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Articles tagged "High-risk"

  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Twelve Hour Ex Vivo Normothermic Perfusion for the Assessment of High-Risk Discarded Deceased Donor Kidneys.

    I. Palma, I. Palma, Y. Smolin, S. Kabagambe, A. Perry, J. Sageshima, R. Perez.

    Department of Surgery, UC Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA

    Ex-Vivo Normothermic Perfusion (EVNP) has been shown to be useful to assess viability of high-risk deceased donor kidneys, with high renal blood flow and immediate…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Why Are Pancreas Transplants Declining in the United States in the Past Decade?

    R. Stratta,1 A. Gruessner,2 J. Odorico,3 J. Fridell,4 J. Rogers,1 A. Farney,1 G. Orlando,1 R. Gruessner.2

    1Surgery, Wake Forest, Winston-Salem, NC; 2Surgery, SUNY Upstate, Syracuse, NY; 3Surgery, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI; 4Surgery, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN.

    In the past decade, the annual number of pancreas transplants (PTxs) in the US has steadily declined coincident with increasing numbers of PTxs performed outside…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Impact of the National Overdose Death Epidemic on the Deceased-Donor Pool.

    M. Bowring, A. Massie, L. Kucirka, E. Chow, M. Sulkowski, D. Segev, C. Durand.

    JHU, Baltimore.

    Beginning in 2010, there was a dramatic increase in heroin and other opioid overdose(OD) deaths in several regions across the country, primarily among young Caucasians.…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Steroid Free Immunosuppression and Clinical Outcomes in Recipients of Deceased Donor Kidney Transplant with Positive Flow Cytometry Crossmatch.

    O. Adebiyi, T. Taber, W. Goggins, D. Mishler, M. Yaqub, A. Sharfuddin.

    Indiana University, Indianapolis.

    Background: Positive flow cytometry crossmatch (FCXM) is considered a high immunologic risk for transplantation. Available studies reporting outcomes in positive FCXM kidney transplants were done…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Management and Outcomes of Upper Extremity Deep Venous Thrombosis in Heart Transplant Patients.

    A. Panakos,1 D. Kramer,1 M. McCarey,1 P. Mather.2

    1Internal Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA; 2Cardiology, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA.

    Upper extremity deep venous thrombosis (UEDVT) is common in post-heart transplant (OHT) patients, likely due to their multiple intravascular catheters and post-surgical state. The clinical…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Liver Evaluation for Heart Transplantation: Which Is Better, Noninvasive Scans or Liver Biopsy?

    R. Mohan, J. Patel, M. Kittleson, D. Chang, T. Aintablian, L. Czer, F. Esmailian, J. Kobashigawa.

    Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute, Los Angeles, CA.

    Background: Patients awaiting heart transplantation who have known liver disease from congestive hepatopathy are at increased risk for mortality post-transplantation. The evaluation of the liver…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR) for Severe Aortic Stenosis as a Bridge to Liver Transplantation.

    R. Syed, P. Cox-Alomar, H. Bohorquez, G. Therapondos, N. Girgrah, S. Joshi, G. Tyson, T. Reichman, I. Carmody, G. Loss, A. Cohen, D. Bruce, E. Ahmed, J. Seal, P. Parrino, S. Ramee, N. Bzowej.

    Ochsner Medical Center, New Orleans, LA.

    Background: Historically, severe symptomatic aortic stenosis (AS) has been corrected surgically with aortic valve replacement. In patients with end stage liver disease (ESLD), cardiac surgery…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Hospital Readmissions in the First Year Post Transplant Over a 12-Year Span at a Single Center.

    C. Avila, I. James, G. Phillips, A. El-Hinnawi, A. Rajab, R. Pelletier, M. Henry, G. Bumgardner.

    The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH.

    There is an increased focus on hospital readmissions as a driver of health care costs and indicator of health care quality. Study Purpose: Understanding the…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Risk Factors for Clinical Urinary Tract Infections in Kidney Transplant Recipients with Asymptomatic Bacteriuria.

    S. Medani, M. Dorais, A. Tavares-Brum, H. Mawad, A. Duclos, C. Lemieux, A. Barama, H. Cardinal.

    Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Montréal, Canada.

    BackgroundThere is no clear consensus on whether asymptomatic bacteriuria (ABU) should be treated in kidney transplant recipients (KTRs). We sought to identify patient or episode…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Kidney Transplant Recipient Adherence Measured by Proportion of Days Covered Is Associated with Late Biopsy Proven Acute Rejection.

    B. Hofmeyer, K. Look, J. Fose, A. Pulvermacher, A. Djamali, D. Hager.

    UW Health, Madison, WI.

    While medication non-adherence is a known risk factor for late “biopsy proven acute rejection (BPAR),” the Pharmacy Quality Alliance definition of “proportion of days covered…
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