2016 American Transplant Congress
The Effect of Body Mass Index on Lung Transplant Outcomes.
Background: Lung transplant (LTx) has the potential to effectively extend the life expectancy for patients with end-stage lung disease. Both high and low body mass…2016 American Transplant Congress
Utilization of Parenteral Nutrition in Patients Undergoing Liver Transplantation.
1Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston; 2Kendall Regional Medical Center, Miami.
Introduction: Protein-calorie malnutrition is common in patients with advanced liver disease and is a risk factor for poor outcomes after liver transplantation (LT). Perioperative parenteral…2016 American Transplant Congress
C1q Donor Specific Antibody Associates with Post Transplant Biopsy Findings in Highly Sensitized Kidney Transplant Recipients.
We performed monitoring of conventional donor specific antibodies (DSA) and C1q binding DSA (C1q DSA) to correlate levels with pathology findings in protocol kidney biopsies…2016 American Transplant Congress
Prostate Cancer Characteristics and Outcome in Renal Transplant Recipients: Results from a Contemporary Monocentric Study.
Objective To analyze prostate cancer characteristics in a contemporary monocentric renal transplant recipients (RTR) population and to compare oncological outcome after radical prostatectomy (RP) with…2016 American Transplant Congress
Non-adherence is associated with increased risk of rejection and graft loss.
1Medicine, MUSC, Charleston, SC; 2Surgery, MUSC, Charleston, SC.
Non-adherence is common among kidney transplant recipients. However, data on the impact of appointment and medication non-adherence on kidney transplant outcomes are scarce. This study…2016 American Transplant Congress
Characteristics and Outcomes of Vancomycin Resistant Enterococcus Bacteremia After Liver Transplant.
Vancomycin Resistant Enterococcus (VRE) infection is reported in 5-20% of liver transplant (LT) recipients and is associated with decreased survival. Published data includes infections of…2016 American Transplant Congress
Three-Year Graft Loss Risk in Kidney Transplants: Dynamic Patient Level Data Improve Predictive Efficacy.
Background: Predictive models in kidney transplantation using national data (UNOS, SRTR) lack longitudinal patient level data, limiting accuracy. Adding patient level data capturing dynamic clinical…2016 American Transplant Congress
Analysis of Local versus Imported Expanded Criteria Donor (ECD) Kidneys: A Single Center Experience with 497 ECD Kidney Transplants.
With the new Kidney Allocation System, broader sharing of expanded criteria donor (ECD) kidneys may occur, which may influence discard rates and survival outcomes. To…2016 American Transplant Congress
Early Hospital Readmission Among Immunologically Vulnerable Kidney Transplantation Recipients.
Surgery, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
BACKGROUND: We previously established that 31% of all kidney transplant (KT) recipients experience early hospital readmission (EHR), or readmission within 30 days of discharge following…2016 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes of Super Obese Patients Undergoing Kidney Transplantation: A Propensity Match Analysis from the UNOS Dataset.
Surgery, University of Kentucky, Lexington.
Background: We evaluate outcomes of super obese patients (BMI>50) undergoing kidney transplantation in the US. Method: We performed a review of 190 super obese patients…
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