2016 American Transplant Congress
Pre-Transplant Bariatric Surgery and One-Year Graft Loss Risk in Kidney Transplants.
Background: Several centers recommend bariatric surgery (BS) pre-transplantation (pre-Tx) with arbitrary BMI cutoffs. The effects of BS on Tx outcome are unclear. We studied the…2015 American Transplant Congress
Acute Kidney Injury After Lung Transplantation – Incidence, Risk Factors and Mechanisms
Background: Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a frequent and severe complication after solid organ transplantation. In a retrospective analysis and afterwards in a prospective clinical…2015 American Transplant Congress
Bladder Drainage of Pancreas Transplants Alone: Friend or Foe?
Introduction: Immunological monitoring of Pancreas Transplants Alone (PTA) remains a challenge and bladder drainage is thought to facilitate early detection of rejection but may lead…2015 American Transplant Congress
Socioeconomic Factors and Early Hospital Readmission After Kidney Transplant at a Single Center
Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore.
Early hospital readmission (EHR) is a key negative outcome in kidney transplantation (KT). Socioeconomic (SE) factors are associated with EHR in other contexts, but have…2015 American Transplant Congress
Evaluation of the Effects of N-Acetylcysteine Treatment in Adult Liver Transplant Recipients
Aurora St Luke's Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI.
Background: N-acetylcysteine (NAC) has been used in post-orthotopic liver transplant (OLT) patients for the proposed mechanism of preventing tissue damage of the newly transplanted organ…2015 American Transplant Congress
Prediction of Post-Operative Length of Stay and Unplanned Reoperation in Patients Transplanted for Alcoholic Liver Disease: An Artificial Neural Network Approach
Surgery, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN.
Purpose:Using artificial neural network (ANN) modeling, this study aims to optimize the prediction of prolonged length of stay (LOS) and need for unplanned reoperation (UR)…2015 American Transplant Congress
Assessment of Bleeding and Thrombosis in Responders and Initial Non-Responders to Aspirin After Continuous-Flow Left Ventricular Assist Device Placement
Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC.
Purpose: This study evaluates bleeding and thrombosis following left ventricular assist device (LVAD) placement using platelet inhibition monitoring to determine responders to standard aspirin dosing…2015 American Transplant Congress
The Impact of Perioperative Bleeding on Long-Term Outcomes of Mechanical Circulatory Support
1Sentara Norfolk General Hospital, Norfolk, VA; 2Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA.
Purpose: Postoperative bleeding is a common complication of MCS surgery. The incidence of bleeding in published series exceeds by several times the 3-5% rates seen…2015 American Transplant Congress
Endovascular Salvage of a Pancreas Allograft Having Developed a Large AV Fistula and Aneurysm
1Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, AZ; 2Radiology, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, AZ.
We present an unusual case of a late, large pancreas allograft arteriovenous fistula and aneurysm rescued from threatened rupture or need for transplant pancreatectomy by…2015 American Transplant Congress
Controlled DCD Pancreas Transplantation : A Single Centre Experience
Oxford Transplant Centre, Oxford University, Oxford, United Kingdom.
Background: The use of DCD pancreata are gaining popularity in the UK. Isolated pancreas transplantation (IP) is known to have inferior outcomes in comparison to…
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