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Timing of Bariatric Surgery for Obese Liver Transplant Candidates
*Purpose: The timing of bariatric surgery for obese liver transplant candidates remains controversial. Surgery prior to transplant may improves one’s chance of receiving a transplant,…2020 American Transplant Congress
Different Prognostic Impact of Liver Transplantation According to Liver Disease Etiologies
Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI
*Purpose: Disease specific background is not taken into consideration in the MELD-Na score based liver transplant (LT) allocation system. We hypothesized that optimal timing of…2020 American Transplant Congress
Prevalence, Prognosis and Predictors of Neurological Complications after Heart Transplantation
Cardiology, Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo, Brazil
*Purpose: Heart transplantation (HT) is considered the gold-standard treatment for end-stage heart failure. In spite of its innumerous benefits, this therapy still involves complications. Among…2020 American Transplant Congress
Effectiveness of Bezlotoxumab for Prevention of Recurrent Clostridioides Difficile Infection among Transplant Recipients
*Purpose: Clostridioides difficile is an urgent health threat associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Recipients of solid organ (SOT) and hematopoietic-cell transplantations (HCT) are at…2020 American Transplant Congress
Solid Organ Transplant Recipients with Pneumonia in Intensive Care UnıT: A Single Center Study
*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
Age Mismatch between Donor and Recipient in Heart Transplant and its Effect on Mortality
*Purpose: Increasing donor to recipient age difference has been shown to reduce survival in pediatric heart transplant population. However, the effect of age mismatch in…2019 American Transplant Congress
Identification Of Pre-transplant Biomarkers Of Recipient Immune Dysfunction That Predict Recipient Risk Of Death Following Liver Transplant: The Immune Frailty Index
*Purpose: Cirrhosis-related immune dysfunction is well recognized and likely contributes to early mortality following liver transplant (LT) resulting from infections; however, few prior studies have…2019 American Transplant Congress
Dialysis Lowers Pulmonary Embolism Mortality Risk in Kidney Transplantation
MedStar Georgetown Transplant Institute, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC
*Purpose: The primary purpose of this study was to assess the risk of mortality attributed to pulmonary embolism in kidney transplant recipients. We also wanted…2019 American Transplant Congress
The Benefit of Kidney Transplantation over the Waitlist Depends on the Patient’s Comorbidities
*Purpose: This study aimed to determine the impact of different comorbidities to the survival benefit of Kidney Transplantation (KTx) compared to waitlisted (WL) patients in…2019 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Revised Policy for Hepatocellular Carcinoma MELD Exception Points on Recurrence after Liver Transplantation
1University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, 2Surgery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
*Purpose: On October 8, 2015, a revised liver policy regarding HCC exception scores was implemented with the intention to create a better balance in transplant…
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