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Articles tagged "High-risk"

  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Liver Transplantation in Patients Requiring Pre-Transplant Mechanical Ventilation

    T. Ito, A. Aziz, A. E. Murray, S. Younan, J. DiNorcia III, V. G. Agopian, H. Yersiz, D. G. Farmer, R. W. Busuttil, F. M. Kaldas

    The Dumont-UCLA Transplant Center, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA

    *Purpose: Increasing transplant candidate acuity has resulted in more patients requiring perioperative intensive care and mechanical ventilation prior to liver transplantation (LT). However, studies on…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Geographic Variation in Characteristics of High-KDPI Donors

    G. R. Vece1, A. Wilk1, N. Turgeon2

    1United Network for Organ Sharing, Richmond, VA, 2Dell Seton Medical Center, Austin, TX

    *Purpose: The kidney donor profile index (KDPI) was incorporated into kidney allocation in the United States in 2014, and discard rates for high-KDPI donors (86-100%)…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Sarcopenia Predicts Worse Outcomes in Pediatric Liver Transplant Patients

    J. M. Boster1, L. P. Browne2, Z. Pan3, W. Zhou3, S. S. Sundaram1

    1Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition, Children’s Hospital Colorado, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, 2Radiology, Children’s Hospital Colorado, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, 3University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO

    *Purpose: Sarcopenia, or decreased muscle mass and function, is prevalent in adults with end-stage liver disease and negatively affects outcomes in liver transplantation (LT). Sarcopenia,…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Outcomes of High KDPI Kidneys in Selected Recipients at a Large Center

    J. Pagan, L. Preczewski, M. Muldoon, L. Mendez, A. Harshman, E. Shipman, G. Guerra

    Miami Transplant Institute, Miami, FL

    *Purpose: Kidneys from donors with high KDPI’s are frequently discarded due to concerns about short- and long-term outcomes. Despite the decreased graft survival of these…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Lymphycyte Subset Test as a Determinant of Cytomegalovirus Prophylaxis in Renal Transplant Recipients

    M. Kim, Y. Park, S. Mok, K. Jun, S. Kim, J. Kim, S. Yun, I. Moon, S. Park

    Surgery, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea, Republic of

    *Purpose: Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection is an important complication after kidney transplantation (KT). Anti-thymocyte globulin (ATG) increases a risk of CMV infection and the American society…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Clinical and Laboratory Characteristics of Early and Late-Onset Cytomegalovirus Infection Following Universal Prophylaxis in Kidney Transplant Recipients

    M. M. Tavakol, B. Lee, S. Ashimine, H. Crossman, M. Park, Z. Laszik, J. Roberts

    University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA

    *Purpose: Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is the most important viral infection in organ recipients and can cause life-threatening infections, compromising long-term graft function. Most transplant centers use…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Utility of Bimonthly Viral Monitoring for Late-Onset Cytomegalovirus Infections in Kidney Transplant Recipients

    I. Melgarejo1, D. Jorgensen2, S. Hariharan2, C. Puttarajappa2

    1Department of Medicine, Renal-Electrolyte Division, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 2Department of Surgery, Thomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA

    *Purpose: Kidney transplant recipients with high-risk cytomegalovirus (CMV) serostatus are at risk for late onset CMV after cessation of antiviral prophylaxis.1-2 Evidence for post-prophylactic viral…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    An OPO’s Experience in Increasing Transplantation with the Hope Project

    R. P. Wood, M. Ferguson, K. Myer, R. Cruz, P. Gillentine

    CMO, LifeGift, Houston, TX

    *Purpose: The purpose of this report is to describe one OPO’s experience in participating in the Hope Project. This research project is designed to evaluate…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Ambient Air Pollution and Post-Transplant Mortality among US Kidney Transplant Recipients

    M. R. Jones1, Y. Feng2, N. Chu2, D. Segev2, M. McAdams-DeMarco1

    1Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, 2Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD

    *Purpose: Long-term exposure to fine particulate matter (PM2.5) has been associated with increased mortality in the general US population and has been shown to negatively…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Impact of the Baseline Anti-A/B IgG Titer on the Clinical Outcome in ABO-Incompatible Liver Transplantation

    J. Lee1, E. Kim1, S. Yang1, D. Kim2, M. Ju3, J. Lee1, M. Kim1, S. Kim1, D. Joo1

    1Department of Transplantation Surgery, Severance Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, 2Department of Surgery, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju, Korea, Republic of, 3Department of Surgery, Gangam Severance Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of

    *Purpose: The use of ABO incompatible (ABOi) living donors is an attractive solution for expanding the liver donor pool. We investigated the impact of the…
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