Articles tagged "Renal failure"

2021 American Transplant Congress
Covid-19 in Solid Organ Transplantation (SOT): Results of the National Covid Cohort Collaborative (N3C)
G. Agarwal¹, A. Vinson², R. Dai³, E. French⁴, S. Lee⁵, A. Olex⁴, A. Anzalone⁶, V. Madhira⁷, R. B. Mannon⁸
¹Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ²Medicine/Nephrology, Nova Scotia Health Authority, Halifax, NS, Canada, ³Biostatistics, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ⁴Wright Center for Clinical and Translational Research, VIrginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, ⁵Medicine/Infectious Disease, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada, ⁶Neurology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ⁷Palia Software, Not sure, OR, ⁸Medicine/Nephrology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
*Purpose: SARS-CoV-2 infection has resulted in significant mortality in solid organ transplant (SOT) recipients based on reports from single centers or voluntary registries. The N3C…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes of Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunts (TIPS) in Dialysis-Dependent ESLD Patients: The ALTA Study
J. Ge¹, J. Boike², M. German³, G. J. Morelli⁴, E. Spengler³, A. Said³, A. S. Lee³, A. Hristov³, A. Desai⁵, T. Couri⁶, S. Paul⁶, C. Frenette⁷, N. Christian-Miller⁷, M. Laurito⁸, E. Verna⁸, U. Rahim⁹, A. Goel⁹, D. Gregory², L. VanWagner², K. P. Kolli¹, J. Lai¹
¹University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ²Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL, ³University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, ⁴University of Florida Health, Gainsville, FL, ⁵Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, ⁶University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, ⁷The Scripps Clinic, La Jolla, CA, ⁸Columbia University, New York, NY, ⁹Stanford University, Stanford, CA
*Purpose: Data on the outcomes of patients with cirrhosis who require renal replacement therapy (RRT) at the time of transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunts (TIPS) is…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Factors Associated with High Mortality in Acute on Chronic Liver Failure Patients Admitted to the Intensive Care Unit, Single Center Experience
O. Mendez Guerrero, D. A. Calle Rodas, E. Cervantes Alvarez, E. Alatorre Arenas, J. Perez Escobar, A. Estanes Hernandez, N. Navarro Alvarez, A. Torre
Hepatology and Liver Transplantation Unit, Gastroenterology department, National Institute of Medical Science and Nutrition Salvador Zubiran, Mexico City, Mexico
*Purpose: ACLF is a newly defined syndrome in the background of a chronic liver disease characterized by acute decompensation, organ failure and high mortality at…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Safety of A2 Incompatible Kidney Transplantation in Donors with Acute Kidney Injury
Y. Al Azzi, L. Liriano-Ward, G. Nair, M. Ajaimy, J. Graham, C. Pynadath, P. Nandigam, A. Colovai, A. Campbell, S. Greenstein, M. Kinkhabwala, J. Rocca, E. Akalin
Abdominal Transplant, Montefiore Medical Center, New York, NY
*Purpose: Kidneys with donor acute kidney injury (AKI) are frequently discarded. We aimed to study the outcomes of A2 incompatible kidney transplantation from donors with…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Delayed Graft Function Adversely Affects Long-Term Survival for Kidney Recipients after Non-Renal Solid-Organ Transplantation
J. A. Reyes, C. Blanton, M. Eerhart, G. Leverson, P. Chlebeck, Y. Yankol, L. Fernandez
Surgery, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
*Purpose: End-stage renal disease (ESRD) frequently develops after nonrenal solid-organ transplantation, increasing the number of patients with a prior heart, liver or lung transplant on…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Optimal Timing of Initiating Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy in Patients with Acute Kidney Injury after Liver Transplantation
A. Ren, Z. Li, X. Zhang, R. Deng, Y. Ma
Organ Transplant Center, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
*Purpose: Acute kidney injury(AKI) is a frequent complication after liver transplantation(LT), and is associated with high mortality. Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy (CRRT) is a blood…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Effects of Tenofovir and Entecavir on Glomerular Kidney Function in Liver Transplant Patients: A Nationwide Cohort Study
J. Lee¹, E. Kim¹, S. Yang¹, S. Kim¹, J. Lee¹, J. Park², H. Choi³, B. Kim², D. Joo¹, S. Kim¹, M. Kim¹
¹Department of Transplantation Surgery, Severance Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ²Department of Internal Medicine, Severance Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ³Department of Internal Medicine, Gangnam Severance Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
*Purpose: Entecavir and tenofovir are currently the first-line drugs in liver transplantation (LT) patients for the prevention of hepatitis B virus recurrence. Despite its proven…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Evolving Trends in Simultaneous Liver Kidney Transplant (SLKT) – Results from the US SLKT Consortium
G. Cullaro¹, J. Jo², J. Rassiwala², L. Van Wagner², R. Wong³, J. C. Lai³, J. Magee⁴, A. Schluger¹, P. Barman⁵, Y. Patel⁵, K. Walters⁶, S. Biggins⁶, P. Sharma⁴, E. C. Verna¹
¹New York Presbyterian, New York, NY, ²Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ³UCSF, San Francisco, CA, ⁴University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁵Duke University, Durham, NC, ⁶University of Washington, Seattle, WA
*Purpose: The utilization of SLKT in the United States is rising in the MELD era. We aimed to understand the contemporary changes in characteristics and…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Trends in Liver Transplantation in Patients with Renal Failure Since Implementation of Simultaneous Liver-Kidney Allocation Policy
P. J. Altshuler, O. Shaheen, A. P. Shah, J. Glorioso, A. Frank, C. Ramirez, W. Maley, A. S. Bodzin
Department of Surgery, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
*Purpose: To reduce potentially unnecessary kidney utilization, as of August 10, 2017 a new allocation policy was implemented restricting Simultaneous Liver Kidney (SLK) transplant to…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Geographical Disparities in Transplantation: Exploring the Association between County Health Rankings and an Individual’s Access to Transplantation
A. J. Carter, R. D. Reed, D. Hendricks, K. N. Baldwin, A. C. Kale, J. E. Locke
Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
*Purpose: Since 2004, living kidney donation has declined, with the southeastern United States disproportionately affected. Programs such as the Living Donor Navigator (LDN), designed to…