Articles tagged "High-risk"

2019 American Transplant Congress
Comparison of Planned vs. Unplanned Pregnancies in Female Kidney Transplant Recipients
S. Rao¹, L. A. Coscia², D. Kliniewski², S. Constantinescu³, M. J. Moritz⁴
¹Medicine, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA, ²Gift of Life Institute, Transplant Pregnancy Registry International, Philadelphia, PA, ³Medicine, Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, ⁴Surgery, Lehigh Valley Health Network, Allentown, PA
*Purpose: The purpose of this study is to analyze the impact of planned vs. unplanned pregnancies in 897 female kidney transplant recipients.*Methods: Data were collected…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Social Loafing: Distribution of Kidneys with Multiple Renal Arteries in a National Paired Kidney Exchange Program
G. R. Roll¹, W. Irish², M. Cooper³, M. Ronin⁴, G. Hil⁴, A. D. Waterman⁵, D. B. Leeser²
¹UCSF, San Francisco, CA, ²ECU, Greenville, NC, ³Georgetown Univ, Washington, DC, ⁴NKR, Babylon, NY, ⁵UCLA and Terasaki Research Institute, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: To describe the distribution and outcomes after kidney transplantation of multiple renal artery kidneys (MRAK) in a national exchange program.*Methods: We retrospectively reviewed donor…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Microsteatosis in Livers from Donation after Circulatory Death (DCD) Donors is Associated with Inferior Graft and Patient Survival Following Liver Transplantation (LTX)
N. Bath, G. Leverson, D. Foley
University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
*Purpose: The current theory is that severe macrosteatosis (MaS) (>50%) in livers recovered from donation after brain death (DBD) donors leads to increased rates of…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Consideration for Offering Hepatitis C Antibody Positive Donor Grafts to All Patients Listed for Transplant
L. Smith
Vanderbilt Transplant Center, Nashville, TN
*Purpose: Background: The field of organ transplantation continuously struggles with inadequate numbers of donor organs. Therefore, efforts remain focused on increasing organ utilization and expanding…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Risk Factors for Graft Loss Vary with Recipient MELD Score in Liver Transplantation
J. A. Steggerda¹, M. B. Bloom¹, T. Todo², T. V. Brennan², N. N. Nissen², A. S. Klein², I. K. Kim²
¹Surgery, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, ²Transplant Surgery, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: Risk factors for allograft loss in liver transplantation have previously been described. Less is known how these vary and interact amongst recipients with different…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Assessment of a Discharge Transplant Knowledge Quiz and Its Impact on Outcomes in Liver Transplant Recipients
H. Corbo, N. Patel, N. Pilch, C. Perez, J. Fleming, T. Harrison, J. Hardcopf, H. Meadows, B. O'Brien, J. McGillicuddy, P. Baliga, D. Taber.
Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC.
The aim of this study is to determine if transplant quiz scores given prior to discharge were predictive of known patient risk factors and if…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Evaluation of Clinical and Safety Outcomes Following Uncontrolled Tacrolimus Conversion in Adult Transplant Recipients
A. Lichvar,¹ S. Tremblay,² D. Naik,² E. King,⁴ A. Vinks,⁴ U. Christians,³ J. Lipscomb,⁴ R. Alloway.²
¹U of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL; ²U of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH; ³U of Colorado, Denver, CO; ⁴Cincinnati Children's, Cincinnati, OH.
Background: Long-term studies with control groups are required to assess tacrolimus (TAC) conversion. The purpose of this study was to compare clinical and safety outcomes…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Assessment and Validation of Potential Predictors of Non-Adherence in Contemporary Kidney Transplant Recipients
T. Harrison, C. Perez, N. Patel, H. Meadows, J. Fleming, N. Pilch, B. O'Brien, H. Corbo, J. Hardcopf, P. Baliga, D. DuBay, D. Taber.
Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC.
The aim of this study is to assess the associations between traditional proxies of medication non-adherence and graft outcomes in contemporary kidney transplant recipients (KTRs).Methods:…
2018 American Transplant Congress
You've Gotta Have HOPE: Seeking HIV Donors in a Large US OPO
A. Friedman,¹ S. Huprikar,² K. Delli Carpini.¹
¹LiveOnNY, NY; ²Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, NY.
Passage of the HOPE Act in 2013 led to important workflow changes within a large US organ procurement organization (OPO). The initial triage process for…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Prevalence of Frailty among Kidney Transplant Recipients in the United States
A. Thomas,¹ A. Shaffer,¹ H. Ying,¹ S. Norman,² D. Segev,¹ M. McAdams-DeMarco.¹
¹JHU, Baltimore; ²University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
Frailty, a measure of physiologic reserve, increases the risk of delayed graft function, longer length of stay, early hospital readmission, immunosuppression intolerance, and mortality among…

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