Articles tagged "Outcome"

2020 American Transplant Congress
Liver Transplantation of Hepatitis C Viremic Donors to Hepatitis C Naive Recipients
R. K. Gilroy, F. Lopez-Verdugo, G. Harmston, S. Fujita, M. E. Boschert, I. Zendejas, E. J. Frech, A. Gagnon, R. Jones, J. Krong, S. Sell, S. Dow, L. Lindberg, M. Rodriguez-Davalos, D. Alonso
Transplant Services, Intermountain Healthcare, Murray, UT
*Purpose: This study describes outcomes, out to 3 years, at one of the first centers in the United States to begin Hepatitis C Virus (HCV)-Nucleic…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Long Term Outcome of Patients Transplanted for Non Alcoholic Steatohepatitis Related Cirrhosis
W. Alhamoudi¹, I. Salih², S. Yousif², M. Shawkat³, K. Bzeizi², S. Alghamdi², A. Albenmousa², D. Broering²
¹Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, ²Liver Transplant, King Faisal Specialist Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, ³Internal Medicine, Minia University, Minia, Egypt
*Purpose: Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) has emerged as the most common chronic liver disease worldwide. Cirrhosis secondary to Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH) is projected to…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Reduction in Physician Burnout among Transplant Surgeons: A Preliminary Result of the Role of ‘Medical Missions’
N. T. Ngo¹, D. Halpin², P. Sindhwani³, O. Ekwenna³
¹MS2, University of Toledo College of Medicine & Life Sciences, Toledo, OH, ²MS4, University of Toledo College of Medicine & Life Sciences, Toledo, OH, ³Department of Urology and Transplantation, University of Toledo College of Medicine & Life Sciences, Toledo, OH
*Purpose: The objective of this preliminary study was to report prevalence of burnout among transplant surgeons who participated in a cross-sectional survey and to assess…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Patient and Kidney Allograft Outcomes in Septuagenarians – A Single Center Experience
G. Katz-Greenberg, A. Yadav, M. P. Martinez-Cantarin, P. Singh
Department of Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
*Purpose: Based on Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients reporting, the proportion of patients 65 years or older on the kidney transplant (KT) waiting list has…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Assessment of Infectious Complications Following ABO-Blood Group Incompatible Renal Transplant
J. Banbury¹, T. Loosier¹, C. Lin², K. Gutierrez¹
¹University of Alabama at Birmingham Hospital, Birmingham, AL, ²Center for Clinical and Translational Science, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
*Purpose: In response to the ongoing organ shortage, ABO-incompatible (ABOi) renal transplant (RT) provides an alternative option for patients with end-stage kidney disease. Literature suggests…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Waiting List and Transplant Outcomes of Highly Sensitized Kidney Patients
R. Schmitz, O. K. Jawitz, S. J. Knechtle, A. M. Jackson
Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
*Purpose: Sensitized kidney transplant candidates represent a growing population on the waiting list. Transplantation of patients with high calculated panel reactive antibody (CPRA) can be…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Liver Transplantation in Obese Recipients: Post-Transplant Weight Gain and Outcomes
D. Soma¹, Y. Park¹, P. Mihaylov¹, B. Ekser¹, M. S. Ghabril², M. A. Lacerda², N. Chalasani², R. S. Mangus¹, C. A. Kubal¹
¹Transplant Division, Department of Surgery, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, ²Transplant Hepatology, Division of Gastroenterology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN
*Purpose: Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease is now the most common cause of end-stage liver disease necessitating orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) in the United States. Several…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Association of Discharge Immunosuppressive Regimen with Treated Acute Rejection and Bronchiolitis Obliterans Syndrome in Adult Lung Transplantation: An Analysis of Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network Data
W. S. Cherikh¹, B. J. Plucinski¹, S. Palmer², W. E. Fitzsimmons³
¹United Network for Organ Sharing, Richmond, VA, ²Duke University Hospital, Durham, NC, ³Fitzsimmons LLC, Vernon Hills, IL
*Purpose: The optimal immunosuppressive (IS) regimen after lung (LU) transplant is unknown. We conducted the current analysis to compare the effect of four different discharge…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes of Kidney Transplantation in Patients with Sickle Cell Disease and Trait
G. Katz-Greenberg, F. Hailemariam, P. Singh, A. Yadav
Department of Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
*Purpose: Sickle cell disease (SCD) is an autosomal recessive hematological disorder caused by point mutation (substitution of valine for glutamine). There are about 100,000 patients…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Frailty Assessment in Patients Undergoing Liver Transplant Evaluation: A Large Single Center Experience
H. Oduor, P. Mantry, L. Lesch, M. Alford, M. Pickle, M. Barnes, A. Habib, A. Mehta, A. Mejia, H. Nazario, M. Pagadala, V. Puri, Z. Vahora, J. Weinstein
The Liver Institute at Methodist Dallas, Dallas, TX
*Purpose: Frailty is a multi-component syndrome characterized by reduced physiologic reserve and functional decline. It is an independent predictor of poor post-transplant outcomes, including prolonged…