Articles tagged "Outcome"

2020 American Transplant Congress
No Correlation Between Program-Specific Report Performance of Different Organs at the Same Center
A. Massie¹, N. Salkowski², D. Zaun², J. Snyder², D. Segev¹
¹Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD, ²SRTR, Minneapolis, MN
*Purpose: Transplant programs which have too many early graft failures, as determined by the SRTR Program-Specific Reports (PSRs) risk decreased patient volume, regulatory sanction, and…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Assessing Providers’ Accuracy in Predicting Early Readmission after Kidney and Liver Transplantation
K. Maroney, Z. Wang, R. Lynch, A. Adams, R. Patzer, J. Hogan
Emory University, Atlanta, GA
*Purpose: Predictive models capable of identifying patients at risk for readmission are in development. However, it is unknown how accurate clinicians are at predicting early…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Ureteral Complications Post Kidney Transplantation – Incidence and Preferred Treatment Modality
R. Patten¹, H. Mustafa², S. Desai³, J. Buggs⁴, E. Rogers⁴, A. Kumar¹, V. Bowers⁴
¹Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, ²Honors College, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, ³University of Tampa, Tampa, FL, ⁴Transplant Surgery, Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, FL
*Purpose: The primary objective of this study was to evaluate the incidence of ureteral complications at a single transplant center. A secondary objective was to…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Hepatitis C and Racial Disparity in Liver Transplant Waitlist Additions: Separate Not Equal
C. Wang¹, J. Buggs¹, E. Rogers¹, A. Kumar², N. Kemmer³
¹Transplant Surgery, Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, FL, ²Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, ³Transplant Hepatology, Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, FL
*Purpose: In 2014, direct-acting antivirals (DAAs) became available as a treatment option for Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) with successful results. Since the implementation of DAAs,…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Ozone Exposure of Lung Donors and Recipients on All-Cause Mortality after Lung Transplant
T. Egan¹, S. Arunachalam², C. Chang², P. Strassle¹
¹Surgery, UNC at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, ²Institute of the Environment, UNC at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
*Purpose: A Belgian study found proximity to a motorway increased risk of bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome after lung transplant (LT). Using zip codes as a surrogate…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Factors Associated with Renal Graft Loss in Simultaneous Kidney-Heart Transplant Recipients in the UNOS Cohort
K. A. Agarwal¹, H. Patel¹, K. Almonte², F. Cardarelli¹, N. Agrawal¹
¹Nephrology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, ²Medicine, Mount Auburn Hospital, Cambridge, MA
*Purpose: Simultaneous kidney and heart transplants (SKHT) are employed for patients with both end-stage heart failure and severely impaired kidney function. Renal outcomes in such…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Continuous Improvement in Long Term Survival of Kidney Transplants Over the Past Two Decades
E. D. Poggio¹, S. Arrigain², A. Wee³, D. C. Brennan⁴, J. D. Schold²
¹Nephrology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ²Quantitative Health Sciences, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ³Urology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ⁴Nephrology, Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: Short-term kidney transplant (KTx) graft survival has improved during past decades, but prior research has indicated stagnation or minimally improving long-term outcomes. We studied…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Liver Transplant Outcomes Across the Age Distribution and Interactions with County Health
S. K. Niazi¹, E. Vargas², A. Spaulding³, J. Crook², T. Schneekloth⁴, A. Keaveny⁵, A. Vasquez⁶, M. Gentry⁴, T. Rummans⁶, C. Taner⁵
¹Psychiatry & Psychology; Transplantation, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL, ²Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL, ³Heath Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL, ⁴Psychiatry & Psychology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ⁵Transplantation, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL, ⁶Psychiatry & Psychology, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL
*Purpose: We examined risk of graft failure and patient mortality after liver transplant (LT) across the age continuum and county Health Outcomes & Health Factors…
2020 American Transplant Congress
The Learning Curve for Pure Laparoscopic Robotic Kidney Transplantation: An Analysis of Outcomes of the First 80 Consecutive Cases at a High-Volume Transplant Center
F. Tinney Jr.¹, J. Stracke², T. Ivanics¹, A. Elsabbagh¹, J. Denny¹, D. Kim¹, L. Malinzak¹, A. Yoshida¹
¹Transplant Institute, Henry ford Hospital, Detroit, MI, ²Transplant Surgery, Metro Health Hospital, Wyoming, MI
*Purpose: Robotic surgery is increasingly used in complex operations, including living-donor kidney transplantation. At this time, knowledge of the number of cases required to attain…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Lymphoceles in Kidney Transplant Recipients: Incidence, Risk Factors, Outcomes, and Clinical Management
J. Kim, E. Nguyen, M. Minkovich, O. Famure, Y. Li, J. Lee
Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
*Purpose: Post kidney transplantation, lymphocele development can result in morbidity for the patient and graft. Lacking prior studies in a representative cohort, we aimed to…