2018 American Transplant Congress
The Effect of Pre-Transplant Insomnia and Post-Transplant Insomnia on Survival among Solid Organ Recipients
BackgroundBecause studies about insomnia among organ recipients were scarce, we used National Health Insurance Research Database (NHIRD) between 2001 and 2012 to understand how pre-transplant…2018 American Transplant Congress
Cannabis Use in Liver Transplant Recipients: A Single Center Experience
Division of Liver and Pancreas Transplant, David Geffen School of Medicine, LA, CA.
Introduction: Cannabis is one of the most commonly used illicit drugs worldwide. In the US, cannabis has gained wider social and political acceptance. Liver transplant…2018 American Transplant Congress
Portal Vein Flow as an Indicator of Liver Transplantation for Acute Liver Failure
Background: Liver transplantation is the most effective treatment for acute liver failure. Timing of liver transplantation is important to rescue the dying patients. This study…2018 American Transplant Congress
Prevalence and Infection-Related Outcomes Associated with Transplant Tourism
Transplant Infectious Diseases, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Background:Patients who receive organ transplants via transplant tourism may have a greater risk of complications. We sought to describe the infectious risks associated with this…2018 American Transplant Congress
Liver Transplants from Older Donors Have Worse Outcomes in Elderly Recipients with Renal Dysfunction
Background: Most end stage liver disease patients suffer from concomitant renal insufficiency. We aimed to study influence of donor age on outcomes in elderly liver…2018 American Transplant Congress
Postoperative Immunological Profiles of Adult ABO-Incompatible Living Donor Liver Transplant Recipients
Background: Adult ABO-incompatible (ABOi) living donor liver transplantation has been performed for acute liver failure or end stage liver diseases when deceased liver allografts or…2018 American Transplant Congress
Preventing Recurrence of Incisional Hernia after Liver Transplantation
Transplant Surgery, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN.
Background: Incisional hernia is a well-known complication of orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT). Although factors that affect incidence of hernia after OLT have been described, recurrence…2018 American Transplant Congress
Ischemia Reperfusion Injury in Liver Transplantation is Associated with Acute Kidney Injury: Role of Inflammatory Mediators
1Surgery, Indiana University, Indianapolis; 2Surgery, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy.
Background: The impact of liver allograft ischemia/reperfusion injury (IRI) on native renal function remains to be characterized. We hypothesized that elevated levels of circulating inflammatory…2018 American Transplant Congress
Long-Term Follow-Up of Patients with Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis Undergoing Liver Transplantation with Duct-to-Duct Biliary Reconstruction
Transplant Surgery, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH.
Background:Reconstruction of biliary drainage after liver transplantation (LTx) in patients with primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) has been a matter of controversy. Over the recent years,…2018 American Transplant Congress
Geographic Disparity in Access to Deceased-Donor Liver Transplantation for Pediatric Candidates
1JHU, Baltimore; 2US Naval Academy, Annapolis.
Geographic disparity in access to deceased-donor liver transplantation (DDLT) is largely uncharacterized for pediatric candidates. We investigated geographic disparity in DDLT rates across Donation Service…
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