Articles tagged "Prognosis"

2019 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Glomerulitis at 4-Month Biopsy on Long Term Kidney Allograft Outcomes
M. Whigham, G. Mour, M. Buras, S. Sukumaran Nair, A. Jaramillo, D. Ramon, R. Heilman
Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, AZ
*Purpose: Antibody mediated rejection (AMR) is diagnosed based on combination of elevated creatinine, histopathological findings defined as glomerulitis (g), and peritubular capillaritis (ptc), with or…
2019 American Transplant Congress
The More You Wait, the More You Lose: Prostatectomy and Kidney Transplant Waiting Time in End Stage Renal Disease
N. Sarabu¹, N. Schiltz², K. D. Chavin¹, D. E. Hricik¹
¹University Hospitals of Cleveland, Cleveland, OH, ²Case Western Researve University, Cleveland, OH
*Purpose: Optimal treatment and waiting time for patients with prostate cancer awaiting kidney transplant is unclear.*Methods: We studied male patients, 40 years or older, with…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Predicting Transplant Rejection by a Composite Urinary Injury Score
J. Y. Yang, R. Sarwal, T. K. Sigdel, M. M. Sarwal
Department of Surgery, UCSF, San Francisco, CA
*Purpose: While sequencing or SNP-based methods of quantifying donor-derived cell-free DNA (dd-cfDNA) from plasma have been used to detect allograft rejection, they remain expensive and…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Successful Weaning Of Parenteral Nutrition After Serial Transverse Enteroplasty: The Largest Series Of Adult Short Gut Syndrome Patients
M. Fujiki, S. Armanyous, K. Abu-Elmagd
Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH
*Purpose: Serial Transverse Enteroplasty Procedure (STEP) is an effective procedure to restore nutritional autonomy, but with limited experience especially in adult patients. The aims of…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Gut Microbiome And Acute Rejection After Kidney Transplantation
H. Cho¹, Y. Yang¹, J. Kim², J. Moon², J. Jeong², J. Park³, M. Kwak⁴, B. Kim⁴, D. Kim², J. Lee⁵, B. Kim⁶, Y. Kim², H. Lee²
¹Internal Medicine, Chungbuk National University Hospital, Cheongju, Korea, Republic of, ²Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ³Internal Medicine, Kangwon National University Hospital, Chuncheon, Korea, Republic of, ⁴ChunLab Inc., Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ⁵Internal Medicine, Seoul National University, Boramae Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ⁶Hallym University, Chuncheon, Korea, Republic of
*Purpose: Acute rejection (AR) is a common complication in kidney transplantation (KT) and associated with reduced patient-graft survival. Recent studies have shown that the gut…
2019 American Transplant Congress
A Randomized Pilot Trial of Home-Based Physical Activity Plus Dietary Intervention to Improve Physical Function in Patients with Advanced Liver Disease
H. Chen¹, A. A. Ferrando², M. G. White², M. Pauly², T. Bartter², M. A. Dunn¹, W. R. Kim³, A. Duarte-Rojo¹
¹T.E. Starzl Transplantation Institute, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, ²University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, ³Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
*Purpose: Deconditioning and frailty are prevalent among liver transplant (LTx) candidates and prehabilitation programs have been proposed in order to improve clinical outcomes. However, few…
2019 American Transplant Congress
A Retrospective Analysis Evaluating Various Tissue Biopsy Scoring Systems in Predicting Recipient Outcomes Following Transplantation of Extended Criteria Donor Kidneys
A. Hijazi¹, D. Nap¹, M. Gabril², M. Moussa², V. Ibrahim³, M. A. Levine⁴, M. Madruah⁴, P. Luke⁴, A. Sener⁴
¹Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, London, ON, Canada, ²Pathology, London Health Sciences Center, London, ON, Canada, ³Western University, London, ON, Canada, ⁴Urology, London Health Sciences Center, London, ON, Canada
*Purpose: Organ selectivity for transplantation can be quite challenging, especially for marginal kidneys. We examined the prognostic utility of the Maryland Aggregate Pathology Index (MAPI)…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Measuring of Outcomes in Liver Transplant Patients with or without Splenectomy: A Meta Analysis
M. Chen, B. Huang, Y. Zhang, W. Ju, X. He
Transplant Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
*Purpose: Splenectomy is performed in liver transplantation (LT) to regulate the portal vein pressure. Researchers have reported beneficial effects of splenectomy on rejection prevention, protection…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Osmotic Demyelination Syndrome after Liver Transplantation- Etiology and Treatment Options
P. Mihaylov¹, D. Soma², D. Kuruppu², B. Ekser², R. Mangus², J. Fridell², R. Snook², C. Kubal²
¹Indiana Univ School of Medicine, Pavia University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, ²Indiana Univ School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN
*Purpose: Orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) is the only effective therapy for patients with end stage liver failure that increases long-term survival, but is not without…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Postoperative Telemonitoring Following Kidney Transplantation: Effects on Early Hospital Readmissions and Graft Outcomes
N. Elfadawy, V. Humphreville, A. Padiyar, E. Sanchez, N. Sarabu
University hospitals of Cleveland, Cleveland, OH
*Purpose: Telemonitoring has been recently shown to improve outcomes and reduce hospital admission rate in cardiac patients. We sought to study the effect of telemonitoring…

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