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Articles tagged "Morbidity"

  • 2019 American Transplant Congress

    Mortality and Morbidity in Kidney Transplant Recipients with a Failing Graft

    N. N. Lam1, D. J. Boyne2, R. R. Quinn2, P. C. Austin3, B. R. Hemmelgarn2, P. Campbell1, G. A. Knoll4, L. Tibbles2, S. Yilmaz2, H. Quan2, P. Ravani2

    1University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, 2University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, 3ICES, Toronto, ON, Canada, 4University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada

    *Purpose: Due to their history of renal disease and exposure to immunosuppression, kidney transplant recipients with a failing graft may be at higher risk of…
  • 2019 American Transplant Congress

    Similar Quality in Chronic Kidney Disease Multidisciplinary Follow-Up between Kidney Transplant and Pre-Dialysis Patients

    M. Carminatti, N. M. Fernandes, F. A. Colugnati, H. Sanders-Pinheiro

    Nephrology, UFJF, Juiz de Fora, Brazil

    *Purpose: Multidisciplinary clinics are the best approach for pre-dialysis patients (PDP), but few studies depict its impact in kidney transplant recipients (KTR), mostly through comparisons…
  • 2019 American Transplant Congress

    Robotic-Assisted versus Open- Kidney Transplantation in Non-Obese Recipients

    P. R. Modi, B. Pal, S. Singla, R. Chauhan, V. Kothari, A. Mishra, M. Modi, B. Butala, V. Kute, H. Patel, V. Trivedi

    Transplantation Surgery and Urology, Institute of Kidney Diseases and Research Centre, Ahmedabad, India

    *Purpose: Robotic Kidney Transplantation (RKT) is emerging modality of treatment for patient with end stage kidney diseases. It is accepted for obese recipients. However, there…
  • 2019 American Transplant Congress

    Rituximab Protects against Development of Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease after Kidney Transplantation, a Propensity Matched Analysis

    D. Kim, J. Lee, J. Lee, B. Kim, M. Kim, S. Soon Il, Y. Kim, K. Huh, S. Kim, D. Joo, K. In, E. Kim

    Severance hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of

    *Purpose: Recent studies have implicated B cells in atherosclerosis and have verified the atheroprotective effect of rituximab. We sought to explore the effects of rituximab…
  • 2019 American Transplant Congress

    The Impact of Extra-Anatomical Hepatic Artery Reconstruction during Living Donor Transplantation on Biliary Complications and Graft and Patient Survival

    Y. Chung, J. Kim, S. Kim, J. Rhu, S. Lee, K. Lee, S. Lee, G. Choi, J. Park, S. Kim, J. Joh, S. Lee

    Transplantation, Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, Korea, Republic of

    *Purpose: This study was designed to analyze the feasibility of extra-anatomical hepatic artery reconstruction in living donor liver transplantation.*Methods: Patients who underwent their first living…
  • 2019 American Transplant Congress

    Daily Use of a Muscle Pump Activator Device Reduces Hospitalization and Improves Graft Function Post Transplantation: A Randomized Controlled Trial

    W. Xie, S. Aquil, K. Pacoli, R. Al-Ogaili, P. Luke, A. Sener

    London Health Sciences Center, London, Ontario, Canada, London, ON, Canada

    *Purpose: Kidney and simultaneous pancreas-kidney (SPK) transplant recipients can have prolonged post-operative hospitalization due to edema, delayed mobilization, and delayed graft function. Traditionally, TED stockings…
  • 2019 American Transplant Congress

    Positron Emission Tomography (PET-CT) Global Coronary Flow Reserve (CFR) Stratifies Cardiovascular Risk among Renal Transplant (RTx) Candidates

    M. Minder, S. Mason, J. Ethington, R. McCubrey, D. Min, N. Sekaran, J. Orford, D. Morris, S. Anand, T. Srinivas

    Intermountain Healthcare, Murray, UT

    *Purpose: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) and diabetes (DM) are both associated with increased risk of coronary artery disease and Major Adverse Cardiovascular Events (MACE). The…
  • 2019 American Transplant Congress

    Clostridium difficile Infection Mimics Intestinal Acute Cellular Rejection in Pediatric Multivisceral Transplant – A Case Series

    D. A. Cheung1, T. Beduschi2, A. Tekin2, G. Selvaggi2, R. M. Vianna2, J. Garcia1

    1Pediatric Gastroenterology, University of Miami, Miami, FL, 2Surgery, Division of Liver/GI Transplant, University of Miami, Miami, FL

    *Purpose: Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) is the most common healthcare-associated infection in the United States. One out of 8 recipients who undergo transplantation with more…
  • 2019 American Transplant Congress

    Burden of Respiratory Virus Infections in Solid-Organ Transplant Recipients: A Nationwide Multi-Season Cohort Study

    M. Mombelli1, D. Neofytos2, J. Aubert1, C. Benden3, C. Berger3, K. Boggian4, A. Egli5, P. Gasche2, H. Hirsch5, C. Hirzel6, N. Mueller3, C. Van Delden2, O. Manuel1

    1CHUV, Lausanne, Switzerland, 2HUG, Geneva, Switzerland, 3USZ, Zurich, Switzerland, 4KSSG, St. Gallen, Switzerland, 5USB, Basel, Switzerland, 6ISB, Bern, Switzerland

    *Purpose: Respiratory virus infections (RVI) are common in solid-organ transplant recipients (SOTr) and are caused by a wide range of viruses. However, beside influenza, little…
  • 2019 American Transplant Congress

    Perioperative Blood Transfusion Significantly Increases Inpatient Morbidity and Mortality in Renal Transplant Recipients: 15-year Experience

    K. Mahendraraj1, G. Medrano del Rosal1, M. Kruse1, R. Shah1, T. Katsichtis1, T. Brennan2, N. Nissen2, T. Todo2, K. Kosari2, A. Klein2, I. Kim2

    1Surgery, Lincoln Medical Center, New York, NY, 2Transplant Surgery, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA

    *Purpose: This study evaluates the immediate effects of perioperative blood transfusion (PBT) on inpatient morbidity and mortality among renal transplant (RT) recipients during their index…
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