Articles tagged "Outcome"

2019 American Transplant Congress
BK Virus Infection Disparity between Black and Other Races; Do Not Blame the Mycophenolic Acid
N. Raj¹, R. Spong¹, S. Jackson², V. Vakil¹, D. Keys¹, E. Finger³, S. Riad¹
¹Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, ²Complex Care Analytics, Fairview Health Services, Minneapolis, MN, ³Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
*Purpose: Disparities in kidney transplant outcomes between black recipients and others continue to exist. We sought to examine the impact of race and the differential…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Glycemic Control on Long Term Graft and Patient Outcomes after Pancreas Transplantation
V. S. Rohan¹, K. Soliman¹, V. Kalbhavi², S. N. Nadig¹, A. Lin¹, V. Rao¹, D. Taber¹
¹Transplant Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ²Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, MI
*Purpose: Successful pancreas transplantation (PTX) has been demonstrated to be efficacious in improving quality of life, eliminating diabetic complications and potentially curing diabetes. However, the…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Minimizing Kidney Ischemia Reperfusion Injury by Transferring Exogenous Mitochondria
A. Bajwa¹, V. Bontha¹, J. Eason², D. Maluf³, V. Mas⁴
¹UT, Memphis, TN, ²Director of Transplant Institute. UTHSC, Memphis, TN, ³UTHSC, Memphis, TN, ⁴Director of Transplant Research Institute. UTHSC, Memphis, TN
*Purpose: Ischemia induces altered bioenergetics with increased mitochondrial swelling and reactive oxygen species (ROS) and ultimately degradation of cellular function. Ischemia followed by reperfusion (IRI)…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Evaluation of Medication Burden in Kidney Transplant Recipients at Time of Index Hospitalization
J. Hardcopf¹, H. Meadows¹, T. Harrison¹, H. Corbo¹, B. O'brien¹, J. N. Fleming¹, C. Perez¹, N. Patel¹, N. Pilch¹, P. K. Baliga², D. DuBay², D. Taber¹
¹Department of Pharmacy Services, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ²Division of Transplant Surgery, Department of Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
*Purpose: This study will assess whether a higher number of medication changes from pre- to post-transplant lead to worse clinical outcomes and higher healthcare utilization…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Unos Analysis Of Deceased Donor Renal Transplant (ddrtx) Outcomes In Sensitized Patients After Implementation Of The Kidney Allocation System (kas)
R. J. Crew, K. L. King, M. Fajardo, J. Hedvat, N. Lange, S. Husain, S. Mohan, L. E. Ratner, S. S. Patel
Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY
*Purpose: Introduction of KAS in 2014 prioritized access to DDRTx for highly-sensitized candidates although it was unclear whether the outcomes would be acceptable in this…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Opioid Minimization in Kidney Transplant: Achievable Quicker Than You Think
J. N. Fleming, N. Patel, H. Gonzales, N. A. Pilch, S. Parks, C. Perez, P. K. Baliga, S. N. Nadig, D. J. Taber, V. Rohan
Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
*Purpose: Opioid use after kidney transplant has been shown to be a risk factor for chronic opioid use, which leads to an increased risk of…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Eculizumab in Kidney Transplant Recipients with Atypical Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome – Single Center Experience
A. Bhalla, S. Alasfar, N. Alachkar
Division of Transplant Nephrology, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: Atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome (aHUS) is caused by genetic mutations of components of the alternative complement pathway in 60-70% of cases; and has a…
2019 American Transplant Congress
High Prevalence of Allergic Disorders but No Specific Immune Phenotype Pattern in Children Awaiting Transplantation
T. B. Kim¹, Y. Avitzur², L. Ionescu¹, U. Allen², S. Mital², B. Foster³, T. Blydt-Hansen⁴, L. Hamiwka⁵, P. Birk⁶, V. Phan⁷, S. Urschel¹
¹University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ²Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁴University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ⁵University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ⁶University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, ⁷Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada
*Purpose: Allergic disorders (AD) occur more frequently in children after transplantation (Tx) compared to healthy children, reflecting an imbalance of the immune system in the…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Hypertrophy Prediction Model for Contralateral Kidney after Living Donation
K. Okumura¹, K. Tanaka², Y. Hidaka², M. Toyoda³, S. Uekihara³, A. Inadome⁴, H. Yokomizo², S. Yamanaga²
¹Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ²Department of Surgery, Japanese Red Cross Kumamoto Hospital, Kumamoto, Japan, ³Department of Nephrology, Japanese Red Cross Kumamoto Hospital, Kumamoto, Japan, ⁴Department of Urology, Japanese Red Cross Kumamoto Hospital, Kumamoto, Japan
*Purpose: Compensation of contralateral kidney function is well established and many factors have been proposed as risk factors. There is no prediction model to estimate…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Case Series Of Total Laparoscopic-hand Assisted Living Donor Right Hepatectomy: First 19 Cases At A Single Center In Usa
P. N. Martins¹, B. Movahedi², D. Litwin², A. Bozorgzadeh²
¹Surgery, Division of Transplantation, University of Massachusett, Worcester, MA, ²Surgery, Division of Transplantation, University of Massachusetts, Worcester, MA
*Purpose: One of the major limitations of living-donor liver donation is the associated morbidity of the procedure. Although left and left-lateral hepatectomy has been performed…