Articles tagged "Outcome"

2019 American Transplant Congress
Patient Reported Side Effects Associated with Reduced Quality of Life after Living Donor Kidney Transplant
J. Peipert, J. C. Caicedo-Ramirez, K. Ensor, J. Friedewald, M. Abecassis, D. Cella, D. Ladner, Z. Butt
Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: As living donor kidney transplant (LDKT) graft and patient survival approaches 100%, the focus of care turns to patient reported outcome measures such as…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Gender Disparity: Do Female Donors Suffer from Living Kidney Donation?
N. Ebeling¹, B. Suwelack¹, M. Burgmer², a. the SoLKiD Study Group¹
¹MED D, Universitaetsklinikum Muenster, Muenster, Germany, ²Psychosomatic medicine, Universitaetsklinikum Muenster, Muenster, Germany
*Purpose: Transplantation and optional living donation is the therapy of choice in end-stage renal disease. Due to the increase of living kidney donoration (LD), the…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Bile Duct Anastomosis over Intraluminal Plastic Biliary Stent in Liver Transplant: Clinical Outcome
H. Samant¹, K. Patel¹, W. Manatsathit², N. Singh¹, H. S. Amiri³, G. Zibari³
¹Louisiana State University and Health Science Center, Shreveport, LA, ²University of Nebraska Meical Center, Omaha, NE, ³John C McDonald Transplant Center, Shreveport, LA
*Purpose: Biliary complications have been known as “Achilles Heel” of orthotropic liver transplantation (OLT) with high morbidity and mortality. Intra-luminal plastic biliary stents replacing T-tubes…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Clinical Trial Enrollment on Renal Transplant Outcomes
T. Shertel, A. Eisenhart
Saint Barnabas Medical Center, Livingston, NJ
*Purpose: The advancement of science and medicine begins with new therapies and techniques arriving through clinical trials. The possibility of improved patient outcomes may also…
2019 American Transplant Congress
500 Pediatric Liver Transplants At A Freestanding Pediatric Hospital – Where It Is Done Best
A. Rana, M. Kueht, N. Galvan, R. Cotton, C. O'Mahony, J. Goss
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
*Purpose: Our institution, a freestanding pediatric hospital (FPH) has a large pediatric liver transplant (LT) experience. Our aim was to analyze our experience with other…
2019 American Transplant Congress
The Role of Non-Traditional Environmental Factors in Long-Term Outcomes of Liver Transplantation
J. Buggs¹, D. Patino², B. Evans¹, C. Anderson¹, C. Delfavero¹, E. Rogers¹, A. Alsina¹, A. Kumar³
¹Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, FL, ²University of Tampa, Tampa, FL, ³University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
*Purpose: The purpose of this research project was to evaluate the role of non-traditional subjective environmental factors in long-term outcomes of liver transplantation.*Methods: We conducted…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Kidney Allograft Survival Among Kidney-pancreas Recipients Compared To Solitary Kidney Recipients: A Mate Analysis Of The Unos/optn Database
O. K. Serrano¹, R. Kandaswamy², E. B. Finger²
¹Hartford Hospital, Hartford, CT, ²Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
*Purpose: Deceased donor kidney allocation policies differ between solitary organs and combined transplants. The estimated waiting time for a kidney as part of a simultaneous…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Allograft Survival is Influenced by Gut Microbiota-Dependent Modulation of Innate Immunity
V. Saxena¹, Y. Xiong¹, L. Hittle¹, L. Li¹, T. Simon², W. Piao¹, C. C. Brinkman¹, E. M. Smyth¹, T. Zhang¹, C. Wagner¹, C. M. Palusckievicz¹, W. F. Fricke³, E. F. Mongodin¹, J. S. Bromberg¹
¹U Maryland, Baltimore, MD, ²Institut de Pharmacologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, Université Côte d’Azur, CNRS, Valbonne, France, ³Institute of Biological Chemistry and Nutrition, U Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany
*Purpose: The gut microbiota driven inflammatory response and the host immune system engage bidirectional regulation of each other. These interactions are poorly characterized in organ…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Robotic Assisted Kidney Transplant Outcomes in Obese Candidates
I. G. Tzvetanov, K. A. Tulla, O. T. Okoye, C. Di Bella, P. Di Cocco, J. A. Almario Alvarez, M. Spaggiari, E. Benedetti
University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: The dialysis dependent patient population is growing more obese and finding innovative ways to make them transplant candidates is important. Here in we demonstrate…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis Prophylaxis Increases the Risk of Multi-Drug Resistant Cultures and Infections in Liver Transplant Patients
R. Rosenblatt, A. Schluger, M. Pereira, E. Verna
Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY
*Purpose: Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis prophylaxis (SBP-P) is increasingly prescribed to patients awaiting liver transplantation (LT), but its impact on multidrug resistant organisms (MDRO) or the…