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Articles tagged "Lung"

  • 2019 American Transplant Congress

    The Burden of Recipient Driving Distance and Post Lung Transplant Outcomes: A National Cohort Study

    W. Tsuang, S. Arrigain, R. Lopez, M. Snair, K. McCurry, M. Budev, J. Schold

    Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH

    *Purpose: There are only 75 lung transplant centers in the United States, which leads to a spectrum of travel burdens among patients in order to…
  • 2019 American Transplant Congress

    Lung Transplant Outcomes after CABG

    S. Huddleston1, R. Aggarwal1, S. Jackson2, N. Lemke1

    1Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 2Surgery, Fairview Health Services, Minneapolis, MN

    *Purpose: Prior coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) has been a contraindication to lung transplantation (LTx) due to increased mortality associated with bilateral lung transplant. We…
  • 2019 American Transplant Congress

    Outcomes of Adult Lung Transplant Recipients of Donation after Circulatory Death Allografts in the US

    W. S. Cherikh1, J. Stehlik2, A. Sadavarte1, D. Van Raemdonck3

    1United Network for Organ Sharing, Richmond, VA, 2University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT, 3University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

    *Purpose: This analysis was performed to compare outcomes of adult lung (LU) transplant (TX) recipients of donation after circulatory death (DCD) and donation after brain…
  • 2019 American Transplant Congress

    The Impact of Removing DSA as a First Unit of Lung Allocation: Preliminary Results

    R. R. Lehman1, K. Uccellini2, M. Skeans3, M. Valapour3, E. D. Lease4, R. Daly5, K. M. Chan6

    1Research, United Network for Organ Sharing, Richmond, VA, 2Policy, United Network for Organ Sharing, Richmond, VA, 3SRTR, Minneapolis, MN, 4Univ of Washington, Seattle, WA, 5Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, 6Univ of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

    *Purpose: In an emergency action on November 24, 2017 the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) altered US lung allocation policy by replacing the donor…
  • 2019 American Transplant Congress

    Organ Donation Survey among Health Care Professionals in Argentina

    V. R. Ruiz1, A. D. Midley1, P. E. Rodriguez2, S. Bauque2, V. Morozovsky1, A. G. Da lozzo3

    1Respiratory Care, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2Organ Procurement, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 3Lung Trasplant Surgery, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina

    *Purpose: Our objective was to survey health care professionals (HCPs) responsible for the care of potential organ donors (PODs) on attitude toward organ donation, knowledge…
  • 2019 American Transplant Congress

    Success in Lung Transplantation Outcomes after Receiving a Standardized Desensitization Therapy

    S. Ganesh1, C. L. Prohaska2, C. Mares2, M. J. Everly3

    1Medicine, Keck Medical Center at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 2BioMatrix, Weston, FL, 3Terasaki Research Institute, Los Angeles, CA

    *Purpose: With a goal to develop a safe, effective, and consistent approach to desensitization therapy using IVIg in lung transplant (LuT), we instituted a standard…
  • 2019 American Transplant Congress

    Flow Cytometric Analysis of Leukocyte Migration during Ex Vivo Lung Perfusion with CXCR4 Inhibition

    J. Yerxa1, Q. Gao1, R. P. Davis2, M. Zhang1, U. Scheuermann1, W. Parker1, M. G. Hartwig2, A. Barbas1

    1General Surgery, Duke University, Durham, NC, 2Thoracic Surgery, Duke University, Durham, NC

    *Purpose: Ex vivo lung perfusion (EVLP) has emerged as a preservation technique utilized to evaluate candidate donor lungs in a metabolically active state. This also…
  • 2019 American Transplant Congress

    Treatment of Pseudomonas Infection with Beta-Lactams Including Ceftolozane-Tazobactam in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients

    M. Henry1, J. Puvvula2, J. John Schoen1, L. Puzniak3, J. Raddatz4, T. Van Schooneveld2, S. Bergman1

    1Nebraska Medicine, Omaha, NE, 2University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, 3Merck & Co., Inc, Kenilworth, NJ, 4Merck & Co., Inc, Kenilworth, NJ, NJ

    *Purpose: Ceftolozane/Tazobactam (CT) is a potent anti-pseudomonal agent with broad gram-negative activity. Our academic medical center recommends the use of CT for patients with a…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Survival Rates of Patients with Previous Cardiac Surgery Undergoing Lung Transplant

    H. Niikawa, T. Okamoto, K. Ayyat, Y. Itoda, K. McCurry.

    Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH.

    Background: Severe heart diseases are traditionally considered a contraindication for Lung transplantation (LTx). There are suggestions that patients with severe heart diseases undergoing LTx will…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Prospective Trial Using Pulmonary Rehabilitation to Treat Frailty

    C. Kennedy,1 P. Novotny,2 E. Stevens,1 J. Kirsch,3 J. Garrett,1 N. LeBrasseur,4 R. Benzo.1

    1Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; 2Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; 3Clinical and Health Psychology, University of FL, Gainesville, FL; 4Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.

    Background: Frailty is a novel risk factor to potential lung transplant candidates and recipients associated with excess morbidity and mortality. Limited data is available on…
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