Articles tagged "Outcome"

2016 American Transplant Congress
Pre-Existing Chronic Heart Failure in Kidney Transplantation: An Underestimated Risk Factor for Graft Loss?
F. Halleck, D. Khadzhynov, L. Lehner, E. Schrezenmeier, M. Duerr, A. Kleinsteuber, K. Budde, O. Staeck.
Nephrology, Charité University, Berlin, Germany.
BACKGROUND: Cardio-renal interactions influence graft and patient survival in kidney transplant recipients (KTR). There is only few data available analyzing pre-existing chronic heart failure (CHF)…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Age Gap Analysis Between Live Donor and Recipients in Kidney Transplantation: Opportunities to Improve Voluntary Exchange Programs and Kidney Paired Donation.
J. Rodriguez,¹ A. Patel,² M. Goggins.²
¹Internal Medicine, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI; ²Transplant Institute, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI; ³Transplant Institute, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI.
Graft survival(GS) perception is that, with a smaller age gap between the donor(D) and recipient(R), better the outcome. It is unclear if there is an…
2016 American Transplant Congress
United States versus Australia: Is "Percentage Decline in Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate" Truly a Surrogate Outcome in Graft Survival?
K. Parker,² A. Rice,¹ A. Kirby,¹ M. Pinion,¹ K. Parker.²
¹Internal Medicine Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC; ²Internal Medicine, Vidant Medical Center, Greenville, NC.
Purpose: A previous study conducted in Australia and New Zealand examined the utility of estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) decline as a surrogate marker for…
2016 American Transplant Congress
High Tacrolimus Dose Requirements at Month 6 Are Associated with Inferior Graft Function in Renal Transplant Patients.
O. Rissling, S. Brakemeier, L. Lehner, F. Halleck, O. Staeck, D. Schmidt, K. Budde.
Department of Nephrology, Charité Universitaetsmedizin, Berlin, Germany.
Introduction: Tacrolimus (Tac), the mainstay of immunosuppression in renal transplant (tx) patients (pts) is known for drug induced nephrotoxicity, which may limit graft survival.Methods: In…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Pre-Mortem Cannulation and NECMO Preservation for DCD Liver Transplantation.
P. Ruiz,¹ M. Gastaca,¹ A. Valdivieso,¹ A. Ventoso,¹ I. Palomares,¹ M. Prieto,¹ J. Bustamante,² P. Salvador,² J. Ortiz de Urbina.¹
¹Liver Surgery and Liver Transplant Unit, Cruces University Hospital, Bilbao, Vizcaya, Spain; ²Hepatology and Liver Transplant Unit, Cruces University Hospital, Bilbao, Vizcaya, Spain.
Introduction: Herein, we present the short-term results of a controlled DCD liver transplantation program with pre-mortem cannulation and normothermic extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (NECMO) preservation.Material and…
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New Kidney Allocation System: Friend or Foe?
F. Cabeza,² A. Dejman,¹ A. Torres,³ J. Gaynor,² P. Ruiz,² D. Roth,² W. Kupin,² G. Burke,² G. Ciancio,² L. Chen,² R. Vianna,² A. Mattiazzi,² G. Guerra.²
¹Nephrology and Hypertension, University of Miami, Miami, FL; ²Kidney Transplant, Miami Transplant Institute, Miami, FL; ³Internal Medicine, Hospital San Jose Tec de Monterrey, Mexico D.F., Mexico.
BACKGROUND The new kidney allocation (KAS) system was implemented 12/2014 to increase recipient life years gained annually and facilitate the transplantation of harder to match…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes Following Inguinal Hernia Repair in Liver Transplant Recipients.
N. Dagher, S. DiBrito, I. Olorundare, C. Landazabal, D. Segev.
Surgery, Johns Hopkins, Baltimore.
Liver transplant (LT) recipients are assumed to have poor outcomes following general surgical procedures, which may be a reason why most are directed to transplant…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes of Liver Grafts from Donors with Very High Transaminases.
P. Martins, A. Rawson, P. Mahboub, B. Movahedi, N. Dolgin, I. Bruggenwirth, A. Bozorgzadeh.
Department of Surgery, Transplant Division, University of Massachusetts, Worcester, MA.
Introduction: Traditionally, elevation of transaminases has been broadly used as markers of hepatic ischemic injury and crucial parameters for liver graft assessment. We wanted to…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Hematopoietic Cell Transplant and Solid Organ Transplantation: A First Report of the U.S. Experience.
M. Gupta, M. Levine, P. Abt.
Surgery, Division of Transplant Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
The prevalence of patients who receive both a hematopoetic cell(HCT) and solid organ transplantation(SOT) is rising. There have been no large scale studies of HCT…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Validation of a Simplified Cost-Effective Clinical Risk Stratification That Predicts Myocardial Ischemic Events in Kidney Transplant Candidates.
T. Jiamjariyapon,^1,2 N. Townamchai,^2,3 N. Garg,² M. Pavlakis,² A. Chandraker.²
¹Bhumirajanagarindra Kidney Institute, Bangkok, Thailand; ²Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; ³Division of Nephrology, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand.
Background: Diagnosis of coronary artery disease before kidney transplantation is crucial in decreasing morbidity and mortality & avoiding the need for angiography in kidney transplant…