Articles tagged "Outcome"

2019 American Transplant Congress
Actions Speak Louder Than Labs – The Impact of Dialysis Compliance on Posttransplant Outcomes
D. Sawinski¹, H. Lindner², J. Schults³, J. Locke⁴, P. Reese¹
¹Hospital of the U of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ²University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ³Children's Hospital of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁴University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
*Purpose: Non-adherence is a modifable risk factor for poor posttransplant outcomes. While the factors contributing to posttransplant non-adherence are complex, noncompliance with the dialysis prescription…
2019 American Transplant Congress
The Use of Native Kidney Biopsy to Predict Renal Dysfunction Following Liver Transplantation
D. O. Walls¹, L. Muraveika¹, M. B. Palmer², D. L. Sawinski³, B. J. Keating¹, P. L. Abt¹
¹Surgery, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ²Pathology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ³Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
*Purpose: Acute and chronic kidney injury are a common occurrence for patients with end-stage liver disease and are associated with significant morbidity and mortality. We…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Evidence to Support the Use of Kidney Allograft Function as a Clinical Trial Outcome Measure
M. Kadatz, J. Gill, S. Clark, J. S. Gill
Nephrology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
*Purpose: As a biomarker, kidney allograft function has been rejected as clinical trial outcome measure because it is not predictive of allograft survival. In this…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Dissecting The Role Of Donor Acute Kidney Injury On Molecular Responses Post-transplantation
S. Bontha¹, D. Maluf¹, E. Akalin², L. Gallon³, J. Eason⁴, V. Mas⁵
¹UTHSC, Memphis, TN, ²Albert Einstein Medical College, Bronx, NY, ³Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ⁴Director of Transplantation, Memphis, TN, ⁵Director of Transplant Research, Memphis, TN
*Purpose: In the current scenario of shortage of donor organs, kidneys with AKI are being used and outcome research reports show that the outcomes could…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Panel Reactive Antibody Stratification as a Guide to Induction Selection in Deceased-Donor Kidney Transplantation: Impact of Clinical Practice on Outcomes
H. Ibrahim¹, J. Gregg¹, K. Alquadan¹, U. Akanit², K. L. Womer¹, A. H. Santos¹
¹Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, ²Ubon Ratchathani University, Ubonratchathani, Thailand
*Purpose: We aimed to determine the outcomes associated with anti-thymocyte globulin (ATG), alemtuzumab (ALM) or interleukin-2 receptor antagonist (IL2-RA) induction in adult deceased-donor (DD) kidney…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Poor Practitioner Adherence to Clinical Tobacco Use Guidelines in Liver Transplant Recipients
M. Kosirog¹, P. T. Campbell¹, S. Montag², S. Connolly¹, A. Daud³, A. Das¹, S. Pine¹, D. Finn³, J. Levitsky¹, J. L. Holl⁴, D. Lloyd-Jones⁵, L. B. VanWagner⁶
¹Division of GI and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Northwestern Medicine, Chicago, IL, ²Department of Preventive Medicine, Northwestern Medicine, Chicago, IL, ³Center for Healthcare Studies, Northwestern Medicine, Chicago, IL, ⁴Department of Pediatrics & Center for Healthcare Studies, Northwestern Medicine, Chicago, IL, ⁵Departments of Preventive Medicine and Medicine-Cardiology, Northwestern Medicine, Chicago, IL, ⁶Division of GI and Hepatology, Department of Medicine and Department of Preventive Medicine, Northwestern Medicine, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: Tobacco use is a modifiable risk factor for major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) in liver transplant recipients (LTRs). However, data are lacking about practitioner…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Engaging Friends and Family in the Care of the Kidney Transplant Candidate: Identifying Needs and Barriers
A. Hart¹, M. Bruin², M. Partin³, A. Matas⁴, A. Israni¹
¹Medicine, Hennepin Healthcare, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, ²Design, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, ³Medicine, Minneapolis VA, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, ⁴Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
*Purpose: Research suggests that including social support networks in the kidney transplant education process improves evaluation completions and increases living donor rates, but the optimal…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Deceased Donor Predictors for Pediatric Liver Allograft Utilization and Outcome of the Use of Paediatric Donor Livers in Adult Recipients
S. Huang, C. Sun, X. He, Z. Guo, G. Chen
Organ Transplant Center, the First Affiliated Hospital of SYSU, Guangzhou, China
*Purpose: We determined to find out the utilization rate of pediatric livers, identify risk factors for graft discard and analyse the outcomes of adult liver…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Resource Utilization in Hepatocellular Carcinoma Liver Transplantation before and after the Six Month Wait Time
J. Sokolich¹, W. McClellan², J. Buggs¹, E. Rogers¹, K. Barber¹, K. Cocuy¹, A. Kumar²
¹Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, FL, ²University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
*Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine any difference in resource utilization since the implementation of the mandatory six month wait-time policy for…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Predicting Metabolic Outcomes in Islet Autotransplantation before Transplantation
M. A. Kanak, P. Saravanan, J. Kalivarathan, Y. Shindo, M. F. Levy
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
*Purpose: Total Pancreatectomy with Islet Auto-transplantation (TPIAT) has been actively performed on patients with severe, debilitating pain of chronic pancreatitis. The outcome of islet transplantation…