Articles tagged "Risk factors"

2020 American Transplant Congress
Outcome of Large Donor-Recipient Age Gap in Live-Donor Renal Transplant in Tacrolimus Era
K. Soliman¹, T. Fulop¹, M. Mohamed Ahmed¹, A. Osman², A. Posadas¹, M. Casey¹, V. Rao¹, V. Rohan³, D. Dubay³, S. Nadig³, H. Ali⁴
¹Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ²Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt, ³Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ⁴Medicine, Royal Stoke University, Royal Stoke, United Kingdom
*Purpose: A large donor-to-recipient age gap among deceased-donor renal transplant (RT) patients leads to worse outcomes. However, the impact of this age gap among live-donor…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Multi- National Survey among Nephrologists & Transplant Surgeons about the Suitability and Acceptance of the Marginal Live Kidney Donors Regarding Urological Issues
Z. Arabi¹, M. A. Bukhari², S. Kaysi³, A. R. Altheaby¹, E. A. Elhassan¹, A. A. Mateen¹, M. I. Abdalla¹, M. Gafar¹, S. A. Alam¹, N. Abdulmajeed⁴, A. Alkurdi⁵, A. Hamad⁶
¹KAMC, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, ²Taif University, Taif, Saudi Arabia, ³CHU Clermont-Ferrand, Saint Pryv/ Saint Mesmin, France, ⁴PSMMC, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, ⁵University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁶The Regional Medical Center, Orangeburg, SC
*Purpose: Living donor kidney transplant is the primary modality of renal transplants in many countries. However, donors frequently present with some challenging conditions like some…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Alcohol Relapse after Liver Transplant for Alcohol-Related Cirrhosis: A Longitudinal Assessment of Risk Factors for Relapse and Long-Term Survival
B. Rice, N. Mehta, J. L. Dodge, J. D. Grab, C. Sherman
University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
*Purpose: Relapse to alcohol after liver transplant (LT) is common but likely underreported in patients with alcohol-related cirrhosis (AC). The aim of this study was…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Child-Turcotte-Pugh Class at Transplantation Predicts Mortality after Heart Transplantation Following Left Ventricular Assist Device Placement
E. Leven¹, A. T. Kurdi², S. Pinney¹, T. Schiano¹, J. Crismale¹
¹Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York City, NY, ²Gastroenterology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
*Purpose: The primary aim of this study is to assess whether Child-Turcotte-Pugh (CTP) class is associated with mortality in end-stage heart disease patients undergoing left…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Rates of Urinary Tract Infections in Kidney Transplant Patients Using Trimethoprim/Sulfamethoxazole versus Alternative Agents for Pneumocystis Jiroveci Prophylaxis
L. C. Laird, R. M. Nygaard, T. L. Anderson-Haag, A. M. Spenningsby, P. A. Stahler
Hennepin Healthcare, Minneapolis, MN
*Purpose: Trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole (TMP/SMX) is used in kidney transplant patients for prophylaxis against Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia (PJP) and has demonstrated a decrease in the incidence of…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Depression Screening Protocol in Post Transplant Clinic. Implementing the A3 Scientific Method for Improving Patient Safety
W. M. Potts, A. Anthony, K. Brayman, A. Doyle
Charles Strickler Transplant Center, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA
*Purpose: Effect of the routine use of Patient Health Questionnaire PHQ-2 Screening in ambulatory transplant clinic to identify patients at risk for self-harm*Methods: Following a…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Is it Safe to Use Organs from Deceased Donor with Open Abdomen?
G. El-Gazzaz, A. L. Friedman
Live On New York, New York, NY
*Purpose: The shortage of organs supplies and increased number of waiting patients for organs transplantation allowed to review historical contraindication for donation. Due to limited…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Multi- National Survey among Nephrologists & Transplant Surgeons about the Suitability and Acceptance of the Marginal Live Kidney Donors with Active Heavy Smoking or Intermittent Drug Abuse
Z. Arabi¹, A. Hamad², S. Kaysi³, M. Bukhari⁴
¹KAMC, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, ²The Regional Medical Center, Orangeburg, SC, ³CHU Clermont-Ferrand, Saint Pryv/ Saint Mesmin, France, ⁴Taif University, Taif, Saudi Arabia
*Purpose: Potential kidney donors who actively smoke heavily or had intermittent illegal drug use (IIDU) are mostly excluded from donating a kidney. Tobacco use in…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Exploring Psychosocial Factors and Disparity in Liver Transplant
K. Schmidt
Dept. of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
*Purpose: Trends in liver transplant (LT) have shifted, and increasingly, individuals with alcohol liver disease (ALD) are receiving LT without 6-months of sobriety (Lee &…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Peri-Operative Extracorporeal Photopheresis in High Risk Patients after Heart Transplantation
A. Zuckermann¹, J. Gökler¹, N. Worel², P. Angleitner¹, E. Ceran¹, E. Ceran¹, N. Neuber¹, P. Kaiser¹, G. Laufer¹, A. Aliabadi-Zuckermann¹
¹Department of Cardiac Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, ²Department of Transfusion Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
*Purpose: Extracorporeal photopheresis (ECP) is an established therapy for treatment of heart transplant rejection and is also applied for rejection prevention in the perioperative setting…