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Articles tagged "Risk factors"

  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    U.S. Outcomes in Early Liver Transplantation for Alcoholic Hepatitis: Results from the American Consortium of Early Liver Transplantation for Alcoholic Hepatitis (ACCELERATE-AH).

    B. Lee,1 N. Mehta,1 L. Platt,2 G. Im,3 G. Therapondos,4 H. Han,5 D. Victor,6 D. Dronamraju,7 I. Hanouneh,8 M. Voigt,9 M. Rinella,10 S. Eswaran,11 J. Hause,11 C. Hsu,12 J. Dodge,1 Z. Li,2 N. Terrault.1

    1UCSF, SF; 2Johns Hopkins, Baltimore; 3Mt Sinai, NYC; 4Ochsner, New Orleans; 5USC, LA; 6Houston Methodist, Houston; 7Maryland, Baltimore; 8Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland; 9Iowa, Iowa City; 10Northwestern, Chicago; 11Rush, Chicago; 12UPenn, Philadelphia

    INTRODUCTIONA Franco-Belgian protocol showed that early liver transplant (LT) in severe alcoholic hepatitis (AH) could improve survival with low incidence of alcohol relapse (AR). Application…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    What Are “Normal” CSF Findings in the Non-Infected Brain Dead Organ Donor?

    R. Steiner,1,2 C. Wainaina,2 J. Tragaser,2 L. Stocks.2

    1Medicine, University of California at San Diego School of Medicine, San Diego, CA; 2Lifesharing Organ Procurement Organization, San Diego, CA

    Abnormalities in CSF in deceased organ donors may suggest infection and lead to refusal of organs by transplant centers, particularly if a viral process is…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    The Impact of Social Support on Kidney Transplant Listing Decisions: Results from a Discrete Choice Experiment.

    K. Ladin,1,2 J. Emerson,2 Z. Butt, E. Gordon, D. Hanto, T. Lavelle.2

    1Occupational Therapy, Tufts University, Medford, MA; 2Public Health and Community Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA

    Background: Although the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services require that social support be used to determine transplant eligibility, guidance is vague and centers vary…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Serum AFP Greater Than 200 ng/ml as a Predictor for Low Survival in Patients with Hepatocelullar Carcinoma Recurrence in a Brazilian Multicentric Study.

    I. Boin,1 M. Possatto,1 E. Ataide,1 R. Silva,2 R. Silva,2 H. Felicio,2 L. Amado,3 A. Lima,3 T. Seva-Pereira.1

    1Unit of Liver Transplantation, State University of Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil; 2Digestive Surgery - Liver Transplantation, Faculty of Medicine- São Jose do Rio Preto, Rio Preto, SP, Brazil; 3Digestive Surgery - Liver Transplantation, Faculty of Medicine, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Minas Gerais, Brazil

    Introduction: Liver transplantation (LT) is the only potential curative treatment for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) with recurrence (HCC-R) diagnosed in 16%. Aim: The objective of this…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Weekend Discharge and Early Hospital Readmission After Kidney Transplant: A Multi-Center Analysis.

    M. Harhay,1 Y. Jia,2 H. Thiessen Philbrook,2 B. Besharatian,3 R. Gumber,3 F. Weng,4 I. Hall,5 M. Doshi,6 B. Schroeppel,7 C. Parikh,2 P. Reese.3

    1Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia; 2Yale University, New Haven; 3University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; 4RWJ Barnabas Health, Livingston; 5University of Utah, Salt Lake City; 6Wayne State University, Detroit; 7Mt. Sinai Health System, New York

    Background: Kidney transplant (KT) recipients with early hospital readmission (EHR, <30 days after discharge from KT) are at higher risk for poor post-KT outcomes. There…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Antidepressant Medication Use Before and After Kidney Transplant: Implications for Post-Transplant Outcomes.

    K. Lentine,1 A. Naik,2 R. Ouseph,1 Z. Zhang,1 D. Axelrod,3 D. Segev,4 V. Dharnidharka,5 D. Brennan,5 H. Randall,1 R. Gadi,1 N. Lam,6 G. Hess,7 M. Schnitzler,1,8 B. Kasiske.8

    1St. Louis Univ, St. Louis; 2U of Michigan, Ann Arbor; 3East Carolina Univ, Greenville; 4Johns Hopkins, Baltimore; 5Washington Univ, St. Louis; 6Univ Alberta, Edmonton, Canada; 7Symphony Health, Philadelphia; 8Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients, Minneapolis

    Limited data are available on the implications of antidepressant medication use in kidney transplant recipients.We examined a novel database wherein national transplant registry identifiers for…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    The American Transplant Congress Effect on Kidney Discard Rates in the United States.

    D. Abdelwahab,1 G. Wei,2 I. Hall.2

    1Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ; 2University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT

    Background: Deceased-donor kidneys with high kidney donor risk index (KDRI) are often discarded despite evidence that certain candidates would have better survival accepting these kidneys…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Does Gender Affect Renal Transplant Outcomes?

    A. Patel, R. Prashar.

    Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Henry Ford Transplant Institute, Detroit, MI

    Many studies have evaluated the role of gender on renal transplantation.Females (F) are less likely than males (M) to be on the waitlist (WL); less…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Immunosuppression and Graft Rejection in Living-Related HLA-Identical Renal Transplantation.

    R. Ossman,1 M. Jamme,1 P. Galichon,1 A. Hertig,1 B. Moulin,2 C. Legendre,3 E. Morelon,4 J.-L. Taupin,5 L. Rostaing,6 E. Rondeau.1

    1Urgences Néphrologiques et Transplantation, Hôpital Tenon, RADOVFULL Study Group, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France; 2Néphrologie et Transplantation, Hôpital Civil, Strasbourg, France; 3Néphrologie et Transplantation, Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France; 4Néphrologie et Transplantation, Hôpital Edouard Herriot, Université de Lyon, Lyon, France; 5Laboratoire d'Histocompatibilité, Hôpital Saint-Louis, Université Paris Diderot, Paris, France; 6Néphrologie et Transplantation d'Organes, Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France

    Purpose: We aimed to describe the immunosuppressive regimens and graft rejection rates in living-related HLA-identical (LR HLAid) renal transplantation.Methods: We performed a retrospective multicenter analysis…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Variations in Risk-Appetite Between UK Kidney Transplant Centres and Impact on Patient and Graft Outcomes.

    P. Trotter,1,2 M. Robb,2 D. Summers,1,2 J. Bradley,1 J. Neuberger,2,4 C. Callaghan.2,3

    1Department of Surgery, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom; 2Organ Donation and Transplantation, NHS Blood and Transplant, Bristol, United Kingdom; 3Transplant Unit, Guys and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom; 4Liver Unit, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, United Kingdom

    Introduction: Risks associated with deceased donors may be donor-related, organ-related, or both. Variations between transplant centres in the risks they are prepared to accept ('risk…
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