Articles tagged "Outcome"

2016 American Transplant Congress
Gastric Bypass Does Not Negatively Affect Kidney Transplant Outcomes.
N. Goyal, O. Sanchez, N. Issa, A. Matas, H. Ibrahim, A. Kukla.
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.
Introduction: Bariatric surgery is the most effective treatment for obesity, but has been associated with adverse renal outcomes. Limited data exist on the impact of…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Ideal Outcome After Liver Transplantation: An Exploratory Study Using Machine Learning Analyses to Leverage Long-Term Registry Data from Studies in Pediatric Liver Transplantation (SPLIT).
E. Hsu,¹ M. Shaffer,^1,2 R. Anand,³ V. Ng,⁴ J. Bucuvalas.⁵
¹University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA; ²Children's Core for Biomedical Statistics, Center for Clinical and Translational Research, Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA; ³The EMMES Corporation, Rockville, MD; ⁴The Hospital for Sick Children and University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; ⁵Cincinnati Children's Hospital and Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH.
We analyzed the Studies in Pediatric Liver Transplantation (SPLIT) registry dataset using heat map and random forests analyses (RFA) to determine if ideal outcome (IO)…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Share35 Liver Allocation Is Associated with Increased Early Graft Failure Rate.
T. Wong,¹ N. Koizumi,² J. Ortiz.³
¹Maricopa Medical Center, Phoenix, AZ; ²George Mason University, Arlington, VA; ³University of Toledo, Toledo, OH.
Background: The implementation of Share35 liver allocation policy in June 2013 facilitated the increase in number of transplanted livers with less organ discards. Early analysis…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Early Allograft Dysfunction (EAD) and Its Components on Patient Survival Following Liver Transplantation (LT): Long-Term Outcomes Up to 10 Years.
B. Ekser, R. Mangus, J. Fridell, C. Kubal, J. Davis, J. Salisbury, T. Salisbury, S. Nagaraju, P. Mihaylov, A. Tector.
Transplant Division, Department of Surgery, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN.
Background: It has been shown that EAD in LT is a useful tool to predict intermediate (5-year) mortality. The purpose of this study is to…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Racial Disparities in Perioperative Complications After Live Kidney Donation.
K. Lentine,¹ N. Lam,² D. Axelrod,³ M. Schnitzler,¹ A. Garg,⁴ J. Schold,⁵ D. Brennan,⁶ H. Randall,¹ D. Segev.⁷
¹Saint Louis Univ, St. Louis; ²Univ Alberta, Edmonton, Canada; ³Dartmouth, Hanover; ⁴Western Univ, London; ⁵Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland; ⁶Washington Univ, St. Louis; ⁷Johns Hopkins, Baltimore.
Background: The frequency and severity of perioperative complications after contemporary live kidney donation are not well-described.Methods: We integrated national U.S. live donor registry data with…
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Survival Advantage with Older Live Donor Compared to Standard Criteria Deceased Donor Kidney Transplantation in Older Recipients.
P. Abrams, M. Cooper, J. Verbesey, R. Ghasemian, M. Grafals, A. Gilbert, J. Moore, J. Fenton, C. Cannon, J. Rapisurra, B. Javaid.
MedStar Georgetown Transplant Institute, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC.
Objective: Analyze post-transplant outcomes in older recipients of kidney transplants from older live donors compared to older recipients of standard criteria deceased donor kidney transplants.Methods:…
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Impact of Simultaneous Pancreas-Kidney Transplantation versus Kidney Transplant Alone on Patient and Graft Survival in Type 2 Diabetics with Elevated BMI.
S. Singh,^1,2 S. Kim.^1,2,3,4
¹Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada; ²Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada; ³Division of Nephrology and the Multi-Organ Transplant Program, University Health Network, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Canada; ⁴Division of Nephrology and the Kidney Transplant Program, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Canada.
Background: Simultaneous Pancreas-Kidney transplantation (SPKT) is becoming increasingly common in patients with Type 2 diabetes (T2DM). The BMI threshold for listing for SPKT in this…
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Opioid-Sparing Pain Management Improves Outcomes and Safety in Living Liver Donors.
D. Ladner,¹ E. Pomfret,² M. Simpson,² J. Guarrera,³ R. Fisher,⁴ A. Skaro,¹ T. Baker,¹ T. Curtis,¹ A. Daud,¹ B. Platt,¹ R. Kang,¹ N. Salehitezangi,¹ J. Holl,¹ M. Abecassis,¹ D. Woods.¹
¹Northwestern University, Chicago, IL; ²Lahey Clinic, Burlington, MA; ³Columbia University, New York, NY; ⁴Virginia Commonwealth Univeristy, Richmond, VA.
BACKGROUND: As part of the ancillary four center study, to the Adult-to-Adult Living Donor Liver Transplant Cohort Study (A2ALL), over 75% of living liver donors…
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Living Related Small Bowel Transplantation in Children – Patient and Graft Survival at 10 Years.
S. Garcia Aroz,¹ I. Tzvetanov,¹ E. Hetterman,² J. Hoonbae,¹ M. Spaggiari,¹ J. Oberholzer,¹ G. Testa,³ E. John,¹ E. Benedetti.¹
¹Surgery, University of Illinois, Chicago; ²Pharmacy, University of Illinois, Chicago; ³Surgery, Baylor Medical Center, Dallas, TX.
Objective: To describe a single-center experience of pediatric living related small bowel transplantation (LRSBtx) and to provide an overview of the outcomes of the children…
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Is MELD Score a Significant Predictor of Post-Transplant Mortality? An Old Issue with Simple Answer.
A. Rahnemai-Azar,¹ J. Perkins,¹ M. Montenovo,¹ S. Rayhill,¹ R. Bakthavatsalam,¹ N. Leca,² C. Blosser,² I. Di Castro,² R. Bhattacharya,³ J. Reyes,¹ L. Sibulesky.¹
¹Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; ²Nephrology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; ³Hepatology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA.
The predictive value of the Model for End-Stage Liver Disease (MELD) score for post-transplant survival has been under constant debate. Some investigators tried to introduce…