Articles tagged "Multivariate analysis"

2018 American Transplant Congress
MELD-Na Score Based Liver Allocation: Hyponatremia is No Longer a Risk Factor for Waitlist Mortality
S. Nagai,¹ L. Chau,¹ M. Safwan,¹ R. Schilke,¹ M. Rizzari,¹ K. Collins,¹ A. Yoshida,¹ M. Abouljoud,¹ D. Moonka.²
¹Transplant and Hepatobiliary Surgery, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI; ²Gastroenterology, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI.
Background: Hyponatremia is associated with an increased risk of liver transplant (LT) waitlist mortality. The aim of this study was to compare waitlist outcomes between…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Obesity is Associated with Increased Risk of Mortality among Living Kidney Donors
R. Reed,¹ A. Massie,² D. Sawinski,³ P. MacLennan,¹ B. Shelton,¹ M. Mustian,¹ D. McWilliams,¹ V. Kumar,¹ R. Mannon,¹ R. Gaston,¹ D. Segev,² C. Lewis,¹ J. Locke.¹
¹University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham; ²Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore; ³University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
Background: Living kidney donor (LKD) demographics have changed, and transplant centers have relaxed selection criteria to include LKDs with obesity. Recently, it has been shown…
2018 American Transplant Congress
The Influence Factors of DCD Donors' Family Members' Willingness in Chinese Current Status (Hunan Province Experience)
B. Tu, C. Li, C. Li, S. Liu, Y. Zhao, X. She, Y. Ming.
Transplantation Center of the 3rd Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changssha, Hunan, China.
Background: Organ donation after citizen death (DCD) in China has developed gradually since the government promotes it powerfully from 2012, but the donation rate in…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Informed Clustering of Donor Service Areas for Better Benchmarking
S. Noreen, R. Carrico, J. Rosendale.
United Network for Organ Sharing, Richmond, VA.
The 58 Donor Service Areas (DSA) represent territories of varying geographic sizes, densities and populations. The intention of this project is to group DSA based…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Treatment Patterns and Burden among Chronic Graft versus Host Disease Patients on Second-Line Systemic Treatments Including Extracorporeal Photopheresis
X. Huang,² N. Joshi,¹ L. Luo,¹ G. Mitri,³ B. Lovelace,² A. Pham,³ X. Gao.¹
¹Pharmerit International, Bethesda, MD; ²Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals, Bedminster, NJ; ³Formerly of Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals, Bedminster, NJ.
Extracorporeal Photopheresis (ECP) is a cell-based immunomodulatory therapeutic procedure reimbursable by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for patients with chronic Graft versus Host…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Risk Factors for Failure to Complete Post-Donation Follow-Up among Obese Living Kidney Donors
R. Reed,¹ P. MacLennan,¹ B. Shelton,¹ M. Mustian,¹ D. McWilliams,¹ D. Sawinski,² J. Locke.¹
¹Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL; ²Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
Introduction: Living kidney donors in the United States who were obese at the time of donation are at greater risk of end-stage renal disease than…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Risk Factors and Outcomes with Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae Bloodstream Infections among Solid Organ Transplant Recipients
J. Anesi,¹ E. Blumberg,¹ E. Lautenbach,¹ J. Omorogbe,¹ P. Tolomeo,¹ P. Tamma,² K. Thom,³ K. Alby,¹ W. Bilker,¹ A. Werzen,³ K. Nemati,² J. Han.¹
¹University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA; ²Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD; ³University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD.
Objective: Solid organ transplant recipients (SOTR) have been disproportionately burdened by the emergence of multidrug-resistant bacteria, including carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE). We determined risk factors for…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Pharmacologic Donor Management Influences Liver Transplant Graft Survival and Transplant Admission Length of Stay: An Update
J. Brandenberger,¹ J. Perkins,² A. Cantafio,³ A. Dick,² J. Halldorson,⁴ J. Reyes.²
¹General Surgery; Urology and Renal Transplantation, Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, WA; ²Division of Transplant Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; ³Division of Transplant Surgery, University of Tennessee Medical Center, Knoxville, TN; ⁴Division of Transplant Surgery, UCSD, San Diego, CA.
In liver transplantation, donor management is an area that can be modified to improve survival and lower cost. We reviewed the UNOS Standard Transplant Analysis…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Evolving Etiologies for Readmissions and Their Impact on Graft Survival in Kidney Transplantation
D. Taber, N. Pilch, Z. Su, C. Mardis, J. Fleming, N. Patel, H. Meadows, P. Mauldin, V. Rao, D. Dubay.
MUSC, Charleston, SC.
Background: Although readmissions after kidney transplant are a well-known risk factor for graft loss, it is unclear if certain etiologies are associated with poorer outcomes…
2018 American Transplant Congress
The Prognostic Implications of Renal Function Recovery and Delayed Graft Function in Kidney Transplantation
S. Sandal, M. Cantarovich, A. Ramankumar, N. Saberi, C. Saw, D. Baran, P. Chaudhury, S. Paraskevas, J. Tchervenkov.
MUHC, Montreal, Canada.
Introduction: Lack of renal function recovery (RFR), 90 days after acute kidney injury (AKI) is a contributor to inferior renal outcomes and mortality. Ischemia and…

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