Articles tagged "Outcome"

2019 American Transplant Congress
Changing Education Paradigms: Training Fellows for High Stake Procedures
T. Rice¹, H. Lewis¹, M. Cuffy¹, L. Ratner², T. Diwan¹
¹Department of Surgery, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ²Department of Surgery, Columbia University, New York, NY
*Purpose: Living kidney donation is unique, as healthy patients are placed at risks inherent with major surgery without physical benefit. The procedure receives intense scrutiny…
2019 American Transplant Congress
The Clinical Outcomes of Kidney Transplant Recipients with Early Graft Failure: A Nationwide Study in South Korea
Y. Kim¹, S. Kwon¹, S. Park¹, J. Moon¹, J. Seon¹, J. Kim¹, M. Yu², K. Han³, D. Kim¹, Y. Kim¹, H. Lee¹
¹Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ²Internal Medicine, Hanyang University Medical Center, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ³Medical Statistics, Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
*Purpose: Despite the graft outcome has been steadily improved over the years, early graft failure (EGF) poses a significant threat to kidney transplant (KT) recipients.…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Early And Late Borderline Lesions Exhibit Differential Outcomes In Renal Transplant Recipients
N. K. Wilson¹, S. Tremblay¹, P. Lee¹, S. Bumb¹, R. R. Alloway¹, A. R. Shields², M. Cardi², E. S. Woodle¹
¹University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, ²The Christ Hospital, Cincinnati, OH
*Purpose: A major distinguishing factor in the risk of acute rejection episodes that markedly affects graft survival is the timing of the rejection episode. Early…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes for Lung Transplantation Recipients with Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
A. J. Trindade¹, P. Burkett¹, S. El-Chemaly¹, N. Hashemi², T. Thaniyavarn¹, H. R. Mallidi³, H. J. Goldberg¹
¹Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ³Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
*Purpose: Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) afflicts ~20-40% people in the western world and is a risk factor for comorbidities prevalent in the lung transplant…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Excellent Outcomes in Liver Transplantation under Charity Care: An Opportunity to Mitigate Socio-Economic Disparities in Access to Transplantation
F. Paterno¹, J. Rosado¹, R. Olivo², S. Gavzy¹, L. Brown¹, D. Wilson¹, B. Koneru¹, N. Pyrsopoulos², J. V. Guarrera¹
¹Department of Surgery, Division of Transplant and Hepatobiliary Surgery, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ, ²Department of Medicine, Division of Hepatology, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ
*Purpose: Lack of health insurance is a major barrier in the access to health care even in the case of life-threatening conditions like end-stage liver…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Management of Post Operative Pain after Pancreas Transplant – Liposomal Bupivicaine Injection or Continuous Catheter Infiltration Reduces Daily Opioid Usage
S. Nagaraju, Y. Yeap, R. Mangus, J. Fridell, J. Wolfe, J. Powelson
Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN
*Purpose: Post-operative pain management is crucial in determining early morbidity after major abdominal surgery. Opioid use may contribute to worsened gastroparesis and intestinal dysmotility in…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Early Outcomes Comparing Two Steroid-Avoidance Protocols in Pediatric Renal Transplantation
D. Puliyanda¹, H. Pizzo¹, N. Rodig², M. Somers²
¹Cedars-Sinai Med Ctr, Los Angeles, CA, ²Pediatric Nephrology, Boston Childrens Hospital, Boston, MA
*Purpose: Steroid-avoidance in pediatric kidney transplants (txs) was found effective and safe with daclizumab induction. Upon daclizumab’s discontinuation, lymphocyte-depleting agents became used in this setting,…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Cardiovascular Mortality in Transplant Patients; A Population-Based Cohort Study 1988-2013 in Australia and New Zealand
M. Wyld¹, N. De La Mata², P. Masson³, E. O'Lone², A. Webster²
¹Renal Department, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown, Australia, ²School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia, ³Renal Department, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
*Purpose: Transplant recipients experience excess cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. We compared cardiovascular death rates in kidney transplant recipients to the general population and identified risk…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Racial Variation in ESRD Diagnosis Patterns among Prior Living Kidney Donors on the OPTN Kidney Waiting List
J. Wainright¹, A. Robinson¹, A. Wilk¹, D. Klassen², W. Cherikh¹, C. Custer¹, R. Brown³, D. Stewart¹
¹Research, UNOS, Richmond, VA, ²Office of the Chief Medical Officer, UNOS, Richmond, VA, ³Organ Center, UNOS, Richmond, VA
*Purpose: We studied End Stage Renal Disease diagnosis patterns among prior living kidney donors (PLDs) who received candidate PLD priority on the OPTN kidney waiting…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Improving the Organ Donation Process: Updated
J. Yeh, M. P. Jarrett, L. Teperman
Northwell Health, New Hyde Park, NY
*Purpose: Due to the complexity of care that each ICU patient requires, the bedside nurse may miss the clinical trigger that would indicate an appropriate…