Articles tagged "Risk factors"

2016 American Transplant Congress
Anti-Thymocyte Globulin Induction Does Not Increase the Risk of Thrombotic Events in Kidney Transplantation: A Matched Case-Control Study.
J. Iuppa,¹ M. Dokus,² E. Venniro,³ A. Patel,² A. Danzig,⁴ J. Hahn,¹ R. Kashyap,² M. Orloff,² J. Taylor.³
¹Department of Pharmacy, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY; ²Department of Surgery, Division of Transplantation and Hepatobiliary Surgery, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY; ³Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY; ⁴School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY.
Background: Anti-thymocyte globulin (ATG) is the most commonly used induction agent in kidney transplantation (KTx). To date, case reports and in vitro analyses have suggested…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Epidemiology of Surgical Site Infections After Liver Transplantation: 4 Year Prospective Study.
Y. Natori, R. Kassar, A. Iaboni, S. Hosseini-Moghaddam, D. Vu, S. Husain, E. Renner, C. Rotstein.
Multi-Organ Transplant Program, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada.
IntroductionDeceased and living donor liver transplantation (LT) is a lifesaving procedure for individuals with liver failure. However, despite the use of perioperative antibiotic prophylaxis at…
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Pre-Transplant Cardiovascular Risk Factors Affect Kidney Allograft Survival: A Multi-Center Study in Korea.
J. An,^1,2 S. Ahn,³ E. Bae,² E. Kang,² H.-L. Kim,⁴ Y.-J. Kim,⁵ Y. Oh,^1,2 C. Lim,^1,2 Y. Kim,² Y. Kim,⁶ J. Lee.^1,2
¹Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Boramae Medical Center, Seoul, Korea; ²Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea; ³Department of Preventive Medicine, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju, Gangwon-do, Korea; ⁴Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Boramae Medical Center, Seoul, Korea; ⁵Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea; ⁶Department of Surgery, Asan Medical Center and University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Background - Pre- or post-transplant cardiovascular (CV) risk factors affect the development of CV events even after successful kidney transplantation (KT). However, the impact of…
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Clinical Factors That Determine the Appropriateness of Early Steroid Withdrawal.
S. Bae, A. Massie, S. DiBrito, X. Luo, L. Kucirka, D. Segev.
Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD.
Early steroid withdrawal (ESW) has been a popular option for recipients with low-immunological risk. However, no quantitative tools are available to assess the risk, i.e.…
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Early Changes to Kidney Distribution Under the New Kidney Allocation System.
A. Massie,¹ X. Luo,¹ B. Lonze,¹ N. Desai,¹ A. Bingaman,² M. Cooper,³ D. Segev.¹
¹JHU, Baltimore; ²Methodist, San Antonio; ³Georgetown, Washington.
In December 2014, the Kidney Allocation System (KAS), a major change to kidney allocation, was implemented, granting increased priority to younger candidates and candidates with…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Use of the Psychosocial Assessment Tool to Identify Risk in Families of Pediatric Liver Transplant Recipients.
E. Fredericks, T. Smith, J. Sevecke, S. Eder, C. Limke, C. Shneider, M. Lopez.
Pediatrics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.
Purpose: Although families of pediatric liver transplant recipients have documented psychosocial needs, the systematic identification of needs and delivery of evidence-based care remain challenging. This…
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Predictors of Postoperative Cardiovascular Complications Until Three Months After Kidney Transplantation.
M. Slot,^1,2 J. van de Wetering,¹ M. Kho,¹ M. Betjes,¹ J. Roodnat.¹
¹Nephrology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands; ²Nephrology, VU Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Purpose: To identify factors involved in cardiac events within three months after renal transplantation.Methods: We conducted a chart review for all renal transplants (RT) performed…
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Outcomes of Hispanic Kidney Transplant Recipients Under a Cyclosporine versus Tacrolimus Based Immunosuppression Protocol.
P. West-Thielke, A. Lasky, J. Thielke, M. Campara, E. Benedetti.
University of Illinois, Chicago.
Purpose: In 2005, an internal retrospective study at our institution showed a higher incidence of post transplant diabetes mellitus (PTDM) in our Hispanic kidney transplant…
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LACE Index Risk Assessment Tool Predicts Liver Transplant Readmissions.
A. Masoumi,¹ R. Barth,² J. LaMattina,² D. Bruno,² L. Hebert,¹ N. Schluterman,³ S. Hanish.²
¹University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD; ²Department of Surgery, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD; ³Department of Epidemiology, University of Maryland School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD.
Background:One-fifth of Medicare patients are readmitted to the hospital an annual cost of $17.4 billion. The LACE Index (Length of stay, Acuity of the admission,…
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Stratifying Skin Versus Non-Skin Cancer Risk Post-Kidney Transplantation According to Patient Characteristics.
F. Jackson-Spence,¹ H. Gillott,¹ S. Tahir,¹ F. Evison,² J. Nath,³ A. Sharif.³
¹University of Birmingham Medical School, Birmingham, United Kingdom; ²Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom; ³Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom.
Introduction Cancer is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality after kidney transplantation but risk differs e.g. non-melanoma skin cancers have a better prognosis compared…