Articles tagged "Outcome"

2017 American Transplant Congress
Health Literacy, Functional Status and Transplant Eligibility Among Adult Liver Transplant Candidates.
M. Serper, K. Dwinnells, M. Wolf, K. Olthoff.
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; Northwestern University, Chicago
Introduction/Objectives: Low health literacy is associated with poor self-care in chronic diseases, however, is understudied in liver transplantation (LT). Study objectives were to evaluate associations…
2017 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Early Pancreas Graft Failure on Patient and Kidney Graft Survival After Simultaneous Pancreas and Kidney Transplantation (SPK).
A. Gruessner, M. Laftavi, V. Whittaker, Z. Acun, O. Pankowycz, R. Gruessner.
SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY
Introduction: In SPK transplants, the major risk factors for poor patient survival are early pancreas and/or kidney graft loss. In this study, we specifically examined…
2017 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes and Risk Factors for Graft Loss: Lessons Learned from More Than 1,056 Pediatric Kidney tx at a Single Center.
S. Chinnakotla, P. Verghese, B. Chavers, V. Kirchner, J. Najarian.
U of M, M
Aim:To study outcomes and risk factors for graft loss in > 1056 pediatric renal tx.Methods:We studied outcomes by immunosuppression era: I) 1963-83 (ALG, AZA and…
2017 American Transplant Congress
Prioritization for Kidney Transplant Due to Medical Urgency: Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes After Transplantation.
J. Oliveira,¹ T. Sandes-Freitas,^1,2 M. Oliveira,¹ L. Mesquita,² G. Dantas,² E. Daher,² R. Esmeraldo.¹
¹Transplant Division, Hospital Geral de Fortaleza, Fortaleza, CE, Brazil; ²Department of Medicine, Federal University of Ceará, Fortaleza, CE, Brazil
Background: Kidney allocation in Brazil is mainly based on HLA compatibility. However, since 2002, patients who are no longer effectively dialyzed because hemodialysis (HD) and…
2017 American Transplant Congress
Eight Year Follow-Up of a Phase 2 Clinical Trial to Induce Tolerance in Living Donor Renal Transplant Recipients.
J. Leventhal,¹ J. Galvin,¹ J. Mathew,¹ L. Gallon,¹ D. Stare,¹ A. Sweeney,¹ J. Miller,¹ M. Abecassis,¹ S. Ildstad.²
¹Northwestern University, Chicago; ²U of Louisville, Louisville
36 subjects have been transplanted in a phase 2 protocol (IDE 13947) to induce tolerance in recipients of living donor renal allografts (KTx). The protocol…
2017 American Transplant Congress
The Clinical and Economic Burden of Pneumonia in Canadian Solid Organ Transplant Recipients.
N. Law,¹ B. Hamandi,² A. Alghamdi,¹ E. Papadimitropoulos,² S. Husain.¹
¹Multi Organ Transplant Program, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada; ²Department of Pharmacy, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada
Introduction:Due to the limited amount of health resources available, there is a need for health program and economic evaluation to inform stakeholders about optimum resource…
2017 American Transplant Congress
Donor Recipient Matching Based on HLA Epitopes Improves Outcome in Kidney Transplant Recipients.
O. Staeck,¹ M. Niemann,³ F. Halleck,¹ D. Khadzhynov,¹ C. Schönemann,² P. Reinke,¹ E. Spierings,⁴ K. Budde,¹ N. Lachmann.²
¹Nephrology, Charité Universitaetsmedizin, Berlin, Germany; ²HLA Laboratory, Charité Universitaetsmedizin, Berlin, Germany; ³PIRCHE, Berlin, Germany; ⁴Laboratory of Translational Immunology, UMC Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
Background: HLA mismatches of the donor and recipient causing de novo donor-specific HLA antibodies (dnDSA) are a risk factor for immunologic complications and poor graft…
2017 American Transplant Congress
Donor Factors Show Low Impact on Patient and Kidney Allograft Outcomes: A Paired Analysis of Left/Right Deceased Donor Kidney Pairs.
T. Schachtner,^1,2,3 M. Stein,² P. Reinke.^1,2
¹Nephrology and Internal Intensive Care, Charite Campus Virchow Clinic, Berlin, Germany; ²Berlin-Brandenburg Center for Regenerative Therapies, Charite Campus Virchow Clinic, Berlin, Germany; ³Charite and Max-Delbrück Center, Berlin Institute of Health BIH, Berlin, Germany
The impact of donor factors on kidney allograft outcomes and infectious complications has been suggested in many previous studies. However, analyses of left/right donor kidney…
2017 American Transplant Congress
A2 Incompatible Kidney Transplantation: A Single Center Experience.
L. Kamal, M. Ajaimy, M. Lubetzky, G. DeBoccardo, P. Bedi, S. Greenstein, J. Rocca, J. Graham, M. Kinkhabwala, A. Chokechanachaisakul, A. Courson, E. Akalin.
Montefiore Medical Center Transplant Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, NY
Background: The new kidney allocation system implemented in December 2014 allowed for use of A2/A2B donors to B recipients. However there is no mandate by…
2017 American Transplant Congress
Donor Smoking History Associated with Increased Risk of Death Following Lung Transplantation, but Lower Risk of Bronchiolitis Obliterans Syndrome.
S. Burger, M. Eberlein, J. Keech, E. Arshava, T. Pena, S. Larson, J. Klesney-Tait, K. Parekh.
Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
Purpose: The impact of donor smoking history on long term mortality, causes of mortality and the development of bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome (BOS) following lung transplantation…