Articles tagged "Outcome"

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…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Microcirculation Inflammation with TCMR is Associated with Poor Graft Outcomes in Kidney Transplant Recipients (KTRs) without ABMR
A. Cherukuri, S. Tandukar, S. Hariharan, R. Mehta
UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA
*Purpose: Glomerulitis (g) and peritubular capillaritis (ptc), defined as microcirculation inflammation lesions (MI), are a hallmark of ABMR in KTRs. Their significance in KTRs with…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Impact of the 2013 Change in Definition of Increased Risk Donors on Lung Transplant Outcomes
C. J. Lehr¹, R. Lopez², S. Arrigain², J. D. Schold², M. Valapour¹
¹Respiratory Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ²Quantitative Health Sciences, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
*Purpose: The definition for donors at “increased risk” for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis B (HBV), and hepatitis C (HCV) was updated in 2013 from…