Articles tagged "Outcome"

2021 American Transplant Congress
CT-measured Cortical Volume Ratio is an Alternative to Nuclear Medicine Split Scan Ratio Among Living Kidney Donors
J. Montgomery, C. Brown, A. Zondlak, K. Walsh, J. Kozlowski, A. Pinsky, E. Herriman, J. Sussman, Y. Lu, E. Stein, P. Shankar, R. Sung, K. Woodside
Michigan Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI
*Purpose: The 125I-iothalamate clearance and 99mTc-DTPA split scan nuclear medicine studies are used among living kidney donor candidates to determine mGFR and split-scan ratio (SSR).…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Characteristics, Risk Factors, and Outcomes of Neutropenia for the First Year After Liver or Kidney Transplantation in Children
C. Jarasvaraparn¹, S. Choudhury², C. Rusch², K. Liss¹, J. Stoll¹, S. Hmiel³, S. Kulkarni¹
¹Pediatric Gastroenterology, Washington University School in St Louis, Saint Louis, MO, ²Pediatric, Washington University School in St Louis, Saint Louis, MO, ³Pediatric Nephrology, Washington University School in St Louis, Saint Louis, MO
*Purpose: Prior studies in adults have shown that approximately 20-38 % of subjects undergoing solid organ transplant develop neutropenia. In the current study, we characterized…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Efficacy and Safety of a High Dose Ganciclovir Dosing Strategy in Kidney and Pancreas Transplant Recipients
M. Jorgenson¹, J. Descourouez¹, G. Leverson², C. Saddler², J. Smith², D. Mandelbrot², J. Odorico²
¹UW Health, Madison, WI, ²UW School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI
*Purpose: Evaluate efficacy and safety of a strategy utilizing high dose ganciclovir in kidney and pancreas transplant recipients requiring hospital admission for CMV infection.*Methods: Adult…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Immunosuppression Regimen and Risk of Posttransplant Diabetes Among Older Kidney Transplant Recipients
K. Lentine¹, J. Ahn², M. McAdams Demarco², H. Xiao¹, S. Bunnapradist³, D. Segev², D. Axelrod¹, S. Bae², V. Dharnidharka⁴, Y. Caliskan¹, S. Chang⁴, G. Hess⁵, J. Snyder⁶, M. Schnitzler¹
¹Saint Louis Univ, Saint Louis, MO, ²Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD, ³Univ of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, ⁴Washington Univ, Saint Louis, MO, ⁵Drexel Univ, Philadelphia, PA, ⁶SRTR, Minneapolis, MN
*Purpose: Posttransplant diabetes mellitus (PTDM) is a common complication after kidney transplantation (KTx), which may be exacerbated by immunosuppressive therapy (ISx). Older adults tend to…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Body Surface Adjusted vs Raw GFR in Predicting Long Term Outcomes of Kidney Donors. Who is Disadvantaged?
H. N. Ibrahim¹, S. A. Hebert¹, H. E. Adrogue¹, D. Murad¹, D. T. Nguyen², E. A. Graviss²
¹Medicine, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX, ²Pathology and Genomic Medicine, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX
*Purpose: KDIGO and others recommend that GFR level acceptance (typically >80 ml/min) should be adjusted for body surface area (BSA) as GFR correlates highly with…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Update on Domino Liver Transplants – A Registry Report
R. Gruessner, J. Renz, A. Gruessner
SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY
*Purpose: The ongoing shortage of livers in the setting of a growing waiting list remains a challenge in transplantation. First introduced in 1996, domino liver…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes of Patients Referred for Liver Transplant Evaluation
E. Solomon¹, M. Waykar², K. Robichaux³, J. Buggs⁴, A. Kumar¹, N. Kemmer⁵
¹Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, ²Honors College, University of Tampa, Tampa, FL, ³Honors College, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, ⁴Transplant Surgery, Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, FL, ⁵Transplant Hepatology, Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, FL
*Purpose: National demand for liver transplants is increasing steadily, with 8,896 liver transplants performed in the USA in 2019, a 7.8% increase from 2018. The…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Death Among Living Liver Donors- Are We Overestimating the Risk?
H. J. Braun, A. M. Shui, N. L. Ascher, J. P. Roberts
University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
*Purpose: In the United States, the estimated risk of death associated with live liver donation is currently quoted at 0.1% for left lobe donation, and…
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…