Articles tagged "Liver transplantation"

2022 American Transplant Congress
Impact of COVID-19 on Increased Mortality in Liver Transplant Recipients in United States
K. Okumura, A. Dhand, R. Misawa, H. Sogawa, R. Bodin, D. C. Wolf, S. Nishida
Westchester Medical Center / New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY
*Purpose: COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on access to routine healthcare in both hospitalized and out-patient settings. This impact was also noted in…
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
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…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Optimal Intervention for Initial Treatment of Anastomotic Biliary Complications After Living Donor Liver Transplantation
M. Kim¹, S. Hong¹, H. Woo¹, J. Cho², J. Lee², K. Yoon¹, Y. Choi³, N. Yi⁴, K. Lee³, K. Suh¹
¹Surgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ²Department of Surgery, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ³Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ⁴Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
*Purpose: Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) or percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage (PTBD) may be performed in patients with anastomotic biliary complications (ABC) after living donor liver…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Significance of Gene Polymorphism on Infectious Complications and Rejection After Liver Transplantation
H. Egawa¹, T. Kato¹, Y. Kotera¹, Y. Hirata¹, S. Yamashita¹, S. Ariizumi¹, T. Ishizuka¹, Y. Tanaka², H. Ohdan³
¹Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan, ²Surgery, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan, ³Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
*Purpose: Clinical application of gene polymorphism is a key of precision medicine in the field of organ transplantation. Hiroshima group reported significance of Fc-gamma receptor…
2022 American Transplant Congress
The Effectiveness of Healthcare-Associated Infections Prevention Measures in the Incidence of Infections and In-Hospital Mortality After Liver Transplantation: A Quasi-Experimental Single-Center Study
C. Bittante¹, L. R. Requião-Moura², F. Menezes¹, S. Morgado¹, L. Correa³, L. Camargo²
¹Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo, Brazil, ²Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, ³Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
*Purpose: To evaluate the effectiveness of multifaceted control interventions (bundles) aimed at preventing multiple healthcare-associated infections (HAI) in liver transplant recipients.*Methods: This quasi-experimental study enrolled…
2022 American Transplant Congress
A Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial To Compare The Efficacy Of Ex-vivo Machine Perfusion With Static Cold Storage In Human Liver Transplantation: The University Of Maryland Experience
J. Avruch¹, N. Goussous², S. Malik¹, M. Pinedo¹, R. Meier¹, C. Bhati¹, D. Maluf¹, R. Barth³, J. Alvarez-Casas¹
¹Transplant Surgery, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ²Transplant Surgery, University of California Davis Health, Davis, CA, ³University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: There is accumulating clinical evidence of the benefit of normothermic ex-vivo machine perfusion (NMP) compared with traditional static cold storage of liver allografts prior…
2022 American Transplant Congress
The Effect of Donor-Recipient Race and Ethnicity Match on Liver Transplantation Outcome in the United States
H. Liu, C. Kaltenmeier, R. Cruz, A. M. Thompson, D. Reddy, M. D'Alesio, S. Lebowitz, E. Ashwat, S. Tohme, D. Geller, A. Tevar, C. Hughes, A. Humar, M. Molinari
Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA
*Purpose: Recipient race/ethnicity (R/E) affect liver transplantation (LT) outcomes. However, the effect of donor R/E or donor-recipient R/E match is not well studied. We aimed…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Incidence of Biliary Complications at the Beginning of the Academic Year in an Academic Transplant Program
M. E. Tobon Lascano, C. J. Simon, M. E. Akoad, J. Kim, M. Simpson, Y. Cheah
Transplant, Lahey Clinic, Burlington, MA
*Purpose: Surgery learning is based on a master-apprentice model, a learning curve is essential to measure the acquisition and improvement of surgical skills without compromising…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Patient-Reported Physical Function Correlates with Liver Frailty Index and 4-Meter Gait Speed in Patients with Cirrhosis
A. J. Thuluvath, J. Peipert, K. Belfanti, S. Morrissey, O. Siddiqui, J. Levitsky, Z. Dietch, A. Flores, D. P. Ladner
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: Frailty is highly prevalent in patients with end-stage liver disease and strongly predicts waitlist and post-transplant mortality. The Liver Frailty Index (LFI) and 4-meter…

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