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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…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Rates of Posttransplant Cutaneous Disease Differ between Black and White Solid Organ Transplant Recipients

    R. Allawh,1 K. Nadhan,1 A. Doyle,2 M. Harhay,3 C. Chung.1

    1Dermatology, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA; 2Internal Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA; 3Internal Medicine, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA.

    Background: Immunosuppression (IS) results in heightened risk of developing posttransplant cutaneous complications. Black solid organ transplant recipients (OTRs), who often receive higher doses of IS…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Amiodarone Use Increases Morbidity Not Mortality in Pediatric Heart Transplant Recipients

    S. Amdani, A. Dalal, K. Simpson, J. Scheel, A. Abarbanell, P. Eghtesady, C. Canter, C. Castleberry.

    Pediatric Cardiology, St.Louis Children's Hospital, St. Louis, MO.

    Background: Amiodarone is commonly used in pediatric and adult patients with end-stage heart failure and its use is associated with increased 1-year post-transplant mortality in…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    External Validation of Hennepin Transplant Risk Score for Prediction of Short-Term Mortality and Morbidity after Deceased Kidney Transplantation

    A. Velioglu,1,2 M. Vijayan,1 H. Shin,1,3 J. Perry,1 A. Chandraker.1

    1Transplant Research Center, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Istanbul; 2Nephrology, Marmara University, School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey; 3Nephrology, Kosin University College of Medicine, Busan, Korea.

    Introduction: The additive or synergistic effects of multiple co-morbidities at the time of listing on transplant survival is still unclear. Objective scoring systems predicting post-transplant…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Follow-Up and Outcomes of Epstein-Barr Virus Negative Recipients after a Kidney Transplant from an Epstein-Barr Virus Positive Donor

    C. Dudreuilh, E. Asgari, R. Hilton.

    Departments of Nephrology and Transplantation, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom.

    Introduction: Post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder (PTLD) is one of the most serious complications of chronic immunosuppression after an organ transplant. One of the major risk factors…
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