2020 American Transplant Congress
Liver Transplant Waitlist Mortality is Not Associated with Urbanicity
*Purpose: Because of geographic disparity in transplant rates and organ usage, distance-based liver distribution has been proposed to replace Donor Service Area based distribution. However,…2020 American Transplant Congress
Choice of Mitral Valve and Aortic Valve for Replacement for ESRD Patients Eligible for Kidney Transplant: A USRDS Analysis
*Purpose: Tissue valve (TiV) may be preferred over mechanical valve (meV) in ESRD patients for valve replacement. Among ESRD patients who are kidney transplant eligible,…2020 American Transplant Congress
West Nile Virus Encephalitis in Kidney Transplant Recipients
University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
*Purpose: West Nile viral encephalitis is uncommon but can lead to permanent neurological damage. Transplant related West Nile viral disease has been described before; however,…2020 American Transplant Congress
Double or Nothing: Reducing Organ Discards by Preemptive Dualization of ‘at Risk’ Single Kidney Offers
*Purpose: The purpose of this study is to evaluate a protocol designed to (1) enhance early identification of “at risk” single kidney offers (SKO) and…2020 American Transplant Congress
Artificial Intelligence May Predicts Early Sepsis in Liver Transplantation
*Purpose: Sepsis post liver transplantation is a frequent challenge impacting patient outcomes. We aimed to develop an artificial intelligence method to predict earlier the onset…2020 American Transplant Congress
The Forgiven Disease: Outcomes of Lung Transplantation in Two HIV-Infected Patients
*Purpose: Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) seropositivity is generally considered a contraindication to lung transplantation (LTx). HIV-infected adults are at higher risk of developing chronic lung…2020 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes of CPRA 100% Deceased Donor Kidney Transplant Recipients Under the New Kidney Allocation System: A Single-Center Cohort Study
Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: In light of changes in donor/recipient case-mix and increased cold ischemia times under KAS, there is some concern that cPRA 100% recipients might be…2020 American Transplant Congress
Older Livers Should Not Be Utilized in Pediatric Liver Transplantation
*Purpose: Organ scarcity in liver transplantation has required expansion of the acceptable criteria used for donor selection. The utilization of older donors (>60 years) has…2020 American Transplant Congress
Pancreas Transplants in Asian Recipients
SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY
*Purpose: Over the years, a change in patients receiving a pancreas transplant could be observed. While in the beginning the standard pancreas transplant recipient was…2020 American Transplant Congress
Younger Age is Associated with Improved Survival in Patients Undergoing Liver Transplantation Alone for Metastatic Neuroendocrine Tumors
University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
*Purpose: Neuroendocrine tumor (NET) metastases are a major cause of morbidity and mortality. The role of liver transplantation to treat unresectable metastases from NET is…
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