2020 American Transplant Congress
Cumulative United States Experience with Domino Liver Transplants
SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY
*Purpose: The ongoing shortage of livers in the setting of growing waiting lists remains a challenge in transplantation. First introduced in 1996, domino liver transplantation…2020 American Transplant Congress
A Quality Improvement Project to Reduce the Risk of Alcohol Relapse after Liver Transplantation by Implementing a High-Risk Alcoholism Relapse Scale
*Purpose: Alcoholism is the leading cause of liver-related mortality worldwide. Liver transplantation is considered the only curative treatment for end-stage liver disease. Transplantation will reverse…2020 American Transplant Congress
Intraoperative Oxygen Delivery and Acute Kidney Injury after Liver Transplantation
Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
*Purpose: Although intraoperative hemodynamic variables were reported to be associated with acute kidney injury (AKI) after liver transplantation, the time-dependent association between intraoperative oxygen delivery…2020 American Transplant Congress
Acute Liver Failure Etiology is an Independent Predictor of Waitlist Outcome Accounting for Severity of Illness in a National Cohort
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
*Purpose: Severity of illness and liver transplant (LT) waitlist outcome can differ according to acute liver failure (ALF) etiology. However, it is unknown whether ALF…2020 American Transplant Congress
Solid Organ Transplantation Using Hepatitis C Virus Positive Donor Organs for Hepatitis C Virus Negative Recipients
New York Medical College/ Westchester Medical Center, Valhalla, NY
*Purpose: To determine the effects of transplanting an HCV-positive solid organ to an uninfected patient who is on the transplant waiting list and might otherwise…2020 American Transplant Congress
Hepatologist and Surgeon Experiences Counseling Liver Transplant Candidates for an Organ Offer Decision
*Purpose: Liver transplant candidates receive counseling during evaluations to understand donor risk factors. After long periods on the waitlist, candidates who receive an offer for…2020 American Transplant Congress
Social Support in the Peri-Liver Transplant Period Affects Post-Transplant Survival, Rejection Rate and Length of Stay
*Purpose: Although social support is a key component of the pre-transplant evaluation, it’s effect on post-transplant outcomes remains understudied. The purpose of this study was…2020 American Transplant Congress
Liver Transplant Outcomes in Menopausal Women During the Meld Era
*Purpose: From an epidemiology perspective, menopausal women are an increasing proportion of the population, and menopause represents an important stage in which hormonal changes and…2020 American Transplant Congress
The Addition of Splenectomy to Simultaneous Liver Kidney Transplantation Improves Class II DSA Clearance in Sensitized Patients
Department of Transplantation, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
*Purpose: The liver allograft clears class I donor specific antibody (DSA) more effectively than class II DSA. Persistent class II DSA in simultaneous liver kidney…2020 American Transplant Congress
Living Donor Liver Transplantation Demonstrated Superiority to Deceased Donor Transplantation after Adult-To-Adult Liver Transplantation in Cumulative Single-Center Retrospective Cohort Study of 19 Years
*Purpose: Living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) is an alternative way to deceased donor liver transplantation (DDLT). LDLT and DDLT showed similar short-term outcomes of recipient…
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