Articles tagged "Risk factors"

2022 American Transplant Congress
Risk of Clostridioides Difficile Infection After Kidney Transplant
C. Thomas¹, B. Crowther², K. Schwarz², D. Chen¹, Y. Shandaliy¹, K. Johnson¹, P. Klem²
¹Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, ²Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Colorado Hospital System, Aurora, CO
*Purpose: For patients undergoing kidney transplant, the risk of developing Clostridioides difficle infection (CDI) is reported to be 4.7%, likely due to risk factors such…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Identification of Soluble and Cellular Biomarkers in Blood of End-Stage Patients Before Pediatric Liver Transplantation (pLTx)
E. Chichelnitskiy¹, L. Ruhl², I. Goldschmidt³, A. Karch⁴, L. Antiga⁵, D. Debray⁶, L. Hierro⁷, D. Kelly⁸, V. McLin⁹, E. Nicastro⁵, J. Pawlowska¹⁰, R. Mikolajczyk¹¹, U. Baumann¹², C. Falk¹³
¹Institute of Transplant Immunology, Hannover Medical School (MHH), Hannover, Germany, ²Institute of Transplant Immunology, MHH, Hannover, Germany, ³Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Hepatology, MHH; European Paediatric Liver Transplantation Network, Hannover, Germany, ⁴Research Group Epidemiological and Statistical Methods, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig; German Center for Infection Research, TTU-IICH Hannover; Institute for Epidemiology and Social Medicine, University of Münster, Münster, Germany, ⁵Ospedali Riuniti di Bergamo, Bergamo, Italy, ⁶Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, Paris, France, ⁷Hospital Infantil Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain, ⁸Birmingham Children's Hospital, Birmingham, United Kingdom, ⁹Service Spécialités Pédiatriques, Genève, Switzerland, ¹⁰Gastroenterology, Hepatology, Nutritional Disorders and Pediatrics, The Children’s Memorial Health Institute, Warsaw, Poland, ¹¹German Center for Infection Research, TTU-IICH Hannover; Institute of Medical Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Medical Informatics, University of Halle, Halle, Germany, ¹²Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Hepatology, MHH; Birmingham Children’s Hospital, UK; European Paediatric Liver Transplantation Network, Hannover, Germany, ¹³Institute of Transplant Immunology, MHH; German Center for Infection Research, TTU-IICH, Hannover, Germany
*Purpose: In the European multicentre “ChilSFree” study we aimed to identify soluble and cellular biomarkers in blood of various end-stage diseases before pLTx.*Methods: Using flow…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Liver Transplant Recipient History of Criminality: Impact on Clinical Outcomes
M. M. French¹, R. Mangus¹, R. Holmes¹, A. Krause¹, J. Sumner¹, C. Kubal¹, B. Ekser², P. Mihaylov³, A. Lutz⁴, J. Fridell⁵
¹Department of Surgery, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN, ²Surgery, Indiana University - Transplant Surgery, Indianapolis, IN, ³Department of Surgery, Indiana Univ School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, ⁴Department of Surgery, Indiana University, Fishers, IN, ⁵Department of Surgery, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN
*Purpose: Health disparities are present in transplantation, just as in other areas of medicine. This is a retrospective review of liver transplant (LT) recipients to…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Sirolimus Regimens After Kidney Transplantation: Role of Pre-Transplant Risk Factors in Modifying the Risk of Mortality in Adult Recipients
A. Santos¹, H. Ibrahim¹, M. A. Leghrouz¹, X. Wen²
¹University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, ²University of Rhode Island, Kinston, RI
*Purpose: We aimed to investigate the role of risk factors in modifying the association of sirolimus with mortality in kidney transplant (KT) recipients (KTRs).*Methods: Using…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Disparities in Low Respiratory Vaccination Among Solid Organ Transplant Recipients
J. R. Felzer¹, A. M. LeMahieu², L. J. Finney Rutten², Y. Juhn³, C. Wi³, R. M. Jacobson³, C. C. Kennedy¹
¹Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ²Quantitative Health Sciences, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ³Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
*Purpose: There are many potential infections post-transplant, with influenza as the most common vaccine-preventable infection the first 5 years post-transplant. Despite effective vaccines, uptake is…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Defining the Longitudinal Dynamics of Immune Cells in Blood in the First Year After Pediatric Liver Transplantation (pLTx)
