Articles tagged "Morbidity"

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…
2020 American Transplant Congress
The UCSF Cardiovascular Risk after Kidney Transplantation (CARAKTER) Study
M. Park¹, Y. Gao¹, S. Schroeder², S. Siyahian¹, Z. Laszik¹, F. Vincenti¹
¹UCSF, San Francisco, CA, ²UC Davis, Sacramento, CA
*Purpose: We established the UCSF CARAKTER (Cardiovascular Risk After Kidney Transplantation) Study in order to evaluate risk factors for cardiac disease onset and progression in…
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…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes of Kidney Transplant Recipients with Depression and Anxiety
D. Keys, S. Jackson, S. M. Riad, R. Spong, A. Matas
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
*Purpose: The outcomes of kidney transplantation in patients with depression and anxiety have been limited by small numbers. This is despite high prevalence of these…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Prevalence of Diabetes after Kidney Donation
A. J. Haugen¹, S. Hallan², K. Birkeland¹, A. Reisæter¹, A. Hartmann¹, H. Holdaas¹, G. Mjøen¹
¹Transplant Medicine, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ²Nephrology, St. Olavs Hospital, Trondheim, Norway
*Purpose: Kidney donors may be at increased risk of hypertension and end-stage renal disease after donation. If diabetes mellitus is more common in donors remains…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Cadaveric Uterus Transplant Outcomes: Cleveland Experience
C. Quintini¹, G. D’Amico¹, B. Eghtesad¹, E. Richards¹, C. Kwon¹, K. Hashimoto¹, S. Ricci¹, R. Flyckt², C. Ferrando¹, A. Simioni¹, L. Del Angel Diaz¹, C. Miller¹, T. Falcone¹, A. Tzakis³
¹Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ²University Hospitals, Cleveland, OH, ³Cleveland Clinic Florida, Weston, FL
*Purpose: Uterus transplantation (UTx) is a novel treatment modality for women with absolute uterine factor infertility. The majority of uterine transplants performed in the world…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Improved Serum Vitamin D Level and Better Cardiovascular Disease Outcomes after Kidney Transplantation
J. Ryu¹, T. Koo², H. Jeon³, C. Ahn⁴, J. Yang⁵
¹Department of Internal Medicine, Ewha Womans University Seoul Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ²Transplantation Center, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ³Department of Internal Medicine, Hallym University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ⁴Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ⁵Department of Surgery, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
*Purpose: Vitamin D deficiency increases cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk through both immunologic and non-immunologic mechanisms. Although vitamin D deficiency is common in end stage renal…
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…