2015 American Transplant Congress
Correlation of Serum Creatinine-Based Equations With Radionuclide GFR in Candidates for Liver Transplantation
McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada.
Background: Renal dysfunction is common prior to liver transplantation (LTx); however, the best way to determine the glomerular filtration rate (GFR) pre-LTx is unclear. Our…2015 American Transplant Congress
Survival Benefit of Simultaneous Liver Kidney (SLK) Transplant in Liver Transplant Candidates With Renal Dysfunction
Survival benefit of SLK over liver transplant alone (LTA) in patients with same level of renal dysfunction and effect of organ quality on mortality are…2015 American Transplant Congress
Post-Liver Transplant Delirium Is Associated With Increased Mortality and Prolonged Length of Stay
Delirium after liver transplantation (LT) has been reported to increase ICU and hospital length of stay, but limited information is available regarding the incidence, potential…2015 American Transplant Congress
Lung Transplantation (LTx) in Patients on Extracorporeal Support – Is It a Bridge Too Far? A Single Centre Cohort Analysis
Objective: LTx in patients remaining on extracorporeal support is still controversial approach despite good results published by leading transplant centres. In this study we evaluate…2015 American Transplant Congress
Muscle Mass Measurement Is Objective and More Predictive of Expected Mortality Than Functional Status in High MELD Liver Transplant Recipients
Introduction: Calculations used to determine expected survival post-liver transplant (OLT) are in part based on pre-OLT functional status. Functional status is subjectively measured by Karnofsky…2015 American Transplant Congress
Kidney Transplant Outcomes in Marijuana Users
Introduction: As Marijuana use is gaining social acceptance, many transplant centers face questions regarding candidacy of users for kidney transplantation. Currently its impact on post-transplantation…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…
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