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)…2018 American Transplant Congress
Cognitive Impairment and Graft Loss in Kidney Transplant Recipients
1JHU, Baltimore; 2University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
Cognitive impairment is common in end-stage renal disease patients and impedes adherence to complex treatment regimens. Given the complexities of post-transplant immunosuppression, we hypothesized that…2018 American Transplant Congress
Intestinal Microbiome Diversity is Associated with Liver Disease Etiology and Predicts Post-Liver Transplant Mortality
Medicine, Columbia University, New York, NY.
Background: Dysbiosis of the intestinal microbiome is common among patients with decompensated liver disease and has been associated with disease progression as well as life-threatening…2018 American Transplant Congress
Platelet Counts as Predictors of Short- and Long-Term Outcomes in Liver Transplantation: Cassandras or Just Rats on a Sinking Ship?
BackgroundThrombocytopenia is associated with higher morbidity and mortality following partial hepatectomy and orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT). Here we investigated platelet counts (PC) as a predictor…2018 American Transplant Congress
Association of Physical Function and Survival in Elderly Renal Transplant Recipients
Background: There is a significant increase in the number of older renal transplant recipients in the United States. Physical function (PF) may impact mortality in…2017 American Transplant Congress
Prescription Opioid Use Before and After Kidney Transplant: Implications for Post-Transplant Outcomes.
We previously identified associations of opioid use before kidney transplant (KTx) with post-KTx complications.To confirm and extend these findings, we examined a novel database wherein…2017 American Transplant Congress
Is Lung Allocation Score Associated with Waitlist and Post-Transplant Survival?
The lung allocation score (LAS) prioritizes patients based on predicted one-year waitlist and post-transplant mortality. However, for a given diagnosis, it is unclear whether LAS…2017 American Transplant Congress
Effects of Liver Transplantation on Cardiac Function in Patients Transplanted for NASH Cirrhosis.
Internal Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL
Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH) is independently associated with increased cardiovascular events after liver transplantation (LT). NASH is also associated with subclinical myocardial dysfunction in the general…2017 American Transplant Congress
Age and Race Disparities Among Pediatric and Adult Cystic Fibrosis Lung Transplant Recipients.
Pediatric cystic fibrosis (CF) patients have a post-lung transplant survival disadvantage compared to adults. However, whether race and age are risk factors associated with post-transplant…
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