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Articles tagged "Post-operative complications"

  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Post-Operative Delirium and Cognitive Decline in Kidney Transplant Recipients

    N. Chu, D. Segev, M. McAdams Demarco

    Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD

    *Purpose: Post-operative delirium may be a marker for greater cognitive vulnerability to stressors. As a result, those with post-operative delirium may experience steeper decline in…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Comparison of Stanford Integrated Psychosocial Assessment for Transplantation Scores to Medication Adherence Assessment Findings in Kidney Transplant Candidates Undergoing Living Donor Transplant

    J. Trofe-Clark1, G. Malat1, M. Norris1, M. Bleicher2, E. Smith3, D. Sawinski2, R. Weinrieb4, R. Bloom2

    1Pharmacy, Hospital of Univ of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 2Renal Division, Univ of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 3Social Work, Hosp of Univ of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 4Pyschiatry, Univ of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

    *Purpose: The Stanford Integrated Psychosocial Assessment for Transplantation (SIPAT) is a standardized, evaluation tool intended to assess psychosocial health in organ transplant candidates. The purpose…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Prevalence of Kidney Transplant-Associated Thrombotic Microangiopathy after ABO-Incompatible Kidney Transplantation

    Y. Kakuta1, M. Okumi1, T. Kanzawa1, K. Unagami2, H. Ishida2, K. Tanabe1

    1Urology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan, 2Organ Transplant Medicine, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan

    *Purpose: Thrombotic microangiopathy (TMA) is a dangerous disorder characterized by fragmented red blood cells, decreased platelet count, and organ failure due to thrombosis. We investigated…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Normothermic Machine Perfusion of Extended Criteria Donor Livers: Identification of Protein Biomarkers Predictive of Graft Viability and Post-Transplant Complications

    L. L. Wallace1, J. Attard1, Y. Boteon1, R. Laing1, J. Yu2, T. Perera3, D. Mirza3, H. Mergental3, S. Afford1

    1Centre for Liver and Gastrointestinal Research, University of Birmingham and the NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, UHB NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, United Kingdom, 2School of Biosciences, Advanced Mass Spectrometry Facility, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom, 3Liver Unit, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, United Kingdom

    *Purpose: The Viability Testing and Transplantation of mArginal donor Livers Clinical Trial (VITTAL) demonstrated the capacity of Normothermic Machine Perfusion (NMP) to increase the proportion…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    The Association between Preoperative Hemodynamics and Right Ventricular Failure Following Implantation of Left Ventricular Assist Device

    D. Bhakta1, A. Alam2, J. S. van Zyl2, H. Zafar2, A. Aasim2, D. M. Meyer2, J. Felius2, S. Hall2, D. Wencker2

    1Texas A&M University College of Medicine, Dallas, TX, 2Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX

    *Purpose: Right ventricular failure (RVF) following left ventricular assist device (LVAD) implantation is a common complication and associated with increased mortality. Clinical predictors contributing to…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Factors Influencing Background Cell-Free DNA Levels: Implications for Donor-Derived Cell-Free DNA Assessment in Transplant Patients

    P. Gauthier, A. Aleshin, S. Shchegrova, T. Mckenna, E. Kalashnikova, S. Sharma, H. Sethi, R. Salari, R. Swenerton, Z. Demko, B. Zimmermann, P. Billings

    Natera, Inc., San Carlos, CA

    *Purpose: Detecting elevated levels of donor-derived cell-free DNA (dd-cfDNA) in the plasma of transplant recipients has been used as a metric to determine graft injury…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Is Bridging Anticoagulation or Antiplatelet Reversal Necessary Prior to Kidney Transplantation?

    J. C. Alonso-Escalante, R. P. Tindall, L. Machado, K. R. Tabar, N. Thai, T. Uemura

    AHN Transplant Institute, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA

    *Purpose: Pre-kidney transplant patients are often placed on anticoagulation or antiplatelet therapy, and their perioperative management is often challenging. The aim of this study is…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    The Challenge of Selecting an Induction Agent: A Dual Regimen for Medically High-Risk Kidney Recipients

    R. Craig-Schapiro, B. Magaoay, R. Grover, S. Sultan, M. Aull, S. Kapur

    Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY

    *Purpose: Complications of the commonly used lymphocyte-depleting induction agent, rabbit anti-thymocyte globulin (rATG),include cardiorespiratory dysfunction with hypotension, tachycardia, myocardial infarction, and pulmonary edema. The choice…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Analyzing the Effect of a Closed Incision Negative Pressure Wound Therapy System on Wound Complications and Surgical Site Infections in Kidney Transplant Recipients: A Propensity Score Matched Analysis

    S. Lam, A. Huynh, J. M. Laurence

    Transplantation Services, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, Australia

    *Purpose: The purpose of this study is to determine if a closed incision negative pressure wound therapy (ciNPWT) system prevents wound complications and surgical site…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Delayed Graft Function Adversely Affects Long-Term Survival for Kidney Recipients after Non-Renal Solid-Organ Transplantation

    J. A. Reyes, C. Blanton, M. Eerhart, G. Leverson, P. Chlebeck, Y. Yankol, L. Fernandez

    Surgery, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI

    *Purpose: End-stage renal disease (ESRD) frequently develops after nonrenal solid-organ transplantation, increasing the number of patients with a prior heart, liver or lung transplant on…
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