Articles tagged "Risk factors"

2019 American Transplant Congress
Developing a Patient Specific Search: Feedback from Kidney Transplant Candidates and Recipients
W. T. McKinney¹, M. J. Bruin², C. R. Schaffhausen¹, S. Chu², J. Snyder³, A. Matas⁴, B. Kasiske⁵, A. K. Israni¹
¹Nephrology, Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute, Minneapolis, MN, ²College of Design, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, ³Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients, Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute, Minneapolis, MN, ⁴Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, ⁵Department of Medicine, Hennepin Healthcare, Minneapolis, MN
*Purpose: Patients in need of kidney transplantation face numerous obstacles when identifying a transplant center for treatment. Acceptance criteria, waiting time, and post-transplant allograft survival…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Risk Stratification of Cytomegalovirus Seropositive Kidney Transplant Recipients for CMV Infection
M. M. Azar¹, A. Baghban¹, K. Belfield¹, R. Assi², M. Malinis¹
¹Yale University, New Haven, CT, ²University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
*Purpose: Current consensus guidelines for CMV prevention recommend valganciclovir (VGCV) prophylaxis for 3 months after transplantation for CMV R+ kidney transplant recipients (KTR). This standard…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Consideration for Offering Hepatitis C Antibody Positive Donor Grafts to All Patients Listed for Transplant
L. Smith
Vanderbilt Transplant Center, Nashville, TN
*Purpose: Background: The field of organ transplantation continuously struggles with inadequate numbers of donor organs. Therefore, efforts remain focused on increasing organ utilization and expanding…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Paradoxical Differential Post-transplant Rates Of Change Of Serum Proteins In Pediatric Liver Patients With Evidence For A Novel Sarcopenic-dependent Serum Protein Stimulating Factor
C. M. Schmidt¹, J. Molleston², G. S. Rao², C. A. Kubal¹, S. Atoa¹, R. S. Mangus¹
¹Surgery, Transplant Division, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN, ²Pediatrics, Division of GI and Hepatology, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN
*Purpose: Pediatric patients with liver disease suffer from hypoalbuminemia, sarcopenia, and malnutrition. This study aims to quantify differential rates of change (ROC) and post-TX normalization…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Assessment of Health-Related Quality of Life and Graft Failure among Kidney Transplant Patients in the Benefit and Benefit-EXT Trials
I. Purnajo¹, J. L. Beaumont¹, M. Polinsky², E. Alemao², M. J. Everly¹
¹Terasaki Research Institute, Los Angeles, CA, ²Bristol Myers Squibb, Princeton, NJ
*Purpose: To achieve patient focused drug development in renal transplant, we need to better understand how the patient’s perspective of health-related quality of life (HRQoL)…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Variations in Recipient and Donor Clinical Characteristics between Kidney Transplant Centers
W. T. McKinney¹, M. Bruin², S. Chu², D. Schladt³, J. Snyder³, A. Matas⁴, B. Kasiske⁵, A. K. Israni³
¹Nephrology, Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute, Minneapolis, MN, ²College of Design, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, ³Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients, Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute, Minneapolis, MN, ⁴Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, ⁵Department of Medicine, Hennepin Healthcare, Minneapolis, MN
*Purpose: When a patient can choose at which kidney transplant program to establish care, prior knowledge of program acceptance practices (of candidates and donors) can…
2019 American Transplant Congress
A Comparison of the BAR, DRM, DRI, sRRI, ET-DRI, D-MELD and SOFT Score to Predict Outcome after Liver Transplantation in the SRTR Database
J. D. de Boer¹, H. Putter², J. J. Blok¹, I. P. Alwayn¹, B. Van Hoek³, A. E. Braat¹
¹Transplant Center, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ²Department of Biomedical Data Sciences, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ³Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands
*Purpose: Several risk models have been developed to predict outcome after liver transplantation (LT) in the last decade. This study analyzes the ability of these…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Using Liver Transplant (LT) Data And Analytics to Improve Program Clinical and Financial Performance
A. Bonham¹, Z. Tulu², W. Concepcion¹, A. Gallo¹, M. Melcher¹, P. Kwo¹, A. Ahmed¹, C. Esquivel¹
¹Stanford University Medical School, Palo Alto, CA, ²Stanford Health Care, Palo Alto, CA
*Purpose: In 2017, we developed a simple algorithm for use prior to transplantation to determine risk of fatal outcome. Pre-transplant organ system failure risk factors…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Pre-Transplant Ventricular Assist Device (VAD) Impacts Heart Transplant (HT) Survival
M. S. Gharibdousti¹, M. T. Khasawneh², A. L Friedman³
¹Research, LiveOnNY, Manhattan, NY, ²Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY, ³LiveOnNY, Manhattan, NY
*Purpose: Retrospective analysis of UNOS data was performed to determine regional variation in the utilization and impact of VAD prior to HT in the United…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Exploration of the Stanford Integrated Psychosocial Assessment for Transplant with Psychosocial and Medical Outcomes in Kidney/Kidney-Pancreas Transplant Recipients
G. Chen¹, C. Bell², P. Loughhead¹, B. Ibeche², J. S. Bynon², D. R. Hall², A. M. De Golovine², A. Edwards², W. A. Dar²
¹Memorial Hermann Hospital, Houston, TX, ²The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston McGovern Medical School, Houston, TX
*Purpose: The Stanford Integrated Psychosocial Assessment for Transplant (SIPAT) is a psychometric instrument designed to improve organ transplant patient selection. However, limited studies have been…