureddin2

    1Surgery, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 2Hepatology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 3Gastroenterology, University of Texas Health- San Antonio, San Antonio, TX

    *Purpose: Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) is an increasingly prevalent cause of end-stage liver disease (ESLD) and indication for liver transplantation (LT) in the United States and…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Infectious Complications in Elderly Kidney Transplant Recipients Undergoing Desensitization

    S. Sethi, R. Najjar, A. Peng, A. Vo, S. Jordan, E. Huang

    Cedars Sinai Medical Center, West Hollywood, CA

    *Purpose: Data is limited on the impact of desensitization on infectious complications in elderly kidney transplant (KT) recipients. We examined infectious complications in elderly KT…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Clinical Features and Outcomes of Post-Transplant Osteomyelitis in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients

    S. Sarwar1, G. Vilchez2, M. M. Azar3, M. Malinis3

    1The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, 2University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, KY, 3Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT

    *Purpose: As survival time of solid organ transplant recipients (SOTR) increases, comorbidities associated with advancing age such as diabetes mellitus and peripheral arterial disease combined…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Racial Disparities in Long-Term Outcomes in Kidney Transplantation from Elderly Donors in United States

    S. Shah, B. Abu Jawdeh, S. Bumb, T. Kaur, M. Anand, A. Govil, R. Jain

    University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH

    *Purpose: Kidney transplantation offers survival benefit and improved quality of life in end-stage renal disease patients. Because the waiting list continues to grow, there has…
  • 2019 American Transplant Congress

    “Getting Life Back” – Kidney Transplantation in the Elderly Patient

    V. Tsarpali1, K. Lønning2, K. Midtvedt2, T. Bernklev3, N. von der Lippe4, M. H. Andersen2, K. Heldal1

    1Clinic of Internal Medicine, Telemark Hospital Trust, Skien, Norway, 2Department of Transplantation Medicine, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, 3Vestfold Hospital Trust, Tønsberg, Norway, 4Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway

    *Purpose: The number of elderly patients developing end stage renal disease (ESRD) who are eligible for kidney transplantation (KTx) is increasing, but their transplant rate…
  • 2019 American Transplant Congress

    Long-Term Outcomes of Older Kidney-Transplant Recipients: A Single-Center Experience

    S. Sultan, M. Aull, M. Lubetzky, A. Watkins, S. Kapur

    Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY

    *Purpose: Given the aging population of patients with ESRD, and the high rates of associated mortality, at our center we perform an individualized risk assessment…
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