2022 American Transplant Congress
A Single Center Retrospective Cohort Study Comparing the Rates of MDROs in DCD vs DBD Liver Transplant Recipients
University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
*Purpose: Donation after cardiac death (DCD) offers an opportunity to reduce wait list mortality with similar 5-year graft survival rates to donation after brain death…2022 American Transplant Congress
Thromboelastography in Liver Transplantation: A Target Group
*Purpose: Liver dysfunction results in derangement of hemostasis and thrombosis. Thromboelastography (TEG) has emerged as a tool to guide resuscitative efforts. However, its utilization and…2022 American Transplant Congress
Impact of the Weekend Effect on Adult and Pediatric Liver or Kidney Offer Acceptance
Transplant Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
*Purpose: Weekends may impose resource and manpower constraints on hospitals. Studies using data from prior allocation schemas showed increased adult organ discards on weekends. We…2022 American Transplant Congress
Prolonged Preservation by Hypothermic Machine Perfusion Facilitates Logistics in Liver Transplantation: A European Observational Cohort Study
*Purpose: A short period (1-2 hours) of hypothermic oxygenated machine perfusion (HOPE) after static cold storage is safe and reduces ischemia-reperfusion injury-related complications after liver…2022 American Transplant Congress
Older Donor Age is Associated with Worse Living Donor Liver Transplantation Outcomes in a National US Cohort
*Purpose: To evaluate the impact of increasing living donor (LD) age on living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) outcomes in the U.S.*Methods: A retrospective cohort of…2022 American Transplant Congress
Pure Laparoscopic versus Open Right Hepatectomy in Living Liver Donors (Graft Weight Discrepancy)
*Purpose: The studies of volumetric evaluation in pure laparoscopic donor hepatectomy (PLDH) are relatively less known than that of conventional donor hepatectomy. The aim of…2022 American Transplant Congress
Safety and Efficacy of Early Central Line Removal in Post Liver Transplant Patients
*Purpose: Avoiding central line-associated infections (CLABSIs) is paramount in liver transplant recipients. As a hospital-wide infection control initiative at our institution, early removal of central…2022 American Transplant Congress
PACAP-Mediated Autophagy Prevents Liver Ischemia Reperfusion Injury in OLT
UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: Pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide (PACAP) is from vasoactive intestinal peptide-glucagon-secretin family. Our group was the first to demonstrate that neuropeptide PACAP, which innervates the…2022 American Transplant Congress
A Successful Expansion of Donor Liver Supply is Feasible with the Selective Use of Older DCD Livers
Baylor Simmons Transplant Institute, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX
*Purpose: DCD are a key way to expand the donor pool, yet many centers are hesitant about using anything but the most favorable DCD allografts,…2022 American Transplant Congress
Race Inequity in Liver Transplant Waitlisting: Effect Modification by Psychosocial Factors and the Stanford Integrated Psychosocial Assessment for Transplant
*Purpose: Race inequity in liver transplantation (LT) has been a longstanding area of injustice within the field of hepatology. Information from psychosocial evaluations and The…
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