2018 American Transplant Congress
Marijuana Use Should Not Preclude Consideration for Kidney Transplantation
Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN.
Purpose: Policies for transplant eligibility for tobacco and marijuana (MJ) users vary among transplant centers. The aim of this study was to compare the impact…2018 American Transplant Congress
Validation of an Integrative and Dynamic Prognostic Score for Response to Therapy in Solid Organ Transplants
Paris Translational Center for Organ Transplantation, Paris, France.
Drug development in transplantation has diminished due to the lack of suitable endpoints for predicting graft failure. We sought to validate the performance of an…2018 American Transplant Congress
Multiple Factors Contribute to an Expanded Immune Risk Profile in Pre Renal Transplant Candidates
1Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA; 2Viracor-Eurofins, Lee's Summmit, MO.
Introduction: Older renal transplant recipients have a lower risk of rejection, but are at increased risk for infectious complications. An immune risk profile (IRP) has…2018 American Transplant Congress
The Impact of Marginal Factors on Postoperative Kidney Function of Complex Living Donors for Kidney Transplantation
Transplant and Endocrine Surgery, Nagoya Daini Red Cross Hospital, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan.
BackgroundRecently, complex living donors with marginal factors including hypertension, dyslipidemia, glucose intolerance, and obesity are increasing. Postoperative kidney function of living donors for kidney transplantation…2018 American Transplant Congress
Pragmatic Surgical Risk Assessment Criteria in Critically Ill Patients Prior to Liver Transplantation
Liver Transplant Program, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA.
Futility rules in critically ill patients awaiting liver transplantation (LT) are lacking in this era of severe organ shortage of organs. We aim to identify…2018 American Transplant Congress
Outcome Implications of Benzodiazepines and Opioid Co-Prescriptions before Kidney Transplantation
Recent studies have identified co-prescription of benzodiazepines and opioids as a risk factor for adverse outcomes in the general population. We previously described associations of…2018 American Transplant Congress
Improving Prediction of Post-Transplant Death and Graft Loss with Expanded Clinical Data Collection
US transplant centers are graded for patient and graft survival of their recipients based on comparison to risk-adjusted expectations using elements captured in the national…2018 American Transplant Congress
Association of Tacrolimus Adherence and Discontinuation with Sepsis Risk among Kidney Transplant Recipients
OBJECTIVE: The association between post-transplant tacrolimus exposure and sepsis risk is currently unknown. We examined the associations of tacrolimus adherence and discontinuation with sepsis risk…2018 American Transplant Congress
Obesity is Associated with Increased Risk of Mortality among Living Kidney Donors
Background: Living kidney donor (LKD) demographics have changed, and transplant centers have relaxed selection criteria to include LKDs with obesity. Recently, it has been shown…2018 American Transplant Congress
Surgical Categorization Improve Outcomes and Organ Utilization in Liver Transplant
Background: Liver transplant (LT) varies greatly in technical complexity due to factors such as prior surgery, obesity, and portal vein thrombosis (PVT). This must be…
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