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Articles tagged "Risk factors"

  • 2019 American Transplant Congress

    Multilevel Correlates of Immunosuppressive Nonadherence in Kidney Transplant Patients – The Multicenter ADHERE BRAZIL Study

    H. Sanders-Pinheiro1, F. A. Colugnati1, K. Denhaerynck2, E. O. Marsicano1, J. O. Medina3, S. De Geest2, A. ADHERE BRAZIL Study team1

    1Nephrology, Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Juiz de Fora, Brazil, 2Institute of Nursing Science, Department of Public Health, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland, 3Hospital do Rim e Hipertensão/Nephrology, Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

    *Purpose: Nonadherence to immunosuppressive therapy is a risk factor for poor clinical and economic outcomes after kidney transplantation (KT). Brazil, having the largest public and…
  • 2019 American Transplant Congress

    Predictors and Outcomes of Acute Graft-versus-Host Disease after Liver Transplant

    A. Caines1, S. Nagai2, R. Salgia1

    1Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI, 2Transplant Surgery, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI

    *Purpose: Graft-versus-Host Disease (GVHD) is a rare complication of liver transplant (LT) that has an estimated incidence of 0.1%-2% per year and is associated with…
  • 2019 American Transplant Congress

    The Impact of Antibiotic Therapy on Clinical Outcomes in Kidney Transplant Recipients with Asymptomatic Bacteriuria

    J. Gabriel1, S. Shaikh2, J. Park1, S. Tischer1, D. Kaul1, T. Patel1

    1Michigan Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI, 2MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC

    *Purpose: Asymptomatic bacteriuria (ASB) occurs in nearly 50% of kidney transplant recipients (KTRs) in the first year post-transplant. Data evaluating the risk of untreated ASB…
  • 2019 American Transplant Congress

    Recipient Sex Interacts with Primary Diagnosis to Affect Liver Transplant Graft Survival

    D. Yoeli1, R. Choudhury1, H. Moore1, M. Simpson2, A. Sauaia1, E. Pomfret1, T. Nydam1

    1Surgery, University of Colorado, Denver, CO, 2Surgery, Lahey Clinic, Burlington, MA

    *Purpose: While recipient sex is a commonly studied risk factor in liver transplantation, findings have been contradictory. We hypothesized that different causes of liver disease…
  • 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

    T. Schachtner1, N. M. Otto2, P. Reinke2

    1University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, 2Charite University Medicine Berlin, Zurich, Germany

    *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

    C. C. Kennedy1, M. Budev2, S. Chandrashekaran3, D. Erasmus4, E. D. Lease5, D. Levine6, K. Thompson1, E. Stevens1, R. Benzo1

    1Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, 2Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, 3University of Florida- Gainesville, Gainesville, FL, 4Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL, 5University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 6University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio, San Antonio, TX

    *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

    J. Hardcopf1, H. Meadows1, T. Harrison1, H. Corbo1, B. O'brien1, J. N. Fleming1, C. Perez1, N. Patel1, N. Pilch1, P. K. Baliga2, D. DuBay2, D. Taber1

    1Department of Pharmacy Services, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, 2Division of Transplant Surgery, Department of Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC

    *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

    N. Memaran1, I. Goldschmidt1, B. Borchert1, R. I. Sugianto1, H. Wilke1, R. Blöte1, U. Baumann1, E. Bauer1, A. von Wick1, N. Junge1, C. Leiskau1, E. D. Pfister1, N. Richter2, B. M. Schmidt3, A. Melk1

    1Department of Pediatric Kidney, Liver, and Metabolic Diseases, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany, 2Department of General, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany, 3Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

    *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

    R. Sharma, R. Rosenblatt, R. Knotts, J. Pisa, E. Verna

    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

    C. Yang, C. Yeh, C. Lee, C. Chen, I. Lai, P. Lee, M. Tsai

    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…
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