Articles tagged "Outcome"

2019 American Transplant Congress
Early Cognitive Improvement One Month after Liver Transplant Measured by the NIH Toolbox
M. Kim¹, J. D. Peipert², K. J. Reid¹, E. M. Liotta¹, M. B. Maas¹, D. R. Ganger³, P. C. Zee¹, D. P. Ladner⁴
¹Neurology, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ²Medical Social Sciences, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ³Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ⁴Surgery, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: Cognitive impairment (CI) is highly prevalent in liver cirrhosis. Improvement after liver transplant (LT) varies among patients, diminishing the benefits of LT for some.…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Living Kidney Donor Time Zero Biopsy Findings Predict Graft Loss in the Recipient
N. Issa¹, C. Lopez¹, A. Denic¹, J. J. Larson¹, R. Narasimhan¹, L. Archila¹, S. S. Taler¹, H. Chakkera², J. Augustine³, M. Stegall⁴, A. Rule¹
¹Nephrology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ²Nephrology, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, AZ, ³Nephrology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ⁴Transplantation, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
*Purpose: Recipient outcomes with living donor kidney grafts are superior to those achieved from deceased donors. However, there may still be variability in the quality…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Differences in Graft Survival for Pediatric and Adult Kidney Recipients Followed and Lost to Follow-Up
A. M. Robinson¹, E. K. Hsu², S. M. Bartosh³, D. E. Stewart¹, G. V. Mazariegos⁴
¹United Network for Organ Sharing, Richmond, VA, ²Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA, ³University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, Madison, WI, ⁴Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA
*Purpose: While the majority of kidney transplant recipients are followed by their program, many end up reported to the OPTN as lost to follow-up (LTFU).…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Effect of Donor-Recipient Serologic CMV Matching on 1-Year Post-Lung Transplant Outcomes
H. Ehrenfeld, M. Manson, R. Yau
Pharmacy, CHI St. Luke's Health Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center, Houston, TX
*Purpose: Cytomegalovirus (CMV) poses significant risks and complications in solid organ transplant (SOT) patients. The current CMV guidelines acknowledge CMV serologic mismatch transplants contribute to…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Impact Of Transplant Center And Regional Characteristics On Racial Disparities On Readmission After Kidney Transplantation
J. Hogan¹, K. Li¹, R. Zhang¹, J. Sun², A. B. Adams¹, R. E. Patzer¹
¹Transplant Research Center, Department of Surgery, Emory University, ATLANTA, GA, ²College of Computing, Georgia Technology Institute, ATLANTA, GA
*Purpose: Hospital readmission rates after kidney transplant (KTx) are high and readmission is associated with graft failure and mortality. Previous studies have reported that African…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Impact of an mHealth, Electronic Pillbox Intervention on Tacrolimus Variability in Kidney Transplantation: Results of a Prospective Randomized Clinical Trial
J. W. McGillicuddy, L. Sox, J. Chandler, F. Treiber, D. Taber
Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
*Purpose: Medication non-adherence (MNA) is a major risk factor and leading cause of late allograft loss in kidney transplant (KTX) recipients. Tacrolimus trough concentration variability,…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Variations in DCD Procurement Procedures across Opos and Their Effects on Liver Transplant Outcomes
A. P. Choubey¹, G. Mitro¹, E. J. Siskind², A. C. Ortiz³, M. Nayebpour⁴, N. Koizumi⁴, P. Wiederhold⁵, J. Ortiz¹
¹The University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, ²Inova Fairfax Hospital, Fairfax, VA, ³University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles, CA, ⁴George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, ⁵Life Connection Of Ohio, Maumee, OH
*Purpose: Variations in procurement procedures across Organ Procurement Organizations (OPOs) may account for discrepancies in outcomes of donation after cardiac death (DCD) liver transplants. We…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Standardizing Blood Pressure Measurement across 17 Pediatric Transplant Centers: The Improving Renal Outcomes Collaborative
M. E. Seifert¹, R. Garro², R. P. George², G. Barletta³, C. W. Belsha⁴, A. Chaudhuri⁵, J. W. Goebel⁶, L. Wickman⁷, D. Matossian⁸, J. Misurac⁹, C. Nailescu¹⁰, C. R. Nguyen¹¹, M. Pearl¹², A. Pollack¹³, C. S. Pruette¹⁴, P. Singer¹⁵, P. S. Verghese¹⁶, B. A. Warady¹⁷, D. S. Dahale¹⁸, D. K. Hooper¹⁸
¹University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL, ²Emory University, Atlanta, GA, ³Phoenix Children's Hospital, Phoenix, AZ, ⁴Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO, ⁵Stanford University, Stanford, CA, ⁶Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO, ⁷Michigan Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁸Lurie Children's Hospital, Chicago, IL, ⁹University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, ¹⁰Riley Hospital For Children, Indianapolis, IN, ¹¹Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA, ¹²UCLA Mattel Children’s Hospital, Los Angeles, CA, ¹³Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA, ¹⁴Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ¹⁵Cohen Children's Medical Center, New Hyde Park, NY, ¹⁶University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, ¹⁷Children's Mercy Kansas City, Kansas City, MO, ¹⁸Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH
*Purpose: We report efforts from the Improving Renal Outcomes Collaborative (IROC) to standardize appropriate BP measurement across 17 pediatric kidney transplant centers.*Methods: 17 centers participated…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Adult Living Donor vs. Deceased Donor Liver Transplant (LDLT vs. DDLT) at a Single US Center- Time to Change Our Paradigm for Liver Transplant
A. Humar, D. Jorgensen, S. Ganesh, A. Tevar, M. Molinari, C. Hughes
Thomas E Starzl Transplant Inst, Pittsburgh, PA
*Purpose: LDLT remains underutilized in the US. We compared outcomes between LDLT and DDLT at our center to highlight the advantages of LDLT.*Methods: Retrospective review…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Time-of-Day of Declamping on Kidney Transplant Outcome
D. Montaigne¹, N. Al Hawajri², M. Jacquelinet¹, A. Coppin¹, M. Frimat³, S. Bouyé³, G. Lebuffe³, F. Bayer², M. Lassalle², B. Staels¹, M. Hazzan³, C. Jacquelinet⁴
¹University Hospital CHU Lille, Lille University and Inserm U1011, University Lille - EGID, Institut Pasteur de Lille, 59000, Lille, France, ²Agence de la Biomedecine, 93212, Saint-Denis la Plaine, France, ³University Hospital CHU Lille, University of Lille, 59000, Lille, France, ⁴REIN Registry, Agence de la Biomedecine and Inserm U1018, 93212, Saint-Denis la Plaine, France
*Purpose: Despite improvements in organ preservation techniques and efforts to minimize the duration of cold ischemia, ischaemia- reperfusion injury remains associated with poor graft function…