Articles tagged "Liver transplantation"

2019 American Transplant Congress
National Landscape of Hope Act Transplant Candidates and Recipients in the United States
A. R. Wilk¹, R. Hunter², M. A. McBride², D. K. Klassen²
¹Research, United Network for Organ Sharing, Richmond, VA, ²United Network for Organ Sharing, Richmond, VA
*Purpose: The HIV Organ Policy Equity (HOPE) Act, enacted on 11/21/13, allows for the transplantation of organs from HIV+ donors into HIV+ recipients in the…
2019 American Transplant Congress
De Novo Donor Specific Antibody and Panel Reactivity Antibody Are Critical Risk Factors for Antibody Mediated Rejection of Kidney Allograft after Simultaneous Liver-Kidney Transplantation (a Single Center Study Using Surveillance Renal Biopsies)
Y. Sun¹, A. Zhang², Z. Zaky²
¹Avalon Medical University, Willemstad, Netherlands Antilles, ²Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
*Purpose: Even though the liver may provide immunologic protection to the kidney from hyperacute rejection, previous publications suggest this protective effect is not sufficient to…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis Prophylaxis Increases the Risk of Multi-Drug Resistant Cultures and Infections in Liver Transplant Patients
R. Rosenblatt, A. Schluger, M. Pereira, E. Verna
Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY
*Purpose: Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis prophylaxis (SBP-P) is increasingly prescribed to patients awaiting liver transplantation (LT), but its impact on multidrug resistant organisms (MDRO) or the…
2019 American Transplant Congress
5,000 Living Donor Liver Transplantations
G. Song, S. Lee, S. Hwang, K. Kim, C. Ahn, D. Moon, T. Ha, D. Jung, G. Park, Y. Yoon, J. Kwon, H. Cho, Y. Jung, S. Kang, I. Jeong, J. Choi
Division of LT and HBB Surgery, Department of Surgery, Asan Medical Center, Ulsan University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
*Purpose: To review single center's experiences in living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) and analyze risk factors affecting short and long-term outcomes.*Methods: Retrospective analysis of 5,000…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Elevated Visceral Adiposity is Associated with Post-Liver Transplant Mortality and Poorly Correlates with BMI in a Prospective Cohort Study
R. Sharma, R. Rosenblatt, R. Knotts, J. Pisa, E. Verna
Division of Liver Diseases and Transplantation, Columbia Univerisity Medical Center, New York, NY
*Purpose: Obesity is increasingly common in end-stage-liver disease (ESLD). While obesity adversely affects outcomes, whether abnormalities in specific adipose tissue (AT) compartments lead to increased…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Urinary Biomarkers of Kidney Injury in Liver Transplant Recipients with Calcineurin Inhibitors Based Immunosuppression
D. Maluf¹, V. Bontha¹, A. Bajwa², A. Abdelaal¹, C. Koo¹, J. D. Eason², V. Mas²
¹UTHSC, Memphis, TN, ²Transplant Institute, Memphis, TN
*Purpose: Renal dysfunction post solid organ transplantation is common and associated with several risk factors. Messenger RNA encoding for genes expressed along the nephron and…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Higher Population Donor Service Areas Are Associated With Lower Meld At Death On Wait List And Higher Meld At Removal For “Too Sick
Y. Hung, Y. Bababekov, C. Rickert, Y. Hsu, D. Chang, H. Yeh
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
*Purpose: Plans for distance based allocation in liver transplantation have raised concerns that patients listed in more rural Donor Service Areas (DSAs) will be disadvantaged…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Respiratory Viral Infections and Patient Outcomes in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients
M. Gonzalez¹, A. Vostal¹, N. Darling², C. Papastamelos², M. Natarajan³, P. Kumar³, J. Timpone³
¹Internal Medicine, MedStar Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC, ²School of Medicine, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, ³Infectious Disease, MedStar Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC
*Purpose: Community acquired respiratory viral infections (RVI) have been associated with significant morbidity and mortality in solid organ transplant recipients (SOTR). Acute rejection and allograft…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Incisional Ventral Hernia Repair (IVHR) in Post Liver Transplant Recipients (OLT) through a Robotic-Assisted Intervention (RAI): Initial Single-Center Experience
A. Mejia, C. G. Fasola, A. Stegall
Liver Transplantation, Methodist Dallas Medical Center, Dallas, TX
*Purpose: To analyze the outcome of IVH repairs in liver transplant recipients using a minimally invasive technique.*Methods: From 2016 to 2018, we analyzed the IVHR…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Osmotic Demyelination Syndrome after Liver Transplantation- Etiology and Treatment Options
P. Mihaylov¹, D. Soma², D. Kuruppu², B. Ekser², R. Mangus², J. Fridell², R. Snook², C. Kubal²
¹Indiana Univ School of Medicine, Pavia University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, ²Indiana Univ School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN
*Purpose: Orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) is the only effective therapy for patients with end stage liver failure that increases long-term survival, but is not without…