E. Chichelnitskiy¹, L. Ruhl², I. Goldschmidt³, A. Karch⁴, L. Antiga⁵, D. Debray⁶, L. Hierro⁷, D. Kelly⁸, V. McLin⁹, E. Nicastro¹⁰, J. Pawlowska¹¹, P. Czubkowski¹¹, R. Mikolajczyk¹², U. Baumann¹³, C. Falk¹⁴
¹Institute of Transplant Immunology, Hannover Medical School (MHH), Hannover, Germany, ²Institute of Transplant Immunology, MHH, Hannover, Germany, ³Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Hepatology, MHH; European Paediatric Liver Transplantation Network, Hannover, Germany, ⁴Research Group Epidemiological and Statistical Methods, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research; German Center for Infection Research, TTU-IICH Hannover; Institute for Epidemiology and Social Medicine, University of Münster, Münster, Germany, ⁵Hannover; Ospedali Riuniti di Bergamo, Bergamo, Italy, ⁶Hannover; Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, Paris, France, ⁷Hannover; Hospital Infantil Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain, ⁸Birmingham Children's Hospital, Birmingham, United Kingdom, ⁹Service Spécialités Pédiatriques, Genève, Switzerland, ¹⁰Ospedali Riuniti di Bergamo, Bergamo, Italy, ¹¹Gastroenterology, Hepatology, Nutritional Disorders and Pediatrics, The Children’s Memorial Health Institute, Warsaw, Poland, ¹²German Center for Infection Research, TTU-IICH Hannover; MHH; Institute of Medical Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Medical Informatics, University of Halle, Halle, Germany, ¹³Birmingham Children’s Hospital, UK; Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Hepatology, MHH, Hannover, Germany, ¹⁴Institute of Transplant Immunology, MHH; German Center for Infection Research, TTU-IICH, Hannover, Germany
*Purpose: In the European multicentre “ChilSFree” study we aimed for a deep characterisation of the longitudinal immune dynamics during the first year after pLTx.*Methods: Absolute…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Development of Diagnostic Algorithms for Peri-Operative Error Cause and Effect Analysis in Renal Transplant Surgery
P. Gogalniceanu¹, H. Maple¹, G. Papadakis¹, P. Chandak¹, I. Loukopoulos¹, J. Olsburgh¹, N. Kessaris¹, F. Calder¹, N. Sevdalis², N. Mamode¹
¹Guy's and St.Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom, ²King's College London, London, United Kingdom
*Purpose: Peri-operative safety metadata in transplant surgery remain limited. Lack of standardisation and limited models of failure analysis, as well as non-intuitive error taxonomies, deter…
2022 American Transplant Congress
ESRD is Increasing Faster After Living Kidney Donation Than it Does in the Unselected US Population: A New Risk Metric?
R. W. Steiner
UCSD School of Medicine, San Diego, San Diego, CA
*Purpose: ESRD rates increase exponentially both after kidney donation and as the US population ages. Increases in ESRD rates from the first to the second…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Prognostic Factors for Mortality of COVID-19 Infection in Kidney Transplant Recipients in Thailand: A Nationwide Study
A. Banjongjit¹, N. Larpparisuth², K. Phonphok³, P. Homkrailas⁴, O. Traitanon⁵, P. Inkong⁶, S. Wongpraphairot⁷, A. Lumpaopong⁶, T. Supaporn⁶, C. Pongskul⁸
¹King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand, ²Siriraj Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand, ³Rajavithi Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand, ⁴Bhumibol Adulyadej Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand, ⁵Thammasat Hospital, Pathum Thani, Thailand, ⁶Phramongkutklao Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand, ⁷Songklanagarind Hospital, Songkhla, Thailand, ⁸Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand
*Purpose: To investigate the mortality risk factors of COVID-19 infection among kidney transplant recipients (KTRs) in Thailand due to data scarcity in Asian populations.*Methods: We…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Post-Kidney Transplant Dementia Risk by Modifiable Risk Factors and CNIs Among Older Recipients
Y. Chen¹, J. Ahn¹, N. Chu¹, S. Bae¹, M. A. Schnitzler², G. Hess³, K. Lentine⁴, D. Segev⁵, M. McAdams-DeMarco¹
¹Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ²Surgery, Saint Louis University, O Fallon, IL, ³Drexel University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, ⁴Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO, ⁵Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: Up to 17% of older recipients develop dementia after kidney transplant (KT). While there are known modifiable risk factors for dementia among community-dwelling older…