Articles tagged "Outcome"

2019 American Transplant Congress
Transplant Provider Adherence to Cardiovascular Disease Primary Prevention 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. M. Lloyd-Jones⁵, L. B. VanWagner⁶
¹Division of GI and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Northwestern Medicine, Chicago, IL, ²Department of Preventative Medicine, Northwestern Medicine, Chicago, IL, ³Center for Healthcare Studies, Northwestern Medicine, Chicago, IL, ⁴Department of Pediatrics and Center for Healthcare Studies, Northwestern Medicine, Chicago, IL, ⁵Department of Preventive Medicine and Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Northwestern Medicine, Chicago, IL, ⁶Division of GI and Hepatology, Department of Medicine and Department of Preventive Medicine, Northwestern Medicine, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: Blood pressure (BP) control, aspirin, and statin use are modifiable risk factors for primary prevention of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD), stroke, and heart failure…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Contemporary Predictors and Impact on Survival of Early Readmission after Kidney Transplant: Analysis of the Nationwide Readmission Database
N. Elfadawy, N. Tashtish, S. Al-kindi, D. Hricik, E. Sanchez, N. Sarabu
University hospitals of Cleveland, Cleveland, OH
*Purpose: Thirty-day readmissions after kidney transplantation are common and contribute to healthcare utilization and costs. We sought to describe the rates, causes, and predictors for…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Utilization of Small Pediatric Donor Kidneys to Improve Access to Kidney Transplantation for Underappreciated Uremic Children in China
X. Su¹, W. Shang², L. Liu¹, Y. Feng², H. Zhang¹, J. Li¹, Q. Fu¹, X. Pang², G. Feng², C. Wang¹
¹Organ Transplant Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China, ²Kidney Transplantation Unit, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
*Purpose: We previously reported that children with end-stage renal disease had less chance to access to kidney transplantation from deceased donors in China. The number…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Panniculectomy at the Time of Living Donor Renal Transplantation: An Eight Year Experience
L. M. Ngaage¹, A. Elegbede², K. K. Tasidina¹, S. Gebran³, E. Rada¹, A. J. Nam³, J. R. Scalea⁴, S. Niederhaus⁴, D. Singh¹, J. S. Bromberg⁴, S. T. Bartlett⁴, Y. M. Rasko¹
¹Department of Plastic Surgery, University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD, ²Department of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, Johns Hopkins Hospital / University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD, ³Division of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, Baltimore, MD, ⁴Department of Transplant Surgery, University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: Removal of the pannus, or panniculectomy, can be performed as a prophylactic procedure preceding renal transplantation to enable obese patients to meet criteria for…
2019 American Transplant Congress
The Centennial Allograft? Observation Of Greater Than 100-year Allograft Survival Is More Common Among Liver Allograft Recipients Than Renal Allograft Recipients.
J. F. Renz, A. C. Gruessner, R. C. Misawa, A. Masi, R. W. Gruessner
SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY
*Purpose: We investigated the occurrence of deceased-donor liver (DDOLT), deceased-donor renal (DDRT), and living-donor renal allografts (LDRT) that have achieved 100 years or more of…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Recipient Predictors of Post-Donation End Stage Renal Disease in Living Kidney Donors
J. Wainright¹, A. Robinson¹, A. Wilk¹, D. Klassen², W. Cherikh¹, L. Cartwright¹, D. Stewart¹
¹Research, UNOS, Richmond, VA, ²UNOS, Richmond, VA
*Purpose: We studied associations between kidney transplant recipient diagnosis and other factors and development of ESRD among related living kidney donors (LKDs).*Methods: Using OPTN listing…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Liver Transplant Candidate Attitudes towards Organs from Increased Risk Donors: A Single Center Survey
S. S. Humar, J. Liu, N. Pinzon, D. Kumar, M. Bhat, L. Lilly, N. Selzner
University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada
*Purpose: Increased Risk Donors (IRDs) are a significant proportion of the deceased organ donor pool but may be declined by patients on the liver transplant…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Biomarker Candidate Discovery for Kidney Allograft Monitoring via Urinary Exosome Proteome Analysis
J. Kim¹, Y. Wee¹, M. Choi¹, H. Jung¹, J. Choi¹, H. Kwon¹, J. Jung¹, Y. Ko¹, D. Kim¹, K. Kim², Y. Cho³, H. Go³, Y. Kim¹, D. Han¹, S. Shin¹
¹Department of Surgery, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ²Department of Convergence Medicine, Asan Institute for Life Sciences, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ³Department of Pathology, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
*Purpose: There is a need for the development of noninvasive molecular biomarkers with high reliability and predictive power for early diagnosis and monitoring of any…
2019 American Transplant Congress
No Gains In Long-term Survival Of Pediatric Patients After Liver Transplantation – A Three Decade Analysis
S. Bakhtiyar, A. Rana, S. Ahmed, H. Naseem, M. Kueht, N. T. Galvan, R. T. Cotton, C. A. O'Mahony, J. A. Goss
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
*Purpose: The aim of this study was to assess improvements in long-term survival of pediatric patients after liver transplantation, by analyzing outcomes in transplant recipients…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Assessment of Culture/Preservation Conditions on Survival and Function of Islets
Y. Shindo, M. F. Levy, M. A. Kanak
Surgery, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
*Purpose: Culture or preservation of human islets prior to transplantation has been adopted by various centers because it may reduce immunogenicity, suppress exocrine contamination and…