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Articles tagged "Mortality"

  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Frailty Prior to Hospital Discharge Predicts Mortality after Cirrhosis-Related Admissions

    M. Serper1, S. Tao2, P. Garren1, D. Peyton1, M. A. Dunn2, K. Reddy1, A. Gougol2, A. Duarte-Rojo2

    1University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 2University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA

    *Purpose: Inpatient frailty assessment and its utility in clinical care is understudied in liver transplant (LT) candidates. Study objectives were to quantify physical frailty among…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    The Relationship Between Frailty and Performance Status in Patients with Cirrhosis Awaiting Liver Transplantation

    C. Q. Xu1, F. Yao2, Y. Mohamad2, R. Wong2, D. Kent2, S. Seetharaman2, Y. Srisengfa2, J. C. Lai2

    1Department of Medicine, UCSF, San Francisco, CA, 2Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, UCSF, San Francisco, CA

    *Purpose: Frailty—a multi-dimensional construct that encapsulates physical function, performance status, and nutritional status—has emerged as a critical determinant of mortality in patients with cirrhosis. Currently,…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Timing of Bariatric Surgery for Obese Liver Transplant Candidates

    R. A. Choudhury1, D. Yoeli2, G. Hoeltzel3, H. B. Moore2, H. Yaffe2, K. R. Dumon4, N. N. Williams4, P. L. Abt5, K. D. Conzen2, J. J. Pomposelli2, E. A. Pomfret2, T. L. Nydam2

    1Department of Surgery- Division of Transplantation Surgery, University of Colorado Hospital, Denver, CO, 2Department of Surgery- Division of Transplantation Surgery, University of Colorado Hospital, Aurora, CO, 3Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, 4Department of Surgery, University of Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, 5Department of Surgery- Division of Transplantation Surgery, University of Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, PA

    *Purpose: The timing of bariatric surgery for obese liver transplant candidates remains controversial. Surgery prior to transplant may improves one’s chance of receiving a transplant,…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Long Term Outcomes Following Uncontrolled and Controlled Donation after Cardiac Death Liver Transplantation in the United States

    R. A. Choudhury1, D. Yoeli1, H. Yaffe1, H. B. Moore1, G. Hoeltzel2, A. Schulick1, K. D. Conzen1, J. J. Pomposelli1, E. A. Pomfret1, T. L. Nydam1

    1Department of Surgery- Division of Transplantation Surgery, University of Colorado Hospital, Aurora, CO, 2Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA

    *Purpose: Poor short-term outcomes following uncontrolled donation after cardiac death (uDCD) liver transplantation has led to near non-utilization of such donor allografts in the modern…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Comparison of Six-Month Outcomes in Patients Bridged to Heart Transplantation with Percutaneous Temporary Circulatory Support Before and after the UNOS Allocation System Change

    J. Nattiv1, G. S. Liu1, P. Banankhah1, J. Sussex1, P. Genyk1, J. Li1, D. Vucicevic2, R. S. Chand3, K. Pandya1, J. Rahman1, A. M. Wolfson4, A. S. Vaidya1, E. DePasquale1

    1Keck Hospital of USC, Los Angeles, CA, 2Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, Newark, NJ, 3Harbor UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, 4University of Arizona Sarver Heart Center, Tucson, AZ

    *Purpose: We report the trends in utilization and outcomes of percutaneous temporary circulatory support (TCS) in the forms of Impella or TandemHeart as a bridge…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Effectiveness of Bezlotoxumab for Prevention of Recurrent Clostridioides Difficile Infection among Transplant Recipients

    V. Bajrovic1, T. Johnson2, A. Howard2, L. Allen3, G. Barber2, K. Schwarz2, M. Huang3, M. Abidi1, E. Benamu3, P. Ramanan3, M. Miller4

    1Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Colorado, Denver, CO, 2Department of Pharmacy, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, 3Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, 4Department of Pharmacy, University of Colorado, Denver, CO

    *Purpose: Clostridioides difficile is an urgent health threat associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Recipients of solid organ (SOT) and hematopoietic-cell transplantations (HCT) are at…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Center Performance for Liver Retransplantation Candidates is More Heterogeneous Than for Initial Liver Transplantation Recipients

    T. Bittermann, P. L. Abt, D. E. Schaubel

    University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

    *Purpose: This study evaluated center performance for wait-list outcomes for adult candidates awaiting liver retransplantation (reLT), and its association with initial liver transplant (iLT) center…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Graft and Patient Survival after A2-Incompatible Living Donor Kidney Transplantation

    S. Getsin, P. Chiang, S. Yu, K. Jackson, D. Segev, A. Massie

    Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD

    *Purpose: ABO type B and O recipients have increased difficulty identifying a compatible donor for living-donor kidney transplantation (LDKT), and are harder to match in…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Timing of Bariatric Surgery for Obese Kidney Transplant Candidates

    R. A. Choudhury1, D. Yoeli1, G. Hoeltzel2, H. B. Moore1, H. Yaffe1, K. R. Dumon3, N. N. Williams3, P. L. Abt4, K. D. Conzen1, T. Pshak1, P. T. Kennealey1, T. L. Nydam1

    1Department of Surgery- Division of Transplantation Surgery, University of Colorado Hospital, Aurora, CO, 2Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, 3Department of Surgery, University of Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, 4Department of Surgery- Division of Transplantation Surgery, University of Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, PA

    *Purpose: The high risk profile of bariatric surgery in obese end-stage-renal disease (ESRD) patients has caused many to suggest that surgery should be reserved for…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Different Prognostic Impact of Liver Transplantation According to Liver Disease Etiologies

    S. Nagai, T. Kitajima, S. Yeddula, D. Moonka, K. Collins, M. Rizzari, A. Yoshida, M. Abouljoud

    Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI

    *Purpose: Disease specific background is not taken into consideration in the MELD-Na score based liver transplant (LT) allocation system. We hypothesized that optimal timing of…
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