Articles tagged "Pregnancy"

2022 American Transplant Congress
Liver Transplantation – Is There a Life After Death?
B. Dorobantu
General Surgery and Liver Transplantation, Fundeni Clinical Institute, Bucharest, Romania
*Purpose: Organ donation and liver transplantation can transform the lack of hope and a terrible loss into a gift - new life that springs from…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Reproductive Counseling in Kidney Transplant: Patient Needs and Current Practices
S. Rajagopal¹, J. Ritchie², D. Seidman³, Y. Srisengfa⁴, E. R. Perito⁵, D. Adey⁶, M. Sarkar⁷
¹Internal Medicine, Brookdale University Hospital, Brooklyn, NY, ²Obstetrics and Gynecology, St Luke's University Health Network, Bethlehem, PA, ³Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ⁴University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ⁵Pediatric GI/Hepatology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ⁶Nephrology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ⁷GI/Hepatology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
*Purpose: Nearly 20% of female kidney transplant (KT) recipients are reproductive-aged. Early/unplanned pregnancies post-KT increase maternal and fetal risks, though data on reproductive counseling in…
2022 American Transplant Congress
In Vitro Fertilization Use Among Female Kidney Transplant Recipients
L. A. Coscia¹, J. M. Konel², M. Bowring³, S. Constantinescu⁴, M. J. Moritz⁵
¹Transplant Pregnancy Registry International, Philadelphia, PA, ²Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, ³Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ⁴Medicine, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, ⁵Surgery, Lehigh Valley Health Network, Allentown, PA
*Purpose: Infertility is common among female kidney transplant recipients (KTRs). In vitro fertilization (IVF) is a potential option. The purpose of this study was to…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Pregnancy After Heart Transplant Does Not Negatively Impact Long Term Patient Survival
M. J. Moritz¹, D. Lee², C. Madu², S. Hossain³, L. A. Coscia⁴, S. Rao⁵, S. Constantinescu⁶
¹Surgery, Lehigh Valley Health Network, Allentown, PA, ²Cardiovascular Medicine, University of South Florida, Morsani College of Medicine, Tampa, FL, ³Data Analytics, University of South Florida, Muma College of Business, Tampa, FL, ⁴Transplant Pregnancy Registry International, Philadelphia, PA, ⁵Nephrology, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA, ⁶Medicine, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
*Purpose: To evaluate the impact of pregnancy on patient survival in heart transplant recipients (HTRs), we linked the Transplant Pregnancy Registry International (TPRI) dataset with…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Twelve Live Births After Uterus Transplantation in the Dallas Uterus Transplant Study
L. Johannesson, G. J. McKenna, A. Wall, J. Bayer, G. Testa
Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX
*Purpose: To describe aggregated pregnancy outcomes after uterus transplantation from a single, experienced center.*Methods: This prospective study reports on live births among 20 women who…
2021 American Transplant Congress
A Multi-institutional Study of Renal Outcomes in Uterus Transplantation
D. Sawinski¹, L. Johannesson², J. Kristen³, J. Fronek³, P. Porrett⁴
¹Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ²Department of Surgery, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX, ³Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Prague, Czech Republic, ⁴University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
*Purpose: Pregnancy and calcineurin inhibitor-based immunosuppression represent potential renal stressors for uterus transplant (UTx) recipients, many of whom have Mayer-Rokitanksy-Kuster-Hauser (MRKH) syndrome and associated renal…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Pregnancy Outcomes in 108 Heart Transplant Recipients
L. A. Coscia¹, A. Yusuf¹, S. Rao², S. Constantinescu³, M. J. Moritz⁴
¹Transplant Pregnancy Registry International, Philadelphia, PA, ²University of Virginia Heath System, Charlottesville, VA, ³Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, ⁴Surgery, Lehigh Valley Health Network, Allentown, PA
*Purpose: The purpose of this study was to describe 185 pregnancies in 108 heart transplant recipients.*Methods: Data regarding conceptions occurring between June 1987 and Dec…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Pregnancy Outcomes in 39 Lung Transplant Recipients
S. Constantinescu¹, L. A. Coscia², A. Yusuf², S. Rao³, M. J. Moritz⁴
¹Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, ²Transplant Pregnancy Registry International, Philadelphia, PA, ³University of Virginia Heath System, Charlottesville, VA, ⁴Lehigh Valley Health Network, Allentown, PA
*Purpose: The purpose of this study is to describe 52 pregnancies in 39 lung transplant recipients reporting to the Transplant Pregnancy Registry International (TPRI) from…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Natural Sensitization by Pregnancy, Testing Desensitization Strategies in Female NHPs Across Repeat Mismatches
M. Manook, J. Yoon, Z. Fitch, R. Schmitz, A. M. Jackson, J. Kwun, S. Knechtle
Duke Transplant Center, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
*Purpose: Women are disproportionately represented in the highly sensitized patient cohort, and HLA-incompatible transplantation is undertaken predominantly in females. However, nonhuman primate (NHP) models to…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Pre- Kidney Donation Pregnancy Complications and Long-Term Outcomes
E. Helgeson¹, E. F. Palzer¹, D. Vock¹, A. Matas²
¹University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Minneapolis, MN, ²University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN
*Purpose: In general, hypertension (HTN), proteinuria, or diabetes (DM) are exclusion criteria for living kidney donation in young candidates. Exceptions are made for conditions only…

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