Articles tagged "Pediatric"

2020 American Transplant Congress
Current Status of Pre-Transplant Mortality in Pediatric Organ Transplantation
G. Mazariegos¹, E. Hsu², .. OPTN Pediatric Committee³
¹UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ²Seattle Children's, Seattle, WA, ³UNOS, Richmond, VA
*Purpose: Although NOTA states that organ allocation policy must recognize differences between children and adults, and adopt criteria, policies, and procedures that address the unique…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Care Processes and Structures Associated with Higher Medication Adherence: The Positive Adherence Study
A. Dabirzadeh¹, B. Foster¹, M. Dahhou¹, S. Mital²
¹Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada, ²Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada
*Purpose: We aimed to identify care processes and structures that are independently associated with higher medication adherence among adolescent and young adult transplant recipients.*Methods: We…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Impact of CYP3A5 Phenotype on Early Time in Therapeutic Range among Pediatric Renal and Heart Transplant Recipients
A. Leino, A. Pasternak
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
*Purpose: Tacrolimus time in therapeutic range (TTR) as a measure of intra-patient variability has been associated with poor long-term outcomes. Multiple factors may contribute to…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Outcome Disparities of Primary Pediatric Kidney Transplant Recipients by Payor, Ethnicity and Gender in the United States
S. M. Riad¹, S. Jackson², A. Matas³, S. Chinnakotla³, P. Verghese⁴
¹Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, ²Complex Care Analytics, Fairview Health Services, Minneapolis, MN, ³Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, ⁴Pediatric, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
*Purpose: Racial disparity outcome in pediatric kidney recipients has been reported. We sought to assess other predictors of outcomes disparities.*Methods: Using the SRTR database, between…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Successful Liver-Kidney Transplantation in a Highly Sensitized Pediatric Patient
M. Bock, M. Chandran, J. Goebel, E. Blanchette, M. Wachs, M. Adams, S. Sundaram
Children's Hospital Colorado, Denver, CO
*Purpose: While immunologically challenging and controversial, we report a successful case of same donor staged simultaneous liver-kidney transplant (SLK) in a highly sensitized child against…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Wait Times in Pediatric Heart Transplant Candidates: Impact of Size and Blood Type Following the 2016 Allocation Policy Revision
R. J. Williams, M. Lu, L. A. Sleeper, S. Urbach, K. P. Daly
Department of Cardiology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA
*Purpose: To describe wait times for pediatric heart transplant (HT) candidates following institution of a new allocation system in March 2016.*Methods: The OPTN database was…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Burnout and Professional Fulfillment among Pediatric Sold Organ Transplant Clinicians Pediatric Transplant
C. Bogle¹, M. K. Cousino Hood², E. M. Fredericks³, J. Magee⁴, S. Warren¹, E. Blume¹
¹Advanced Cardiac Therapies, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Pediatric Cardiology, C.S. Mott Children's Hospital, Ann Arbor, MI, ³Pediatric Psychology, C.S. Mott Children's Hospital, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁴Transplant, C.S. Mott Children's Hospital, Ann Arbor, MI
*Purpose: Burnout has been associated with worse patient outcomes with increased medical errors and nosocomial infections as well as adverse effect on healthcare providers, such…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Malignancy Incidence after Pediatric Kidney Transplantation; a Single-Center Experience in Japan
Y. Aoki¹, H. Satoh¹, R. Hamada², R. Harada², M. Muramatsu³, Y. Hamasaki³, S. Shishido³
¹Urology and Kidney Transplantation, Tokyo Metropolitan Children’s Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan, ²Nephrology, Tokyo Metropolitan Children’s Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan, ³Nephrology, Toho University, Faculty of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
*Purpose: The incidence of malignancy was higher in organ transplant recipients than in the general population, and malignancies are a well-recognized complication of organ transplantation.…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Risk Factors of Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis Recurrence in Pediatric Kidney Transplant Recipients : Single Center Experience
C. T. Chung, H. Ko, H. Mo, H. Kim, A. Han, S. Min, J. Ha
Seoul National University, College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
*Purpose: Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) is one of the most common causes of end stage renal diseases (ESRD) in children. Many pediatric patients diagnosed with…
2020 American Transplant Congress
1 -Year Protocol Biopsies in Pediatric Kidney Transplant Children: Are Unfavorable Histological Lesions Related to No Adherence?
M. L. Monteverde¹, J. M. Velasco¹, V. Solernou², J. P. Ibanez¹, C. Cernadas³, A. B. Chaparro⁴, Y. L. Marcos⁵
¹Hospital de Pediatria JP Garrahan, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ²Pathology, Hospital de Pediatria JP Garrahan, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ³Teaching and Investigation, Hospital de Pediatria JP Garrahan, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ⁴Nephrology, Hospital de Pediatria JP Garrahan, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ⁵Hemoteraphy, Hospital de Pediatria JP Garrahan, Buenos Aires, Argentina
*Purpose: In adults with kidney transplantation (KT), histological findings in surveillance biopsies at 1-year post KT are independent correlate to short and long-term graft survival.…