Articles tagged "Outcome"

2015 American Transplant Congress
Pre-Transplant Cardiac Troponin T (cTT) Is a Strong Predictor of Post Kidney Transplant Hospitalizations
H. Amer, P. Geerdes, T. Fettes, R. Walker, E. Lorenz, F. Cosio.
The William J von Liebig Center for Transplantation and Clinical Regeneration, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.
Identifying patients at risk of re-hospitalization will permit improved monitoring and may decrease morbidity.We examined nine objective variables at the time of transplant and their…
2015 American Transplant Congress
The Impact of Acute Rejection on Liver Transplant Survival in the New Millennium
J. Levitsky,¹ S. Forney,² B. Gillespie,³ R. Merion,^2,3 A. Lok,³ G. Levy,⁴ L. Kulik,¹ M. Abecassis,¹ A. Shaked.⁵
¹Northwestern U, Chicago, IL; ²Arbor Research Collaborative for Health, Ann Arbor, MI; ³U Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; ⁴U Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; ⁵U Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
Background: Based on pre-2000 data, acute rejection (AR) has long been considered clinically less significant in liver transplant (LT) vs. other organ recipients (Charlton et…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Poor Renal Function and Increased Mortality in Elderly Recipients of Deceased Donor Kidneys from Elderly Donors
S. Berger,¹ H. Peters-Sengers,² M. Heemskerk,³ F. Bemelman,² J. Homan van der Heide.²
¹Department of Internal Medicine, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands; ²Department of Nephrology, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands; ³Dutch Transplant Foundation, Leiden, Netherlands.
Background: Within the Eurotransplant Senior Program kidneys form donors older than 65 both after cardiac death (DCD) or brain death (DBD) are allocated to recipients…
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Prevalence and Outcomes of Heart Transplantation in Children With Intellectual Disability
A. Wightman,¹ H. Bartlett,¹ Q. Zhao,² J. Smith.³
¹Pediatrics, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI; ²Biostatistics, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI; ³Pediatrics, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA.
Background:Heart transplantation in children with intellectual disability (ID) is a controversial issue. Previous research on this population has been limited to small case reports.Objective:To describe…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Center Volume Is Associated With Early Graft Failure After Living Donor Kidney Transplantation
B. Shelton, P. MacLennan, R. Reed, D. Sonnier, M. Hanaway, J. Goodman, C. Young, M. Deierhoi, J. Locke.
Surgery/Transplantation, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL.
Introduction: The correlation between center volume and outcomes has been established within general surgery and is most pronounced within the context of high-risk, low-volume procedures.…
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Early Hospital Readmission and Distance from Transplant Center
E. King,¹ L. Kucirka,¹ M. McAdams-DeMarco,^1,2 A. Massie,^1,2 D. Segev.^1,2
¹Surgery, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD; ²Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins University, School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD.
Background: Early hospital readmission occurs in 31% of kidney transplant (KT) recipients and may be associated with mechanistic factors not previously captured in patient-level risk…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes in Liver Re-Transplant Recipients With MELD above 40: A Decade Long Experience
Z. Baghmanli,¹ C. Ortiz,² N. Koizumi,³ J. Ortiz.¹
¹Surgery, The University of Toledo, Toledo, OH; ²Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA; ³School of Policy, Government and International Affairs, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA.
Introduction:A significant proportion of liver transplant recipients will suffer from graft loss, after which liver retransplant (reLTx) becomes their only therapeutic option. Patients with very…
2015 American Transplant Congress
No Tumor Recurrence After Renal Cell Carcinoma Resected Kidney Transplantation – 5 Year Follow Up
M. Zwierzchoniewska,¹ K. Fong,¹ D. Patel,¹ L. Mou, W. Lim,² B. He,¹ L. Delriviere.¹
¹Western Australian Kidney Transplant Surgery Service, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Perth, Western Australia, Australia; ²Western Australian Kidney Transplant Service, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.
INTRODUCTION:Organ shortage remains the single most significant impediment to increasing low rate of kidney transplantation. One of the strategies to improve it, is a utilisation…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Renal Cell Carcinoma in the Native Kidney in Dialysis and Kidney Transplantation Recipients. Different Entities?
K. Yamaçake, W. Nahas, H. Kanashiro, R. Kato, A. Bull, I. Antonopoulos, R. Falci, A. Piovesan.
Division of Urology, Renal Transplantation Unit, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Purpose: Renal Cell Carcinoma (RCC) has a high incidence in patients with acquired cystic kidney disease (ACKD) due to hemodialysis. It has been reported that…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Is Transplant Volume Associated With Survival in Pediatric Liver Transplants?
W. Cherikh,¹ H. Kim,² A. Wilk,¹ C. Flavin,¹ E. Brewer.³
¹United Network for Organ Sharing, Richmond, VA; ²Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA; ³Baylor Coll Med & Texas Children's Hosp, Houston, TX.
Background. Center specific volume has been shown to correlate with outcomes for many procedures in the adult population. The current study was conducted to determine…