Articles tagged "Outcome"

2016 American Transplant Congress
Hyponatremia in Early Post Lung Transplantation Predicts Patient and Hospital Outcomes.
E. Tantisattamo,¹ A. Chokechanachaisakul,² O. Traitanon,³ A. Shetty,² B. Ho,² J. Friedewald,² S. Bhorade,² A. Haynes,² A. Nieland,² L. Gallon.²
¹Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine, Royal Oak, MI; ²Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL; ³Department of Medicine-Nephrology, Thammasart University Hospital, Pathumthani, Thailand.
Background: Outcomes of hyponatremia during immediate post-lung transplantation are unknown. We aim to identify the incidence of postoperative hyponatremia and its outcomes.Methods: All lung transplantations…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Telemedicine to Reduce Readmissions Post Liver Transplant: Compliance and Feasibility Results.
T. Kaiser,¹ P. Kimmel,² S. Osborn,² S. Diersing,² B. Boswell,² J. Huff,² J. Garrett,¹ N. Anwar,¹ S. Shah.¹
¹Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH; ²Transplant, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH.
Telemedicine (TM) was added to our care model as a mechanism to reduce readmissions post liver transplant (LTx). Establishing a TM home allows for remote…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Early Enteral Feeding After Living Donor Liver Transplantation Prevents Infectious Complications: A Prospective Pilot Study.
J. Kim,¹ D. Sinn,² S. Lee,¹ G.-S. Choi,¹ J. Park,¹ C. Kwon,¹ S. Kim,¹ J.-W. Joh,¹ S.-K. Lee.¹
¹Department of Surgery, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea; ²Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Background: Infectious complications, including bacteria, virus, and fungus, often occur after liver transplantation and are the most frequent cause of in-hospital mortality. The present study…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Mycophenolate Mofetil Dose Reduction Are Associated with the Risk of Acute Rejection and Graft Failure After Renal Transplantation.
A. El-Agroudy,¹ A. Taher,² A. Alaradi,² B. Alhayki,² S. Gareeb,² E. Farid.²
¹Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Arabian Gulf University, Manama, Bahrain; ²Nephrology, Salmaniya Medical Complex, Manama, Bahrain.
Background: Mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) is a highly effective immunosuppressive agent in transplant therapy. Although MMF is generally well tolerated, optimal therapy may be limited by…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Enhanced Recovery After Kidney Transplantation: 48 Hour Length of Stay in Living and Deceased Donor Transplant Recipients.
O. Ojogho, J. Mejia, S. Bani-Hani, B. Dieter, R. Carson.
Kidney Transplant Program, Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Chldren's Hospital, Spokane, WA.
BACKGROUND: Enhanced recovery after kidney transplantation is a desired outcome with potential value-enhancing benefits of reduced length of stay (LOS), costs, and risk of nosocomial…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Predictors of Early Rejection and Allograft Failure in Pediatric Kidney Transplantation: Impact of Histology and Behavior.
M. Seifert, M. Yanik, R. Mannon.
University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine, Birmingham.
Background: Early inflammatory events that lead to allograft dysfunction are often missed by creatinine-based estimates in children. Surveillance biopsies can detect early allograft dysfunction due…
2016 American Transplant Congress
High KDPI Kidneys (>85%) Do Not Adversely Affect HRQOL After Kidney Transplantation.
R. Forbes, I. Feurer, D. LaNeve, C. Gamble, D. Shaffer.
Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN.
Background. Since December 2014, deceased donor kidneys are allocated based on a kidney donor profile index (KDPI) by four sequences, A thru D. Estimated kidney…
2016 American Transplant Congress
5-Year Follow-Up After Live Donor Nephrectomy – A Prospective Cohort Study.
S. Janki,¹ E. Mulder,¹ L. Dols,¹ M. Betjes,² I. Dooper,³ J. IJzermans.¹
¹Department of Surgery, Division of HPB and Transplant Surgery, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands; ²Department of Nephrology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands; ³Department of Nephrology, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, Netherlands.
BackgroundRecently some studies have reported less favorable results after live kidney donation. We investigated therefore which donors will possibly be at risk for chronic kidney…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Diabetes Mellitus Predicts Outcome in Obesity After Kidney Transplantation.
T. Schachtner,^1,2 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.
Obesity has been associated with an increased risk of allograft loss and death from infection in kidney transplant recipients (KTRs). Therefore, previous studies suggested bariatric…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Long Term Safety of Intravenous Ketorolac Use After Donor Nephrectomy.
P. Tabrizian,¹ M. Giacca,¹ J. Prigoff,² E. Chin,² M. Palese,² D. Herron,² A. Arvelakis,¹ D. LaPointe Rudow,¹ S. Florman,¹ R. Shapiro.¹
¹Transplant, Recanati/Miller Transplantation Institute, New York, NY; ²Surgery, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY.
Background: The benefit and short-term safety have been established in previous studies; however, the risk of bleeding and long-term renal impairment in patients undergoing donor…