Articles tagged "Outcome"

2021 American Transplant Congress
Early Outcome of Heart-Kidney Transplantation in the Current Heart Allocation System in the United States
S. Rao¹, A. Doyle¹, D. Brennan², S. Constantinescu³
¹University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, ²Johns Hopkins Medical Institute, Baltimore, MD, ³Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
*Purpose: In the United States, heart allograft allocation is a primary determinant for heart-kidney transplantation (HKT). We analyzed the OPTN dataset and compared the outcomes…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Covid-19 Incidence Was Initially Associated with Posttransplant Kidney Graft Failure
A. Wey¹, J. Miller¹, D. Musgrove¹, N. Salkowski¹, M. Tabaka¹, R. Hirose², A. Massie³, D. Segev³, A. Israni¹, J. Snyder¹, B. Kasiske¹
¹SRTR, Minneapolis, MN, ²Univ of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ³Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: To better understand the effect of COVID-19 on kidney posttransplant outcomes, we estimated the association of county-level COVID-19 incidence with kidney posttransplant graft failure.*Methods:…
2021 American Transplant Congress
The Australian and New Zealand Living Kidney Donor Profile Index
G. L. Irish¹, S. Chadban¹, N. Boudville², S. B. Campbell³, J. Kanellis⁴, P. A. Clayton¹
¹Australian and New Zealand Dialysis and Transplant Registry, South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute, Adelaide, Australia, ²Medical School, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia, ³Department of Nephrology, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, Australia, ⁴Department of Nephrology, Monash Health, Melbourne, Australia
*Purpose: Risk scores may aid risk quantification and decision-making in kidney transplantation. The Living Kidney Donor Profile Index (LKDPI) was developed to choose between living…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Is Subclinical Allograft Rejection by 2019 Banff Criteria Associated with Worse Kidney Allograft Outcomes? Comparison Between 2007 and 2019 Banff Criteria
M. T. Victor¹, S. Park², K. Guo¹, L. Zhao¹, J. Friedewald³
¹Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ²Transplant Nephrology, Northwestern Univeristy, Chicago, IL, ³Transplant Nephrology, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: We hypothesize that Subclinical Acute Rejection (SubAR) under the new Banff 2019 criteria will be more strongly associated with a 2-year composite endpoint (2Y-CCE)…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Elevated Initial Donor Creatinine on Outcomes After Transplanting Kidney from Deceased Donor with Severe AKI
L. Kodali, K. Reddy, P. Budhiraja, S. Nair, G. Mour, J. Huskey, C. Jadloweic, H. Khamash, H. Chakkera, R. Heilman
Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Arizona, Phoenix, AZ
*Purpose: Several studies have shown good outcomes with transplanting kidneys from deceased donors with AKI; however, the impact of having elevated initial donor creatinine has…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Belatacept Utilization During the Covid-19 Pandemic in the United States
M. MacConmara, A. Shubin, D. Wojciechowski, L. de Gregorio, J. Shah, P. Vagefi, C. S. Hwang
Department of Surgery, Division of Surgical Transplantation, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX
*Purpose: With the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, many people in the United States were urged to stay at home. Kidney transplantation continued during this…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Food Insecurity and Impact on Transplant Outcomes in Pediatric Kidney Transplant Recipients
A. Moin, P. Verghese, R. Engen, D. Matossian
Pediatric Nephrology, Lurie Children's Hospital, chicago, IL
*Purpose: Food insecurity (FI), defined as inconsistent access to food or worry over shortage of food that prevents an active and healthy life, has not…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Comparison of Outcomes of Living Donor Liver Transplantation for Biliary Atresia Patients with and without Kasai Portoenterostomy
T. Kanmaz¹, O. Andacoglu¹, Y. Yankol², C. Karatas¹, N. Mecit¹, K. Acarli³, M. Kalayoglu¹
¹Koc University, Istanbul, Turkey, ²University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, ³Memorial Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
*Purpose: We evaluated 10 year outcomes and the potential predictors of outcomes after living donor liver transplant (LT) for biliary atresia (BA) patients with and…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Induction in Pancreas Transplantation: T-Cell Depletion vs. Il-2 Receptor Blockade
F. Aziz, S. Parajuli, D. Kaufman, J. Odorico, D. Mandelbrot
University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
*Purpose: There are limited data comparing outcomes with different induction agents in pancreas transplantation. In this study, we compare T-cell depletion to IL-2 receptor (IL2R)…
2021 American Transplant Congress
The Impact of 4-weeks of Supervised Exercise on Frailty and Lower Extremity (LE) Function in Patients with Advanced Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD)
E. Lorenz, L. Hickson, R. Weatherly, K. Thompson, M. Hogan, C. Kennedy
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
*Purpose: Although frailty is a modifiable risk factor for morbidity and mortality among kidney transplant (KT) candidates, the optimal duration of effective prehabilitation interventions is…