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Articles tagged "Mortality"

  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Steroid Sparing Maintenance Immunosuppression is Associated with Decreased Mortality after Simultaneous Liver Kidney Transplantation

    S. Weeks, X. Luo, C. Song, L. Pote, A. Gurakar, F. Navqi, B. Philosophe, A. Cameron, N. Desai, S. Ottmann, D. Segev, J. Garonzik Wang.

    Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD.

    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

    M. Misel,1,2 G. Schnickel,1 J. Berumen,1 R. Sanchez,3 K. Mekeel.1

    1Division of Transplant & Hepatobiliary Surgery, UC San Diego Health, La Jolla, CA; 2Pharmacy Inpatient Services, UC San Diego Health, La Jolla, CA; 3Anesthesiology, UC San Diego Health, La Jolla, CA.

    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

    A. Thomas,1 J. Ruck,1 A. Shaffer,1 C. Haugen,1 H. Ying,1 F. Warsame,1 N. Chu,1 M. Carlson,1 A. Gross,1 S. Norman,2 D. Segev,1 M. McAdams-DeMarco.1

    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

    E. Verna, M. Annavajhala, M. Nenad, R. Brown, S. Sullivan, G. Korakani, M. Gidins, S. Khan, A. Gomez-Simmonds, A-.C. Uhlemann.

    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?

    I. Amygdalos,1 Z. Czigany,1 J. Böcker,1 F. Meister,1 M. Krebbers,1 D. Morales Santana,1 J. Bednarsch,1 W. Schöning,1 F. Ulmer,1 G. Koek,3 D. Kroy,2 F. Tacke,2 C. Trautwein,2 U. Neumann,1 G. Lurje.1

    1Department of General, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany; 2Department of Internal Medicine III, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany; 3Department of Internal Medicine, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, Netherlands.

    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

    A. Brar,1 F. Tedla,1 M. Salifu,1 R. Gruessner,2 D. John,2 N. Sumrani,2 A. Gruessner.1

    1Department of Medicine, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY; 2Department of Surgery, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY.

    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.

    K. Lentine,1 N. Lam,2 D. Segev,3 D. Axelrod,4 Z. Zhang,1 H. Xiao,1 G. Hess,5 B. Kasiske,6 R. Gadi,1 R. Devraj,7 D. Brennan,8 H. Randall,1 M. Schnitzler.1,6

    1St. Louis Univ, St. Louis, MO; 2Univ Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada; 3Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD; 4East Carolina Univ, Greenville, NC; 5Symphony Health, Philadelphia, PA; 6Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients, Minneapolis, MN; 7Southern Illinois Univ, Edwardsville, IL; 8Washington Univ, St. Louis, MO

    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?

    H. Maredia, M. Bowring, A. Massie, S. Oyetunji, C. Merlo, R. Higgins, D. Segev, E. Bush.

    JHU, Baltimore

    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.

    H. Maddur, L. VanWagner, D. Gregory, B. Wodzinski, K. Maganti, M. Rinella.

    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.

    H. Maredia, M. Bowring, A. Massie, S. Oyetunji, C. Merlo, R. Higgins, D. Segev, E. Bush.

    JHU, Baltimore

    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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