2022 American Transplant Congress
The Paradox of Lifestyle – Related Liver Disease: ASH and NASH
*Purpose: In the last decade, the burden of lifestyle-related chronic disease has been on the rise and is considered a growing serious public health concern.…2022 American Transplant Congress
Characteristics and Outcomes of Patients Admitted for Acute Alcoholic Hepatitis Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic
*Purpose: Despite known increases in alcohol use, changes in alcohol-associated liver disease rates during COVID-19 have not been well characterized. We compared the incidence and…2022 American Transplant Congress
Variable Course of Hepatitis A Virus Infection in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients
*Purpose: Although Hepatitis A virus (HAV) infection is typically a self-limited disease in immunocompetent individuals, the natural history and viral kinetics of HAV in solid…2021 American Transplant Congress
Varicella Hepatitis Mimicking Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor-induced Liver Toxicity
*Purpose: Nivolumab is an anti-PD-1 monoclonal antibody belonging to a class of immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI) used for many malignancies. A major limitation to their…2021 American Transplant Congress
Algorithms to Identify Alcoholic Hepatitis Hospitalizations in Patients with Cirrhosis
*Purpose: With the rising proportion of patients receiving liver transplantation for alcoholic hepatitis, it is important to identify methods of ascertaining hospitalizations with alcoholic hepatitis…2021 American Transplant Congress
Hepatitis E Diagnosis and Management After Liver, Kidney, or Heart Transplant: A Single Center Experience
1Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, 2Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI
*Purpose: Transplant-related Hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection is a rarely recognized entity with significant clinical importance given potential for chronic hepatitis post-transplant. We evaluated HEV…2021 American Transplant Congress
Prevalence of Hepatitis E Virus Infection in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
*Purpose: Hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection is an underdiagnosed disease due to the use of serological assays with low sensitivity. Although most patients with HEV…2021 American Transplant Congress
Donor Derived Transmissions 2019: Analysis of the OPTN Ad Hoc Disease Transmission Advisory Committee (DTAC)
1OPTN DTAC, Richmond, VA, 2UNOS, Richmond, VA
*Purpose: The OPTN DTAC, a multidisciplinary group, evaluates potential donor derived transmission events (PDDTE), mostly infections (I) & malignancies (M), to assess the likelihood of…2020 American Transplant Congress
IM Naltrexone Post Liver Transplant for Alcoholic Hepatitis Patients to Prevent Relapse
Transplant Surgery, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY
*Purpose: The number of patients requiring liver transplants due to Hepatitis C Virus is declining due to the new treatment options, and the growing number…2020 American Transplant Congress
Outcome of Hepatitis B Virus DNA-Positive Liver Transplantation in Hepatitis B Virus/Hepatitis D Virus Co-Infected Recipient Treated with High Dose Hepatitis B Immune Globulin: A Case Report
*Purpose: Introduction: While common in Asian countries, liver transplantation (LT) for patients with hepatitis B virus (HBV)/hepatitis D virus (HDV) co-infection is rare in the…