2019 American Transplant Congress
Post-Donation Hypertension is Highly Associated with Estimated Nephron Number, Post-Donation Weight Gain, and Family History: A Prospective 5-Year Follow-Up after Living Kidney Donation
*Purpose: The rising prevalence of end-stage renal disease and chronic organ shortage subsequently calls more people upon to consider living kidney donation. Recent data, however,…2019 American Transplant Congress
Patient-Reported Self-Management in Lung Transplant Candidates
*Purpose: Pre-transplant risk factors are strongly associated with worse post-transplant survival (e.g. frailty); however, effective pre-transplant strategies to improve outcomes are lacking. We hypothesize that…2019 American Transplant Congress
Evaluation of Medication Burden in Kidney Transplant Recipients at Time of Index Hospitalization
*Purpose: This study will assess whether a higher number of medication changes from pre- to post-transplant lead to worse clinical outcomes and higher healthcare utilization…2019 American Transplant Congress
Factors Associated with Subclinical Cardiovascular Damage after Pediatric Liver Transplantation: A Longitudinal Observational Study
*Purpose: Cardiovascular (CV) events account for 8-13% of deaths after liver transplantation (LT) in adulthood. While CV risk factors are present in children after LT…2019 American Transplant Congress
Functional Measures of Frailty and Not Sarcopenia Predict Mortality in a Prospective Cohort of Liver Transplant Candidates
Division of Liver Diseases and Transplantation, Columbia Univeristy Medical Center, New York, NY
*Purpose: Sarcopenia determined by single slice measures of abdominal imaging have been correlated with liver transplant (LT) outcomes. However, in end-stage liver disease (ESLD), these…2019 American Transplant Congress
Surgical Outcome and Analysis of Risk of Complications in Kidney Donors Receiving Laparoscopic Live Donor Nephrectomy
Department of Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
*Purpose: Laparoscopic live donor nephrectomy has adopted for more than 20 years. But the operative procedure is still technically demanding, and allows almost no margin…2019 American Transplant Congress
Frailty is Highly Prevalent in Lung Transplant Candidates and Varies by Frailty Tool
Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: Lung transplantation is a lifesaving therapy in patients with advanced lung disease. However, frail lung transplant candidates are more likely to be delisted or…2019 American Transplant Congress
Assessment of Serum Tim3 and Gal9 Levels in Predicting the Risk of Infection after Kidney Transplantation
*Purpose: Infection remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality after kidney transplantation (KT). However, reliable biomarkers to predict the occurrence of post-transplant infection are…2019 American Transplant Congress
Renal Recovery and Prognostic Factors in Children Following Liver Transplantation
Department of Pediatrics II, University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany
*Purpose: Progression to chronic renal disease (CKD) is highly prevalent in adults following liver transplantation (LT) with a profound impact on patient survival, assuming that…2019 American Transplant Congress
Is Exposure to Wildfires Associated with Invasive Fungal Infections?
*Purpose: In recent decades, climate change and other factors have led to a global increase in wildfires. After a large fire in Northern California in…
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