Articles tagged "Outcome"

2020 American Transplant Congress
Transition from Youth to Adult Care of Kidney Transplant Recipients: Single Center Experience
L. Ganesan, A. McGrath, K. Dahl, K. Dinello, A. Fong, L. Maestretti, M. Patton, P. Grimm, A. Chaudhuri
Pediatric Nephrology, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital, Stanford, CA
*Purpose: Transition of transplant recipients from youth to adult care has been a challenge for many. Starting in March 2017, Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital (LPCH)…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Effectiveness of Preemptive Therapy in the Prevention of Cytomegalovirus (CMV) Disease in High-Risk (Donor Seropositive/Recipient Seronegative) Liver Transplant Recipients
J. A. Morillas, K. Brizendine
Infectious Disease, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH
*Purpose: Guidelines recommend preemptive therapy (PET) as one strategy for prevention of CMV disease in high risk liver transplant recipients (LTR). However, questions have been…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Metformin Improves Biomarkers of Calcineurin Inhibitor Related Nephrotoxicity
M. R. Fernando, K. Taylor, S. Herath, A. Au, J. Erlich, Z. Endre
Department of Nephrology, Prince of Wales Hospital, Randwick, Australia
*Purpose: Calcineurin Inhibitors (CNIs) prevent transplant rejection but cause significant nephrotoxicity. Biomarkers of CNI nephrotoxicity could help drug dosing and improve long-term graft outcomes. As…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Hepatocellular Carcinoma Locoregional Therapy: A Comparison of Radiologic Treatment Response and Post-Transplant Pathology
A. J. Hargrove¹, T. Donovan², K. Fisher³, M. Goodenberger⁴, A. Langnas¹, S. Merani¹
¹Department of Surgery, Division of Transplant Surgery, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ²Department of Radiology, Division of Interventional Radiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ³Department of Pathology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ⁴Department of Radiology, Division of Body Imaging, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
*Purpose: Transplantation or resection is the only potentially curative treatment for Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC). Locoregional therapy (LRT) is used exclusively in non-transplant candidates or as…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Monitoring the Removal of Donation Service Area from Lung Allocation
R. R. Goff¹, R. Daly², E. D. Lease³
¹Research, United Network for Organ Sharing, Richmond, VA, ²Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ³University of Washington, Seattle, WA
*Purpose: In 2017 the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) altered US lung allocation policy by replacing the donor service area (DSA) with a 250…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Need for Pre-Transplant Midodrine Does Not Negatively Impact Outcomes after Simultaneous Liver-Kidney Transplant
P. Barman¹, L. King², C. Berg², A. Barbas², L. McElroy², A. Parish², D. Niedzwiecki², Y. Patel²
¹University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA, ²Duke University, Durham, NC
*Purpose: Patients with cirrhosis often develop chronic hypotension, which contributes to kidney dysfunction. Midodrine can improve hemodynamics and renal perfusion in these hypotensive patients. There…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Uncovering Factors That Lead to an Increase in Significant Early Rejection Outcomes in Cardiac Transplant Patients
N. Parimi¹, J. Titterington²
¹Internal Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, ²Cardiovascular Disease, University of Kansas Health System, Kansas City, KS
*Purpose: The factors that lead to an increase in significant early rejection (stage 2R or greater) along with the preferred induction immunosuppression strategy in orthotopic…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Racial Disparities in Access to Kidney Transplantation in New York City
J. Torabi, M. Parides, J. A. Graham, J. P. Rocca
Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY
*Purpose: Renal transplantation (RT) offers the best survival and quality of life for patients with end stage renal disease. Every effort should be made to…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Liver Transplantation with Grafts from Super Obese Donors with a BMI>50
P. Vargas¹, J. M. Cullen¹, P. Northup², J. Oberholzer¹, S. Pelletier¹, N. Goldaracena¹
¹Department of Surgery, Division of Transplantation, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA, ²Department of Medicine-Gastroenterology, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA
*Purpose: Organ shortage is aggravated by an obesity epidemic. There is limited data on liver transplant (LT) outcomes from liver grafts originating from super obese…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Liver Transplant Outcomes in Menopausal Women During the Meld Era
C. Brady¹, A. Parish², D. Niedzwiecki²
¹Division of Gastroenterology, Duke University Med Ctr., Durham, NC, ²Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Duke University Med Ctr., Durham, NC
*Purpose: From an epidemiology perspective, menopausal women are an increasing proportion of the population, and menopause represents an important stage in which hormonal changes and…