Articles tagged "Risk factors"

2022 American Transplant Congress
Impaired Left Ventricular Global Longitudinal Strain: Clinical Presentation and Outcomes in Liver Transplantation Recipients without Arrhythmia or Structural Heart Disease
M. B. Hammami, J. Grossman, P. Xue, H. Allaham, K. Eagan, S. Gottlieb, C. Hong, L. Wang, C. Bhati, D. Maluf, K. Shetty, N. Urrunaga
University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: Assess the prevalence and characteristics of patients without arrhythmia or structural heart disease (SHD) but with impaired pre-transplant left ventricular global longitudinal strain (GLS)…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Does Dialysis Modality or Duration Influence Outcomes in Simultaneous Pancreas-Kidney Transplant Recipients?
M. Garner¹, B. Sharda², A. Farney³, J. Rogers², G. Orlando³, C. Jay⁴, A. Reeves-Daniel⁵, A. Mena-Gutierrez³, N. Sakhovskaya³, R. Stratta⁶
¹Transplant Surgery, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, NC, ²Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston Salem, NC, ³Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, NC, ⁴Wake Forest Baptist Health, Winston-Salem, NC, ⁵Wake Forest University, Winston Salem, NC, ⁶Wake Forest Univ, Winston-Salem, NC
*Purpose: The influence of dialysis modality and duration on outcomes following simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplantation (SPKT) remains uncertain. The study purpose was to review our single…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Meld Score <31 Predicts Spontaneous Recovery in Patients Listed for Liver Transplantation for Alcohol-Associated Hepatitis: A UNOS Database Study
Y. Bekki, G. Im, T. Schiano, S. Florman
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, RMTI, New York, NY
*Purpose: Alcohol-associated hepatitis (AH) is the fastest growing indication for liver transplantation (LT) in the U.S. While spontaneous recovery (SR) can occur in patients with…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Single Kidney Transplantation Using Pediatric Donor Kidneys: Satisfactory Outcomes but Specific Attentions Needed
M. Huang, W. Wu, X. Su, J. Li, C. Wu, H. Zhang, Q. Fu, J. Li, S. Wu, Y. Chen, Q. Zhang, L. Liu, C. Wang
The First Affiliated Hospital Of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
*Purpose: Utilization of pediatric donor in single kidney transplantation (SKT) are popular and can greatly expand the scarce donor pool, whereas potential risk factors remain…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Seasonal Variation of Cytomegalovirus Infection in Kidney Transplant Recipients
M. Jorgenson, B. Astor, C. Saddler, J. Smith, F. Aziz, D. Mandelbrot, N. Garg
University of Wisconsin Health, Madison, WI
*Purpose: Studies conducted in the northern United States found cytomegalovirus (CMV) disease after liver transplantation follows a seasonal pattern, with increased incidence in Fall and…
2022 American Transplant Congress
DCD vs DBD Pancreas Transplant Outcome – A Comprehensive Registry Analysis
A. C. Gruessner¹, S. J. Saggi², R. Gruessner¹
¹SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, ²Medicine, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY
*Purpose: Pancreas transplantation offers long-term independence from insulin injections for patients with labile diabetes mellitus. After a decade of decline (2004-2015), the number of pancreas…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes After Kidney Transplantation in Post Bariatric Surgery Patients: Systematic Review 
N. Pencovici¹, J. Long¹, M. Stegall², A. Kukla¹, T. Diwan¹
¹Mayo Clinic Rochester, Rochester, MN, ²Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
*Purpose: Morbid obesity is a barrier to kidney transplantation (KT) due to increased perioperative risks and worse outcomes. Bariatric surgery (BS) is increasingly performed in…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Donor Kidneys from Communities with Higher Deprivation Are Significantly More Likely to be Discarded
J. Schold¹, A. Huml¹, E. Poggio¹, E. Dewey¹, R. Buchalter¹, S. Husain², S. Mohan²
¹Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ²Columbia University, New York, NY
*Purpose: The proportion of kidneys procured for the purpose of transplantation but ultimately discarded exceeds 20% in the US. Factors associated with deceased donor kidney…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Social Determinants of Health and Biochemical Alcohol Relapse in Alcohol-Associated Liver Disease
K. Torosian¹, F. Delebecque², A. Liu², D. Arellano², S. Dave³, G. Schnickel⁴, V. Ajmera³
¹Internal Medicine, University of California San Diego Health, San Diego, CA, ²University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, ³Transplant Hepatology, University of California San Diego Health, San Diego, CA, ⁴Transplant Surgery, University of California San Diego Health, San Diego, CA
*Purpose: Alcohol use after liver transplant is associated with higher rates of graft loss and increased mortality; however, there is limited data regarding the factors…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Associated Factors to Physical Inactivity of Kidney Transplant Patients: Subproject of ADHERE Brazil Multicenter Study
E. S. Sertorio¹, F. A. Colugnati¹, K. Denhaerynck², S. De Smet³, J. O. Medina⁴, M. M. Reboredo⁵, S. De Geest², H. Sanders-Pinheiro¹, T. ADHERE BRAZIL Study team¹
¹Nephrology, Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Juiz de Fora, Brazil, ²Department of Public Health, Institute of Nursing Science, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland, ³Transplant Research Group, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, ⁴Nephrology, Hsopital do Rim, Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, ⁵Pneumology, Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Juiz de Fora, Brazil
*Purpose: Even though regular physical activity is a current recommendation for kidney transplant recipients (KTR), results from ADHERE Brazil study revealed a high prevalence of…

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