Articles tagged "Outcome"

2021 American Transplant Congress
DCD Heart Donation: Impact on Organ Yield
K. Gauntt, B. Carrico, D. Klassen
United Network for Organ Sharing, Richmond, VA
*Purpose: Recent advances in technology and recovery procedures has enabled donation after circulatory death (DCD) heart donation resulting in a significant increase in the number…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Post-Transplant Idiopathic Immune Complex Glomerulonephritis
F. Aziz, T. Singh, N. Garg, D. Mandelbrot
University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
*Purpose: The appropriate treatment for post-kidney transplant immune complex glomerulonephritis (ICGN) of unknown cause is unclear.*Methods: From 01/2004 to 12/2018, 71 patients were diagnosed with…
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Low Socio-economic Status is Associated with Lower Kidney Graft Survival and Increased Risk of Graft Failure Due to Acute Rejection
W. Xie¹, G. Vrakas¹, S. H. Gray¹, A. Haririan², J. R. Scalea¹, J. S. Bromberg¹, D. G. Maluf¹, R. P. Meier¹
¹Department of Surgery, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ²Department of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: Low socio-economic status (SES) has been shown to be associated with poor kidney graft outcomes. We aimed to characterize differences in high and low…
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Cleveland Clinic Experience with Cadaveric Uterus Transplant
L. Del Prete¹, C. Quintini¹, K. Hashimoto¹, B. Eghtesad¹, G. D'Amico¹, C. Kwon¹, D. Priebe¹, E. Richards¹, S. Ricci¹, U. Perni¹, C. Ferrando¹, A. Chiesa-Vottero¹, S. Mawhorter¹, N. Yeaney¹, R. Farrell¹, R. Flyckt², C. Miller¹, T. Falcone¹, A. Tzakis¹
¹Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ²University Hospital, Cleveland, OH
*Purpose: Uterus transplantation (UTx) is the only treatment for women with uterine factor infertility (UFI). The majority of overall experience is from living donation. Little…
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Leukopenia in the Renal Transplant Population
A. Johnson¹, G. Karadkhele², C. Larsen¹
¹Emory University, Atlanta, GA, ²Surgery, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
*Purpose: Leukopenia is a common complication for transplant patients on immunosuppression, but etiologies, timing, and outcomes are only superficially understood.*Methods: All patients undergoing kidney transplant…
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Cytomegalovirus Infection Among Adult Kidney Transplant Recipients: Findings From the USRDS-medicare Linked Database Study
A. Raval¹, M. Ganz², S. Alam², Y. Tang¹, C. Santos³
¹Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, ²Evidera-PPD, Waltham, MA, ³Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: Cytomegalovirus infection (CMVi) is a frequent complication and significant cause of morbidity and mortality after kidney transplantation (KT). However, there are limited recent national…
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A Question with Multiple Answers: Do Renal Transplant Recipients Require Steroid Maintenance Following Thymoglobulin Induction?
A. Aala, H. Patel, F. Cardarelli
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA
*Purpose: Anti-thymocyte globulin (ATG) has been used with good results in renal transplantation as induction therapy, followed by triple immunosuppression with calcineurin inhibitors, antimetabolites, and…
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The Impact of the Kidney Transplant Journey on Patient’s and Parent’s Identities and Self-Management
J. C. Dunbar¹, E. E. Bascom², W. Pratt², J. Snyder², J. M. Smith³, A. H. Pollack³
¹University of Washington Information School, Seattle, WA, ²University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ³Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA
*Purpose: Describe the experiences of pediatric patients and their families after kidney transplant. Our qualitative study aimed to understand (1) how these individuals describe and…
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Adult Deceased Donor Liver Transplantation with Split Liver Grafts vs Whole Liver Grafts. A Single-Center Experience
P. Vargas¹, C. Argo², H. Zachary², M. Stotts², N. Intagliata², P. Northup², S. Pelletier¹, J. Oberholzer¹, N. Goldaracena¹
¹Transplant Surgery, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA, ²Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA
*Purpose: The present study aims to report outcomes of adults following SLT in a single-center and compare this selected group with adults recipients following whole…
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Genetic versus Self-reported African Ancestry and Kidney Allograft Outcome: Analysis of Two Large Multiethnic Urban Transplant Cohorts
F. Zanoni¹, D. Neugut¹, S. Mohan¹, A. Gharavi¹, B. Keating², K. Kiryluk¹
¹Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Columbia University, New York, NY, ²Department of Surgery, Division of Transplantation, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
*Purpose: African-American (AA) kidney transplant recipients (KTx) have higher risk of rejection and failure. However, it is unknown to what extent the inferior outcomes in…