2018 American Transplant Congress
Outcome Implications of Benzodiazepines and Opioid Co-Prescriptions before Kidney Transplantation
Recent studies have identified co-prescription of benzodiazepines and opioids as a risk factor for adverse outcomes in the general population. We previously described associations of…2018 American Transplant Congress
Amiodarone Use Increases Morbidity Not Mortality in Pediatric Heart Transplant Recipients
Pediatric Cardiology, St.Louis Children's Hospital, St. Louis, MO.
Background: Amiodarone is commonly used in pediatric and adult patients with end-stage heart failure and its use is associated with increased 1-year post-transplant mortality in…2018 American Transplant Congress
Risk Factors and Sequelae of Post-KT Delirium
Background: Delirium is the acute decline in cognitive function following a noxious insult like surgery. Previous studies in other surgical settings have identified frailty and…2018 American Transplant Congress
Metformin Use after Kidney Transplantation: A Safe Option in Carefully Selected Patients
Recent guidelines support metformin as a therapeutic option in diabetic patients with mild to moderate renal insufficiency. The frequency and outcomes of metformin use in…2018 American Transplant Congress
Left Ventricular Assist Devices Complicated by Gastrointestinal Bleeding and Outcomes on Transplant
Internal Medicine, Cardiac Surgery, Cardiology, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit.
Left Ventricular Assist Devices (LVAD) are becoming the standard of care in advanced heart failure patients. However, despite ongoing advances in this technology, there remains…2018 American Transplant Congress
Midodrine Associated with Increased Mortality on Liver Transplant Waitlist
General Surgery - Transplant, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL.
Background:Midodrine is an alpha-1 agonist which induces arterial and venous vasoconstriction. It prevents symptomatic hypotension and is used for treatment of refractory ascites and hepatorenal…2017 American Transplant Congress
Increased Long-Term Mortality 20 years After Living Kidney Donation.
Living kidney donors are healthy at the time of donation. Consequently, a long observation period is necessary to detect possible detrimental effects of donation. Most…2017 American Transplant Congress
Risk of Venous Thromboembolism After Lung Transplant.
PurposeVenous thromboembolism (VTE) is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality following lung transplantation. The purpose of this study was to describe the incidence of…2017 American Transplant Congress
Performance-Based vs. Self-Reported Functional Assessment on Outcomes After Kidney Transplant.
Renal and Pancreas Transplant Department, Saint Barnabas Medical Center, Livingston, NJ
Reduced functional capacity (FC) is associated with poor outcomes and early hospital readmission after kidney transplant (KT). The aim of the study was to determine…2017 American Transplant Congress
Kidney Transplantation Outcomes from Donors with Acute Kidney Injury.
Abdominal Transplant Surgery, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY
Background- Organ scarcity and increased waiting times for kidney transplantation has led the transplant community to utilize more sub-optimal organs while continuing providing survival benefit…
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