Articles tagged "Outcome"

2015 American Transplant Congress
Organ Donation Attitudes of Hispanic College Students in the Rio Grande Valley: Analysis of Free Responses
Y. Tasnif,¹ S. Saladin,² A. Araya,¹ X. Wang.³
¹Cooperative Pharmacy Program, University of Texas - Pan American, Edinburg, TX; ²Department of Rehabilitation, University of Texas - Pan American, Edinburg, TX; ³Department of Mathematics, University of Texas - Pan American, Edinburg, TX.
Purpose: To understand barriers in registering as an organ donor amongst students at a predominantly Hispanic institution.Methods: Self-identified adult (ages 18 and above) Hispanic students…
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Characteristics of HIV Infected Patients Waitlisted for Kidney Transplantation
N. Law,¹ A. Doyle,¹ A. Sharma,¹ G. Malat,² T. Bias,¹ K. Ranganna,¹ D. Lee.¹
¹Department of Medicine, Drexel University, College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA; ²Department of Surgery, Drexel University, College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA.
IntroductionKidney transplantation in HIV+ individuals has been associated with patient and graft survival rates that are comparable to those reported for HIV- populations. Despite this…
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Hospital Characteristics Mediate Variation in Cirrhosis Mortality in Transplant and Non-Transplant Facilities
A. Mathur,¹ A. Chakrabarti,² K. Sheetz,² J. Mellinger,³ M. Volk,³ N. Katariya,¹ A. Singer,¹ W. Hewitt,¹ K. Reddy,¹ A. Moss.¹
¹Surgery, Mayo Clinic Arizona, Phoenix, AZ; ²Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; ³Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.
Hospitals vary significantly in cirrhosis mortality. We aimed to determine whether hospital structural characteristics mediate this effect.Methods: We used 2009 data from the HCUP Nationwide…
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Evolution of Urinary Albumin Excretion in a Large Cohort of Kidney Donors: No Evidence of Progression
H. Ibrahim, D. Berglund, A. Matas.
U of MN, Mpls.
We have previously shown that the prevalence of albuminuria in donors is similar to age, gender and ethnicity matched NHANES controls. This cohort of 259…
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High Kidney Donor Profile Index (KDPI) Correlates With Calculated Pulsatile Perfusion (PP) Resistance Index (RI) and Delayed Graft Function (DGF)
R. Pelletier, M. Henry.
Surgery/Transplant, The Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus, OH.
Background: Deceased donor (DD) kidney quality is now being determined by calculating the Kidney Donor Profile Index (KDPI). Calculated kidney vascular resistance index (RI) during…
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U.S. National Experience of Liver Transplantation Using Allografts from Octogenarian Donors
C. Bhati, I. Tzvetanov, R. Garcia-Roca, J. Oberholzer, E. Benedetti, H. Jeon.
Surgery, Division of Transplantation, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL.
IntroductionA continuous worsening of donor organ shortage has led to expand organ acceptance criteria. It is still theoretically possible to utilize hepatic allografts from donors…
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The Utility of Non-Invasive Intra Abdominal Pressure Monitoring After Pediatric Abdominal Organ Transplantation
E. Harkin,¹ M. McLeod,¹ K. Khan,² A. Natarajan.³
¹Pediatrics, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC; ²Georgetown Transplant Institute, MedStar-Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC; ³Pediatrics, Pharmacology and Physiology, MedStar-Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC.
Intra abdominal pressure (IAP) is monitored in critically ill children because intra-abdominal hypertension (IAH) may be associated with renal dysfunction and adverse outcomes.We retrospectively examined…
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Eosinophilic Gastrointestinal Disease in Pediatric Liver and Kidney Transplant Recipients
S. Mohammad,¹ J. Bush,² K. Amsden,¹ A. Kagalwalla,¹ H. Melin-Aldana,² N. Arva.²
¹Pediatrics, Northwestern University, Chicago; ²Pathology, Northwestern University, Chicago.
Eosinophilic gastrointestinal disease (EGID) has been associated with immunosuppression use in solid organ transplant recipients. However, its relationship to the post-transplant clinical course is unknown.…
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National Outcomes of Kidney Tranplantation from Diabetic Donors: A Mate-Kidney Analysis
J. Cohen,¹ P. Reese,¹ P. Porrett,² R. Bloom,¹ K. Forde,³ D. Sawinski.¹
¹Renal Division, Univ. of Penn, Philadelphia, PA; ²Dept of Surgery, Univ. of Penn, Philadelphia, PA; ³Division of Gastroenterology, Univ. of Penn, Philadelphia, PA.
Utilization of diabetic donor kidneys has increased, though scarce patient and allograft survival data are available for recipients of these organs. Using United Network for…
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Metrics of Global Health Status Signal Early Hospital Readmission Risk After Kidney Transplantation
M. Harhay,¹ A. Hill,² W. Wang,² O. Even-Shoshan,² A. Mussell,¹ J. Karlawish,³ R. Bloom,¹ H. Feldman,¹ J. Silber,² P. Reese.¹
¹Medicine, Division of Nephrology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA; ²Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA; ³Medicine, Division of Geriatrics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
Background: Early (≤30 days) hospital readmission (EHR) after kidney transplantation (KT) is common, with diverse causes that likely include poor pre-KT health status. Transplant providers…