Articles tagged "Post-operative complications"

2016 American Transplant Congress
Should Obese Patients Undergo Renal Transplantation? A Retrospective Analysis to Assess Whether Body Mass Index Can Affect Transplant Outcome.
A. Mehta,¹ A. Marriott,¹ A. Ghazanfar.²
¹St. George's, University of London, London, United Kingdom; ²Renal Transplant Unit, St. George's Hospital, London, United Kingdom.
This study aims to analyze our renal transplant recipient population in terms of perioperative complications (90 day) and graft survival (3 years) in relation to…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Renal Vein Thrombosis Incidence in 3976 Consecutive Kidney Transplants: Retrospective Analyses Focusing on Intraoperative Risk Factors.
H. Marinho Neto, B. Leslie, J. Neves Neto, J. Offerni, A. Pessoa, M. Almeida, M. Nogueira, S. Ximenes, W. Aguiar, H. Tedesco, J. Medina Pestana.
Kidney Hospital, São Paulo, Brazil.
INTRODUCTION: Although rare (incidence of 0,1 to 8.2%), renal vein thrombosis is a major cause o early graft loss. Here we try to identify perioperative…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Acute Kidney Injury and Chronic Kidney Disease in Donation After Circulatory Death Liver Transplantation: UK Single Centre Study.
I. Umbro,^1,2 F. Tinti,^1,2 F. Evison,³ A. Sharif,⁴ B. Gunson,⁵ A. Mitterhofer,² J. Ferguson,¹ P. Muiesan.¹
¹The Liver Unit, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, United Kingdom; ²Nephrology and Dialysis Unit, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy; ³Department of Health Informatics, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, United Kingdom; ⁴Department of Nephrology and Transplantation, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, United Kingdom; ⁵NIHR Birmingham Liver Biomedical Research Unit and Centre for Liver Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom.
Aim of the study is to assess the incidence of acute kidney injury (AKI) and chronic kidney disease (CKD) after liver transplantation (LT) in DCD…
2016 American Transplant Congress
A 15-Year Retrospective Analysis of Acute Kidney Injury in Non Renal Solid Organ Transplant Recipients: Incidence, Outcome and Progression Toward End Stage Chronic Kidney Disease.
V. Cantaluppi,¹ A. Quercia,² S. Dellepiane,² D. Medica,² L. Biancone.²
¹Nephrology, Dialysis and Kidney Transplantation Unit, University of Eastern Piedmont "A. Avogadro", Novara, Italy; ²Nephrology, Dialysis and Kidney Transplantation Unit, University of Torino, Torino, Italy.
Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a frequent complication in critically ill patients admitted to Intensive Care Units, often complicated by high mortality and progression toward…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Kidney Transplantation: Do Early Urinary Tract Complications Influence Long-Term Graft Survival?
E. Arpali, D. Kaufman, H. Sollinger.
Department of Surgery, Division of Transplantation, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI.
Objective: To evaluate the effect of urological complications seen in the first year after the primary kidney transplant on long term outcomes.Patients and Methods: ESRD…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Understanding the Drivers Behind an Early Post-KAS Rise in Delayed Graft Function (DGF) Rates.
D. Stewart, A. Kucheryavaya, D. Klassen.
UNOS, Richmond, VA.
Background: DGF among solitary deceased donor kidney transplants (tx) increased by 22% (p<0.0001) -- from 24.6% to 30.1% -- during the first 6 months of…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Renal Risk Index and Acute Kidney Injury in Liver Transplant Patients.
J. Neal, Y. Sun, J. Erley, J. Shen, C. Sonnenday, P. Sharma, J. Park.
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.
Purpose: Renal risk index (RRI) has been validated in liver transplant (LT) to predict post-transplant ESRD. We examined the clinical utility of RRI as a…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Predictors of Urologic Complications After Pediatric En-Bloc Donor Kidney Transplantation.
S. Kabagambe,¹ A. De Mattos,² R. Perez,¹ C. Santhanakrishnan,¹ J. Sageshima,¹ C. Troppmann,¹ J. McVicar.¹
¹Surgery, University of California-Davis, Sacramento, CA; ²Transplant Nephrology, University of California-Davis, Sacramento, CA.
Pediatric en-bloc kidney transplant (PEBKT) has expanded the donor pool. Association of donor characteristics and urologic complications is not well described. The objective of this…
2016 American Transplant Congress
“Day 2 Discharge” After Kidney Transplantation: Complications, Health Care Utilization, and Long-Term Clinical Outcomes.
A. Mathur, N. Katariya, A. Welu, J. Chang, R. Heilman, A. Singer, H. Khamash, H. Chakkera, W. Hewitt, D. Haakinson, M. Maningo-Salinas, E. Oakley, A. Moss, K. Reddy.
Transplant Center, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix.
Background: Reducing kidney transplant length of stay is a priority for many stakeholders. We aimed to determine whether very early discharge – on or before…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Hospitalizations for Cardiovascular Disease After Kidney Transplantation: The Role of Facility Characteristics on Outcomes and Costs.
A. Mathur, Y.-H. Chang, D. Steidley, N. Katariya, A. Singer, W. Hewitt, K. Reddy, N. Wasif, D. Etzioni, A. Moss.
Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, AZ.
Background: Long term outcomes are in jeopardy when kidney transplant recipients are hospitalized with cardiovascular disease (CVD). We sought to understand hospital predictors of inpatient…