Articles tagged "Risk factors"

2020 American Transplant Congress
Selective Screening Imaging of the Aortoiliac Arterial System in Kidney Transplant Candidates Using Non Contrast Pevic Computed Tomography
N. Onaca, A. Wall, J. Bayer, H. Fernandez, E. Martinez, R. Ruiz, R. Goldstein, G. McKenna, A. Gupta, G. Testa
Simmons Transplant Institute, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX
*Purpose: Noncontrast pelvic CT imaging can detect severe iliac artery calcifications (SAC) with technical contraindication to transplantation, avoiding morbidity from unnecessary surgical exploration.*Methods: We devised…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Introducing the Smartphone App, EL-FIT (Exercise & Liver FITness), to Help Monitor and Prehabilitate Liver Transplant Candidates
A. Duarte-Rojo¹, P. M. Bloomer¹, R. J. Rogers², M. A. Dunn¹, E. B. Tapper³, R. Bataller¹, C. B. Hughes¹, A. A. Ferrando¹, W. R. Kim⁴, J. M. Jakicic²
¹University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, ²University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ³University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁴Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
*Purpose: Physical activity is key to liver transplant (LT) prehabilitation, and leveraging technologies to monitor physical performance and to generalize training may be advantageous. EL-FIT…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Comparative Analysis of Risks Factors for Kidney Allograft Loss Due to Bk Nephropathy and Graft Loss Due to Other Causes: UNOS Data Set
H. Patel¹, L. Kruger¹, K. Agarwal¹, A. Pawar¹, N. Leeaphorn², F. Cardarelli¹, N. Agrawal¹
¹Transplant Nephrology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, ²Transplant Nephrology, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine/Saint Luke's Health System, Kansas City, MO
*Purpose: 1-10% of the kidney transplant recipients develop BK virus nephropathy (BKVN). The risk factors associated with BKVN are not clearly understood. Here, we evaluate…
2020 American Transplant Congress
dd-cfDNA as a Risk Factor for Initiating De-Novo Donor Specific Antibodies in Heart Transplantation
E. DePasquale¹, J. Kobashigawa², S. Pinney³, K. Khush⁴
¹Keck Hospital of USC, Los Angeles, CA, ²Cedars-Sinai, Beverly Hills, CA, ³Mount Sinai Health System, New York, NY, ⁴Stanford University, Stanford, CA
*Purpose: We hypothesize that subclinical inflammation, resulting in molecular injury of the cardiac allograft, may contribute to sensitization of the recipients’ immune system. Antigenic presentation…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Early Recurrence Of Hepatocellular Carcinoma Following Transplantation: Risk Score From A Multi-institutional Study Of > 3000 Patients
P. Tabrizian¹, M. Holzner², V. Agopian³, R. Busuttil³, G. Sapisochin⁴, N. Mehta⁵, F. Yao⁵, J. Roberts⁶, S. Florman¹, M. E. Schwartz¹, T. Ivanics⁷, J. Emond⁸, B. Samstein⁹, R. Brown, MD, MPH⁹, M. Najjar¹⁰, W. Chapman¹¹, M. Doyle¹¹, K. Halazun⁹
¹Transplant, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY, ²Surgery, Georgetown University Hospital, Washington DC, MD, ³Transplant, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, ⁴Transplant, Univeristy of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁵Transplant, UCSF, San Francisco, CA, ⁶Transplantation, UCSF, San Francisco, CA, ⁷Transplant, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁸Transplant, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, ⁹Transplant, Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY, ¹⁰Transplant, Columbia Medical Center, New York, NY, ¹¹Transplant, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO
*Purpose: Early recurrence of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) after liver transplantation (LT) carries a poor prognosis. We aimed to develop a risk score for early HCC…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Perioperative Predictors of Acute Kidney Injury among Liver Transplant Recipients
R. Berkowitz¹, N. Douville², G. Mentz², P. Sharma³, C. Sonnenday¹
¹Surgery, Michigan Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI, ²Anesthesiology, Michigan Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI, ³Gastroenterology, Michigan Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI
*Purpose: We examined the perioperative and intraoperative risk factors associated with post-operative acute kidney injury (AKI) at post-op 7 days and 30-day estimated glomerular filtration…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Risk Factors and Treatment of Recurrent Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis after Kidney Transplantation
G. Chen, C. Wang, Z. Wu, X. Liu, Q. Li, L. Chen
Organ Transplant Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
*Purpose: Recurrent focal segmental glomerulosclerosis(FSGS) is common after kidney transplantation . We conducted a retrospective cohort study with the aim to investigating the risk factors…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Trajectories of Glomerular Filtration Rate and Progression to End Stage Renal Disease after Kidney Transplantation
M. Raynaud¹, O. Aubert¹, P. Reese², M. Naesens³, D. Glotz¹, C. Legendre¹, S. Jordan⁴, M. Stegall⁵, D. Segev⁶, C. Lefaucheur¹, A. Loupy, On behalf of the study NCT03474003¹
¹Paris Transplant Group, Paris, France, ²University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ³Department of Transplantation, Leuven, Belgium, ⁴Cedars Sinai, Los Angeles, CA, ⁵Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ⁶Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: Although the current gold standard of monitoring kidney transplant function relies on glomerular filtration rate (GFR) assessment, little is known about GFR trajectories after…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Frailty Prevalence among Younger and Older Kidney Transplant Candidates and Recipients
X. Chen¹, N. Chu¹, J. Walston², D. Segev¹, M. McAdams DeMarco¹
¹Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ²Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: Frailty is associated with decreased access to kidney transplantation and poor post kidney transplant (KT) outcomes. This paper aims to explore the prevalence and…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Comparative Analysis of Patient Outcomes between Urology-Led versus General Surgery-Led Kidney Transplant Centers
A. Mishra¹, A. Cohen¹, N. Koizumi², A. Ortiz³, K. Pai¹, B. Bullock¹, S. Sureddi¹, J. Ortiz¹
¹The University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences, Toledo, OH, ²George Mason University, Arlington, VA, ³Albany Medical College, Albany, NY
*Purpose: To assess renal patient outcomes between kidney transplant centers across the United States based on whether their surgical leader was initially trained via the…