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Articles tagged "Liver transplantation"

  • 2022 American Transplant Congress

    Safety and Efficacy of Early Central Line Removal in Post Liver Transplant Patients

    T. Shamaa1, E. MacLean1, O. Shamaa2, Z. Lu1, A. Hinge3, S. Saymuah3, A. Mohamed4, T. Kitajima4, S. Nagai4, M. Rizzari4, A. Yoshida4, M. Abouljoud4, K. Collins4

    1General Surgery, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI, 2Internal Medicine, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI, 3Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, 4Henry Ford Transplant Institute, Detroit, MI

    *Purpose: Avoiding central line-associated infections (CLABSIs) is paramount in liver transplant recipients. As a hospital-wide infection control initiative at our institution, early removal of central…
  • 2022 American Transplant Congress

    PACAP-Mediated Autophagy Prevents Liver Ischemia Reperfusion Injury in OLT

    Z. Xue, B. Yang, R. Busuttil, J. Kupiec-Weglinski, H. Ji

    UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA

    *Purpose: Pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide (PACAP) is from vasoactive intestinal peptide-glucagon-secretin family. Our group was the first to demonstrate that neuropeptide PACAP, which innervates the…
  • 2022 American Transplant Congress

    A Successful Expansion of Donor Liver Supply is Feasible with the Selective Use of Older DCD Livers

    M. Finotti, M. Rosenzweig, A. Wall, S. H. Lee, A. Gupta, J. Bayer, H. Fernandez, N. Onaca, R. Ruiz, G. Testa, G. J. McKenna

    Baylor Simmons Transplant Institute, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX

    *Purpose: DCD are a key way to expand the donor pool, yet many centers are hesitant about using anything but the most favorable DCD allografts,…
  • 2022 American Transplant Congress

    Race Inequity in Liver Transplant Waitlisting: Effect Modification by Psychosocial Factors and the Stanford Integrated Psychosocial Assessment for Transplant

    S. Deutsch-Link1, L. Nephew2, E. Weinberg3, R. Weinrieb4, M. Serper3

    1Gastroenterology & Hepatology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, 2Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Indiana University, Chapel Hill, NC, 3Gastroenterology & Hepatology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 4Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

    *Purpose: Race inequity in liver transplantation (LT) has been a longstanding area of injustice within the field of hepatology. Information from psychosocial evaluations and The…
  • 2022 American Transplant Congress

    Liver Transplantation Outcomes for Budd-Chiari Syndrome in the MELD Era

    S. A. Alqahtani1, C. Schneider2, O. Sims3, A. Gurakar4, H. Tamim5, A. Bonder6, B. Saberi6

    1King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 2The Institute for Translational Medicine and Therapeutics, The Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 3School of Medicine, School of Public Health, School of Arts and Sciences, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, 4Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, 5Department of Internal Medicine, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon, 6Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

    *Purpose: Budd Chiari syndrome (BCS) has a heterogeneous clinical presentations ranging from asymptomatic cases to fulminant liver failure with significant morbidly and mortality. Recent data…
  • 2022 American Transplant Congress

    Improving Access and Equity for Transplant: A Single-Center Experience

    S. Kodali1, A. Lopez2, C. Egwim2, J. Alegria2, S. Yi2, H. Adrogue2, M. Moaddab2, H. Huang2, I. Hussain2, M. Kassi2, J. Ontiveros2, R. Guardiola2, J. Alexander2, D. Harvey2, K. Maresh2, S. Zylicz2, L. Loza2, J. Corkrean2, A. O. Gaber2, R. M. Ghobrial1

    1Sherrie and Alan Conover Center for Liver Disease & Transplantation, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX, 2Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX

    *Purpose: Many Hispanic Americans have misconceptions about transplantation due to language and cultural differences, which can make them less likely to undergo liver transplant (LT)…
  • 2022 American Transplant Congress

    Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Rates of Living Donor Liver Transplant Are Partly Explained by Socioeconomic Deprivation in Adults

    S. Frey, T. Ishaque, C. Qin, A. Cameron, A. Massie, D. Segev, E. King

    Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD

    *Purpose: Living donor liver transplant (LDLT) is an important strategy for addressing the deceased donor liver shortage and is associated with improved survival but represents…
  • 2022 American Transplant Congress

    Pretransplant Rifaximin Treatment Improves Liver Transplant Outcomes in Mice and Humans

    H. Kojima, S. Kageyama, T. Ito, D. Noguchi, H. Hirao, K. Kadono, K. J. Dery, F. Kaldas, J. Kupiec-Weglinski

    UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA

    *Purpose: We recently reported modifications of the gut microbiota by amoxicillin influences liver allograft function. Rifaximin (RFX), a nonabsorbable oral antimicrobial agent with a low…
  • 2022 American Transplant Congress

    Analysis of Tissue and Effluent Damage Associated Molecular Patterns Following Hypothermic Oxygenated Machine Perfusion vs Static Cold Storage in Liver Transplantation

    G. G. Panayotova, Y. Qin, S. Simonishvili, T. Ayorinde, F. Paterno, L. Brown, A. Amin, K. E. Lunsford, J. V. Guarrera

    Transplant Surgery, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ

    *Purpose: Hypothermic Oxygenated Machine Perfusion (HMP-O2) results in decreased ischemia/reperfusion injury (IRI) after liver transplantation; however, the molecular pathways of protection are largely unexplored. In…
  • 2022 American Transplant Congress

    Early Experiences with Developing the Techniques of Pure Laparoscopic Explant Hepatectomy without Fragmentation in Living Donor Liver Transplantation

    S. Hong1, C. Kim1, S. Lee2, S. Suh2, S. Hong1, E. Han1, Y. Choi3, N. Yi2, K. Lee3, K. Suh1

    1Surgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, 2Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, 3Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea, Republic of

    *Purpose: Minimally invasive surgery is increasingly performed in liver surgery including even donor hepatectomy. However, the development of minimally invasive techniques in liver transplantation has…
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