2016 American Transplant Congress
Using Predictive Modeling to Manage Cardiovascular Risk and Improve Kidney Transplant Outcomes.
Objective: We aimed to improve post-kidney transplant (tx) outcomes through predictive analytics and natural language processing (NLP) integrated into the electronic health record (EHR). The…2016 American Transplant Congress
Number of Bacterial Isolates and Resistance Increases Mortality Risk in Intestinal Transplant Patients.
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York.
BackgroundInfection is the most common complication in intestinal transplant (IT) recipients. Data regarding the impact of infections on outcomes following IT is limited.MethodsThis is a…2016 American Transplant Congress
Effect of Baseline Co-Morbidity on Mortality in Living Kidney Donors – 10 Year UK Cohort Study.
Living kidney donation has significantly improved recipient and graft survival world wide. With a move to increase these numbers further, it becomes mandatory to have…2016 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Early Hospital Readmission Following Simultaneous Pancreas Kidney Transplantation.
Surgery, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
BACKGROUND: Our group recently demonstrated that 54% of simultaneous pancreas kidney (SPK) recipients experience early hospital readmission (EHR). It is unknown whether EHR following SPK…2016 American Transplant Congress
Health Disparities in Pediatric Intestinal Transplantation: Before and After the Implementation of MELD/PELD.
Racial disparities have been demonstrated in solid organ transplantation with regard to wait times and patient/graft survival but intestinal transplantation (IT) has not been as…2016 American Transplant Congress
Japanese Multicenter Study of Hepatopulmonary Syndrome in Living Donor Liver Transplantation.
Surgery, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan.
It is well known that hepatopulmonary syndrome (HPS) manifested with hypo-oxygenemia secondary to intra-pulmonary shunt has negative impacts on outcomes of liver transplantation in deceased…2016 American Transplant Congress
Hospitalizations for Cardiovascular Disease After Liver Transplantation in the United States: Epidemiology, Outcomes, and Costs.
Transplant Center, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix.
Background: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a leading cause of post-liver transplant death, and variable care patterns may affect outcomes. We aimed to describe epidemiology, outcomes,…2016 American Transplant Congress
Racial Disparities in the Evaluation for Liver Transplantation.
Transplant Institute, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI.
The majority of research on disparities in liver transplantation is on patients listed for transplant in the OPTN/UNOS database, not patients in the evaluation process…2016 American Transplant Congress
National Trends of Acute Myocardial Infarction and Percutaneous Interventions in Liver Transplant Hospitalizations from 2006-2012.
RMTI, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY.
Introduction: Kidney transplantation has been associated with increased cardiovascular risk but the national epidemiology of acute myocardial infarctions (AMI) and percutaneous interventions (PCI) has not…2016 American Transplant Congress
Serum Bicarbonate and Long-Term Outcomes in Kidney Transplant Recipients.
Background: Metabolic acidosis indicated by low serum bicarbonate (TCO2) level has been known as a risk factor for mortality and progressive renal dysfunction in patients…
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