2019 American Transplant Congress
Evaluation of an Invasive Fungal Infection Prophylaxis Strategy after Liver Transplantation at a Large Academic Medical Center
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
*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
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
*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…2018 American Transplant Congress
Higher Early Post-Liver Transplant Mortality in Recipients with Severe Alcoholic Hepatitis versus Alcoholic Cirrhosis
INTRODUCTIONThe American Consortium of Early Liver Transplantation for Alcoholic Hepatitis (ACCELERATE-AH) is a multicenter cohort from 8 UNOS regions studying early liver transplant (LT) for…2018 American Transplant Congress
One-Pump versus Two-Pump Normothermic Ex Vivo Perfusion Machines in Discarded Human Livers
Transplant Surgery, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland.
Introduction:Physiologic flows and pressures need to be provided by the ex vivo liver perfusion device. We hypothesized that the 1-pump designed machines would provide the…2018 American Transplant Congress
Variation in Post-Transplant Opiate Prescribing Patterns across Transplant Centers
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Phoenix, Jacksonville.
Background: Excess opiate prescribing has led to an epidemic, and evidence to guide abdominal transplant practice is lacking. We aimed to identify variation in opiate…2018 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Donor Hepatectomy Time during Organ Procurement in Donation after Circulatory Death Liver Transplantation; The United Kingdom Experience
St James University Hospital, Leeds, United Kingdom.
IntroductionNo data exists to evaluate the impact of hepatectomy time (HT) during donation after cardiac death (DCD) procurement on short and long-term outcomes following liver…2018 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes after HIV+ Liver Transplant: A HOPE in Action Study
1JHU, Baltimore; 2Mount Sinai, New York; 3NIH, Bethesda; 4UCSF, San Francisco; 5UMN, Minneapolis.
The HOPE in Action Pilot Trial (NCT02602262) is assessing the safety and feasibility of HIV+ deceased donor (D+) kidney and liver transplantation for HIV+ recipients…2018 American Transplant Congress
Sufficient Hepatic Artery Flow Redeems Poor Portal Vein Flow after Liver Transplantation in Patients with Porta Vein Thrombosis
General Surgery, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH.
Objective:Although portal vein thrombosis(PVT) in liver transplantation is no longer a contraindication, it remains technically challenging. Insufficient intraoperative PV flow after PV thrombectomy/reconstruction was reported…
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