Articles tagged "Prognosis"

2022 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes of Living Liver Donors Are Worse Than Those of Matched Healthy Controls: Nationwide Cohort Study
J. Kim¹, J. Choi², J. Kim³, H. Kim⁴, J. Joh¹
¹Department of Surgery, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ²Department of Surgery, Myongji Hospital, Goyang, Korea, Republic of, ³Department of Urology, Soonchunhyang University Hospital, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ⁴Department of Preventive Medicine, Korea University, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
*Purpose: Donor death is the most serious complication of living liver donation, but is reported rarely. We investigated the actual mortality of living liver donors…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Cytomegalovirus and BK Virus Infection on Clinical Outcomes in Kidney Transplant Recipients
W. Park, J. Yang, J. Kwon, J. Lim, Y. Kim, J. Paek, K. Jin, S. Han
Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Keimyung University School of Medicine, Keimyung University Dongsan Hospital, Daegu, Korea, Republic of
*Purpose: Cytomegalovirus (CMV) or BK virus (BKV) infection is one of the important opportunistic infections in kidney transplant recipients (KTRs). CMV or BKV infection can…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes in Obese Patients with Diabetes Mellitus Type 2 That Received Simultaneous Pancreas and Kidney Transplant
M. Merzkani¹, H. Murad², M. Wang³, V. Hu⁴, M. Ji⁵, Y. Al-Hosni⁴, O. Alzahabi³, M. Zayed³, K. Lentine⁶, J. Wellen⁷, S. Chang⁸, T. Alhamad⁹
¹Washington University, Saint Louis, MO, ²Washington University in St Louis, Chesterfield, MO, ³Washington U, St Louis, MO, ⁴Wash U, St Louis, MO, ⁵Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO, ⁶SLU, St Louis, MO, ⁷Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO, ⁸Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO, ⁹Washington University School of Medicine at St. Louis, Saint Louis, MO
*Purpose: Simultaneous pancreas and kidney transplant (SPKT) has excellent outcomes in patients with end stage renal disease secondary to diabetes mellitus type 2 (DMT2). The…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Frailty and Short-Term Outcomes in Kidney Transplant
S. Van Arsdale¹, K. Torbert¹, R. Harland², A. Turner², B. Tanriover³, V. Ariyamuthu³
¹Banner University Medical Center, Tucson, AZ, ²Surgery, Banner University Medical Center, Tucson, AZ, ³Internal Medicine, Banner University Medical Center, Tucson, AZ
*Purpose: Studies suggest worse outcomes for frail solid organ transplant recipients. We analyzed post transplant outcomes in relation to frailty.*Methods: We conducted a retrospective study…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Biomarkers of Kidney Injury and Repair in Expanded-Criteria Deceased Donor Kidney Transplant Recipients: A Prospective Study
A. Al Jurdi¹, O. Efe¹, B. Aoyama², M. Lima², H. Silva², I. Schmidt³, S. Waikar³, V. Sabbisetti⁴, L. V. Riella¹
¹Center for Transplantation Sciences, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, MA, ²Escola Paulista de Medicina, UNIFESP, São Paulo, Brazil, ³Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA, ⁴Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA
*Purpose: Expanded-criteria donor (ECD) kidney transplants are at higher risk of kidney injury. Biomarkers that better predict short and long-term outcomes in ECD kidney transplant…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Risk Factors Associated with Severe COVID19 Illness in Kidney Transplant Recipients
E. Abuhelaiqa, M. Alkadi, H. Tohid, R. Elidrisi, R. Abdul Rahiman, M. F. Elshirbeny, T. A. Ghonaimi, A. I. Hamad, A. Nauman, A. A Aziz, O. Fituri, M. Asim, M. A. Othman, H. Al-Malki
Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar
*Purpose: COVID19 is an acute respiratory infection that is caused by the SARS-COV-2 that has been shown to be highly contagious and poses a significant…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Relationship Between Diabetes Mellitus and Covid-19 Prognosis in Kidney Transplant Patients
D. D. de Lucena, I. A. de Brito, M. P. Cristelli, J. O. Medina-Pestana, H. Tedesco-Silva, É. B. Rangel
Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
*Purpose: A high number of comorbidities associated with the severity of the disease caused by SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) has been reported, such as systemic arterial hypertension…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Post-Transplant Lymphoproliferative Disorder as a Trigger for Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis in Solid Organ Transplant – Case Series
M. Doraiswamy, P. Singh, T. Pesavento
Comprehensive Transplant Center, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH
*Purpose: Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) is a hyperinflammatory syndrome characterized by cytokine storm from the activated reticuloendothelial system. Due to the nonspecific presentation and overlap with…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes of Kidney Transplant Recipients with Antibody-mediated Allograft Rejection: A Retrospective Study
A. Al Jurdi¹, L. Goldfarb¹, M. Lafargue², J. Azzi³, L. V. Riella¹
¹Center for Transplantation Sciences, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, MA, ²Université de Paris, Paris, France, ³Transplantation Research Center, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA
*Purpose: The optimal regimen for treating acute and chronic antibody-mediated rejection (AMR) in kidney transplant recipients has yet to be established. The purpose of the…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Influence of Vitamin D Status on the Prognosis of Covid 19 in Patients with Kidney Transplant
J. Ugalde-Altamirano, I. Revuelta, A. Carrillo, M. Xipell, F. Cofan, N. Esforzado, E. Montagud, G. Piñeiro, A. Molina, P. Ventura, D. Cucchiari, F. Oppenheimer, F. Diekmann, J. Campistol, B. Bayes, J. Torregrosa
Nephrology, Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
*Purpose: The protective role of Vitamin D as an immunomodulator has been demonstrated in different pathologies included the viral etiology. This effect has been described…