2019 American Transplant Congress
Racial Differences in Cancer Mortality for Kidney Transplant Recipients
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: Cancer is the second leading cause of post-transplant mortality. Since racial disparities have been reported in many aspects of transplant care, we sought to…2019 American Transplant Congress
Cognitive Function & Risk Of Adverse Outcomes In Kidney Transplant Candidates
1JHU, Baltimore, MD, 2Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, MI
*Purpose: With a high prevalence of cognitive impairment and underreported dementia--severe cognitive impairment that impairs activities of daily living--patients with ESRD may have reduced chance…2019 American Transplant Congress
Association Between Cumulative Pre-transplant Amiodarone Dose And Post-transplant Outcomes After Heart Transplantation
*Purpose: Previous studies have demonstrated a correlation between pre-transplant amiodarone use and post-operative bradycardia, primary graft dysfunction, and mortality in heart transplant (HT) recipients; this…2019 American Transplant Congress
Incidence and Mortality of Renal Cell Carcinoma after Kidney Transplantation: A Meta-Analysis
*Purpose: The incidence and mortality of renal cell carcinoma (RCC) after kidney transplantation (KTx) remain unclear. This study's aims were 1) to investigate the pooled…2019 American Transplant Congress
Diminishing Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients Risk-Adjusted Mortality: Reaction to Flagging, Artifact of Modeling, or Both?
*Purpose: To examine longitudinal trends in SRTR risk-adjusted patient and graft survival rates.*Methods: Current, and archived versions of The Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients (SRTR)…2019 American Transplant Congress
No Plan is a Bad Plan! Results of the American Society of Transplantation (AST) Living Donor Community of Practice Mortality Workgroup Survey on Disaster Planning Following a Living Donor Death
*Purpose: The risk of perioperative mortality following living kidney and liver donation, although extremely low, must not be considered a ‘never event’. While the risks…2019 American Transplant Congress
Kidney Transplant Outcomes in Patients with ESRD Due to Myeloma
Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN
*Purpose: Recent literature has suggested that certain patients with multiple myeloma can successfully undergo renal transplantation after stem transplantation with consideration for maintenance therapy. Outcomes…2018 American Transplant Congress
Program-Specific Survival from Listing: Variability and Association with Pretransplant and Posttransplant Metrics
Transplant program performance assessment has traditionally focused on posttransplant outcomes. However, the survival benefit conferred by transplant offers a compelling reason to broaden program assessment…2018 American Transplant Congress
Treatment of Multi-Drug Resistant Gram Negative Infections after Solid Organ Transplant
Comprehensive Transplant Center, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL.
Introduction: Infections with multi-drug resistant (MDR) gram-negative bacilli are associated with significant morbidity and mortality after solid organ transplant. This study characterized patient outcomes related…2018 American Transplant Congress
Landscape of Living Donor Kidney Transplantation with International Donors in the United States
1JHU, Baltimore; 2Villanova University, Villanova; 3SLU, St. Louis.
International living kidney donors (LKDs) can donate to candidates listed in the US. Recently, concerns were raised that international LKD organ-recipients might not achieve the…
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