Articles tagged "Prognosis"

2022 American Transplant Congress
Adherence, Outcomes and Adverse Effects in Pediatric Renal Transplant Patients After Early Steroid-Withdrawal and Low-Dose Calcineurin Inhibitor Maintenance Immunosuppression
A. Garcia¹, R. Plews¹, M. Moran¹, F. Trujillo¹, A. Martinez¹, N. Koizumi², D. Conti¹, J. Ortiz¹
¹Albany Medical College, Albany, NY, ²George Mason University, Arlington, VA
*Purpose: To explore adherence and long-term impacts of a sirolimus-based, low-dose calcineurin inhibitor regimen with early steroid withdrawal in pediatric renal transplant recipients.*Methods: A single-center,…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Long-Term Effects of Conversion from Calcineurin Inhibitors to Sirolimus for the Recipients with Low Immunological Risk in Renal Allograft
Q. Wu, J. Chen, D. Cheng, X. Ni, X. Li, K. Xie, W. Jiqiu
National Clinical Research Center of Kidney Diseases, Jinling Hospital, Nanjing University Jinling School of Medicine, Nanjing, China
*Purpose: To observe the long-term effects and prognosis of conversion from calcineurin inhibitors (CNIs) to sirolimus in biopsy-proven low immunological risk renal transplant recipients (RTRs).*Methods:…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Transplant Centers That Assess Frailty as Part of Clinical Practice Have Better Outcomes
X. Chen¹, Y. Liu¹, V. Thompson¹, N. M. Chu¹, E. A. King¹, J. D. Walston², J. A. Kobashigawa³, D. M. Dadhania⁴, D. L. Segev¹, M. A. McAdams-DeMarco¹
¹Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ²Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ³Comprehensive Transplant Center, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, ⁴Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY
*Purpose: Frailty predicts adverse post-kidney transplant (KT) outcomes, yet impacts of frailty assessments on center-level outcomes remain unclear. We tested whether transplant centers assessing frailty…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Living Donor Liver Transplant for Unresectable Colorectal Metastasis: A Case Series
B. Emmanuel, H. Al-Harakeh, A. Humar, C. Hughes, A. Tevar, M. Molinari, A. Ganoza
Starzl Transplant Institute, UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA
*Purpose: Colorectal Cancer (CRC) represents the third most common malignancy worldwide. In the US, CRC lifetime risk is approximately 1 in 23 (4.4%) for men…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Home-based Liver Frailty Intervention (lift) in Liver Transplant Candidates: A Pilot Study
A. J. Thuluvath¹, K. Belfanti¹, S. Morrissey¹, O. Siddiqui¹, J. Peipert¹, A. Daud¹, J. Levitsky¹, T. Bogg², A. Flores¹, D. P. Ladner¹
¹Northwestern University Transplant Research Collaborative, Chicago, IL, ²Department of Psychology, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
*Purpose: Frailty is highly prevalent in patients awaiting LT and is associated with increased waitlist and post-transplant mortality, hospitalizations and LOS. While reduction of frailty…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Racial and Sexual Disparities in Solid Organ Transplant Outcomes Since Implementation of the Affordable Care Act Insurance Expansion Across Some States
H. Mohamed¹, C. Conceicao², A. Kumar¹, J. Buggs³
¹Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, ²Honors College, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, ³Transplant Surgery, Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, FL
*Purpose: Achieving solid organ transplantation traditionally requires access to health insurance. As such, women and people of color have faced barriers to obtaining solid-organ transplants.…
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…