Articles tagged "Liver transplantation"

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 an Invasive Fungal Infection Prophylaxis Strategy after Liver Transplantation at a Large Academic Medical Center
M. Jorgenson¹, J. Descourouez¹, D. Felix¹, N. Marka², G. Leverson², J. Smith², L. Fernandez², D. Foley²
¹UW Health, Madison, WI, ²University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI
*Purpose: Invasive fungal infection (IFI) after liver transplant (LTx) is associated with increased morbidity and mortality. Studies show that IFI prophylaxis improves outcomes but the…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Aborted Live Donor Organ Recovery Procedures in the United States
M. Henderson, M. Waldram, A. Thomas, N. Desai, S. Ottman, J. Garonzik Wang, A. Massie, D. Segev, J. Bannon, F. Al Ammary, D. Brennan
Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: Although live organ donation is a carefully and meticulously planned surgical procedure, live donor organ recovery procedures are occasionally aborted. These include procedures which…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Multimodal Analgesia Reduces Opioid Use after Liver Transplantation
K. Tong, W. Nolan, D. O'Sullivan, H. Kutzler
Hartford Hospital, Hartford, CT
*Purpose: The study aimed to determine if multi-modal pain management (MPM) can reduce opioid use in patients post-liver transplant.*Methods: This was a retrospective review of…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Correlations between Preoperative Hepatic Venous Pressure Gradient and Graft Hemodynamics after Reperfusion in Living Donor Liver Transplantation
H. Matsushima, M. Fujiki, K. Sasaki, F. Aucejo, T. Diago Uso, C. Kwon, B. Eghtesad, C. Miller, C. Quintini, K. Hashimoto
General Surgery, Digestive Disease & Surgery Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
*Purpose: Hepatic venous pressure gradient (HVPG) is known to correlate with severity of portal hypertension in patients with liver cirrhosis. We retrospectively investigated the clinical…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Patients With Persistently Low MELD-Na Scores Continue To Be At Risk Of Liver Related Death
N. Mazumder, K. Atiemo, S. Montag, A. Daud, A. Kho, M. Abecassis, J. Levitsky, D. Ladner
Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: The Model for End Stage Liver Disease-Sodium (MELD-Na) score is a reliable predictor of 90-day mortality however its long term predictive ability is unclear,…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Metabolic Liver Transplant: A Single Cooperative 2002-2017
N. Yazigi¹, K. Chapman²
¹Transplantation, MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, Washigton, DC, ²Transplantation, Children's National Rare Disease Institute, Washington, DC
*Purpose: Liver transplant (LT) can increase quality and quantity of life for patients with inherited metabolic diseases (IMDs) who suffer severe and unpredictable complications despite…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Long Term Outcomes of Patients Transplanted for Hepatocellular Carcinoma with Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection
R. Gedaly-Eidelman, E. Chacon, P. Eman, M. Gupta, J. Berger, A. El-Husseini, X. Mei, F. Marti, L. Turcios, M. Shah
University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
*Purpose: Several studies have reported that HIV+ patients are 4-6 times more likely to develop HCC than uninfected individuals. Our aim was to assess outcomes…