Articles tagged "Outcome"

2019 American Transplant Congress
Lifestyle Intervention in Renal Transplant Recipients: A Multicenter, Randomized Clinical Trial
E. Corpeleijn¹, G. Klaassen², D. M. Zelle², D. Dijkema³, I. van Vliet², F. J. Bemelman⁴, G. J. Navis², S. J. Bakker²
¹Department of Epidemiology, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands, ²Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands, ³Department of Dietetics, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands, ⁴Department of Nephrology, Amsterdam Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands
*Purpose: Low physical activity and reduced physical functioning are common after renal transplantation, resulting in a reduced quality of life. The aim of this study…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Extremes of Body Mass Index is Associated with Inferior Renal Allograft Outcomes in Type 2 Diabetic Deceased Donor Renal Transplant Recipients
A. Brar, A. Gruessner, F. Tedla, R. Gruessner, J. Renz, N. Sumrani, D. John, M. O. Salifu
SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY
*Purpose: We evaluated the trends and renal allograft outcomes in type 2 diabetic renal transplant recipients stratified by body mass index (BMI).*Methods: All adult type…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Chronic Changes on Time Zero Living Donor Allograft Biopsy Do Not Portend Future Kidney Function
A. Agarwal¹, A. Sites², K. L. Brayman¹, A. Doyle³, J. Oberholzer¹, A. Nishio-Lucar³
¹Surgery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, ²Transplant, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, ³Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
*Purpose: The predictive ability of implantation biopsies of kidney allografts on either future recipient or living donor kidney function has not been fully elucidated. Herein,…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Women Who Undergo Liver Transplant Have Increased Health Care Utilization in the Peri-Transplant Period Compared with Men
J. B. Rubin, G. Cullaro, J. Ge, J. C. Lai
Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Univeristy of California-San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
*Purpose: We have previously shown that women on the liver transplant (LT) waitlist are at greater risk of hospitalization compared with men, but whether this…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Poor Long-Term Outcome of Liver Transplant Recipients with Preexisting Renal Insufficiency
M. Sterneck¹, M. Touma¹, T. Horvatits², S. Pischke², U. Herden³, A. Lohse², L. Fischer³
¹University Transplant Center, University Medical Center Hamburg Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany, ²Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany, ³Department of Visceral Transplantation, University Medical Center Hamburg Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
*Purpose: Due to the MELD based allocation system the number of patients undergoing orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) with severely impaired renal function has markedly increased.…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Donor, Recipient Indices and Frailty Predict Outcomes after Heart-Kidney Transplantation
C. Beifeld¹, V. Dio Guardi¹, K. Lau¹, A. Di Carlo¹, S. Karhadkar²
¹Surgery, Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, ²Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
*Purpose: Simultaneous heart kidney transplantation (SHKT) is increasing in frequency; however there is a lack of consensus regarding patient selection criteria for this life saving…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Correlates of Surgical Difficulty and Post-Operative Complications in Living Donor Kidney Procurement
B. I. Shaw¹, F. R. Schwartz², F. Vernucci², F. Rigiroli², F. Gonzalez², R. Lerebours³, A. S. Rege¹, D. Vikraman¹, D. Marin², K. V. Ravindra¹
¹Surgery, Duke University, Durham, NC, ²Radiology, Duke University, Durham, NC, ³Biostatistics, Duke University, Durham, NC
*Purpose: Living donor kidney donation is essential for decreasing waitlists for kidney transplantation. Though donor nephrectomy is a standard operation, there is a paucity of…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Postoperative Telemonitoring Following Kidney Transplantation: Effects on Early Hospital Readmissions and Graft Outcomes
N. Elfadawy, V. Humphreville, A. Padiyar, E. Sanchez, N. Sarabu
University hospitals of Cleveland, Cleveland, OH
*Purpose: Telemonitoring has been recently shown to improve outcomes and reduce hospital admission rate in cardiac patients. We sought to study the effect of telemonitoring…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Renal Function, Albuminuria, and the Risk of Hemorrhage and Thrombosis after Kidney Transplantation
N. N. Lam¹, P. Ravani², R. R. Quinn², M. Tonelli², F. Ye¹, B. R. Hemmelgarn², M. M. Sood³
¹University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ²University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ³University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
*Purpose: Compared to the general population, kidney transplant recipients are at increased risk of hemorrhage and thrombosis. Whether this risk is affected by kidney function…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Lung Transplantation in the Elderly Patients with Multi-Comorbidities
N. Shigemura, Y. Toyoda
Temple University Health System / Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
*Purpose: Recently there is an outstanding steadily increase in elderly patients above 70 years old who are referred to our center as potential candidates for…