2019 American Transplant Congress
HOPE in Action: A Multicenter Prospective Study of HIV to HIV Liver Transplantation
*Purpose: HIV+ liver transplant (LT) candidates face higher mortality and lower access to transplant compared to HIV- counterparts. With the US HOPE Act, HIV+ donor…2019 American Transplant Congress
Transmission of Infections from Organ Donor to Recipient – German Data
German Foundation for Organtransplantation (DSO), Frankfurt, Germany
*Purpose: In Europe, vigilance monitoring after organ transplant includes Serious Adverse Events (SAE) as well as Serious Adverse Reactions (SAR). All SAE and SAR related…2019 American Transplant Congress
Liver Transplantation in Acute Hepatic Insufficiency Induced by Imatinib
*Purpose: Case report of a Woman, pediatrician, 40 yo,with chronic myeloid leukemia using Imatinib who developed Serious Acute Hepatic Failure and needed liver transplant to…2019 American Transplant Congress
Case Series: Anti-Thymocyte Globulin as a Treatment for Steroid-Refractory Severe Acute Hepatitis in Children
*Purpose: Pediatric severe acute hepatitis (SAH), when not attributed to acetaminophen toxicity, is commonly hypothesized to be caused by a non-typeable viral infection and/or immune…2019 American Transplant Congress
Liver Transplantation in Children with Type 1 and Type 2 Autoimmune Hepatitis
Department of Student Affairs, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
*Purpose: Autoimmune Hepatitis (AIH) can be defined as type 1 and type 2 based on autoantibodies. Liver transplant (LT) may be indicated for chronic liver…2019 American Transplant Congress
Hepatitis A Hospitalizations among Kidney Transplant Recipients in the United States: A Nationwide Study
*Purpose: Hepatitis A illness severity increases in immunosuppressed patients and one of important indicators of hepatitis A illness severity is whether patients require hospitalization. This…2019 American Transplant Congress
Introduction of Universal Hepatitis E RNA Screening in Deceased Organ Donors – The UK Experience
*Purpose: We aim to describe the strategy and initial results of post-donation, universal screening of deceased organ donors in the UK. HEV RNA is tested…2018 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Early Corticosteroid Treatment in Patients with Indeterminate Acute Severe Hepatitis
Background and Aims: Discrimination of acute severe autoimmune hepatitis AIH and drug induced liver injury in patients with indeterminate acute severe Hepatitis is challenging. Early…2017 American Transplant Congress
Hepatitis E Virus-Associated Cryoglobulinemia in Solid-Organ-Transplant Recipients: A Prospective Study.
Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is responsible for acute and chronic autochthonous hepatitis in developed countries, particularly in Western Europe. Conversely to hepatitis B or C,…2017 American Transplant Congress
Risk Factor for Hepatitis E Virus Infection Among Solid-Organ-Transplant Patients.
Genotype 3 and 4 hepatitis E virus (HEV) infections are prevalent in developed countries and can cause chronic hepatitis, cirrhosis, and extra-hepatic manifestations among solid-organ-transplant…
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