2018 American Transplant Congress
Host Factors and Clinical Spectrum of Adenovirus Infection in Pediatric Solid Organ Transplantation: A Closer Look at the Infant, the Toddler and the Child
Pediatrics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA.
Adenovirus (AdV) is increasingly recognized in solid organ transplants (SOT), with reported mortality exceeding 50%. Characterization of AdV infection in the pediatric SOT population is…2018 American Transplant Congress
Demographic and Geographic Differences in the Proportion of Liver Disease Deaths Captured by the Transplant Waitlist in the United States, 2011 – 2015
Background: There are no population-based estimates of the prevalence of end-stage liver disease in the United States, creating challenges in measuring disease burden to inform…2018 American Transplant Congress
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria in Lung Transplant Recipients: Prevalence, Risk Factors and Impact on Survival and Graft Function
University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.
BACKGROUND. Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) may colonize or infect lung transplant patients. Due to differences in populations studied and geographical diversity of NTM, risk factors for…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…2018 American Transplant Congress
5-Year Serum Alkaline Phosphatase Levels after Kidney Transplantation is Associated with Long-Term Graft Survival and Mortality in Kidney Recipient
Background: Previous studies have attempted to identify risk factors of renal graft injury that can be used to improve long-term graft survival. Recently, higher serum…2018 American Transplant Congress
Isavuconazole – The Real-World Use Experience
Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH.
Isavuconazole (ISV) is a new triazole approved for treatment of mucormycosis and aspergillosis. Data on its effectiveness outside clinical trials and in patients receiving prior…2018 American Transplant Congress
Steroid Sparing Maintenance Immunosuppression is Associated with Decreased Mortality after Simultaneous Liver Kidney Transplantation
Purpose: Significant variation in maintenance immunosuppression (mIS) regimens has been described between transplant centers for simultaneous liver kidney (SLK) transplant recipients; we sought to describe…2018 American Transplant Congress
Recent Exposure to Four-Factor Prothrombin Complex Concentrate (4F-PCC) is Associated with Intracardiac Thrombus during Liver Transplantation
BackgroundPatients with ESLD often have imbalance in hemostasis & monitoring traditional coagulation lab markers are generally not helpful. Intracardiac thrombus (ICT) during liver transplant (LT)…
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