2016 American Transplant Congress
Changes in Fatigue After Kidney Transplantation.
Surgery, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
Previous research suggests that 60 to 97% of patients on dialysis experience fatigue, or a feeling of persistent tiredness or exhaustion. ESRD patients with fatigue…2016 American Transplant Congress
Provider Attitudes Toward Shared Mobile Decision Aid Utilized Among Patients Evaluated for Kidney Transplantation: iChoose Kidney Randomized Trial.
Introduction: Although kidney transplantation (KTx) provides significant survival advantage over long-term dialysis, many end stage renal disease (ESRD) patients are not educated about KTx options.…2016 American Transplant Congress
Risk of ESRD in Potential HIV+ Live Kidney Donors.
1Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore; 2University of Alabama, Birmingham.
The HOPE Act allows HIV+ individuals to be live kidney donors; however, candidacy for donation is poorly understood given the potential additional risk of ESRD…2016 American Transplant Congress
Evaluating Associations Between Clinical and Psychosocial Risk Factors and Adverse Post-Transplant Events in High Risk Renal Transplant Recipients.
Kidney/Pancreas Transplant, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN.
Kidney transplant recipients (KTRs) require a complex medical regimen in the post-transplant period that can be difficult to navigate and if not followed, significant complications…2016 American Transplant Congress
Muscle Density Is Associated with Mortality Among Kidney Waitlist Candidates.
Background: Morphometric assessments, such as muscle density and body fat distribution, have emerged as strong predictors of cardiovascular risk and post-operative morbidity and mortality. To…2016 American Transplant Congress
Risk Factors for the Development of CMV Viremia in a Cohort of Morbidly Obese Kidney Transplant Recipients Under Low Dose Valganciclovir Prophylaxis.
Background: The rate of Cytomegalovirus infections in kidney transplant recipients drastically diminished with the advent of oral ganciclovir and subsequently valganciclovir. However it continues to…2016 American Transplant Congress
The Association of Life Expectancy by Resident Zip Code and Kidney Transplant Outcomes – What Is True Baseline Risk?
Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH.
Many factors beyond traditional clinical risk factors and demographics are associated with outcomes in the general population. These include behavioral, economic, genetic and environmental risks…2016 American Transplant Congress
Significant Increase in Wait List Removals for Candidates Considered Too Sick from the US Kidney Transplant Waiting List.
Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH.
Approximately 59,000 kidney transplant candidates have been removed from the waiting list since 2000 for reasons other than transplantation, death, or transfers. In 2014, reasons…2016 American Transplant Congress
Number of Bacterial Isolates and Resistance Increases Mortality Risk in Intestinal Transplant Patients.
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York.
BackgroundInfection is the most common complication in intestinal transplant (IT) recipients. Data regarding the impact of infections on outcomes following IT is limited.MethodsThis is a…2016 American Transplant Congress
Defining Frailty in Liver Transplant Recipients.
PURPOSETo define frailty in the liver transplant (OLT) population to optimize care and assist in predicting post OLT outcomes.METHODSAll adult primary OLT patients from 01/2010…
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