Articles tagged "Liver transplantation"

2018 American Transplant Congress
Early Postoperative Acute Kidney Injury among Pediatric Liver Transplant Recipients
H. Sahinturk,¹ A. Kundakci,¹ P. Zeyneloglu,¹ E. Gedik,¹ A. Pirat,¹ M. Haberal.²
¹Anesthesiology, Baskent University, Ankara, Turkey; ²Transplantation, Baskent University, Ankara, Turkey.
Introduction: Acute kidney injury (AKI) after pediatric liver transplantation (LT) is a serious complication associated with increased morbidity and mortality. Here we evaluate children with…
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Side Effect Profile of Everolimus in Liver Transplant Patients
F. Kumssa, O. Sadiq, M. Alimirah, R. Kaur, A. Patel, S-.M. Jafri.
Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit.
IntroductionUse of calcineurin inhibitors has been the mainstay of antirejection medications after liver transplant (LT). However, renal toxicity from these drugs remains troublesome. By comparison,…
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Pragmatic Surgical Risk Assessment Criteria in Critically Ill Patients Prior to Liver Transplantation
C. Bonham, Z. Tulu, M. Melcher, P. Kwo, W. Concepcion, A. Ahmed, C. Esquivel.
Liver Transplant Program, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA.
Futility rules in critically ill patients awaiting liver transplantation (LT) are lacking in this era of severe organ shortage of organs. We aim to identify…
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Impact of Influenza Vaccine Implementation by Transplant Pharmacy in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients
S. Gattis,¹ I. Yildirim,^1,2 S. Serluco,¹ C. McCracken,² R. Liverman.¹
¹Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA; ²Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA.
Background: In solid organ transplant (SOT) recipients, influenza infection can lead to subsequent graft dysfunction and mortality. In an effort to increase vaccination rates, transplant…
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Factors Predicting Viability Achievement on Discarded Donor Livers Submitted to Extra-Corporeal Machine Perfusion
Y. Boteon,^1,2 R. Laing,^1,2 A. Schlegel,² J. Attard,^1,2 L. Wallace,¹ A. Smith,² T. Perera,² J. Isaac,² D. Mirza,² S. Afford,¹ H. Mergental.²
¹National Institute for Health Research, Birmingham Liver Biomedical Research Centre, University of Birmingham, Institute of Immunology and Immunotherapy, Birmingham, United Kingdom; ²Liver Unit, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, University Hospitals Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom.
Background: Ex-vivo machine perfusion of livers (MP) may offer superior preservation for marginal donor organs. During normothermic machine perfusion (NMP) is possible to assess liver…
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Clinical Analysis of Impact of Intraoperative Hepatic Blood Inflow on Acute Kidney Injury Following Allogeneic Liver Transplantation
J. Zhang, Q. Liu, X. Li, Y. Meng, L. Yang, C. Zhang, N. Sun, A. Jiao, J. Lin.
Hepatobiliary Surgery Department and Unit of Organ Transplantation, The First Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning, China.
Background Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a major and severe complication following allogeneic liver transplantation and is associated with increased postoperative morbidity and mortality. With…
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Impact of Donor Age on Outcomes after Living Donor Liver Transplantation
K. Hayashi,¹ K. Gotoh,¹ H. Eguchi,¹ Y. Iwagami,¹ D. Yamada,¹ T. Asaoka,¹ T. Noda,¹ K. Kawamoto,¹ S. Kobayashi,¹ K. Umeshita,² Y. Doki,¹ M. Mori.¹
¹Dept of Gastroenterological Sugery, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan; ²Division of Health Science, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan.
Background: Liver transplantation (LT) is a curative treatment for decompensated cirrhosis and fulminant hepatitis. Although not a few patients received LT with marginal donor livers…
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Livers from Diabetic Donors Can Safely Be Used in Donation after Circulatory Death Liver Transplantation
I. Brüggenwirth,¹ I. Vasiliauskaire,² A. Westerkamp,¹ W. Polak,² A. Braat,³ R. Porte.¹
¹Surgery, UMCG, Groningen, Netherlands; ²Surgery, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, Netherlands; ³Surgery, LUMC, Leiden, Netherlands.
Liver grafts from donors with a history of diabetes mellitus (DM) have been associated with reduced graft survival after liver transplantation. Transplantation centers are often…
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Clinical Application of Mesenchymal Stromal Cells with a Simplified Protocol for ABO Incompatible Liver Transplantation in Severe Hepatic Failure Patients
Y. Zhang,^1,2 J. Zheng,^1,2 J. Cai,^1,2 J. Zhang,^1,2 K. Zeng,^1,2 J. Yao,^1,2 Y. Yang.^1,2
¹Department of Hepatic Surgery and Liver Transplantation Center of the Third Affiliated Hospital, Organ Transplantation Institute, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China; ²Guangdong Key Laboratory of Liver Disease Research, Key Laboratory of Liver Disease Biotherapy and Translational Medicine of Guangdong Higher Education Institutes, the Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, .
Objective The purpose of this study was to test the safety and efficacy of mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) treatment with a simplified protocol for ABO…
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Normothermic Machine Perfusion (NMP) Preservation for Human Liver Transplantation in the Cleveland Clinic
Q. Liu, D. Pezzati, A. Hassan, B. Soliman, P. Grady, S. Maikhor, G. Iuppa, T. Diago Uso, K. Hashimoto, F. Aucejo, M. Fujiki, B. Eghtesad, J. Cywinski, S. Irefin, J. Fung, K. Abu-Elmagd, C. Miller, C. Quintini.
Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH.
NMP is a novel preservation method for liver grafts. We transplanted 15 human livers after NMP to test the safety and feasibility of NMP on…