Articles tagged "Morbidity"

2022 American Transplant Congress
Bone Fractures Are Not Increased in Older Prior Living Kidney Donors
H. Amer¹, H. Maradit Kremers¹, D. Larson¹, I. Zaniletti¹, W. K. Kremers¹, A. Matas², B. Kasiske³, S. Khosla¹, R. Kumar¹
¹Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ²University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, ³Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN
*Purpose: Living kidney donors were shown to have derangements of bone biomarkers resembling those occurring in early chronic kidney disease within 36 months of donation.…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Development and Validation of a Kidney Transplant-Specific Measure of Treatment Burden
E. Lorenz¹, T. Petterson¹, I. Zaniletti¹, K. Lackore¹, B. Johnson¹, M. Mai², S. Nair³, A. Bentall¹, K. Yost¹, D. Eton¹
¹Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ²Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL, ³Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ
*Purpose: Treatment burden refers to the work involved in managing one’s health and its impact on well-being. Treatment burden has been associated with nonadherence and…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Covid-19 in Solid Organ Transplantation (SOT): Results of the National Covid Cohort Collaborative (N3C)
G. Agarwal¹, A. Vinson², R. Dai³, E. French⁴, S. Lee⁵, A. Olex⁴, A. Anzalone⁶, V. Madhira⁷, R. B. Mannon⁸
¹Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ²Medicine/Nephrology, Nova Scotia Health Authority, Halifax, NS, Canada, ³Biostatistics, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ⁴Wright Center for Clinical and Translational Research, VIrginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, ⁵Medicine/Infectious Disease, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada, ⁶Neurology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ⁷Palia Software, Not sure, OR, ⁸Medicine/Nephrology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
*Purpose: SARS-CoV-2 infection has resulted in significant mortality in solid organ transplant (SOT) recipients based on reports from single centers or voluntary registries. The N3C…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Comorbidity Burden is Associated with Increased Waitlist Mortality Among NASH Patients
J. R. Montgomery¹, M. J. Englesbe¹, C. Connelly²
¹Michigan Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI, ²General Surgery, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR
*Purpose: Nonalcoholic steatotic hepatitis (NASH) is an increasing and common indication for liver transplantation. The association between increased comorbidity burden and risk of death on…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Sars-cov-2 Infection in Waiting List for Liver Transplantation: A Cohort Study on Clinical Outcomes
A. Sessa, A. Mazzola, B. Granger, D. Wakselman, M. Atif, V. Martinez, M. Mallet Maxime, D. Thabut, O. Scatton, F. Conti
Hopital Pitie Salpetriere, Paris, France
*Purpose: Infections in cirrhotic patients are associated with an increased risk of liver-related complications (LRC) and mortality. Limited data regarding the prevalence of Coronavirus disease…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Dietary Intake of Calories and Protein in the Acute Phase Following Kidney Transplant: Opportunities for Improvement
L. Teigen¹, G. Onyeaghala¹, Y. Doronin², B. Guo¹, B. Wu¹, J. Abrahante¹, D. Schladt¹, W. Guan¹, C. Staley¹, M. Al-Kofahi¹, S. Riad¹, A. Matas¹, R. Remmel¹, W. Oetting¹, C. Dorr¹, P. Jacobson¹, A. Israni¹
¹University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, ²Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute, Minneapolis, MN
*Purpose: Nutritional therapy post kidney transplant includes both an acute (1-1.5 months post-transplant) and a chronic phase. To date, most of the available literature has…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Early Portal Vein Ligation in the Setting of Shorter Hepatectomy May Contribute to Better Surgical Outcomes in Deceased Donor Liver Transplantation
K. Delvecchio, T. Kitajima, A. Mohamed, S. Yeddula, M. Tayseer, T. Ivanics, K. Collins, M. Rizzari, A. Yoshida, M. Abouljoud, S. Nagai
Henry Ford Hosptial, Detroit, MI
*Purpose: Few published reports have suggested lower blood loss in association with early portal vein ligation (e-PVL) during liver transplantation surgery, however there are currently…
2021 American Transplant Congress
COVID-19 Presentation and Severity Within One Year of Pancreas and Kidney Transplantation
H. Sarumi, J. Fisher, B. Johnson, T. Pruett
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
*Purpose: The current pandemic has created uncertainty of induction regimen impact upon severity of COVID-19 disease. Our experience with COVID-19 infection was reviewed to stratify…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Impact of the Transplant Clinical Pharmacist in an Outpatient Transplant Clinic
O. Roe¹, S. Gattis¹, R. Parsons², D. Lo², S. Todd¹
¹Emory University Hospital, Atlanta, GA, ²Emory Transplant Center, Atlanta, GA
*Purpose: Pharmacist involvement in the outpatient transplant clinic setting has been correlated with improved patient outcomes in single organ cohort studies. Direct clinical pharmacist involvement…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Cost Utilization and the Use of Pulmonary Functions Tests in Preoperative Liver Transplant
M. LaGoy¹, A. Ermekbaeva², J. Buggs³, S. Nyce⁴, D. Patino⁴, E. Rogers³, A. Kumar¹, N. Kemmer⁵
¹Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, ²Honors College, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, ³Transplant Surgery, Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, FL, ⁴University of Tampa, Tampa, FL, ⁵Transplant Hepatology, Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, FL
*Purpose: The American Society of Anesthesia recommends abdominal transplant patients receive pre-operative pulmonary function tests (PFTs) which cost nearly $2,500. Up to 88 percent of…