Articles tagged "Pediatric"

2016 American Transplant Congress
Anti-HLA Antibody Composition and Outcomes in Pediatric Heart Transplant Recipients with a Positive Cross-Match.
P. Jindra,¹ S. Nicholas,² J. Chappelle,¹ T. Humlicek,² K. Hosek,² J. Heinle,² S. Denfield,² A. Jeewa,² R. Kerman,¹ W. Dreyer.²
¹Surgery Immune Evaluation Lab, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX; ²Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX.
Purpose: Utilization of positive (+) cross-match (XM) hearts is tempting when shortages of pediatric donor hearts exist, especially for patients with high pre-transplant panel reactive…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Low Pretransplant BMI/Weight and Changes in Posttransplant T Cell Exhaustion Levels Are Associated with Viremia/Viral Infection in Pediatric Kidney Transplantation in the First Post-Transplant Year – A Report from the IMPACT Study Consortium.
R. Ettenger,¹ H. Chin,² P. Grimm,³ K. Kesler,² E. Reed,⁴ M. Sarwal,⁵ B. Warshaw,⁶ E. Tsai,¹ A. Kirk.⁷
¹Pediatrics, UCLA, LA, CA; ²Rho, Chappel Hill, NC; ³Pediatrics, Stanford Univ, Palo Alto, CA; ⁴Pathology, UCLA, LA, CA; ⁵Surgery, UCSF School of Medicien, SF, CA; ⁶Pediatric Nephrolgoy, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA; ⁷Surgery, Duke University, Durham, NC.
Viral consequences of immunosuppression (IS) in pediatric(ped)kidney(kid)transplantation(Tx)patients(pts) are not fully known. We prospectively examined the immunologic and infectious (inf) history of 106 ped Tx pts…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Portal Venous Flow Volume Measurements May Aid Intraoperative Management of Large Portosystemic Shunts During Pediatric Liver Transplantation.
T. Pshak,¹ J. Roach,² F. Karrer,² M. Wachs.²
¹Transplant Surgery, Univ of Colorado, Aurora, CO; ²Transplant Surgery, Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO.
PURPOSE: In pediatric patients undergoing liver transplantation, portal hypoperfusion can result in irreversible portal vein thrombosis and early graft loss. Intraoperative hepatic hemodynamic studies have…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Long-Term Outcomes After Pediatric Liver Transplantation for Malignant Liver Tumors: Effects of Era and Age.
R. Patel,¹ I. Feurer,¹ S. Karp,¹ L. Gillis,¹ H. Katzenstein,¹ H. Lovvorn III,¹ J. Pietsch,¹ D. Chung, G. Tiao,² D. Hanto.¹
¹Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt, Nashville, TN; ²Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH.
Background: Hepatoblastoma (HB), hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), along with hemangioendothelioma, hemangiosarcoma, and angiosarcoma (HHA) are rare tumors in children that are treated with orthotopic liver transplantation…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) Associated with Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) in Paediatric Non-Kidney Transplant Recipients.
C. Williams,^1,2 K. Borges,² T. Banh,² J. Vasilevska-Ristovska,² R. Chanchlani,^1,2 V. Ng,^1,2 A. Dipchand,^1,2 M. Solomon,^1,2 D. Hebert,^1,2 S. Kim,^1,3 B. Astor,⁴ R. Parekh.^1,2,3
¹University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada; ²Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada; ³University Health Network, Toronto, Canada; ⁴University of Wisconsin, Madison.
Background: Kidney dysfunction is common after solid organ transplantation; however, rates of post-transplant AKI and CKD in children are unknown.Objective: Determine rates of AKI and…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Life-Years Saved After Pediatric Liver Transplantation.
R. Gruessner, A. Gruessner.
SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY.
Introduction: Transplantation has provided tremendous progress for pediatric patients with liver failure.We determined the survival benefit for pediatric patients as reported to UNOS.Methods: In this…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Differences in Reported Barriers to Immunosuppression Adherence Among a Cohort of Pediatric Renal Transplant Recipients from the United States and Canada.
O. Bignall II,^1,2 A. Pai,² S. Amaral,³ S. Furth,³ N. Bergman,² J. Goebel,⁴ The TAKE-IT Study Investigators, B. Foster.⁵
¹Nephrology and Hypertension, Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Cincinnati, OH; ²Behavioral Medicine and Clinical Psychology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Cincinnati, OH; ³Nephrology, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA; ⁴Nephrology, Children's Hospital of Colorado, Aurora, CO; ⁵Nephrology, Montreal Children's Hospital, Montreal, QC, Canada.
Aim: The purpose of this study was to examine differences in reported barriers to immunosuppressant adherence (IA) between a cohort of pediatric renal transplant recipients…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Living Donor Liver Transplantation for Children With Biliary Atresia in the Pediatric End-Stage Liver Disease Era: The Role of Age and Insurance Status.
J. Chu,^1,2 R. Annunziato,³ R. Aviles,³ R. Arnon.^1,2
¹Pediatrics, Mount Sinai Medical Center, NY, NY; ²Recanati/Miller Transplantation Institute, Mount Sinai Medical Center, NY, NY; ³Psychology, Fordham University, Bronx, NY.
Lower socioeconomic status has been linked to inferior health outcomes. We have previously shown that children with biliary atresia (BA) who have public insurance (PU)…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Long Term Outcome of De-Novo Autoimmune Hepatitis in Pediatric Recipients of Liver Transplantation.
Y. Avitzur,¹ P. McKiernan,² M. Martinez,³ S. Lobritto,³ D. Kelly,² V. Ng,¹ E. Alonso,⁴ U. Ekong.⁵
¹Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada; ²Birmingham Children's Hospital, Birmingham, United Kingdom; ³Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital, New York; ⁴Lurie Children's Hospital, Chicago; ⁵Yale New Haven Children's Hospital, New Haven.
Background: De-novo autoimmune hepatitis (DAIH) is a chronic immune mediated graft disorder seen following liver transplantation (LT). The long-term course and outcome of DAIH is…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Graft Outcomes in Pediatric Kidney Transplants Are Better with Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy and High Volume Centers.
J. Burg,¹ D. Scott,¹ K. Roayaie,¹ E. Maynard,¹ J. Barry,² C. Enestvedt.¹
¹Abdominal Organ Transplantation, OHSU, Portland, OR; ²Urology, OHSU, Portland, OR.
Purpose Initial reports for pediatric kidney recipients suggested superior outcomes for open donor (ODN) compared to laparoscopic donor nephrectomy (LDN). Current outcomes based on donor…