Articles tagged "Risk factors"

2018 American Transplant Congress
The Impact of Pre-Operative Opioid Use on Delayed Graft Function in Adult Kidney Transplant Recipients
N. Patel, B. O'Brien, D. Taber, N. Pilch, P. Baliga, Z. Elmaasarani, S. Ball, P. Mauldin, L. Wilson, R. Gilbert, J. Fleming.
MUSC, Charleston, SC.
Background and Objectives: Opioid use is associated with AKI and ATN through both direct and indirect mechanisms, including alterations in the autonomic nervous system, the…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Screening Coccidioides Serology in Kidney Transplant Recipients: A 10-Year Cross-Sectional Analysis
K. Phonphok,¹ T. Duong,¹ N. Datta,¹ O. Beaird,² J. Shaenman,² S. Bunnapradist.¹
¹Medicine-Nephrology, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA; ²Medicine-Infectious Diseases, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA.
Introduction: Southern California is one of the endemic areas of coccidioidomycosis and patients receiving immunosuppression including kidney transplant recipients are at higher risk for dissemination…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Risk of ESRD in Prior Living Kidney Donors
J. Wainright, A. Robinson, A. Wilk, D. Klassen, W. Cherikh, D. Stewart.
UNOS, Richmond, VA.
We studied development of End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) in living kidney donors (LKDs) who donated in the US between 1994 and 2016 (n=123,523), using…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Cold Ischemia Time is an Important Risk Factor for Post-Liver Transplant Prolonged Length of Stay
E. Pan, D. Yoeli, N. Galvan, M. Kueht, R. Cotton, C. O'Mahony, J. Goss, A. Rana.
Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Division of Abdominal Transplantation, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX.
Background: Cold ischemia time (CIT) is often viewed as a categorical risk factor in liver transplantation. We hypothesize that the risk for adverse outcomes increases…
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Impact of Pulsatile Perfusion Machine on Postoperative Outcomes in Standard Criteria Donor Kidney Transplants
S. Costa,^1,2 T. Sandes-Freitas,^1,2 P. Fernandes,² R. Esmeraldo.¹
¹Hospital Geral de Fortaleza, Fortaleza, Brazil; ²Universidade Federal do Ceara, Fortaleza, Brazil.
Introduction: Delayed graft function (DGF) negatively impacts kidney transplant (KT) outcomes. Our aim was to assess the impact of pulsatile machine perfusion (MP) on KT…
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New Factors Predicting Delayed Graft Function: A Multi-Center Cohort Study Based on Kidney Donation after Brain Death Followed by Circulatory Death
Q. Sun,¹ H. Zhou,² M. Lin,³ X. Hua,¹ L. Hong,¹ Z. Huang,¹ N. Na,¹ R. Cai,³ G. Wang,² Q. Sun.¹
¹The Third Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China; ²The First Affiliated Hospital, Jilin University, Changchun, China; ³The Third Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
Background. Delayed graft function (DGF) is a common complication following kidney transplantation that exerts an adverse impact on graft outcomes. Donation after brain death followed…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Risk Factors and Outcomes with Extended-Spectrum Beta-Lactamase-Producing Enterobacteriaceae Bloodstream Infections among Solid Organ Transplant Recipients
J. Anesi,¹ E. Blumberg,¹ E. Lautenbach,¹ P. Tamma,² K. Thom,³ K. Alby,¹ W. Bilker,¹ J. Omorogbe,¹ P. Tolomeo,¹ A. Werzen,³ K. Nemati,² J. Han.¹
¹University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA; ²Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD; ³University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD.
Objective: Solid organ transplant recipients (SOTR) have been significantly impacted by the emergence of multidrug-resistant bacteria, including extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Enterobacteriaceae (EB). We determined the…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Donor Liver Apoptosis is Associated with Early Allograft Dysfunction and Short-Time Graft Survival after Liver Transplantation
Z. Guo, Z. Zhu, Y. Tang, S. Huang, Z. Zhang, X. He, G. Chen.
Organ Transplant Center, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Aims The aim of the study was to determine whether donor liver apoptosis is predictive for early allograft dysfunction (EAD) and graft survival after liver…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Development and Validation of Nomogram to Predict Primary Non Function in Liver Transplant Recipients Using Donation after Cardiac Death Donor Graft
Z. Guo, J. Zeng, Q. Zhao, B. Chen, Z. Zhang, L. Wang, X. He.
Organ Transplant Center, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Primary non function(PNF) is a severe complication after liver transplantation which causes recipient death or re-transplantation in a short term. PNF occurs more common in…
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Impact of Elderly Donor Obesity on Long-Term Outcomes in Renal Transplant Recipients
M. Yamada,¹ R. Jandarov,² T. Kaur,¹ S. Shah.¹
¹Nephrology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH; ²Environmental Health, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH.
Background: There has been a dramatic increase in obesity in the United States. Due to longer waiting times, utilization of kidneys from older donors has…