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
Post-Operative Liver Transplant Ultrasounds and Vascular Complications
S. Kanaparthi¹, R. Kayaleh¹, V. Gustainyte¹, C. Davis², J. Buggs³, E. Rogers³, A. Kumar¹, K. Dhanireddy³
¹Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, ²Radiology, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, ³Transplant Surgery, Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, FL
*Purpose: Vascular complications such as hepatic artery stenosis/thrombosis can occur following liver transplantation. Doppler ultrasound is the primary method of screening for vascular complications in…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Role of Tacrolimus Dose Adjustment at Discontinuation of Fluconazole in Liver Transplant
J. Yau, H. Morris
University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA
*Purpose: The purpose of this study was to characterize the effects of fluconazole (fluc) discontinuation on tacrolimus (tac) levels and the role of prophylactic dose…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Comparison of One-Year Morbidity Following Liver Transplant for Acute Alcoholic Hepatitis vs. Alcoholic Cirrhosis
O. M. Andacoglu¹, U. Ozbek², J. Liu³, C. Figueredo³, K. R. Chacko⁴, C. Tow⁴, J. F. Reinus⁴, M. Kinkhabwala¹
¹Surgery, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY, ²Population Health Science and Policy, Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai, New York, NY, ³Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY, ⁴Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY
*Purpose: Liver transplants (LT) for acute alcoholic hepatitis (AH) have become more common but there is limited data about outcomes of LT as therapy for…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Xenoantibody Depletion of Human Blood with Normothermic Machine Perfusion of Porcine Kidney and Lung Prior to Liver Perfusion
T. M. Coe¹, N. Serifis¹, S. Raigani¹, C. Carroll¹, C. G. Rickert¹, R. Matheson¹, D. Detelich², W. Qin³, Y. Kan³, J. Layer³, M. Youd³, W. Westlin³, L. Yang³, A. Azimzadeh¹, J. F. Markmann¹
¹Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Surgery, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA, ³eGenesis, Cambridge, MA
*Purpose: Genetic modifications of porcine donors for pig-to-human xenotransplantation have led to significant progress in survival of xenografts in preclinical models. Triple knock-out (TKO) of…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Uncontrolled DCD vs DBD Liver Transplantation in the United States: Is it Safe to Push the Envelope?
R. A. Choudhury¹, D. Yoeli¹, H. Yaffe¹, H. B. Moore¹, G. Hoeltzel², A. Schulick¹, K. D. Conzen¹, J. J. Pomposelli¹, E. A. Pomfret¹, T. L. Nydam¹
¹Department of Surgery- Division of Transplantation Surgery, University of Colorado Hospital, Aurora, CO, ²Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
*Purpose: Uncontrolled donation after cardiac death (uDCD) liver transplantation has been theorized as a potential option to increase the donor pool due to the typical…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Twin Pregnancies after Liver Transplantation
L. A. Coscia¹, A. Yusuf¹, S. Rao², S. Constantinescu³, M. J. Moritz⁴
¹Transplant Pregnancy Registry International, Philadelphia, PA, ²Medicine, University of Virginia Heath System, Charlottesville, VA, ³Medicine, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, ⁴Surgery, Lehigh Valley Health Network, Allentown, PA
*Purpose: The purpose of this study is to describe twin pregnancy outcomes in female liver transplant recipients.*Methods: Data were collected by the Transplant Pregnancy Registry…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Predictive Role of the Vitamin B12 in Acute Kidney Injury after Living Donor Liver Transplantation: A Retrospective Observational Cohort Study
J. Park, M. Chae
St.Mary's Hospital, Seoul, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
*Purpose: The aim of our study is to examine the association between serum vitamin B12 level and development of postoperative acute kidney injury (AKI) in…
2020 American Transplant Congress
IL-10 Exposure Enhances IRAK-M Expression to Promote Endotoxin Tolerance and the T Cell Tolerogenic Potential of Liver Conventional DCs
Y. Zheng, R. Nakano, A. Thomson
Surgery, Starzl Transplantation Institute, Pittsburgh, PA
*Purpose: Liver conventional myeloid (m)DC contribute to liver transplant tolerance. When freshly-isolated, they produce low levels of IL-12 but high levels of IL-10 compared with…