Articles tagged "Outcome"

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
Conversion to Belatacept in Kidney Transplant Recipients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
I. Carrión Barberà, M. C. Fajardo, D. Tsapepas, J. Gartshteyn, A. Askanase, H. E. Fernandez
Columbia University MC, New York, NY
*Purpose: Lupus nephritis (LN) results in the need for renal replacement therapy (RRT) in 10-30% of LN pts and 30% receive a kidney transplant (KT).…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Personality Traits of Liver Transplant Candidates – Unappreciated Challenges
D. Ladner¹, J. Lai², A. N. Hall¹, E. D. Bastarache¹, A. Daud¹, T. Bogg³, A. Lebsack¹, T. Kalume¹, D. Mroczek¹
¹Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ²UCSF, San Francisco, CA, ³Wayne State University, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: Liver transplant candidates are chronically ill, requiring complex medical care prior to and after transplant to optimize outcomes. Conscientiousness is one of the Big…
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…