Articles tagged "Post-operative complications"

2018 American Transplant Congress
Patient-Centered Outcomes after Liver Transplantation: A Qualitative Study
G. Lee, J. Obayemi, E. Rubin.
Surgery, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA; Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA.
Introduction: Outcomes after liver transplantation are most commonly reported by medical professionals as rates of graft failure, episodes of acute rejection, length of hospital stay,…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Anticoagulation in Pediatric Liver Transplantation; the Pros and Cons
M. Werner,¹ R. de Kleine,¹ M. de Boer,¹ V. de Meijer,¹ R. Scheenstra,² H-.J. Verkade,² F. Bodewes,² S. Bontemps,³ T. Lisman,¹ R. Porte.¹
¹HPB Surgery & Liver Transplantation, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands; ²Pediatric Gastroenterology & Hepatology, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands; ³Pediatric Intensive Care, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands.
Background: Hepatic artery thrombosis (HAT) and portal vein thrombosis (PVT) are serious causes of morbidity and mortality after pediatric orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT). To minimize…
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Opioid Use Following Ultrasound-Guided Transverse Abdominis Plane Blocks in Living Donor Nephrectomy Patients
E. Henricksen,¹ D. Quan,¹ C. Freise.²
¹Department of Pharmacy, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA; ²Department of Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA.
Purpose: Post-operative pain management is of major concern in living donor nephrectomy patients. Opioids are often used for post-surgical pain, however they are associated with…
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Hospital Readmissions Following ABO-Incompatible Live Donor Kidney Transplantation: A National Study
B. Orandi,¹ X. Luo,² S. Bae,² E. King,² J. Garonzik-Wang,² D. Segev.²
¹UCSF, San Francisco; ²Hopkins, Baltimore.
30% of kidney transplant recipients are readmitted in the first month post-transplant. ABO-incompatible (ABO-I) recipients constitute a unique subpopulation that might be at higher readmission…
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Primary Oral Vancomycin Prophylaxis Reduces the Incidence of Clostridium difficile Infection among Lung Transplant Recipients
V. Bajrovic, K. Brizendine.
Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH.
Purpose: To determine the efficacy of primary oral vancomycin prophylaxis in reducing the incidence of Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) in the early post-op period among…
2018 American Transplant Congress
The Incidence and Outcome of Isolated Distal Deep Vein Thrombosis in Kidney Transplant Recipient
M. Kim, J. Hwang, S. Kim, S. Park, I. Moon, J. Kim.
Surgery, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Introduction Isolated distal deep vein thrombosis (IDDVT) in kidney transplantation recipient (KTR) is difficult to make decision because it is not common in Korean and…
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Efficacy of Bronchoscopically-Administered Surfactant in the Setting of Primary Graft Dysfunction after Lung Transplantation
S. Ahmed,¹ M. Soto-Arenall,¹ D. Jackson,¹ D. Erasmus.²
¹Department of Pharmacy, Mayo Clinic in Florida, Jacksonville, FL; ²Department of Transplantation, Mayo Clinic in Florida, Jacksonville, FL.
Primary graft dysfunction (PGD) is a severe form of ischemia and reperfusion acute lung injury presenting within the first 72 hours post-lung transplant. PGD is…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Hyperkalemia in the Early Post Renal Transplant Period
E. Christie, J. Okel, M. Gowrishankar.
Division of Nephrology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada; Division of Nephrology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada; Division of Pediatrics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
Hyperkalemia is a recognized and potentially life threatening complication post renal transplantation. Aside from delayed graft function, the most frequent culprit identified is pharmacotherapy. Many…
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Incidence of Atrial Arrhythmia after Lung Transplantation with a Universal Prophylaxis Strategy
M. Sullivan,¹ J. Lin,² R. Bag,² L. Potter.¹
¹Department of Pharmacy, The University of Chicago Medicine, Chicago, IL; ²Medicine/Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL.
PurposePostoperative atrial arrhythmias (AA) occur in 19-39% of patients after lung transplantation and are associated with increased mortality, hospital length of stay, and risk of…
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Increased BMI is a Predictor of Early Post-Transplant Cardiac Events and Mortality
A. Mahgoub, S. Jackson, J. Lake, N. Lim.
Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN; Transplant Information Services/ISR2, Fairview Health Services, Minneapolis, MN.
Background: Cardiac events (CVE) remain a significant source of morbidity in the early post-transplant(post-tx) period despite extensive evaluation prior to liver transplant(LT). It is important…