2017 American Transplant Congress
Long-Term Outcomes Among Slow versus Delayed or Immediate Graft Function Kidney Transplant Recipients: A Single-Center Experience.
Transplant Institute, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI
Purpose: To compare and evaluate short and long-term outcomes for kidney transplant recipients (KTR) with slow graft function (SGF) versus delayed (DGF) or immediate (IGF)…2017 American Transplant Congress
HCC and Liver Transplantation Following the Recent Allocation Policy Change.
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore
In October 2015, OPTN implemented a revised liver allocation policy to address the disparity between HCC and non-HCC patients in access to deceased-donor liver transplant…2017 American Transplant Congress
Waitlist and Post-Lung Transplant Mortality Vary by Diagnosis for a Given Lung Allocation Score.
The lung allocation score (LAS) is used to prioritize candidates based on predicted one-year waitlist mortality and post-transplant survival. Lung diagnosis is factored into LAS,…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…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…
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