Articles tagged "Risk factors"

2020 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Functional Status on Outcomes of Simultaneous Pancreas-Kidney Transplantation: Risks and Opportunities for Patient Benefit
K. Lentine¹, T. Alhamad², M. Cooper³, Z. Zhang⁴, K. Woodside⁵, D. Dadhania⁶, S. Chang², D. Axelrod⁷, M. Schnitzler⁴, R. Ouseph¹, J. Snyder⁸, B. Kasiske⁸, R. Parsons⁹
¹Department of Medicine, Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, MO, ²Washington Univ, Seattle, WA, ³Georgetown Univ, Washington, DC, ⁴Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, MO, ⁵Univ of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁶Weill Cornell, New York, NY, ⁷Univ of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, ⁸SRTR, Minneapolis, MN, ⁹Emory, Atlanta, GA
*Purpose: The impact of functional status on survival among simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplant (SPKT) candidates and recipients is not well described.*Methods: We examined national Scientific Registry…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Analysis of Pre-Transplant Resuscitation Factors Influencing Immediate Graft Function after Deceased Donor Kidney Transplantation
S. Park
General Surgery, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
*Purpose: The management of a deceased donor in the intensive care unit before organ transplantation is important for the outcome of the recipient. Herein, we…
2020 American Transplant Congress
A Simple Scoring System for Risk Stratification in Liver Transplantation after Donor Liver Biopsy
J. A. Steggerda, M. B. Bloom, K. Mahendraraj, T. Ramos, T. Todo, T. V. Brennan, N. N. Nissen, A. S. Klein, I. K. Kim
Surgery, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: Macrosteatosis (MaS) identified on donor liver biopsy (DLBx) influences organ utilization but alone is not predictive of outcomes following liver transplantation (LT). Here we…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Clinicopathologic Features and Risk Factors of Proteinuria in Transplant Glomerulopathy: A Cross-Sectional Study
Q. Zhang¹, K. Budde¹, D. Schmidt¹, F. Halleck¹, M. Dürr¹, M. Naik¹, M. Mayrdorfer¹, W. Düttmann-Rehnolt¹, F. Klauschen², B. Rudolph², K. Wu²
¹Department of Nephrology, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ²Department of Pathology, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
*Purpose: Proteinuria is common after transplantation. Transplant Glomerulopathy (TG), one of the main causes of post-transplant proteinuria, is also a major contributor to graft loss.…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Pre-Transplant Sarcopenia is Associated with Increased Post-Transplant Mortality
A. Gupta¹, T. Norris², R. Montgomery¹, S. Chakraborty¹, T. Thomas¹, D. Cibrik¹, J. Klein¹, M. Gupta¹, N. Herrera¹, T. Schmitt¹, A. Nawabi¹, J. Mahnken¹
¹University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, ²University of Kansas School of Medicine, Kansas City, KS
*Purpose: Muscle wasting and sarcopenia in kidney disease is associated with increased cardiovascular events, morbidity and mortality. Psoas muscle cross-sectional area measured on a CT…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Transplant Surgery Continuing Professional Development Courses Increase Knowledge and Procedural Confidence
M. J. Hobeika¹, T. Menser², A. Kassam³, T. C. Rice⁴, T. S. Diwan³
¹Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX, ²Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston, TX, ³University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ⁴Washington University, St. Louis, MO
*Purpose: Continuing professional development (CPD) workshops are emerging to fill critical knowledge and skill gaps in both surgical trainees and practicing surgeons. The ASTS has…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Cross-Validation of Performance-Based Frailty against Daily Step Count from Personal Activity Trackers – Refining Prehabilitation Tools in Liver Transplant Candidates
M. A. Hassan¹, M. A. Dunn¹, P. M. Bloomer¹, A. H. Gougol¹, M. Serper², D. R. Jorgensen¹, A. Duarte-Rojo¹
¹Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, ²Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
*Purpose: The AST proposed a toolkit to identify frailty in liver transplant (LT) candidates, including the liver frailty index (LFI) and 6-min walk test (6MWT).…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Ambient Air Pollution and Post-Transplant Mortality among US Kidney Transplant Recipients
M. R. Jones¹, Y. Feng², N. Chu², D. Segev², M. McAdams-DeMarco¹
¹Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, ²Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: Long-term exposure to fine particulate matter (PM2.5) has been associated with increased mortality in the general US population and has been shown to negatively…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Impact of the Baseline Anti-A/B IgG Titer on the Clinical Outcome in ABO-Incompatible Liver Transplantation
J. Lee¹, E. Kim¹, S. Yang¹, D. Kim², M. Ju³, J. Lee¹, M. Kim¹, S. Kim¹, D. Joo¹
¹Department of Transplantation Surgery, Severance Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ²Department of Surgery, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju, Korea, Republic of, ³Department of Surgery, Gangam Severance Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
*Purpose: The use of ABO incompatible (ABOi) living donors is an attractive solution for expanding the liver donor pool. We investigated the impact of the…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Improvement of Renal Function Prior to Liver Transplantation is Not Associated with Better Long-Term Renal Outcome or Mortality
M. Sterneck¹, T. Horvatits², M. Touma², U. Herden³, A. Lohse², L. Fischer³
¹University Medical Center Hamburg Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany, ²Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany, ³Transplant Surgery, University Medical Center Hamburg Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
*Purpose: Since introduction of the MELD score in the liver allocation system, renal impairment in OLT recipients has become a topic of increasing importance. This…