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Articles tagged "Mortality"

  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Renal Outcomes Following Intestinal Transplantation.

    C. Puttarajappa,1 A. Humar,1 S. Hariharan,1 R. Cruz Jr,1 A. Ganoza,1 D. Landsittel,1,3 X. Gao,3 M. Bhattarai,1 H. Sogawa.1,2

    1Thomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA; 2Abdominal Transplant & Hepatobiliary Surgery, New York Medical College/ Westchester Medical Center, Valhalla, NY; 3Section on Biomarkers and Prediction Modeling, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA

    Purpose: Single center study of Intestinal Transplant recipients to evaluate epidemiology of dialysis and renal transplantation(RT) following Intestinal transplantation(IT).Methods: 288 adult patients who underwent first…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Impact of Body Mass Index and Waist Circumference in Kidney Transplant Recipients.

    J.-E. Serre, M. Huet, I. Scwarc, V. Pernin, M. Le Quintrec, G. Mourad.

    Department of Nephrology, University Hospital of Montpellier, Montpellier, France, Metropolitan

    Introduction: The impact of obesity defined by a body mass index [BMI] > 30 kg/m[sup2] on kidney allograft outcomes remains controversial. The use of BMI…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Higher Mortality Among Candidates Who Refused Increased-Infectious Risk Kidney Offers.

    M. Bowring, L. Kucirka, A. Massie, C. Holscher, D. Segev.

    JHU, Baltimore

    Increased infectious risk donors (IRD) are younger and healthier than most deceased donors, but IRD kidneys are discarded at higher rates despite potential benefit to…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Muscle Mass Is Predictive of Mortality in Obese Renal Transplant Patients.

    J. Souweine,1,3 M. Le Quintrec,1 I. Szwarc,1 V. Pernin,1 G. Mourad,1 J. Cristol,2,3 J. Serre.1

    1Nephrology, University Hospital of Montpellier, Montpellier, France; 2Biochemistry, University Hospital of Montpellier, Montpellier, France; 3PhyMedExp, UMR CNRS 9214, INSERM U1046, University Hospital of Montpellier, Montpellier, France

    Introduction: The impact of obesity (body mass index [BMI] > 30 kg/m[sup2]) on kidney allograft outcomes is controversial. Recent studies found that obesity does not…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Donor Lymphoid Chimerism in Early Recognition and Prediction of Clinical Outcome Caused by Acute Graft versus Host Disease After Solid Organ Transplant.

    A. Zhang,1 Y. Sun,2 K. Hashimoto,4 M. Fujiki,4 M. Askar,3 J. Fung,5 C. Miller,4 K. Abu-Elmagd,4 B. Eghtesad.4

    1Cleveland Clinic, Allogen Laboratories, Cleveland, OH; 2Avalon University School of Medicine, Willemstad, Netherlands Antilles; 3Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX; 4Transplantation Center, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH; 5Transplantation Center, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL

    Introduction: Acute graft versus host disease (aGvHD) after solid organ transplant (SOT) is rare but related with high mortality. Early accurate diagnosis is critical for…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    The Clinical Significance of Red Cell Distribution Width (RDW) in Kidney Transplant Recipients.

    S. Park,1 J. Ha,1 Y. Kim,1 H. Lee,1 Y. Kim,1 C. Lim,1 I. Jung,1 D.-J. Han,2 S.-K. Park,2 Y. Kim,2 J. Lee.1

    1Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea; 2Asan Medican Center, Seoul, Korea

    Background Increased red cell distribution width (RDW) has been known to be associated with worse prognosis in various populations. Although the levels of RDW are…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Hispanic Paradox in Patients with Liver Cirrhosis.

    K. Atiemo, J. Caicedo, D. Ganger, E. Gordon, L. Zhao, S. Montag, H. Maddur, L. VanWagner, L. Kulik, S. Flamm, S. Goel, A. Kho, R. Kang, M. Abecassis, D. Ladner.

    Northwestern University Transplant Research Collaborative, Chicago

    IntroductionA paradoxical survival advantage for Hispanics compared to non-Hispanic whites (NHW) has been well described for many clinical conditions e.g diabetes however, with respect to…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Bacteremia in Kidney Transplant Recipients: Incidence, Risk Factors, and Outcomes.

    S. Brar, Y. Wang, A. Cannitelli, Y. Li, O. Famure, S. Husain, J. Kim.

    Multi-Organ Transplant Program, Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Background: Bloodstream infections or bacteremia is a serious complication after kidney transplantation. The incidence, risk factors, and outcomes of bacteremia among kidney transplant recipients have…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Shared Decision Aid to Decipher Long-Term Treatment Risks for End Stage Renal Disease Patients.

    J. Gander, A. Manatunga, K. Jacob Arriola, S. Pastan, R. Patzer.

    Emory University, Atlanta, GA

    Kidney transplantation is the preferred treatment for end stage renal disease (ESRD) compared to dialysis. The incidence of ESRD continues to increase while the gap…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Antidepressant Medication Use Before and After Kidney Transplant: Implications for Post-Transplant Outcomes.

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

    1St. Louis Univ, St. Louis; 2U of Michigan, Ann Arbor; 3East Carolina Univ, Greenville; 4Johns Hopkins, Baltimore; 5Washington Univ, St. Louis; 6Univ Alberta, Edmonton, Canada; 7Symphony Health, Philadelphia; 8Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients, Minneapolis

    Limited data are available on the implications of antidepressant medication use in kidney transplant recipients.We examined a novel database wherein national transplant registry identifiers for…
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