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Articles tagged "Liver cirrhosis"

  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Home-based Liver Frailty Intervention (lift) in Liver Transplant Candidates: A Pilot Study

    A. J. Thuluvath1, K. Belfanti1, S. Morrissey1, O. Siddiqui1, J. Peipert1, A. Daud1, J. Levitsky1, T. Bogg2, A. Flores1, D. P. Ladner1

    1Northwestern University Transplant Research Collaborative, Chicago, IL, 2Department of Psychology, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI

    *Purpose: Frailty is highly prevalent in patients awaiting LT and is associated with increased waitlist and post-transplant mortality, hospitalizations and LOS. While reduction of frailty…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Kidney Transplantation Alone in Patients with Compensated Cirrhosis: A Multicenter Study

    A. Kassem1, S. Asrani1, S. W. Biggins2, Y. Darwish1, M. Nadim3, B. Fischbach1, T. Fong3

    1Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, TX, 2University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 3USC - Keck, Los Angeles, CA

    *Purpose: Patients undergoing kidney transplant (KTA) often have risk factors for liver disease including viral hepatitis and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). Recent European Association…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Severe Hypoxemia After Liver Transplantation in the Hepatopulmonary Syndrome

    J. Doi, M. Fujiki, G. DAmico, K. Sasaki, T. Diago, F. Aucejo, C. Kwon, B. Eghtesad, K. Hashimoto, C. Miller, Q. Cristiano

    Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH

    *Purpose: Hepato-pulmonary syndrome (HPS) is a complication of liver disease with liver transplantation as the only curative treatment. However these patients can develop severe hypoxemia…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Assessing the Prevalence of Risk Factors for Osteoporosis and Rate of Screening by Dexa Scan in Patients Referred for Liver Transplant Evaluation

    A. France1, J. Kirk2, M. Dokus2, B. Al-Judaibi2, M. Laryea2

    1Department of Internal Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, 2Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY

    *Purpose: Osteoporosis (OP) and fragility fractures are well-known complications of both chronic liver disease (CLD) and transplant, with a significant increase in the prevalence of…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Iatrogenic Sodium Exposure in Hospitalized Patients with Liver Disease

    P. Klem1, R. Mbangu Kot Mbau2, B. Crowther1, V. Lewis1, S. Lin1, E. Patrick3, A. Nadrash1, K. Schoeppler1, I. Kim1

    1Pharmacy, University of Colorado Hospital, Aurora, CO, 2Pharmacy, University of Colorado Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Aurora, CO, 3Transplant Services, University of Colorado Hospital, Aurora, CO

    *Purpose: Numerous medications administered in the hospital setting may contain hidden/additional amounts of sodium in the drug itself and via intravenous (IV) diluents or admixtures.…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Incidence of Pancreatic Exocrine Insufficiency in Patients Undergoing Liver Transplantation

    J. Klein1, M. Rangel1, I. Ifearulundu1, Y. Gely1, Z. Spigel2, S. Janardhan3, M. Hertl1, E. Chan1

    1Surgery, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, 2Surgery, Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh, PA, 3Hepatology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL

    *Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine the incidence of Pancreatic Exocrine Insufficiency (PEI) in patients undergoing liver transplantation. Furthermore, patient-specific risk factors…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Dysregulation of Immune Cell Glycolysis and Oxidative Phosphorylation Correlates with Development of Pre-liver Transplant Immune Dysfunction and Post-transplant Mortality

    G. Panayotova1, L. Jin1, A. Lemenze1, S. Simonishvili1, Y. Qin1, L. Minze2, G. Dikdan1, F. Paterno1, X. C. Li2, M. Ghobrial2, J. V. Guarrera1, K. E. Lunsford1

    1Transplant Surgery, Rutgers NJMS, Newark, NJ, 2Transplant Surgery, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX

    *Purpose: Cirrhosis-related immune dysfunction contributes to early morbidity and mortality following liver transplant (LT). We have previously identified a pre-LT biomarker panel, the immune frailty…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Impact of Sars-cov-2 Infection in Waiting List for Liver Transplantation: A Cohort Study on Clinical Outcomes

    A. Sessa, A. Mazzola, B. Granger, D. Wakselman, M. Atif, V. Martinez, M. Mallet Maxime, D. Thabut, O. Scatton, F. Conti

    Hopital Pitie Salpetriere, Paris, France

    *Purpose: Infections in cirrhotic patients are associated with an increased risk of liver-related complications (LRC) and mortality. Limited data regarding the prevalence of Coronavirus disease…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Combined Liver-Kidney Transplantation in Adults With End-Stage Liver Disease: Risk Factors in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease Stages 3-5, Not on Maintenance Dialysis

    A. Santos, E. Bueno, M. Leghrouz

    University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

    *Purpose: We aimed to identify the risk factors for combined liver-kidney transplantation (CLKT) vs. liver transplantation alone (LTA) in end stage liver disease (ESLD) patients…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Safety and Efficacy of Endoscopic Transpapillary Gallbladder Stenting for Symptomatic Gallbladder Disease in Cirrhosis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

    K. F. Haq1, U. Iqbal2, M. Khan3, F. Kamal4, S. Solanki5, R. Chakinala5, M. Siddiqui1, M. Abu Ghanimeh1, O. Sadiq1, A. Watson1, T. Zuchelli1, R. Salgia1

    1Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI, 2Medicine, Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, PA, 3Gastroenterology & Hepatology, University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL, 4Gastroenterology & Hepatology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, 5Medicine, Guthrie Hospital, Sayre, PA

    *Purpose: Endoscopic transpapillary gallbladder (cystic duct) stenting has been shown to be an effective treatment option for symptomatic gallbladder disease in patients with cirrhosis. However,…
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