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…2019 American Transplant Congress
Predictors of Clostridium difficile Infection and Recurrence among 2,622 Solid Organ Transplant Recipients
Columbia University, New York, NY
*Purpose: Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) is common after solid organ transplant (SOT) and is associated with high morbidity and mortality. We assessed incidence, risk factors…2019 American Transplant Congress
Modeling Multiple Registrations and the Impact at the National and Regional Scale
Computational Science and Informatics, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA
*Purpose: Current policies in the U.S. allow patients to register at multiple organ donor service areas (DSAs), provided they have physician approval and can cover…2019 American Transplant Congress
Center Variability in Organ Offer Acceptance and Waitlist Mortality in Lung Transplantation
*Purpose: Lung transplantation (LTx) offers a survival benefit for patients with end-stage lung disease. When suitable donors are identified, centers must accept or decline the…2019 American Transplant Congress
Long-Term Exposure to Particulate Matter Air Pollution and the Risk of Graft Failure and Mortality in Kidney Transplant Recipients
*Purpose: Elevated levels of fine particulate matter, 10 μm in aerodynamic diameter (PM10) are associated with increased risk of cardiovascular outcomes and death, but their…2019 American Transplant Congress
Gait Speed Predicts Kidney Transplant Candidate Mortality
*Purpose: Waiting list mortality is increasingly scrutinized as a metric of transplant center quality. It is unknown if gait speed assessments may augment physician evaluations…2019 American Transplant Congress
The Impact of Extra-Anatomical Hepatic Artery Reconstruction during Living Donor Transplantation on Biliary Complications and Graft and Patient Survival
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
Unfair Waiting Time Calculation? Impact of Accumulated Wait Time Restart with a Decrease in Status from 1A to 1B or 2 on Mortality of Heart Transplant Candidates
Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: Between two heart transplant (HT) candidates listed at the same status, the candidate with longer accumulated wait time receives higher waitlist priority; under current…
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