Articles tagged "Liver transplantation"

2019 American Transplant Congress
Pregnancy Outcomes by Conception Age in Female Liver Transplant Recipients
M. Sarkar¹, L. A. Coscia², D. Kliniewski², S. Rao³, S. Constantinescu⁴, M. J. Moritz⁵
¹Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ²Gift of Life Institute, Transplant Pregnancy Registry International, Philadelphia, PA, ³Medicine, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA, ⁴Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, ⁵Surgery, Lehigh Valley Health Network, Allentown, PA
*Purpose: The purpose of this study is to compare pregnancy outcomes in liver transplant recipients by different conception ages. Background: Over 30% of female transplant…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Barriers to Pre-Transplant Immunization: A Qualitative Study of Pediatric Liver-Transplant Stakeholders
A. G. Feldman¹, R. Marsh², A. Kempe³, M. Morris²
¹Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, ²University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, ³Pediatrics, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO
*Purpose: Less than 30% of pediatric liver transplant recipients are up-to-date on age-appropriate immunizations at the time of transplant despite being at high-risk for infections…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Recipient Myeloid Notch1 Disruption Shifts Neutrophil towards Anti-Inflammatory Phenotype and Protects Liver Grafts from Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury
S. Kageyama¹, H. Hirao¹, K. Kadono¹, K. Nakamura¹, K. J. Dery¹, T. Ito², D. Oncel¹, J. Aziz¹, B. Ke¹, F. M. Kaldas², R. W. Busuttil², J. W. Kupiec‐Weglinski¹
¹Dumont-UCLA Transplant Center, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, ²Surgery, Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: Liver ischemia-reperfusion injury (IRI) represents a major risk factor of early graft dysfunction and predisposes to rejection crises in orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT). We…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Histologic Ischemia Reperfusion Injury in Liver Transplantation: A Large Single Center Experience
F. M. Kaldas, T. Ito, S. Younan, J. Aziz, M. Lu, V. G. Agopian, J. DiNorcia III, H. Yersiz, D. G. Farmer, R. W. Busuttil
Department of Surgery, The Dumont-UCLA Transplant Center, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: Ischemia Reperfusion Injury (IRI) is known to adversely affect graft outcomes in Liver Transplantation (LT). Large series examining the significance of IRI found on…
2019 American Transplant Congress
The Impact of Sleeve Gastrectomy Following Liver Transplant in Patients with Non-Alcoholic Steatosis: A Five-Year Experience
M. C. Morris¹, A. D. Jung¹, Y. Kim¹, V. K. Dhar¹, S. Shah¹, D. Schauer², E. Smith², T. Diwan¹
¹Surgery, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, ²Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
*Purpose: Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) cirrhosis is an increasingly common indication for liver transplantation (LT) in the United States and obese patients continue to be at…
2019 American Transplant Congress
MELD Score and Anti-Angiotensin Receptor Antibody Predict Long-Term Survival of Liver Re-Transplant
Q. Xu¹, A. Skaro², V. C. McAlister²
¹Pathology and Lab Medicine, London Health Science Center, London, ON, Canada, ²Surgery, London Health Science Center, London, ON, Canada
*Purpose: Recent reports indicated important while inconsistent roles of preformed donor specific antibody (DSA) to HLA in liver transplantation. Re-transplant liver patients were understudied due…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Frailty and BMI in Liver Transplant Candidates: 9-Center Functional Assessment in Liver Transplantation Study
C. Haugen¹, M. McAdams-DeMarco¹, D. Segev¹, E. Verna², R. Rahimi³, M. Kappus⁴, M. Volk⁵, M. Dunn⁶, A. Duarte Rojo⁶, D. Granger⁷, J. O'Leary⁸, D. Ladner⁷, J. Lai⁹
¹JHU, Baltimore, MD, ²Columbia, NYC, NY, ³Baylor, Dallas, TX, ⁴Duke, Durham, NC, ⁵Loma Linda, Loma Linda, CA, ⁶Pitt, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁷Northwestern, Chicago, IL, ⁸DVA, Dallas, TX, ⁹UCSF, San Francisco, CA
*Purpose: Obesity and frailty are associated with an increased risk of waitlist mortality (WLM) in liver transplant (LT) candidates. However, body mass index (BMI) may…
2019 American Transplant Congress
‘Back-to-Base’ Normothermic Clinical Liver Perfusion – Cold before NMP Does Not Compromise Protective Benefit
K. Dajani, M. Bral, D. leon Izquierdo, D. Bigam, N. Kneteman, J. Shapiro
University of Alberta Hospital, Edmonton, AB, Canada
*Purpose: In previous clinical studies utilizing normothermic ex situ liver machine preservation, perfusion was initiated rapidly following organ procurement using a portable system transported to…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Utility Of SIPAT Scoring System In Predicting Risk Of Recidivism In Patients With Alcoholic Liver Disease.
A. Ur Rahman¹, H. Singh¹, M. Abusaif¹, J. Shaw², O. Knighton², L. Clark², T. Santos², S. Ebaid², D. Reino², J. Vanatta², A. Tzakis², K. Alkhalloufi², X. Zervos²
¹Gastroenterology, Cleveland Clinic Florida, Weston, FL, ²Transplant Institute, Cleveland Clinic Florida, Weston, FL
*Purpose: The Stanford Integrated Psychosocial Assessment for Transplant (SIPAT) score is a comprehensive tool that was developed to standardize pretransplant psychosocial evaluations and has been…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Evaluation of Pneumocystis jirovecii Pneumonia Prophylaxis among Kidney and Liver Transplant Recipients; Trimethoprim/Sulfamethoxazole vs Alternative Therapies
E. Aldag, C. Pagels, R. Pedersen, I. Nadeem, V. Gunabushanam, A. Sahajpal, T. J. Dilworth
Aurora St Luke's Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI
*Purpose: To describe Pneumocystis Jirovecii Pneumonia (PJP) prophylaxis (ppx) practices in our transplant recipients and to determine its safety and efficacy.*Methods: Retrospective review of kidney…