Articles tagged "Pregnancy"

2020 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Pregnancy on Kidney Transplant Recipients: A Propensity Score-Matched Study
T. Abe, A. Taniguchi, M. Kawamura, S. Nakazawa, T. Kato, R. Imamura, N. Nonomura
Department of Urology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Japan
*Purpose: This study aimed to evaluate whether the experience of pregnancy and delivery would be associated with poor maternal outcome among kidney transplant recipients.*Methods: A…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Sensitization via Pregnancy Generates Alloantibody and Cross-Reactive Xeno-Antibody in a Non-Human Primate Model
J. Yoon, M. Manook, Z. Fitch, R. Schmitz, A. Choi, A. M. Jackson, S. Knechtle, J. Kwun
Surgery, Duke University, Durham, NC
*Purpose: Women are disproportionately represented among highly sensitized waitlist candidates and within HLA-incompatible transplantation programs. Due to difficulties obtaining compatible donors, sensitized patients are seen…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Twin Pregnancies after Liver Transplantation
L. A. Coscia¹, A. Yusuf¹, S. Rao², S. Constantinescu³, M. J. Moritz⁴
¹Transplant Pregnancy Registry International, Philadelphia, PA, ²Medicine, University of Virginia Heath System, Charlottesville, VA, ³Medicine, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, ⁴Surgery, Lehigh Valley Health Network, Allentown, PA
*Purpose: The purpose of this study is to describe twin pregnancy outcomes in female liver transplant recipients.*Methods: Data were collected by the Transplant Pregnancy Registry…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Maternal Peripartum Complications in Solid Organ Transplantation
R. X. Wang¹, G. S. Lee-Riddle², D. O. Walls³, D. S. Goldberg⁴, P. L. Abt²
¹Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, ²Department of Surgery, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, ³Department of Surgery, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick, NJ, ⁴Department of Medicine, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL
*Purpose: Previous studies examining pregnancy related complications after solid organ transplantation (SOT) primarily relied on voluntary registries and meta-analyses. Herein, we investigated maternal delivery outcomes…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Heart Transplant Outcomes in Adults with Peripartum Cardiomyopathy
P. Genyk, K. Yang, G. Liu, J. Nattiv, P. Banankhah, P. Kingsford, J. Li, S. Nuno, K. Pandya, A. Vaidya, E. DePasquale
Department of Cardiology, Keck Medical Center of University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: We aimed to evaluate long-term heart transplant (HT) outcomes in adults with peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) and compare them to all other heart transplant recipients.*Methods:…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Bilateral Lung Transplantation Combined with Cardiac Correction in Treatment of Severe Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Complicated with Eisenmenger Syndrome in Puerpera, a Feasible Strategy for Future?
J. Huang, Z. Wang, J. Chen
Wuxi Lung Transplant Center, Wuxi People's Hospital affiliated to Nanjing Medical University, Wuxi, China
*Purpose: Though pregnancy is not recommended for patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) in current guidelines, some patients do stick to parturition due to varies…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Patient Attitudes Regarding Contraception and Pregnancy after Transplantation
P. Puerzer¹, T. McIntosh², C. Sammons³, N. Casciello³, T. Fallah³, M. Norris³, M. Sumit⁴, J. DuBois⁵, A. Iltis⁶, D. Sawinski¹
¹Univ of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ²Washington Univ in St Louis, St Louis, MO, ³Pharmacy, Hospital of the Univ of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁴Columbia Univ, New York, NY, ⁵Washington Univ in St Louis, St. Louis, MO, ⁶Wake Forest Univ, Winston-Salem, NC
*Purpose: Professional society recommendations regarding contraception and pregnancy after transplantation exist but little is known about patient attitudes.*Methods: We conducted a survey of female transplant…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Pregnancy Outcomes in Kidney Transplant Recipients
H. SHIRAKAWA¹, S. WAKAI², K. UNAGAMI³, K. OMOTO⁴, T. SHIMIZU⁴, Y. KAKUTA⁵, M. OKUMI⁵, H. ISHIDA⁵, M. OGAWA⁶, K. TANABE⁵
¹Urology, Ohkubo Hospital, Tokyo, Japan, ²Nephrology, Ohkubo Hospital, Tokyo, Japan, ³Nephrology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan, ⁴Urology, Toda Central General Hospital, Saitama, Japan, ⁵Urology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan, ⁶Obstetrics and Gynecology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
*Purpose: Kidney transplantation(KT) is often considered to be the best treatment increase the chance of pregnancy for women with chronic kidney disease(CKD). However, the pregnancy…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Pregnancy in Renal Transplant Recipients A Single Center Retrospective Study
O. PISCORAN¹, K. Bhatia¹, T. Augustine¹, S. Kopargaonkar², J. Gillham²
¹Renal Transplantation, Manchester Foundation Trust, MRI, Manchester, United Kingdom, ²Manchester Foundation Trust, MRI, Manchester, United Kingdom
*Purpose: Pregnancies after renal transplantation (RT) are classified as high risk and are reported to generate maternal and foetal complications. The aim of this study…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Comparison of Planned vs. Unplanned Pregnancies in Female Kidney Transplant Recipients
S. Rao¹, L. A. Coscia², D. Kliniewski², S. Constantinescu³, M. J. Moritz⁴
¹Medicine, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA, ²Gift of Life Institute, Transplant Pregnancy Registry International, Philadelphia, PA, ³Medicine, Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, ⁴Surgery, Lehigh Valley Health Network, Allentown, PA
*Purpose: The purpose of this study is to analyze the impact of planned vs. unplanned pregnancies in 897 female kidney transplant recipients.*Methods: Data were collected…