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Articles tagged "Liver"

  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    ECMO in Liver Transplant.

    N. Goussous,1,2 S. Hanish,1 J. LaMattina,1 Z. Kon,1 D. Potosky,1 J. Scalea,1 W. Hutson,1 R. Barth,1 D. Bruno.1

    1University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD; 2Saint Agnes Hospital, Baltimore, MD

    Introduction: Postoperative severe cardiopulmonary failure carries a high rate of mortality. Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) has been used as a salvage therapy when conventional therapies…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Predictors of Web-Based Patient Portal Usage Among Kidney and Liver Transplant Recipients.

    A. Ruiz, K. Smith, J. Wedd, K. Little, S. Pastan, R. Patzer.

    Surgery, Emory University, Atlanta, GA

    BackgroundLittle is known about the characteristics of patients who use web-based patient portals for healthcare purposes. The aim of this study was to examine patient…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Outcomes from a Multinational Randomised Controlled Trial Comparing Normothermic Machine Perfusion with Static Cold Storage in Human Liver Transplantation.

    D. Nasralla,1 Consortium for Organ Preservation in Europe Liver Research Group,1 R. Ploeg,1 C. Coussios,2 P. Friend.1

    1Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences, Oxford Transplant Centre, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom; 2Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

    Introduction:By perfusing a liver with oxygenated blood, medications and nutrients at 37oC, normothermic machine perfusion (NMP) may improve outcomes after liver transplantation when compared with…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Third Liver Transplantation, Outcomes, and the Impact of Previous Graft Survival.

    M. Barry,1 M. Gupta,2 D. Goldberg,3 M. Levine,2 D. Simpson,2 K. Olthoff,2 A. Shaked,2 P. Abt.2

    1School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA; 2Surgery, Division of Transplantation, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA; 3Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

    Introduction: Retransplantation with a third liver allograft is controversial with significant technical and medical challenges. National outcomes have not been described. We hypothesize that prior…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Electronic Patient Portal Functionality Among Kidney and Liver Transplant Recipients.

    A. Ruiz, K. Smith, J. Wedd, K. Little, S. Pastan, R. Patzer.

    Surgery, Emory University, Atlanta, GA

    IntroductionIn January 2014, all public and private healthcare providers were required to adopt electronic medical records (EMR) into their standard of care. However, little is…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Preliminary Results of Clinical Normothermic Ex Vivo Liver Perfusion in a North American Setting.

    M. Bral,1 B. Gala-Lopez,1 D. Bigam,1 N. Kneteman,1 A. Malcolm,1 S. Livingstone,1 A. Andres,1 J. Emamaullee,1 L. West,1 P. Friend,2 A. Shapiro.1

    1Department of Surgery, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada; 2Department of Surgery, Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences, Oxford, United Kingdom; 3Oxford Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Oxford, United Kingdom; 4OrganOx, Oxford, United Kingdom

    Outcomes of a first clinical normothermic machine perfusion (NMP) UK liver trial demonstrated feasibility and clear safety, with improved liver function when compared to standard…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Donor Lymphoid Chimerism in Early Recognition and Prediction of Clinical Outcome Caused by Acute Graft versus Host Disease After Solid Organ Transplant.

    A. Zhang,1 Y. Sun,2 K. Hashimoto,4 M. Fujiki,4 M. Askar,3 J. Fung,5 C. Miller,4 K. Abu-Elmagd,4 B. Eghtesad.4

    1Cleveland Clinic, Allogen Laboratories, Cleveland, OH; 2Avalon University School of Medicine, Willemstad, Netherlands Antilles; 3Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX; 4Transplantation Center, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH; 5Transplantation Center, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL

    Introduction: Acute graft versus host disease (aGvHD) after solid organ transplant (SOT) is rare but related with high mortality. Early accurate diagnosis is critical for…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Living Donor Liver Transplantation for Alcoholic Liver Disease.

    H. Braun, J. Dodge, J. Roberts, N. Ascher.

    University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA

    The literature on living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) for alcoholic liver disease (ALD) is sparse. We report our experience w/LDLT for ALD at a single,…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Pilot Study on Acupuncture in Living Liver and Kidney Donors.

    M. Jesse, M. Kulas, J. Unitis, N. Beltran, M. Abouljoud.

    Transplant Institute, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit

    Pain is an important concern in living donation. The purpose of this study was to test feasibility of integrating an acupuncture intervention pre/post-living donation and…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    MELD-Based Allocation Leads to Inferior Survival After Liver Transplantation.

    P. Ritschl, L. Wiering, M. Hippler-Benscheidt, F. Aigner, M. Biebl, M. Schmelzle, K. Kotsch, J. Pratschke, R. Öllinger.

    Department of Surgery, Campus Virchow and Mitte, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany

    Introduction and BackgroundThe MELD-based allocation system has been implemented in Germany in 2006 in order to decrease waiting list mortality in patients with end stage…
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