Articles tagged "Outcome"

2021 American Transplant Congress
Liver Transplantation in Septuagenarians
L. Egbert¹, D. Das¹, S. Ohara², J. Wagler³, G. Mahdi⁴, B. Aqel⁵, A. Moss⁵, K. S. Reddy⁵, C. Jadlowiec⁵
¹Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine, Scottsdale, AZ, ²Valleywise Health General Surgery Residency Program, Phoenix, AZ, ³HonorHealth John C. Lincoln, Phoenix, AZ, ⁴Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine, Phoenix, AZ, ⁵Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, AZ
*Purpose: The average age of liver transplant (LT) recipients has continued to increase. In spite of this, with the ongoing organ shortage, liver transplantation in…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Pre-Procurement Cardiac Arrest in Lung Allograft Donors and Effects on Recipient Outcomes
T. J. Hathaway, E. C. Klipsch, D. Roe, C. Hage, M. Duncan, R. S. Mangus
Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN
*Purpose: This study seeks to help expand the lung transplant donor pool by demonstrating the safe use of lung allografts from donors who underwent pre-procurement…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes of Simultaneous Kidney-Pancreas Transplantation in Patients with Type-I and Type-II Diabetes Mellitus
H. Shokouh-Amiri¹, M. S. Naseer¹, A. Palermini¹, D. Aultman¹, R. McMillan¹, S. Tandukar², N. Singh², G. Zibari¹
¹Advanced Surgery, John C. McDonald Regional Transplant Center - Willis Knighton Health System, Shreveport, LA, ²Transplant Nephrology, John C. McDonald Regional Transplant Center - Willis Knighton Health System, Shreveport, LA
*Purpose: UNOS approved simultaneous kidney-pancreas transplantation (SKPT) for type-II diabetes mellitus (DM) in Oct 2014. There is limited data comparing outcomes of SKPT in type-I…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Risk Factors Predicting Outcomes in Long-Term Pediatric Kidney Transplant Graft Survival
A. Anand, T. H. Malik, J. Dunson, M. F. McDonald, C. R. Christmann, N. Nguyen Galvan, C. O'Mahony, J. A. Goss, P. R. Srivaths, E. D. Brewer, A. Rana
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
*Purpose: Pediatric kidney transplant recipients generally have good outcomes post-transplantation; however, the younger age and longer lifespan after transplantation in the pediatric population make understanding…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Expanding A₂ to B Kidney Transplantation: Safe and Effective Use of Recipients with High Titer Antibodies
A. Gilbert¹, S. Radomski², J. Verbesey¹, J. Vucci¹, M. Cooper¹
¹Medstar Georgetown Transplant Institute, Washington, DC, ²Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins Medical Center, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: Minor ABO incompatible (ABOi) transplants from blood group A2 or A2B donors have increased since 2014, but virtually all centers limit recipients to having…
2021 American Transplant Congress
The Role of Donor-derived Cell-free DNA to Detect Subclinical Acute Rejection in Kidney Allograft
S. Park¹, K. Guo², R. Heilman³, E. Poggio⁴, D. Taber⁵, C. Marsh⁶, S. Kurian⁷, S. Kleiboeker⁸, J. Weems⁹, J. Holman¹⁰, L. Zhao², R. Sinha⁸, S. Brietigam², C. Rebello², M. Abecassis¹¹, J. Friedewald¹
¹Transplant nephrology, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ²Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ³Transplant nephrology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Phoenix, AZ, ⁴Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ⁵Division of Transplant Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ⁶Department of Medicine and Surgery, Scripps Clinic and Green Hospital, La Jolla, CA, ⁷Scripps Health, La Jolla, CA, ⁸Eurofins US Clinical Diagnostics, Lee's Summit, MO, ⁹Eurofins US Clinical Diagnostics, Lee’s Summit, MO, ¹⁰Transplant Genomics, Inc, Mansfield, MA, ¹¹University of Arizona College of Medicine, Northwestern University, Tucson, AZ
*Purpose: We hypothesized that donor-derived cell-free DNA (dd-cfDNA) could detect subclinical acute rejection (subAR).*Methods: 429 blood samples paired with surveillance kidney biopsies from 208 patients…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Black Patients with Cirrhosis Have Longer Length of Stay and Higher Mortality When Hospitalized
A. Thomas¹, D. Simpson², D. P. Ladner², R. Berkowitz²
¹ACS Clinical Scholar, Chicago, IL, ²Transplant Surgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: Black patients with cirrhosis have been shown to have higher liver-related mortality compared to White patients. However, little knowledge exists about racial differences related…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Experiences of Women Trainees in Transplant Surgery
A. E. Gomez-Rexrode¹, D. E. Cassidy¹, M. S. Anderson², J. R. Santos-Parker¹, L. M. McElroy³, S. A. Waits², V. S. Valbuena²
¹University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, ²Department of Surgery, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, MI, ³Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
*Purpose: To assess the unique experiences of women surgical trainees to better understand the recruitment and training strategies needed to ensure meaningful progress toward gender…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes of Aspergillus Infections in Intestinal Transplant Patients: Retrospective Cohort Study
A. Fernandez, M. Romero, Y. Natori, J. Camargo, S. Anjan, R. Vianna, J. Simkins
Miami Transplant Institute, Jackson Health System, Miami, FL
*Purpose: Aspergillus infection is the most common mold infection in solid organ transplant recipients and its consequences can be fatal. Data in intestinal transplants (ITx)…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Long Term Outcomes of Kidney Transplantation from Deceased Donors with Terminal Acute Kidney Injury
J. Rogers¹, R. Stratta², A. Farney², G. Orlando², C. Jay², A. Reeves-Daniel³, A. Mena-Gutierrez³, N. Sakhovskaya³, K. Gurung², B. Sharda², J. Rogers²
¹Surgery, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC, ²Surgery, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston Salem, NC, ³Internal Medicine, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston Salem, NC
*Purpose: Long term outcomes of kidney transplantation from deceased donors with terminal acute kidney injury (AKI) are not well defined.*Methods: Single center retrospective review of…