Articles tagged "Outcome"

2018 American Transplant Congress
Increasing the Donor Pool for Highly Sensitized Patients with Allele Specific Antibodies: Optimizing the Virtual Crossmatch (vXM)
A. Zhang,¹ Z. Zaky,² J. Africa,³ D. Good,¹ R. Bray,⁴ H. Gebel.⁴
¹Allogen Laboratories, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland; ²Glickman Urological & Kidney Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland; ³Transplant Surgery, Charleston Area Medical Center, Charleston; ⁴Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta.
Background:Since implementation of the current Kidney Allocation System, highly sensitized patients with 98-100% cPRA (HSPs) are receiving ~10% of deceased donor kidneys compared to <2%…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Early Infectious Outcomes of Older Adults Undergoing Kidney Transplantation (KT). A Case Control Study
M. Hemmersbach-Miller,^1,2 K. Schmader.³
¹Infectious Diseases, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC; ²Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, NC; ³Geriatrics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC.
Study Purpose: Our aim was to investigate if among older KT recipient, the types of infections, number of rejections, graft and patient survival in the…
2018 American Transplant Congress
The Utility of an Online Survival Calculator in Selecting Older Candidates for Kidney Transplantation
M. Shwetar, K. Abdel-Kader, B. Concepcion.
Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN.
Background: Older patients referred for kidney transplantation are medically complex. A posttransplant survival prediction model is publicly available online and may aid physicians in selecting…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Pre-Operative Predictors of Health-Related Quality of Life for Pancreas Transplant Recipients
I. Mosca,³ S. Mittal,¹ J. Smith,² P. Friend.^1,3
¹Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom; ²Nuffield Department of Population Health, Health and Economics Research Centre, University of Oxford, Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom; ³Oxford Transplant Centre, Oxford University NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom.
A) AimsThe aim of this study is to identify the relative importance of pre-operative recipient and donor factors as possible predictors of post-pancreas transplant health-related…
2018 American Transplant Congress
A Decade of Dual Kidney Transplantation Reveals Excellent Patient Outcomes from Otherwise Discarded Organs
I. Rajput, S. Farid, A. Hakeem, M. Jameel, N. Ahmad, O. Masood.
Department of Organ Transplantation, St. James's University Hospital, Leeds, United Kingdom.
IntroductionBridging the disparity between the kidney waiting list and donor pool remains challenging. For highly sensitised patients and older recipients the wait is contributing to…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Renal Transplant Outcomes in Recipients Weighing 8-10 Kilograms
P. Singer, Y. Tseng, C. Sethna, L. Castellanos-Reyes, E. Molmenti, A. Fahmy, E. Grodstein, L. Teperman.
Pediatric Nephrology and Transplantation, Cohen Children's Medical Center, New Hyde Park, NY.
Background: Renal transplant is the optimal treatment for children with end-stage renal disease (ESRD). Most centers require a minimum weight of about 10 kg for…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Patients Prioritize Waitlist Factors over Outcomes When Evaluating Kidney Transplant Centers
A. Michelson, C. Brennan, A. Mattoo, B. Kil, D. Tsapepas, S. Husain, S. Mohan.
Nephrology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY.
The factors that influence transplant candidates' selection of a transplant center for waitlisting are not well understood. Further, the relative weightage of these factors has…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Excellent Outcomes for HCV-Viremic Recipients of Simultaneous Liver-Kidney Transplant in the Direct Anti-Viral Era
A. Ray, C. Klein, T. Ommert, R. Cross, R. Rubin.
Piedmont Transplant Institute, Piedmont Healthcare, Atlanta, GA.
Before the era of direct anti-viral agents (DAAs), outcomes for HCV-viremic recipients of simultaneous liver kidney transplant (SLKT) were inferior to HCV-negative recipients. PURPOSE: To…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Prevalence and Infection-Related Outcomes Associated with Transplant Tourism
J. Slomovic, S. Humar, D. Kumar, A. Humar.
Transplant Infectious Diseases, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Background:Patients who receive organ transplants via transplant tourism may have a greater risk of complications. We sought to describe the infectious risks associated with this…
2018 American Transplant Congress
APOL1 Long-Term Kidney Transplantation Outcomes Network (APOLLO)
G. Guerra,¹ E. Poggio,² M. Ortigosa-Goggins,¹ M. Doshi,³ B. Freedman,⁴ D. Reboussin,⁴ P. Kimmel,⁵ APOLLO Investigators.
¹Miami Transplant Institute, Miami, FL; ²Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH; ³University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; ⁴Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC; ⁵NIDDK, Bethesda, MD.
Two renal-risk variants in the apolipoprotein L1 gene (APOL1) are powerfully associated with a spectrum of non-diabetic chronic kidney diseases in populations with recent African…