2017 American Transplant Congress
A Brief Frailty Assessment and Outcomes Among Candidates for Liver Transplantation.
Introduction: As frailty correlates with post-transplant outcomes, brief frailty measures are needed in clinical practice to appropriately risk stratify LT candidates. We used an abbreviated…2017 American Transplant Congress
Addition of FEV1 Drop to LAS May Improve Access of CF Patients to Transplant: Analysis of the SRTR and US CF Foundation Patient Registries.
1Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland; 2SRTR, Minneapolis; 3CF Foundation, Bethesda
Lung transplant is a widely accepted treatment for cystic fibrosis (CF) end-stage lung disease. The US lung allocation score (LAS) system prioritizes transplant candidates primarily…2017 American Transplant Congress
The Cumulative United States Experience with Transplants (Txs) from Living Donors (LDs): 140,156 LD Txs in 28 Years.
Background/Purpose: Solid organ txs from LDs provide better outcome results than from DDs. We analyzed the cumulative US LD tx experience since UNOS inception. The…2017 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes with Steroid Avoidance Regimen After Kidney Transplantation without Induction Immunosuppression.
INTRODUCTION: Use of induction immunosuppression therapy at the time of kidney transplantation is variable in low immunological risk kidney transplant recipients. Though acceptable allograft outcomes…2017 American Transplant Congress
OPO Performance Metrics: Relationship with Kidney Transplant Program Performance Metrics and Kidney Utilization.
Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients, Minneapolis, MN
Organ procurement organization (OPO) performance metrics have been scrutinized due to the perceived disincentives of the regulatory system. In kidney transplantation, OPOs are evaluated on…2017 American Transplant Congress
The Incidence and Outcomes of Fever of Unknown Origin After Pancreas Transplantation.
1Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX; 2Veloxis Pharmaceuticals, Cary, NC
Previous studies have shown that approximately 20% of febrile episodes in transplant recipients are not associated with infection. At our center, fever of unknown origin…2017 American Transplant Congress
Is Lung Allocation Score Associated with Waitlist and Post-Transplant Survival?
The lung allocation score (LAS) prioritizes patients based on predicted one-year waitlist and post-transplant mortality. However, for a given diagnosis, it is unclear whether LAS…2017 American Transplant Congress
Increasing Living Donation by Implementing the Kidney Coach Program.
Recanati Miller Transplantation Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY
Introduction: It is firmly established that for patients requiring transplant, living donor kidney transplantation (LDKT) is better than deceased donor transplantation. However, recipients find it…2017 American Transplant Congress
Beta Cell-Specific Free Circulating DNA May Predict the Outcome After Clinical Islet Transplantation.
Optimizing engraftment and early survival of human beta cells after clinical islet transplantation is critical to long-term function, but there are no reliable, quantifiable measures…2017 American Transplant Congress
The Outcome of 0 Mismatch Kidney in Pediatric Population with High Immunologic. The Impact of Induction Therapy. An Analysis of UNOS Database.
Surgery, State University New York, Syracuse, NY
Background: 0 mismatch kidneys have superior outcomes in primary transplant recipient. We performed Analysis UNOS database to determine the outcome of high PRA transplant pediatric…
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