Articles tagged "Morbidity"

2020 American Transplant Congress
Myosteatosis and its Impact on Graft- and Patient Survival in Adult Recipients of Deceased Donor Liver Transplantation
Z. Czigany, W. Kramp, G. van der Kroft, P. Strnad, M. Zimmermann, W. Liu, G. Wiltberger, U. Neumann, G. Lurje
University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany
*Purpose: Recently our group demonstrated the role of myosteatosis in inferior perioperative outcomes (Czigany et al. Am J Transplant 2019) in recipients of orthotopic liver…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Solid Organ Transplant Recipients with Pneumonia in Intensive Care UnıT: A Single Center Study
F. I. Yesiler¹, C. Yazar¹, H. Sahinturk¹, P. Zeyneloglu¹, M. Haberal²
¹Anaesthesia, Baskent University, Ankara, Turkey, ²Department of General Surgery, Division of Transplantation, Baskent University, Ankara, Turkey
*Purpose: Pneumonia is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in solid organ transplant (SOT) recipients. Occurrence of post-transplant pneumonia adversely impacts graft and recipient…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Incident Influenza Cases and Missed Opportunities for Vaccination among Solid Organ Transplant Recipients
D. Abraham, H. J. Neumann, S. A. Mehta
New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY
*Purpose: The aim of this study was to identify missed opportunities for high-dose (HD) influenza vaccination among solid organ transplant (SOT) recipients and improve influenza…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Most Complications of Hand-Assisted Laparoscopic Living Donor Nephrectomy Occur after Initial Discharge Including Most Reoperations: A Single-Center Retrospective Study
X. Benavides, R. T. Rogers, E. Tan, M. A. Merzkani, S. Thirunavukkarasu, B. Smith, A. D. Rule, M. Prieto, J. K. Heimbach, T. Taner, G. K. Chow, P. G. Dean, M. D. Stegall
Kidney Transplant, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
*Purpose: While most studies of hand-assisted laparoscopic living donor nephrectomy (HALLDN) report complications until discharge, this study examined complications up to 120 days.*Methods: We assessed…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Less Bleeding Associated with Apixaban versus Other Direct Acting Oral Anticoagulation in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients
M. Thornberg¹, J. Scheffert¹, D. Jennings², J. Hedvat¹, N. Lange¹, H. Robbins³, D. Salerno¹
¹NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, Department of Pharmacy, New York, NY, ²Long Island University School of Pharmacy, Brooklyn, NY, ³Columbia Irving University Medical Center, Department of Medicine, New York, NY
*Purpose: Owing to their fixed dosing and favorable drug interaction profiles, direct acting oral anticoagulants (DOACs) have supplanted warfarin as the standard of care for…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Live Donor Liver Transplant Offers Higher Survival, Improved Quality of Liver and Lower Morbidity for Recipients with Low MELD Score
M. Black, J. Bayer, H. Fernandez, E. Martinez, G. McKenna, N. Onaca, R. Ruiz, G. Testa, A. Wall, T. Ma, G. Saracino, S. Asrani, A. Gupta
Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX
*Purpose: The shortage of cadaveric liver grafts contributes to significant waitlist mortality. Patients with low MELD-Na score (
2020 American Transplant Congress
Major Adverse Cardiovascular Events (MACE) in Living Kidney Donors (LKDs)
M. Merzkani¹, A. Denic¹, M. D'Costa¹, L. Ricaurte¹, R. Narasimhan¹, X. Benavides¹, A. Mullan¹, J. Larson¹, W. Park¹, M. P. Alexander¹, H. Chakkera², S. Textor¹, S. Taler¹, M. Stegall¹, N. Issa¹, A. Rule¹
¹Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ²Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ
*Purpose: There is limited knowledge regarding long-term cardiovascular outcomes in living kidney donors. We performed a multicenter study assessing baseline risk factors that increase MACE…
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…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Geographic Distribution of End-Stage Renal Disease in the US: The First Description of an “ESRD Belt”
R. D. Reed¹, H. Qu¹, P. A. MacLennan¹, M. N. Mustian¹, D. Anderson¹, A. C. Kale¹, B. J. Orandi¹, B. A. Shelton¹, V. Kumar², M. J. Hanaway¹, J. E. Locke¹
¹Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ²Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
*Purpose: Previous research has demonstrated that population health is associated with organ supply and transplantation; this is particularly true in the southeastern United States, which…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Morbidity in Lung Transplant for Connective Tissue Disease
S. Minkove¹, E. Bush², P. Shah¹
¹Pulmonary and Critical Care, Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD, ²Thoracic Surgery, Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: To evaluate the post-lung transplant comorbidities of patients with connective tissue disease (CTD) compared with an age-matched cohort of patients transplanted for idiopathic pulmonary…