Articles tagged "Outcome"

2020 American Transplant Congress
Combined Heart-Liver Transplantation: A Systematic Review of the Literature
I. A. Ziogas¹, D. Giannis², P. Kapsampelis², A. Giannopoulou², A. Evangeliou², K. S. Mylonas², G. Tsoulfas³, L. K. Matsuoka¹, M. I. Montenovo¹, M. Izzy¹, S. P. Alexopoulos¹
¹Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, ²Society of Junior Doctors, Athens, Greece, ³Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
*Purpose: Combined heart-liver transplant (CHLT) has been increasingly utilized as the treatment of choice for candidates with dual end-stage organ disease. We aimed to assess…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Outcome of over 65 Years Old ESRD Patients Referred for Pre-Kidney Transplant Evaluation
A. M. Alabadi¹, A. H. Shaqaq¹, K. F. Hamawi¹, A. A. Alqatari², M. Alaskar², B. S. Alsadah², A. A. Alomran², K. B. Akkari¹
¹Multi Organ Transplant Center, King Fahad Specialist Hospital, Dammam, Saudi Arabia, ²Faculty of Medicine, Imam Abdulrahman bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia
*Purpose: Potential kidney transplant recipients over the age of 65 years of age form a significant proportion of the total referred for kidney transplant evaluation.…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Transplant Outcomes, Risk Factors, and Regional Variation in Selection of Morbidly Obese Liver Transplant Candidates in the US
T. Lian¹, N. Kaur², J. Emamaullee², M. Lo³, P. Ender⁴, J. Kahn⁵, L. Sher²
¹Keck School of Medicine at USC, Los Angeles, CA, ²Department of Surgery, Keck School of Medicine at USC, Los Angeles, CA, ³Department of Preventative Medicine, Keck School of Medicine at USC, Los Angeles, CA, ⁴Statistical Consulting Group, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, ⁵Department of Medicine, Keck School of Medicine at USC, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: Body Mass Index (BMI) limits for liver transplant (LT) candidacy are controversial. We evaluated waitlist and post-LT outcomes, prognostic factors, and regional patterns of…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Sodium Zirconium Cyclosilicate Use in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients and its Effect on Potassium and Immunosuppression
R. Winstead, M. Demehin, I. Yakubu, C. Song, A. Brown, M. Levy, L. Kamal, G. Gupta
VCU Health, Richmond, VA
*Purpose: Transplant recipients often suffer from hyperkalemia which can limit pharmacotherapy. The cause of hyperkalemia is often multifactorial including kidney dysfunction, calcineurin inhibitor use, and…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Robotic Assisted Living Donor Nephrectomies: A Safe Alternative to Laparoscopic Technique for Kidney Transplant Donation
M. Spaggiari¹, R. Garcia-Roca², J. Oberholzer³, K. Tulla¹, O. Okoye¹, C. Di Bella¹, H. Jeon⁴, I. G. Tzvetanov¹, E. Benedetti¹
¹Surgery, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, ²Surgery, Loyola University, Chicago, IL, ³Surgery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, ⁴Surgery, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
*Purpose: To review outcomes after laparoscopic, robotic-assisted living donor nephrectomy (RLDN) in the first, and largest series reported to date.*Methods: Retrospective chart review of 1084…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Predictors of Estimated GFR and Recurrent Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) after Simultaneous Liver and Kidney Transplantation (SLKT): Results from the US Multicenter SKLT Consortium
P. Sharma¹, Z. Sui¹, M. Zhang¹, J. Magee¹, P. Barman², Y. Patel³, K. Walters⁴, S. Biggins⁵, A. Schluger⁶, G. Cullaro⁷, R. Wong⁸, J. Lai⁸, J. Jo⁹, J. Sinha⁹, L. VanWagner⁹, E. Verna⁷
¹Michigan Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI, ²UCSD, San Diego, CA, ³Duke, Durham, NC, ⁴UCLA, LA, CA, ⁵University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ⁶Westchester Medical Center, Weschester, NY, ⁷Columbia, New York, NY, ⁸UCSF, San Francisco, CA, ⁹Northwestern, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: SLKT is a life-saving intervention for patients with decompensated cirrhosis and concomitant end stage renal disease, irreversible acute kidney injury and select inherited metabolic…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Health-Related Quality of Life after Anonymous Nondirected Living Liver Donation: A Multi-Center, North American Collaboration
M. H. Raza¹, W. E. Jackson², A. Dell³, L. Ding⁴, J. Shapiro³, E. A. Pomfret⁵, Y. Genyk⁶, L. Sher⁶, J. Emamaullee⁶
¹Keck School of Medicine of USC, Los Angeles, CA, ²Gastroenterology, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, ³Surgery, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ⁴Preventive Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, ⁵Surgery, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, ⁶Surgery, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: Literature on anonymous or ‘altruistic’ nondirected living liver donors (ND-LLDs) remains sparse as living donor liver transplant (LDLT) programs continue to explore the utilization…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Causes of Kidney Allograft Loss (GL) in the Current Era of Donor-Specific Alloantibody (DSA) Testing
M. Merzkani¹, X. Benavides¹, M. D'Costa¹, B. Smith¹, W. Park¹, A. Rule¹, H. Chakkera², K. Reddy², M. Alexander¹, H. Amer¹, M. El Ters¹, C. Schinstock¹, R. Heilman², A. Bentall¹, M. Stegall¹
¹Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ²Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ
*Purpose: The goal of this study was to examine the causes and risk factors (RF) for renal GL in the era since the widespread adoption…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Utilization and Outcomes of Simultaneous Liver-Kidney Transplants after Change in Allocation Policy
M. L. Samoylova¹, B. I. Shaw¹, S. J. Kesseli¹, S. Sanoff², Y. Patel², A. S. Barbas¹, L. McElroy¹
¹Surgery, Duke University Hospital, Durham, NC, ²Medicine, Duke University Hospital, Durham, NC
*Purpose: The July 10, 2017 change in simultaneous liver-kidney (SLK) listing policy imposed more stringent criteria on recipient renal function. Recipient outcomes following this change…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Frailty Prior to Hospital Discharge Predicts Mortality after Cirrhosis-Related Admissions
M. Serper¹, S. Tao², P. Garren¹, D. Peyton¹, M. A. Dunn², K. Reddy¹, A. Gougol², A. Duarte-Rojo²
¹University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ²University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
*Purpose: Inpatient frailty assessment and its utility in clinical care is understudied in liver transplant (LT) candidates. Study objectives were to quantify physical frailty among…