Articles tagged "Outcome"

2018 American Transplant Congress
The Impact of a Tobacco Prohibition Policy Compared to a Restrictive Policy on Liver Transplant Candidate Outcomes
A. Likhitsup,¹ A. Hassan,¹ J. Mellinger,¹ F. Askari,¹ G. Winder,² P. Sharma,¹ N. Saeed,³ C. Sonnenday,⁴ R. Fontana.¹
¹Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; ²Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; ³Department of Internal Medicine, Beaumont Hospital, Dearborn, MI; ⁴Department of Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.
Introduction: Substance use disorders (SUD) are common in liver transplant (LT) candidates. Poorer postLT outcomes in tobacco users have led programs to prohibit tobacco use…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Infection Outcomes in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients Receiving Trimethoprim-Sulfamethoxazole as Opposed to Atovaquone for Prophylaxis
A. Drelick,¹ W. Mowrey,² G. Minamoto.³
¹Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY; ²Epidemiology & Population Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY; ³Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Montefiore Medical Center and the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY.
Background: Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia (PJP) is an important illness amongst solid organ transplant (SOT) recipients. Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (TMP-SMX) is the prophylaxis of choice based on efficacy…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Use of Perfusion Machine after Long Cold Ischemia Time: 3 Years Results
A. Matos,¹ L. Requião-Moura,¹ E. Tonato,¹ M. Souza-Durão,^1,2 M. Borrelli,¹ M. Nogueira,¹ P. Rubio,¹ A. Pacheco-Silva.^1,2
¹Transplant, Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo, Brazil; ²Nephrology, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
The rate of delayed graft function (DGF) in Brazil is very high, reaching 80%. This is due to the long cold ischemia time (TIF) and…
2018 American Transplant Congress
The Anterior Rectus Sheath Approach Resulted in No Difference in Wound Complication Rates in Obese versus Non-Obese Renal Transplant Recipients
S. King,² S. Hill,² L. Lipscomb,² A. Jones,² R. Jeffries,² J. Africa.¹
¹Glickman Institute, Cleveland Clinic - Charleston Area Medical Center, Cleveland, OH; ²Urology and Renal Transplant, Charleston Area Medical Center, Charleston, WV.
The anterior rectus sheath (ARS) approach is a modification of the conventional Kuss procedure for kidney transplant (KT). We have previously described the ARS approach…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Mortality and Kidney Transplantation Outcomes among Chronic Dialysis Patients Who Are Seropositive for Hepatitis C Virus
D. Sawinski,¹ F. Kimberly,¹ L. Vincent,¹ S. Justine,¹ B. Colleen,¹ C. Jordana,¹ G. David,¹ L. Jayme,² W. Joe,³ R. Peter.¹
¹Univ of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA; ²Univ of Alabama, Birmingham, AL; ³DaVita, Minneapolis, MN.
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is common among patients receiving chronic dialysis. However, few studies have examined both survival on dialysis as well as transplantation…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Worsening Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Pediatric Kidney Transplant Outcomes in the US
T. Purnell, X. Luo, L. Cooper, D. Crews, K. Covarrubias, A. Massie, D. Segev.
Johns Hopkins, Baltimore.
Purpose: We recently demonstrated narrowed racial/ethnic disparities in adult kidney transplant (KT) outcomes in the US. The goal of this study was to examine twenty-year…
2018 American Transplant Congress
A Novel Dropout Risk Score in Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC) Patients Listed for Liver Transplant (LT) – Identifying a Threshold That Predicts Worse Post-LT Survival in Short Wait Regions
N. Mehta, J. Dodge, F. Yao.
UCSF, San Francisco.
Background: Short wait time to LT for HCC patients may result in transplanting aggressive tumors at high risk for HCC recurrence who otherwise would have…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Center Volume on Kidney Transplant Outcomes in Contemporary U.S. Transplant Practice
T. Alhamad,¹ F. Abbas,¹ D. Brennan,² A. Malone,¹ J. Wellen,¹ R. Delos Santos,¹ A. Khan,¹ J. Li,¹ R. Rattanavich,¹ K. Lentine.³
¹Washington University, St. Louis; ²Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore; ³Saint Louis University, St. Louis.
With the significant organ shortage, transplant professionals have expanded use of higher-risk deceased donor organs. The use of such organs requires surgical expertise and multidisciplinary…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Clinical Outcomes of Kidney Transplant Recipients Infected with Hepatitis C Virus and Treated with Direct-Acting Antiviral Therapy
M. Alkadi,¹ E. Abuhelaiqa,¹ M. Derbala,² O. Fituri,¹ J. Mahmoud,³ M. Jarman,³ M. Asim,¹ A. Aziz,¹ A. Nauman,¹ A. Hamdi,¹ Y. Medhat,² S. Al Kaabi,² H. Al-Malki.¹
¹Medicine-Nephrology, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar; ²Medicine-Gastroenterology, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar; ³Surgery-Transplant, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar.
Introduction:Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection has negative impact on patient and graft survival in kidney transplant recipients. In the past, treatment of HCV infection post…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Racial Disparities in Post-Liver Transplant Survival before and after Share 35 Implementation
K. Ross,¹ R. Lynch,² R. Patzer.^1,2
¹Department of Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health, Atlanta, GA; ²Emory Transplant Center, Atlanta, GA.
Background: The Share 35 policy was intended to improve equity in access to liver transplantation by broadening regional sharing of livers for the sickest patients…