Articles tagged "Liver cirrhosis"

2022 American Transplant Congress
A Physical Therapy and Nutritional Intervention to Improve Frailty in the Liver Transplant Candidate
N. Bartell¹, K. Dokus², K. Helbig¹, J. Martens², B. Al-Judaibi¹
¹University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, ²Univeristy of Rochester, Rochester, NY
*Purpose: Sarcopenia and frailty are independent predictors of mortality in cirrhotic patients; increased access to physical therapy (PT) and registered dietician (RD) services have the…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Bariatric Surgery and Alcohol Related Steatohepatitis (BASH): An Increasing Etiology in Pre-Liver Transplant Candidates
S. Nishida¹, K. Okumura¹, A. Dhand², R. Bodin², S. Yaghoubian³, C. Greenberg¹, R. Misawa¹, G. Veillette¹, H. Sogawa¹, D. John¹, D. C. Wolf², B. Partiula², T. Diflo¹, R. Latifi¹, S. Lansman¹
¹Surgery, Westchester Medical Center/ New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY, ²Medicine, Westchester Medical Center/ New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY, ³Anesthesia, Westchester Medical Center/ New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY
*Purpose: Obesity-related fatty liver disease and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) are common causes of End-stage liver disease (ESLD). Bariatric surgery (BS) is commonly indicated for these…
2022 American Transplant Congress
DCD Liver Grafts Can Safely be Used for Recipients with Grade 1-2 Portal Vein Thrombosis
L. A. Mercado¹, H. K. Bhangu¹, K. R. Musto², K. D. Watt³, B. Taner⁴, C. B. Rosen⁵, T. Taner⁵, L. Yang¹, D. M. Harnois¹, J. D. LeGout⁶, K. P. Croome⁴
¹Liver Transplant, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL, ²Transplant, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL, ³Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ⁴Transplant Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL, ⁵Transplant Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ⁶Radiology, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL
*Purpose: Limited data is available in the literature regarding patients with portal vein thrombosis (PVT) receiving a liver transplant (LT) from a donation after circulatory…
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Processing Personal Activity Tracker (PAT) Through Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a Promising Method to Identify Patterns of Physical Activity in Liver Transplant (LT) Candidates
A. Duarte-Rojo¹, P. M. Bloomer¹, J. M. Jakicic², E. Sejdic³
¹University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, ²Adventa Health, Orlando, FL, ³University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
*Purpose: Prehabilitation is recommended for frail and pre-frail LT candidates. Although home-based programs are generalizable, their success depends on the adherence to an exercise prescription.…
2022 American Transplant Congress
National Attitudes Towards Early Liver Transplantation for Alcoholic Liver Disease
J. Mitchell¹, K. Nijhar¹, K. Herrick-Reynolds², H. Sung¹, P. Chen¹, D. L. Segev¹, E. King¹, A. Cameron¹
¹Department Of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ²Department Of Surgery, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD
*Purpose: Pre-transplant abstinence requirements, notably the 6-month sobriety guideline, limit access to liver transplant for patients with severe alcoholic hepatitis (SAH). This study examines the…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Sleeve Gastrectomy Reduces Need for Liver Transplantation for NASH Patients
R. A. Choudhury¹, A. Rouhi², G. Hoeltzel³, Y. Bababekov¹, A. Suarez-Pierre⁴, A. Yule¹, N. Vigneshwar⁴, N. Williams⁵, K. Dumon², J. Pomposelli¹, H. B. Moore¹, E. Pomfret¹, T. Nydam¹
¹Transplantation Surgery, University of Colorado Hospital, Aurora, CO, ²General Surgery, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ³General Surgery, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, ⁴Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Colorado Hospital, Aurora, CO, ⁵General Surgery, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Aurora, CO
*Purpose: Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH) is one of the leading indications for liver transplantation (LT) in the United States. As with the current obesity epidemic, the…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Cell-free Amniotic Fluid Reduces Liver Inflammation And Fibrosis
F. Ditmars¹, C. Bowen¹, N. Liu¹, K. L. Pereira de Castro¹, J. Johnson¹, M. Kueht¹, A. Saad², H. L. Stevenson³, J. Fair¹, W. S. Fagg¹
¹Surgery, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, ²Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, ³Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX
*Purpose: Effective interventions for hepatic inflammation and fibrosis remain a dire unmet need in transplant medicine. Cell-free amniotic fluid (AF) represents a potential alternative to…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Cognitive Impairment In Liver Transplant Recipients 6 Months Or More After Transplant
K. Berry¹, L. Gaynor¹, F. Barry¹, E. Tsoy¹, C. Goode¹, R. Wong¹, S. Erlhoff¹, L. VandeVrede¹, K. Possin¹, J. C. Lai²
¹University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ²University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
*Purpose: Patients with decompensated cirrhosis awaiting liver transplant (LT) exhibit a spectrum of neurocognitive disorders, largely attributed to hepatic encephalopathy (HE) and considered reversible after…
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Transplant Combined with Neoadjuvant Therapy Improves Survival for Patients with Liver-Limited, Locally Advanced Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma: A SEER Database Analysis
G. G. Panayotova¹, M. Javle², S. Pentakota¹, F. Paterno¹, A. Amin¹, L. Brown¹, S. Simonishvili¹, Y. Qin¹, T. Ayorinde¹, G. Prakash¹, C. Conrad³, J. V. Guarrera¹, K. E. Lunsford¹
¹Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ, ²University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, ³St. Elizabeth's Medical Center, Boston, MA
*Purpose: Preliminary single-center data suggest multimodal therapy may improve outcomes for patients with intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (iCCA) undergoing liver transplant (LT), particularly in the setting of…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Integrated Alcohol Use Disorder Clinic as a Strategy to Reduce Alcohol Relapse After Early Liver Transplantation in Patients with Alcohol Related Liver Disease
R. Z. Syed¹, C. Albers², N. Kemmer², V. Subramanian², C. Machado-Denis¹, K. Dhanireddy²
¹Hepatology and Liver Transplantation, Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, FL, ²Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, FL
*Purpose: In recent years, for patients with Alcohol related Liver Disease (ALD), there has been a trend towards early Liver Transplantation (LT) rather than waiting…

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