Articles tagged "High-risk"

2020 American Transplant Congress
Technology Access, Use, and Intent among Kidney Transplant Candidates Vulnerable to Health Disparities
S. Smith¹, M. Keller², R. Seibert³, L. Kayler¹
¹Transplant, Transplant and Kidney Care Regional Center of Excellence, Erie County Medical Center, Buffalo, NY, ²Transplant, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Department of Community Health and Health Behavior, Buffalo, NY, ³Transplant, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Department of Epidemiology and Environmental Health, Buffalo, NY
*Purpose: Advances in eHealth have created opportunities to reach vulnerable populations, however, eHealth strategies could paradoxically increase health disparities if vulnerable individuals lack technology access…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Increasing Utilization via Accelerating the Placement of Hard-to-Place Kidneys
S. Noreen¹, R. Brown¹, Y. Becker², M. Cooper³, K. O'Connor⁴, J. Prinz⁵, D. Klassen¹
¹United Network for Organ Sharing, Richmond, VA, ²University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, IL, ³MedStar Georgetown Transplant Institute, Washington, DC, ⁴LifeCenter Northwest, Bellevue, WA, ⁵Donor Alliance, Denver, CO
*Purpose: Increasing the number of transplants by increasing utilization is a key goal of the OPTN, with a particular focus on the use of marginal…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Single Port Robot Assisted Kidney Transplantation
E. Miller, C. Wilson, G. Sawczyg, S. Kim, A. Aminsharifi, J. Garisto, J. Kaouk, A. Wee, M. Eltemamy
Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute CCF, Cleveland, OH
*Purpose: Innovative methods are needed to further optimize safe outcomes in kidney transplantation (KT), therefore as an alternative surgical approach we present a single case…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Highly Effective Short Course Therapy to Prevent Infection after Transplantation from HCV-Infected Organ Donors to Uninfected Recipients across Multiple Organ Types
A. Humar¹, M. Cypel¹, D. Kumar¹, H. Dahari², R. Vanin Pinto Ribeiro¹, N. Marks¹, N. Kamkar¹, I. Bahinskaya¹, F. Onofrio³, M. A. Zahoor³, O. Cerrochi³, K. Tinckam¹, S. J. Kim¹, T. W. Reichman¹, M. McDonald¹, T. K. Waddell¹, G. Sapisochin¹, M. Selzner¹, S. Keshavjee¹, H. L. Janssen³, B. E. Hansen³, L. Singer¹, J. Feld³
¹Transplant Centre, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²Loyala University, Chicago, IL, ³Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
*Purpose: An increasing percentage of potential organ donors are infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV). Establishment of HCV infection in uninfected recipients is near-universal with…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Perioperative Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) in Liver Transplantation: A Case Series
J. G. Guorgui¹, T. Ito¹, M. M. Lu¹, P. Benharash², A. Ardehali³, V. Gudzenko⁴, C. Wray⁴, V. G. Agopian¹, J. DiNorcia III¹, H. Yersiz¹, D. G. Farmer¹, R. W. Busuttil¹, F. M. Kaldas¹
¹The Dumont-UCLA Transplant Center, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, ²Cardiovascular Outcomes Research Laboratories, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, ³Division of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Surgery, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, ⁴Department of Anesthesiology, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) is a life-saving treatment modality for patients who develop cardiopulmonary failure refractory to conventional efforts. ECMO has been used sparingly…
2020 American Transplant Congress
A Successful Kidney Transplantation from Hepatitis C NAT Positive Deceased Donor to an HIV Positive Recipient with Previous History of Treated HCV Infection
R. H. Naik, S. Shawar, H. Schaefer
Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
*Purpose: Due to a shortage of deceased donor kidney organs, increased waiting times have been associated with adverse outcomes post kidney transplantation. The recent breakthrough…
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…