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…2015 American Transplant Congress
Functional Status Predicts Mortality After Liver Transplant
Purpose: To investigate whether pre-transplant functional status predicts mortality after liver transplant (LT).Methods: We conducted a retrospective cohort study of first-time adult LT recipients using…2015 American Transplant Congress
Sex Differences in Mortality Rate Among Patients Waiting for Liver Transplantation
1Columbia University, New York; 2Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore.
Livers are allocated according to MELD score without regard to patient demographics. However, MELD-adjusted risk of death may vary by sex, since serum creatinine level…2015 American Transplant Congress
MELD Velocity – An Early Predictor of Increased Mortality Risk
INTRODUCTION: MELD is a satisfactory predictor of 3-month mortality in patients with cirrhosis. However, sub-populations of patients at increased hazard of mortality, but not well…2015 American Transplant Congress
Distal Splenorenal Shunt (DSRS): A Durable Bridge to Liver Transplantation
Transplantation and Hepatobiliary Diseases, Lahey Clinic Medical Center, Burlington, MA.
Background: Variceal bleeding has a high rate of in-hospital mortality approaching 50%. Patients with well-compensated cirrhosis and recurrent variceal bleeding may benefit from long-term prophylaxis…2015 American Transplant Congress
Predictors of Time to Recurrence and Mortality Associated With Recurrent Hepatocellular Carcinoma After Liver Transplantation
Transplantation, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA.
Background: While recurrent hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) after liver transplantation (LT) portends a poor prognosis, adjuvant therapy may prolong survival. We sought to identify factors that…2015 American Transplant Congress
Serum Phosphorus Level Has Bidirectional Association With Graft Failure and Mortality in Kidney Transplant Recipients
Hyperphosphatemia in kidney transplant recipients (KTRs) is known to predict a graft and patient survival in several studies. However, studies concerned with hypophosphatemia are scarce.…
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