Articles tagged "Outcome"

2022 American Transplant Congress
A Comparison of Vibration Controlled Transient Elastography, FAST, AGILE-3 and AGILE-4 Scores in Liver Transplant Recipients
T. Arshad¹, M. Tseng², B. Anh³, T. Syed⁴, A. Miller⁵, V. Patel⁴, A. Asgharpour⁴, I. O. Michael⁶, S. Patel⁵, M. Muthiah⁷, M. S. Siddiqui⁴
¹Department of Internal Medicine, VCU, Richmond, VA, ²Internal Medicine, VCU, Richmond, VA, ³Department of Statistical Sciences & Operations Research, VCU, Richmond, VA, ⁴Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, VCU, Richmond, VA, ⁵VCU, Richmond, VA, ⁶Department of Pathology, VCU, Richmond, VA, ⁷National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
*Purpose: Hepatic fibrosis is a strong predictor of clinical outcomes following liver transplantation (LT), however, non-invasive fibrosis assessment remains challenging. Vibration controlled transient elastography has…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Liver Transplant Recipient History of Criminality: Impact on Clinical Outcomes
M. M. French¹, R. Mangus¹, R. Holmes¹, A. Krause¹, J. Sumner¹, C. Kubal¹, B. Ekser², P. Mihaylov³, A. Lutz⁴, J. Fridell⁵
¹Department of Surgery, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN, ²Surgery, Indiana University - Transplant Surgery, Indianapolis, IN, ³Department of Surgery, Indiana Univ School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, ⁴Department of Surgery, Indiana University, Fishers, IN, ⁵Department of Surgery, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN
*Purpose: Health disparities are present in transplantation, just as in other areas of medicine. This is a retrospective review of liver transplant (LT) recipients to…
2022 American Transplant Congress
The Impact of Obesity on Delayed Graft Function
B. Shi¹, T. Ying², J. Xu¹, J. M. Laurence¹, S. Chadban¹
¹Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown, Australia, ²University of Sydney, Camperdown, Australia
*Purpose: Obesity is increasingly prevalent among candidates for kidney transplantation. Outcomes for obese patients remain uncertain, as existing studies have shown conflicting short and longer-term…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Recipient Obesity on Kidney Transplantation Outcome: A Retrospective Cohort Study with a Matched Comparison
A. Buemi
Surgery, Cliniques Universitaires Saint Luc, Bruxelles, Belgium
*Purpose: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of recipient obesity on posttransplant complications and patient and graft survival.*Methods: A single-institution, retrospective…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Covid19 in Pediatric Kidney Transplant Recipients: Incidence, Outcomes, and Response to Vaccine
A. Moudgil, K. Sgambat, Y. Shi, M. Meyers, C. Petyak, L. Midgley
Nephrology, Children's National Med. Ctr., Washington, DC
*Purpose: At the onset of pandemic, no information was available on response of pediatric kidney transplant (PKTX) recipients to COVID19. When COVID19 vaccines became available,…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Hold the Opioids Please: Long-Term Outcomes Following an Opioid Minimization Protocol in Kidney Transplantation
T. Carcella, N. Patel, J. Marable, J. Fleming, P. Baliga, D. Dubay, S. Bethi, D. Taber, V. Rohan
Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
*Purpose: Opioid use following kidney transplantation (KTX) is associated with an increased risk of graft loss and mortality. Opioid minimization strategies and protocols have demonstrated…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Early Outcomes for Liver Transplant with Thoracoabdominal Normothermic Regional Perfusion for Donation After Circulatory Death: A Multi-Center Experience
A. L. Brubaker¹, A. Lee¹, B. Jackson¹, J. Berumen¹, J. R. Parekh¹, K. L. Mekeel¹, A. R. Gupta², J. M. Gardner², T. Chaly³, A. K. Mathur⁴, C. Jadlowiec⁴, K. Reddy⁴, R. Nunez⁴, J. Bellingham⁵, E. Thomas⁶, J. R. Wellen⁷, M. Kearns¹, V. Pretorius¹, G. T. Schnickel¹
¹UC San Diego, San Diego, CA, ²UC San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ³Arizona Transplant Associates, Phoenix, AZ, ⁴Mayo Clinic Arizona, Phoenix, AZ, ⁵California Pacific Medical Center, Orinda, CA, ⁶University of Texas, San Antonio, TX, ⁷Washington University, Saint Louis, MO
*Purpose: We evaluated early outcomes of liver transplant after thoracoabdominal normothermic regional perfusion (TA-NRP) for controlled donation after circulatory death (cDCD) donors.*Methods: We identified liver…
2022 American Transplant Congress
A2/A2B to B Kidney Transplantation Outcomes: A Single-Center 5 Year Experience
A. El Chediak, S. Shawar, M. Fallahzadeh, I. Feurer, S. Rega, J. L. Triozzi, D. Shaffer
Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
*Purpose: The new kidney allocation system (KAS) instituted in 2014 allowed organ procurement organizations to allocate A2/A2B to B candidates preferentially was meant to improve…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Nivolumab After Sorafenib Failure in Liver Recipients with HCC Recurrence
J. Kwon
Surgery, Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
*Purpose: Several treatments have recently been known for hepatocellcular carcinoma (HCC) who have failed to treat sorafenib. Immune checkpoint inhibitors have proven to be effective,…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Does Dialysis Modality or Duration Influence Outcomes in Simultaneous Pancreas-Kidney Transplant Recipients?
M. Garner¹, B. Sharda², A. Farney³, J. Rogers², G. Orlando³, C. Jay⁴, A. Reeves-Daniel⁵, A. Mena-Gutierrez³, N. Sakhovskaya³, R. Stratta⁶
¹Transplant Surgery, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, NC, ²Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston Salem, NC, ³Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, NC, ⁴Wake Forest Baptist Health, Winston-Salem, NC, ⁵Wake Forest University, Winston Salem, NC, ⁶Wake Forest Univ, Winston-Salem, NC
*Purpose: The influence of dialysis modality and duration on outcomes following simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplantation (SPKT) remains uncertain. The study purpose was to review our single…