Articles tagged "Outcome"

2016 American Transplant Congress
Functional Capacity Pre-Transplantation Measured by 6 Minute Walk Test and Clinical Outcomes.
T. Alhamad,¹ K. Lentine,² S. Anwar,³ T. Maw,¹ T. Horwedel,¹ J. Peng,¹ K. Saffaf,¹ J. Hagopian,¹ R. Delos Santos,¹ A. Malone,¹ D. Brennan.¹
¹Washington University, St. Louis; ²Saint Louis University, St. Louis; ³Newcastle Hospital, Newcastle, United Kingdom.
Background:The 6 minute walk is an inexpensive, low-technology test for measuring a patient's functional capacity and overall fitness. The utility of 6 minute walk test…
2016 American Transplant Congress
One-Year Graft Loss Risk in Kidney Transplants – A Big Data Approach.
T. Srinivas, D. Taber, J. Zhang, Z. Su, J. Marsden, A. Tripathi, W. Moran, P. Mauldin.
MUSC, Charleston, SC; IBM Corp., Armonk.
Background Predictive models using national data are limited by lack of evolving patient level data. A Big Data approach using both static and dynamic variables…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Is There a Difference Between DCD and DBD Kidney Transplantation with Similar KDPI?
T. Zens, G. Leverson, R. Redfield, P. Chlebeck, L. Zitur, D. Kaufman, L. Fernandez.
Surgery, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI.
Introduction: Renal transplant outcomes are a result of a combination of donor and recipient factors. In 2014, the nomenclature used to describe donor quality was…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes in Lung Transplant Patients Requiring Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) in the Perioperative Period.
A. Habertheuer, M. Williams, S. Miller, E. Cantu, C. Bermudez, P. Vallabhajosyula.
Cardiovascular Surger, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
Objective As ECMO therapy is increasingly used to bridge high-risk patients with end-stage respiratory failure to lung transplantation, outcomes of this strategy employed in the…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Comparison of Outcomes of Kidney Transplantation from DBD, DCD or DBCD Donors: A Single Center Experience from China.
G. Chen, C. Wang, L. Chen, J. Qiu, C. Wang.
Organ Transplant Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Background There are three categories of deceased donors in China now, donation after brain death(DBD), donation of cardiac death(DCD), and donation after brain and cardiac…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Hospital Readmissions in the First Year Post Transplant Over a 12-Year Span at a Single Center.
C. Avila, I. James, G. Phillips, A. El-Hinnawi, A. Rajab, R. Pelletier, M. Henry, G. Bumgardner.
The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH.
There is an increased focus on hospital readmissions as a driver of health care costs and indicator of health care quality. Study Purpose: Understanding the…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Risk Factors for Single and Recurrent Symptomatic Urinary Tract Infections within the First Year After Kidney Transplantation.
K. Bourgi, W. Choi, A. Nakhle, Z. Abdel-Rahman, O. Abreu-Lanfranco, M. Ramesh, A. Patel, R. Del Busto, G. Alangaden.
Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI.
Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) is the most common infection after kidney transplantation (KT). However studies have been incongruent regarding risk factors associated with incidence and…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Utility in Treating Renal Failure in End-Stage Liver Disease with Simultaneous Liver-Kidney Transplantation.
X. Cheng,¹ M. Stedman,¹ W. Kim,² J. Tan.¹
¹Division of Nephrology, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA; ²Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA.
The number of simultaneous liver-kidney transplants (SLKT) for end-stage liver disease (ESLD) with renal failure is rising. The overall utility of kidneys used in this…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Factors and Outcomes Associated with Daptomycin Non-Susceptible Enterococcal Infections in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients.
K. Younan,¹ R. Lee,¹ T. McCarty,¹ D. Kunz,² J. Locke,³ B. Camins,¹ P. Pappas,¹ J. Baddley,¹ A. Nellore.¹
¹Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL; ²Pharmacy, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL; ³Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL.
Background: Daptomycin non-susceptible enterococcal (DNSE) infections are associated with poor outcomes. Information regarding factors and outcomes of DNSE in solid organ transplant (SOT) recipients (SOTR)…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Kidney Retransplantation Is Associated with Higher Mortality Risk Among HIV+ vs. HIV- Recipients.
B. Shelton,¹ S. Mehta,¹ D. Sawinski,² R. Reed,¹ P. MacLennan,¹ S. Gustafson,³ C. Durand,⁴ D. Segev,⁴ J. Locke.¹
¹School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL; ²School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA; ³Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients, Minneapolis, MN; ⁴School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD.
Background: Excellent outcomes have been demonstrated in HIV+ kidney transplant (KT) recipients, yet no study has explored outcomes among HIV+ reKT recipients.Methods: 4,683 adult reKT…