2016 American Transplant Congress
Liver Transplantation for Propionic Acidemia: A Review of the United States Scientific Registry for Transplant Recipients (SRTR) and Non-US Case Series.
Surgery, Childrens Hospital of Pgh, Pittsburgh.
Background: A fifth of all pediatric liver transplants in the US are performed for metabolic disease. Propionic acidemia, an autosomal recessive branched chain organic acidemia…2016 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Early Acute Rejection (AR) on Pancreas Transplant (PT) Outcomes.
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.
Background: The role of early AR in long-term PT outcomes remains unclear. Despite reported high rate of AR (up to 40% in PTA), graft survival…2016 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Early Hospital Readmission Following Simultaneous Pancreas Kidney Transplantation.
Surgery, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
BACKGROUND: Our group recently demonstrated that 54% of simultaneous pancreas kidney (SPK) recipients experience early hospital readmission (EHR). It is unknown whether EHR following SPK…2016 American Transplant Congress
Crisis on the Waiting List for Children Listed in Low Volume Solid Organ Transplant Centers.
Department of Abdominal Transplantation, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX.
Purpose: In a recent analysis, we demonstrated that children listed in low volume liver transplant centers had poor waitlist survival and a depressed transplant rate…2016 American Transplant Congress
Predonation Prescription Narcotic Use: A Novel Risk Factor for Readmission After Living Donor Nephrectomy.
Implications of narcotic use in living kidney donor (LKD) candidates for key outcomes, including readmission rates after nephrectomy, are unknown.We integrated 1) national Scientific Registry…2016 American Transplant Congress
Is Delayed Graft Function in Simultaneous Kidney-Pancreas Transplant Recipients Associated with an Increased Risk of Pancreas Graft Failure?
Background: Delayed graft function (DGF) in kidney transplant recipients is associated with adverse short and long-term outcomes. However, the impact of DGF of the kidney…2016 American Transplant Congress
A Multi-Center Study of Factors That Increase Cognitive Load in Living Donor Liver Transplants.
Background: Studies have shown that distractions in the operating room (such as phones/pagers, irrelevant conversations, ins and outs) can negatively affect concentration and performance, and…2016 American Transplant Congress
Surgical Techniques in Modified Multiorgan Transplantation.
Objective: Investigate the clinical efficacy of combined en-bloc liver-pancreas transplantation in patients with end stage liver disease and diabetes.Method: The clinical data of 19 cases…2016 American Transplant Congress
Hospital Readmissions Following Discharge After Liver Transplantation (LT).
Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN.
Background:Our objective was to describe incidence and causes readmissions within 30 days of discharge following liver transplantation (LT).Methodology:Medical records of 1027 consecutive patients who underwent…2016 American Transplant Congress
Risk Factors for Short and Long Term Mortality in High MELD Recipients.
The model for end-stage disease (MELD) score is used to stratify candidates for liver transplant (LT) based on objective measures. Since June 2013 with changes…
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