Articles tagged "Outcome"

2016 American Transplant Congress
Combined Liver-Kidney Transplantation in Children: Long-Term Follow-Up in 27 Children.
M. Kemper,¹ B. Nashan,² L. Fischer,² F. Brinkert.¹
¹Pediatrics, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany; ²Hepatobiliary and Transplantation Surgery, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
Combined liver and kidney transplantation (CLKT) is an important treatment option for patients suffering from diseases like autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease (ARPKD) or primary…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Combination of Delayed Kidney Transplant (KT) and Better Quality Kidneys Offers Excellent Patient Survival in Combined Liver-Kidney Transplantation (CLKT).
B. Ekser, R. Mangus, J. Fridell, C. Kubal, D. Bayt, S. Nagaraju, P. Mihaylov, J. Powelson, W. Goggins, A. Tector.
Transplant Division, Department of Surgery, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN.
Background: Despite prioritizing high MELD patients with the share-35 policy, patient survival in CLKT is relatively low. We previously showed the positive impact of delayed…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Donation After Cardiac Death Dose Not Impact Short and Long Term Graft Outcomes in Simultaneous Pancreas and Kidney Transplantation.
T. Alhamad,¹ A. Taha,² K. Lentine,² J. Wellen,¹ J. Garonzik-Wang,¹ D. Brennan.¹
¹Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis; ²Saint Louis University, St. Louis.
Background:Organ donation after cardiac death (DCD) has the potential to expand the pool of available organs for transplantation. Because of the concern that warm ischemia…
2016 American Transplant Congress
The Impact of Body Mass Index > 35 on Kidney Transplant Outcomes: A Systematic Review.
D. Walczak, E. Benedetti.
Organ Transplant, University of Illinois Hospital and Health Sciences System, Chicago, IL.
Background: The increased prevalence of obesity (BMI > 30) among adults in the United States over the last two decades is reflected in the number…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Elevated Intragraft Expression of Innate Immunity and Cell Death-Related Markers Characterizes Deceased Donor Conditions and Is a Risk Factor for Adverse Graft Outcome.
M. Eikmans,¹ J. Yang,¹ G. Haasnoot,¹ C. van Kooten,² M. Mallat,² H. de Fijter,² I. Bajema,³ F. Claas.¹
¹Immunohematology, LUMC, Leiden, Netherlands; ²Nephrology, LUMC, Leiden, Netherlands; ³Pathology, LUMC, Leiden, Netherlands.
Background: The innate immune response is increasingly being recognized in allograft injury after kidney transplantation. We aimed to establish the relationship of innate immune gene…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Virtual Crossmatch in Simultaneous Pancreas-Kidney Transplant.
E. Bevilaqua Rangel,¹ A. Miziara Gonzalez,¹ C. Santiago Melaragno,¹ J. de Sa,¹ M. Moura Linhares,¹ A. Salzedas-Neto,¹ R. de Marco,² M. de Lima,² J. Medina-Pestana.¹
¹Transplant Unit, Federal University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil; ²Histocompatibility Laboratory, Federal University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Background: Simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplant (SPKT) outcomes have improved over the years. Methods: Analyses of demographic data of patients submitted to SPKT from Dec/2000 to Sep/2015…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Evaluating Delayed Graft Function After Kidney Transplantation as a Potential Surrogate Outcome.
S. Cramm, X. Luo, A. Massie, D. Segev.
Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD.
Background: Recent work demonstrates significant inter-center heterogeneity in delayed graft function (DGF) rates after kidney transplantation, calling into question the value of a metric based…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Bile Acid Signaling Affects Metabolism and Prolongs Allograft Survival in Obese Recipients.
M. Quante, A. ElKhal, M. Seyda, J. Schuitenmaker, H. Uehara, S. Tullius.
Division of Transplant Surgery & Transplant Surgery Research Laboratory, Brigham and Women's Hospital / Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
Although obesity has been linked to impaired transplant outcomes, underlying mechanisms and consequences of obesity on alloimmunity are only poorly understood.Allogenic skin transplantations were performed…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Survival Benefit from Kidney Transplantation Using Kidneys from Deceased Donors Over 75 Years.
M. Pérez-Sáez,¹ E. Arcos,² J. Comas,² M. Crespo,¹ J. Lloveras,¹ J. Tort,² J. Pascual,¹ Catalan Renal Registry Committee.²
¹Nephrology, Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain; ²Catalan Renal Registry, Organització Catalana de Trasplantaments, Barcelona, Spain.
Large registries have shown that end-stage renal disease patients have longer survival after kidney transplantation (KT) than remaining on dialysis. However, the outcome for kidneys…
2016 American Transplant Congress
An Analysis of Non-Tuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infection and Colonization in Lung Transplant Recipients (LTRs) Post-Transplant: A Single Center Matched Cohort Study.
H. Kozlowski,^1,2 D. Kabbani,³ C. Chaparro,^1,2 L. Singer,^1,2 C. Rotstein,^1,2 S. Keshavjee,^1,2 S. Husain.^1,2
¹University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; ²Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada; ³University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
PurposeNTM is a common infection after Lung transplantation. The role of presence of granuloma in the explanted lungs of LTRs in subsequent development of infection…