Articles tagged "Outcome"

2016 American Transplant Congress
Evaluation of the Major Adverse Cardiac Events Risk with Everolimus-Based Calcineurin Inhibitor Reduction or Withdrawal Regimen in Liver Transplant Recipients: 3-Year Post-Hoc Analysis of the Randomized H2304 Extension Study.
P. Bernhardt,¹ G. Dong,² P. Lopez,¹ G. Hustache,¹ G. Bader.¹
¹Novartis Pharma AG, Basel, Switzerland; ²Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, East Hannover.
Purpose:Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is one of the leading causes of death in liver transplant recipients (LTxRs). Impaired glomerular filtration rate (GFR) is a risk factor…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Prior Infection or Colonization with Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae Is Not an Absolute Contraindication for Solid Organ Transplantation.
S. Huprikar,¹ L. Casner,¹ S. Pouch,² M. Pinheiro Freire,³ R. Madan,⁴ E. Kwak,⁵ M. Satlin,⁶ P. Hartman,⁷ L. Pisney,⁸ P. Henrique Mourão,⁹ R. La Hoz,¹⁰ G. Patel.¹
¹Mount Sinai, New York; ²Ohio State, Columbus; ³Sao Paulo University, Sao Paulo, Brazil; ⁴Albert Einstein, Bronx; ⁵University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh; ⁶Cornell, New York; ⁷Henry Ford Health System, Detroit; ⁸University of Colorado, Denver; ⁹Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil; ¹⁰UT Southwestern, Dallas.
BackgroundCarbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) infection is associated with poor outcomes after solid organ transplantation (SOT). The significance of CRE colonization or infection prior to SOT is…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Utility of Six-Minute-Walk Distance in Predicting Lung Transplant Benefit in the Lung Allocation Score Era.
S. Shah,¹ D. Tumin,³ B. Whitson,² A. Pope-Harman,¹ S. Kirkby,¹ A. Kilic,² P. Lee,² D. Hayes.^1,3
¹Pulmonary and Critical Care, Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH; ²Division of Cardiac Surgery, Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH; ³Pediatrics, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH.
Transplant physicians evaluate patients for lung transplant (LTx) who are on ventilators and ECMO with high lung allocation scores (LAS). Six-minute walk distance (6MWD) predicts…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Informing Informed Consent for High KDPI Kidneys.
A. Nishio Lucar, D. Keith, G. Vranic.
Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA.
The standard approach to informed consent for high KDPI (KDPI 86-100%) deceased donor kidneys (DDK) relies on anticipated graft half-life and may not provide candidates…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes of Solid Organ Transplants Following Simultaneous Solid Organ and Vascularized Composite Allograft Procurements.
M. Alhefzi,¹ M. Aycart,¹ G. Sharma,² N. Krezdorn,¹ E. Bueno,¹ S. Talbot,¹ M. Carty,¹ B. Pomahac,¹ S. Tullius.³
¹Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; ²Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; ³Department of Surgery, Division of Transplant Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
Background: Current knowledge of the impact of facial vascularized composite allograft (VCA) procurement on the transplantation outcomes of the concomitantly recovered life-saving organs is limited…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Long-Term Deterioration of Graft Function (DeKAF) Study: Histologic Interpretation of Cross-sectional vs Prospective Cohorts.
A. Matas,¹ A. Fieberg,¹ L. Hunsicker,² J. Grande,³ For the DeKAF Group.
¹U of MN, Mpls, MN; ²U IA, Iowa City, IA; ³Mayo, Rochester, MN.
The major aim of the DeKAF study was to define previously unidentified phenotypes resulting in late graft dysfunction and loss (GL). Two cohorts were developed,…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Why Are Pancreas Transplants Declining in the United States in the Past Decade?
R. Stratta,¹ A. Gruessner,² J. Odorico,³ J. Fridell,⁴ J. Rogers,¹ A. Farney,¹ G. Orlando,¹ R. Gruessner.²
¹Surgery, Wake Forest, Winston-Salem, NC; ²Surgery, SUNY Upstate, Syracuse, NY; ³Surgery, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI; ⁴Surgery, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN.
In the past decade, the annual number of pancreas transplants (PTxs) in the US has steadily declined coincident with increasing numbers of PTxs performed outside…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Clinical Correlation Between Pairs of Kidneys Transplanted from the Same Donor.
A. Baheerathan, H. Beckwith, A. McLean, D. Taube, M. Willicombe.
Imperial College Renal and Transplant Centre, Hammersmith Hospital, London, United Kingdom.
Introduction: Concordance of allograft outcomes between kidneys transplanted from the same donor has previously been reported. However recipient characteristics become increasingly important after the immediate…
2016 American Transplant Congress
The Effect of Body Mass Index on Lung Transplant Outcomes.
M. Kashem,¹ A. Shiose,¹ J. Abraham,¹ N. Dean,¹ S. Breves,¹ F. Cordova,² N. Patel,² T. Yoshizumi,¹ G. Criner,² Y. Toyoda.¹
¹Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA; ²Department of Thoracic Medicine and Surgery, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA.
Background: Lung transplant (LTx) has the potential to effectively extend the life expectancy for patients with end-stage lung disease. Both high and low body mass…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Utilization of Parenteral Nutrition in Patients Undergoing Liver Transplantation.
D. Liang,¹ S. Gordon Burroughs,¹ J. Nolte,¹ M. Boktour,¹ J. Ensor,¹ A. Ali,¹ T. Hirase,¹ J. Hall,¹ S. Spear,¹ L. Moore,¹ C. Mobley,¹ A. Saharia,¹ S. Hai,² A. Gaber,¹ R. Ghobrial.¹
¹Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston; ²Kendall Regional Medical Center, Miami.
Introduction: Protein-calorie malnutrition is common in patients with advanced liver disease and is a risk factor for poor outcomes after liver transplantation (LT). Perioperative parenteral…