Articles tagged "Liver transplantation"

2020 American Transplant Congress
Characterizing the Impact of Medicaid Expansion on Pediatric Liver Transplantation
J. D. Motter, A. Kernodle, D. L. Segev, A. B. Massie
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), states have the option to expand Medicaid eligibility (ME) which has allowed for increased access…
2020 American Transplant Congress
MELD is MELD is MELD? Geographic/ Center-Level Variation in Mortality for Patients with the Same MELD Score
T. Ishaque¹, A. B. Massie¹, A. B. Kernodle¹, S. Getsin¹, P. Chaing¹, J. G. Jacqueline Garonzik Wang¹, S. Gentry², D. Segev¹
¹Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ²Department of Mathematics, United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD
*Purpose: Waitlist candidates living in areas with poor access to health care may have higher mortality risk compared to candidates with same MELD in other…
2020 American Transplant Congress
The Use of Cell-Free MicroRNAs for the Diagnosis of Allograft Rejection in Liver Transplant Recipients Using Standard and Novel Direct Detection Platforms
T. Kohut¹, B. Chang², J. Wen¹, A. Shaked², B. Keating²
¹Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition, Department of Pediatrics, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, ²Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Penn Transplant Institute, Philadelphia, PA
*Purpose: Standard immunosuppression therapy (IST) in liver transplant (LTx) recipients requires a delicate balance to prevent side effects and allograft rejection (AR). There is no…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Validation of the Model for End-Stage Liver Disease Sodium Score in the Eurotransplant Region
B. F. Goudsmit¹, H. Putter², B. Van Hoek³, A. E. Braat¹
¹Transplantation Surgery, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ²Biostatistics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ³Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands
*Purpose: The shortage of liver grafts results in the prioritization of the sickest patients on the waiting list for liver transplantation. Since 2006, the degree…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Graft versus Host Disease in Liver Transplant Recipients: A Case Series
N. Joiner, J. Dietz, K. Nava-Estevanott, L. Kerbe
Cleveland Clinic Florida, Weston, FL
*Purpose: Graft Versus Host Disease (GvHD) is a serious and potentially fatal disease that is rarely observed in solid organ transplant recipients; however, we report…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Pharmacist Initiated Hepatitis B Vaccinations in Liver Transplant Recipients
A. Reid¹, S. Todd¹, M. Morrison², A. Adams¹
¹Emory University Hospital, Atlanta, GA, ²Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
*Purpose: The risk of developing hepatitis B after liver transplantation remains high in nonimmune patients receiving an allograft from a hepatitis B core antibody positive…
2020 American Transplant Congress
The Effect of Donor Transaminase Levels on Graft Survival Following Liver Transplantation: An OPTN Database Analysis
I. A. Ziogas¹, P. N. Martins², S. P. Alexopoulos¹, L. K. Matsuoka¹, S. K. Geevarghese¹, L. D. Gorden¹, S. J. Karp¹, J. D. Perkins³, M. I. Montenovo¹
¹Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, ²UMass Memorial Medical Center, Worcester, MA, ³University of Washington, Seattle, WA
*Purpose: The scarcity of organs for liver transplantation (LT) does not meet the increased demand for donor grafts. Although the outcomes of LT utilizing grafts…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Is the Survival Impacted by Multiple Cancer after Liver Transplantation? A Retrospective French National Multicentric Study between 1993-2013
M. Altieri
Chu Caen, Caen, France
*Purpose: Introduction: Despite the great progress made in recent decades, post-liver transplant de novo cancers is one of the leading causes of late complications and…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Rates of Live Donor Liver Transplantation Vary by Socioeconomic Status and Geography
D. R. Jorgensen, A. Humar, C. Hughes, M. Molinari, A. Ganoza, S. Ganesh, A. Duarte-Rojo, A. Tevar
Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
*Purpose: Live donor liver transplantation (LDT) carries with it many benefits for the recipient, including reduced time on waitlist, transplantation at a lower meld score,…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Combined Heart-Liver Transplantation Has Excellent Long-Term Outcomes
J. A. Steadman¹, J. M. Stulak¹, A. L. Clavell², S. S. Kushwaha², B. S. Edwards², N. L. Pereira², B. A. Boilson², A. Behfar², R. J. Rodeheffer², J. A. Dearani¹, T. Taner³, R. C. Daly¹
¹Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ²Division of Cardiovascular Disease, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ³Division of Transplantation Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
*Purpose: Combined heart-liver transplants (CHLTx) have been shown to have good short-term outcomes in those with end-stage heart and liver disease: we conducted a comprehensive…