Articles tagged "Multivariate analysis"

2019 American Transplant Congress
Donor Source of Kidney Transplantation in New Zealand by Ethnicity: A Longitudinal Cohort Study
S. Donnellan¹, N. Cross¹, J. Williman², S. C. Palmer³
¹Nephrology, Canterbury District Health Board, Christchurch, New Zealand, ²Biostatistics and Computational Biology Unit, University of Otago, Christchurch, New Zealand, ³Medicine, University of Otago Christchurch, Christchurch, New Zealand
*Purpose: Our aim was to explore whether donor source for kidney transplantation in New Zealand was associated with recipient ethnicity adjusting for socioeconomic and clinical…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Risk Factors for Post-Transplant Outcomes in Living and Deceased Donor Liver Transplantation. An Analysis of UNOS Registry
T. Kitajima, S. Nagai, K. Collins, M. Rizzari, A. Yoshida, M. Abouljoud
Transplant and Hepatobiliary Surgery, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI
*Purpose: The Model for End-Stage Liver Disease (MELD) score has been used for predicting waitlist outcomes in patients with cirrhosis. However, the post-transplant prognostic value…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Health Utility And Social Distress In Kidney Transplant (KT) Recipients
S. Macanovic¹, D. Li¹, B. Liao¹, I. Escudero¹, V. Shah², A. Nagee², A. Che², R. Khairalla², M. Novak³, I. Mucsi¹
¹Division of Nephrology and Multi-Organ Transplant Program, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada, ³Centre for Mental Health, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada
*Purpose: Preference-based measures of health-related quality of life (HRQOL) or health utility, such as the EuroQol-5D5L (EQ5), cover multiple health domains and are combined into…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Prevention of Diabetic Nephropathy after Kidney Transplantation Requires More Than Pursuing Low Levels of Glycated Hemoglobin
M. Coemans, E. Van Loon, E. Lerut, D. Kuypers, B. Sprangers, P. Gillard, C. Mathieu, G. Verbeke, M. Naesens
KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
*Purpose: Diabetic nephropathy is the leading cause of end-stage renal disease and progresses in five stages. During the second stage, morphologic lesions develop, without signs…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Size Mismatch on Long-Term Graft Survival after Orthotopic Liver Transplantation
K. Kamrani¹, A. Okoh², A. Mathur³, L. Brown⁴
¹Dept. of Surgery, Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch, NJ, ²Dept. of Medicine, Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, Newark, NJ, ³Div. of Transplant Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ, ⁴Div. of Liver Transplant Surgery, University Hospital, Newark, NJ
*Purpose: The aim of the current study is to investigate recent trends in mismatched organs utilized for orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) and examine the impact…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes of Adult Lung Transplant Recipients of Donation after Circulatory Death Allografts in the US
W. S. Cherikh¹, J. Stehlik², A. Sadavarte¹, D. Van Raemdonck³
¹United Network for Organ Sharing, Richmond, VA, ²University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT, ³University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
*Purpose: This analysis was performed to compare outcomes of adult lung (LU) transplant (TX) recipients of donation after circulatory death (DCD) and donation after brain…
2019 American Transplant Congress
International Multicenter Study Evaluating Clinical Outcomes Associated with Acute Antibody-Mediated Rejection
S. Corman¹, I. Hirji², E. Brouwer², S. H. Park¹, C. Macahilig³, A. Vergani², T. Bo², P. Wolthoff³, P. Keown⁴
¹Pharmerit International, Bethesda, MD, ²Shire, Cambridge, MA, ³Medical Data Analytics, Parsippany, NJ, ⁴University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
*Purpose: Evaluating factors that impact clinical outcomes of patients with acute antibody-mediated rejection (aAMR) may help manage and improve outcomes following kidney transplant. The objective…
2019 American Transplant Congress
The Immigrant Bonus: Non US Deceased Donor Kidney Transplant Recipients Have Superior Outcomes versus US Citizen Recipients. A Retrospective Study of 30,092 Subjects Using the Organ Procurement and Transplant Network (OPTN) from 1992-2015
T. Butler¹, A. Rana², S. Fink¹
¹Transplant Surgery, Crozer Prospect Medical Center-Drexel University, Upland, PA, ²Transplant Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
*Purpose: In 2017, there were 19,849 kidney transplant recipients, and most of these patients were US Citizens1. There has been however, a significant amount non-US…
2019 American Transplant Congress
The Association of Health Literacy with Physical and Mental Health-Related Quality of Life in Organ Transplant Candidates
K. Chapin¹, S. Rega¹, L. Dageforde², D. Moore¹, M. Via¹, I. D. Feurer¹
¹Vanderbilt Transplant Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, ²Transplant Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
*Purpose: This study aimed to determine the association of health literacy with pre-transplant health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in adults evaluated for potential listing for…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Predictors of Multidrug-Resistant Organisms among Solid Organ Transplant Donors
J. A. Anesi¹, E. A. Blumberg¹, J. H. Han¹, D. H. Lee², H. Clauss³, A. Climaco⁴, R. Hasz⁵, E. Molnar³, D. Alimenti¹, S. West⁵, W. Bilker¹, P. Tolomeo¹, E. Lautenbach¹
¹University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ²Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, ³Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, ⁴Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA, ⁵Gift of Life Donor Program, Philadelphia, PA
*Purpose: Transplant guidelines recommend exercising caution when considering donor organs that may be infected or colonized with multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs). Approaches to identifying such potentially…