2019 American Transplant Congress
Poor Outcomes in Kidney Transplant Candidates & Recipients with History of Falls
1Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD, 2Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, MI
*Purpose: In patients with ESRD, serious fall injuries (e.g. fractures) are associated with decreased chance of listing or transplantation. It is likely that KT candidates…2019 American Transplant Congress
Temporal Trends of First-Year Mortality on the Adult Kidney-Only Wait List in the United States
SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY
*Purpose: Evaluation of kidney transplant candidacy must balance risk of mortality with and without transplant. Trends in first-year mortality could inform patterns of risk avoidance…2019 American Transplant Congress
Lung Allocation Score Should Be Implemented in China
*Purpose: Lung transplantation (LTx) is an effective treatment for patients with end stage of respiratory disease. Two of the major candidates are patients with chronic…2019 American Transplant Congress
Mortality and Morbidity in Kidney Transplant Recipients with a Failing Graft
*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
Extreme Hyponatremia as a Risk Factor for Early Mortality after Liver Transplantation in the Model for End-Stage Liver Disease-Sodium Period
Transplant and Hepatobiliary Surgery, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI
*Purpose: While we reported that implementation of MELD-Na based liver allocation improved waitlist outcomes in patients with hyponatremia, its impact on post-transplant outcomes in this…2019 American Transplant Congress
The Dry Weight Revealed!, What Transplanted Kidneys Teach Us about the (Dry Weight).
*Purpose: Volume overload in patients with ESRD/CKD V patients is associated with worse operative outcomes and potentially higher rate of delayed graft function, in addition…2019 American Transplant Congress
Long-Term Outcomes in Patients with Obesity and Renal Disease after Sleeve Gastrectomy
Department of Surgery, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
*Purpose: Morbid obesity is a barrier to kidney transplantation in patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) and is associated with progression of chronic kidney disease…2019 American Transplant Congress
Functional Measures of Frailty and Not Sarcopenia Predict Mortality in a Prospective Cohort of Liver Transplant Candidates
Division of Liver Diseases and Transplantation, Columbia Univeristy Medical Center, New York, NY
*Purpose: Sarcopenia determined by single slice measures of abdominal imaging have been correlated with liver transplant (LT) outcomes. However, in end-stage liver disease (ESLD), these…2019 American Transplant Congress
Fatal Graft versus Host Disease in Liver Transplantation. An Analysis of UNOS Registry
*Purpose: Graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) after liver transplant is a rare complication. This study aimed to analyze the UNOS registry to identify risk factors for fatal…2019 American Transplant Congress
Preemptive Kidney Transplantation: Is There a Role for ABO Incompatible Transplantation?
1University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, 2University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
*Purpose: Barriers to kidney transplantation (KT) exist, including ABO incompatibility (ABOi) between potential living kidney donors and transplant candidates. Incompatible pairs can undergo desensitization or…
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