2016 American Transplant Congress
Bariatric Surgery and Increased Risk of Death After Listing for Liver Transplantation.
Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX.
Background:Prior bariatric surgery in cirrhotics is increasingly common, and the metabolic derangements and altered anatomy from this surgery may impact outcomes. We hypothesize that cirrhotic…2016 American Transplant Congress
Social Support Does Not Predict Medication Adherence Post-Transplantation: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
Background: Although social support is used to determine eligibility, the relationship between social support and nonadherence remains unclear. We examined the predictive value of social…2016 American Transplant Congress
Donor-Candidate Mismatch in Age, Sex, HLA, and Body Size Inform a Calculator for Kidney Graft Survival.
1Univ of Michigan, Ann Arbor; 2Arbor Research, Ann Arbor, MI; 3Univ of Toledo, Toledo, OH.
Using Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients data, we analyzed 232,705 kidney transplant recipients that received a transplant from 1998-2012. Graft failure rates were estimated using…2016 American Transplant Congress
Renal Risk Index and Acute Kidney Injury in Liver Transplant Patients.
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.
Purpose: Renal risk index (RRI) has been validated in liver transplant (LT) to predict post-transplant ESRD. We examined the clinical utility of RRI as a…2016 American Transplant Congress
Does Pre-Operative Transarterial Chemoembolization(TACE) Increase the Risk of Early Post-Operative Pancreatitis After Liver Transplantation(LT)?
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.
Background: Post-TACE pancreatitis in HCC patients is well documented complications. We sought to determine if prior h/o TACE in addition to other risk factors(RF) contributes…2016 American Transplant Congress
Hematopoietic Cell Transplant and Solid Organ Transplantation: A First Report of the U.S. Experience.
Surgery, Division of Transplant Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
The prevalence of patients who receive both a hematopoetic cell(HCT) and solid organ transplantation(SOT) is rising. There have been no large scale studies of HCT…2016 American Transplant Congress
Recipient Age and KDPI Are Potent Predictors of Early Acute Rejection in the Modern Era of Deceased Donor Kidney Transplantation.
Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA.
The rate of acute rejection in the first six months after deceased donor (DD) kidney transplant is about 10% in the modern era of immunosuppression.…2016 American Transplant Congress
High KDPI Is a Predictor of Acute Rejection in Delayed Graft Function.
The kidney donor profile index (KDPI) is a prognostic measure for graft function and survival. It is unclear whether it predicts acute rejection in patients…2016 American Transplant Congress
Incidence of and Risk Assessment for Adverse Cardiovascular Outcomes Following Liver Transplantation: A Systematic Review.
Purpose: Cardiovascular (CV) events remain a major source of morbidity and mortality following liver transplantation (LT). This review evaluates the incidence of and risk assessment…2016 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Preoperative Body Composition on Outcomes After Living Donor Liver Transplantation.
Background: Skeletal muscle depletion has been shown to be an independent predictor of lower overall survival in various diseases. In surgical fields, however, the significance…
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