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Articles tagged "Morbidity"

  • 2022 American Transplant Congress

    The Prevalence and Morbidity Associated with BK Virus in Heart Transplant Recipients

    A. Nguyen1, Z. Li2, N. F. Rasheed2, J. Cruz2, M. Fei3, G. Kim1, S. Pinney1, N. Uriel4

    1University of Chicago Medicine, Chicago, IL, 2University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 3CareDx, Brisbane, CA, 4New York Presbyterian, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY

    *Purpose: BK polyomavirus (BKV) is a quiescent polyomavirus that is present in approximately 80% of the population and can reactivate in immunocompromised patients and impair…
  • 2022 American Transplant Congress

    Impact of Kidney Transplant on Post-Operative Morbidity and Mortality in Patients with Pre-Existing Cardiac Conditions (Low Ejection Fraction): A Case Series

    A. Kumar, C. Naso, D. Bacon, D. Gerber

    Abdominal Transplant Surgery, UNC School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC

    *Purpose: Patients with underlying cardiac diseases have higher morbidity and mortality as compared to the patients without any cardiac diseases. There has been a number…
  • 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

    Prevalence of Frailty and Cognitive Impairment at Time of Kidney Transplant Evaluation

    J. Klein, A. Jurgensen, M. Gupta, N. Herrera, A. Gupta, D. Cibrik

    Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS

    *Purpose: Frailty is highly prevalent in kidney disease, with prevalence estimates as high as 73% in patients at the time of dialysis initiation compared to…
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