2021 American Transplant Congress
Pre-transplant Prognostic Nutritional Index Predicts Short-term Outcomes After Liver Transplantation
Transplant Institute, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI
*Purpose: To understand the importance of pre-transplant nutritional status in optimizing liver transplant outcomes.*Methods: The prognostic nutritional index (PNI) is a serum marker of nutrition…2021 American Transplant Congress
Paired Surveillance Biopsies Over >4 Years from a Multi-Center Cohort of 78 Long-Term Pediatric Liver Transplant Recipients
*Purpose: Progressive liver fibrosis threatens graft and patient longevity for children after liver transplantation (LT). Previous studies are limited to single-center, cross-sectional analyses. To address…2021 American Transplant Congress
A Novel Liver Assist Device as a Bridge to Liver Transplantation in Acute on Chronic Liver Failure Patients with Multi-Organ Failure
*Purpose: Acute on chronic liver failure (AOCLF) occurs in nearly 25% of patients with acutely decompensated cirrhosis, with many developing multi-organ failure requiring ventilatory, vasopressor…2021 American Transplant Congress
Donor-derived Cell-free DNA Distinguishes Acute Rejection from Other Causes of Graft Injury in Liver Transplant Recipients
*Purpose: The donor derived cell-free DNA (ddcfDNA) has emerged as strong biomarker for allograft injury, where the fraction of ddcfDNA is reported to increase in…2021 American Transplant Congress
De Novo Hepatitis B Infection Following Liver Transplant with Hepatitis B Core Antibody Positive Graft
*Purpose: The risk of de novo HBV infection in liver transplant recipients of Hepatitis B core antibody (HBcAb) positive donor organs is tempered by availability…2021 American Transplant Congress
Severe Hypoxemia After Liver Transplantation in the Hepatopulmonary Syndrome
Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
*Purpose: Hepato-pulmonary syndrome (HPS) is a complication of liver disease with liver transplantation as the only curative treatment. However these patients can develop severe hypoxemia…2021 American Transplant Congress
Incidence of Pancreatic Exocrine Insufficiency in Patients Undergoing Liver Transplantation
*Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine the incidence of Pancreatic Exocrine Insufficiency (PEI) in patients undergoing liver transplantation. Furthermore, patient-specific risk factors…2021 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Social Support, Social Circumstances and Distance from Transplant Center on Post Liver Transplant Outcomes: An Analysis from a Predominantly Rural U.S. Cohort
1University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, 2Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI
*Purpose: Social support and social circumstances (SSSC) are critical yet less described entities in post-orthotopic liver transplant (OLT). We aimed to describe SSSC and correlate…2021 American Transplant Congress
Early Portal Vein Ligation in the Setting of Shorter Hepatectomy May Contribute to Better Surgical Outcomes in Deceased Donor Liver Transplantation
Henry Ford Hosptial, Detroit, MI
*Purpose: Few published reports have suggested lower blood loss in association with early portal vein ligation (e-PVL) during liver transplantation surgery, however there are currently…2021 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes of Surgical Resection versus Liver Transplantation in Hilar Cholangiocarcinoma
*Purpose: To compare the outcomes of patients with hilar cholangiocarcinoma (hCCA) who underwent either surgical resection or liver transplantion (LT).*Methods: All hCCA patients who underwent…
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