Articles tagged "Risk factors"

2015 American Transplant Congress
Acute Kidney Injury in Kidney Transplant Patients According to the KDIGO Criteria
T. Filiponi, A. Silva-Filho, E. Tonato, L. Requiao-Moura, A. Matos, E. Arruda, R. Chinen, L. Pires, M. Durão Junior.
Kidney Transplantation, Albert Einstein Hospital, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Purpose.To assess the incidence, risk factors and outcomes associated with acute kidney injury (AKI) in kidney transplant in patients using KDIGO classification. Methods- Retrospective cohort…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Return to Work and Occupational Infection Risks in Transplant Recipients
R. Avery,¹ D. Ostrander,¹ S. Shoham,¹ S. Alp,² N. Lu,¹ C. Cave,¹ E. Kraus,³ K. Marr.¹
¹Infectious Disease, Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD; ²Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey; ³Nephrology, Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD.
Background: Counseling is commonly provided to transplant recipients who are planning to return to work, regarding potential infection risks in the workplace. However, the nature…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Risk Factors for Graft Loss in Pediatric Renal Transplant Recipients After Transfer of Care
B. Coyne,^1,2 P. Hollen,^1,2 Y. Guofen,³ K. Brayman.⁴
¹Department of Pediatrics, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA; ²School of Nursing, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA; ³Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA; ⁴Department of Surgery, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA.
Improvements in immunosuppression and transplant surgical technique have increased the survival of children with end-stage renal disease. These patients have complex needs, and the current…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Tobacco Use Is a Significant Risk Factor for Post-Transplant Biliary Complications
D. Dulaney, M. Dokus, M. Orloff, R. Kashyap.
Surgery, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY.
Purpose: Biliary complications following liver transplantation are a significant source of morbidity, potentially leading to graft failure necessitating retransplantation. Smoking precipitates both microvascular and macrovascular…
2015 American Transplant Congress
A Relative Survival Model to Compare the Risk of Mortality in Patients Awaiting Kidney Transplantation Versus Already Transplanted Patients
M. Lorent,^1,2 K. Trébern-Launay,^2,1 C. Legendre,⁴ H. Kreis,⁴ G. Mourad,⁵ V. Garrigue,⁵ L. Rostaing,⁶ N. Kamar,⁶ M. Kessler,⁷ M. Ladrière,⁷ E. Morelon,⁸ F. Buron,⁸ M. Giral,^2,3 Y. Foucher.^1,2
¹EA 4275 - SPHERE bioStatistics, Pharmacoepidemiology and Human Sciences Research, Nantes University, Nantes, France; ²Institut de Transplantation, Urologie, Néphrologie (ITUN), Inserm U1064, CHU de Nantes, Nantes, France; ³CIC Biotherapy, CHU Nantes, Nantes, France; ⁴Service de Transplantation Rénale et de Soins Intensifs, Hôpital Necker, APHP Paris, Paris, France; ⁵Service de Néphrologie-Transplantation, Hôpital Lapeyronie, Montpellier, France; ⁶Service de Néphrologie, HTA, Dialyse et Transplantation d'Organes, CHU Rangueil, Toulouse, France; ⁷Service de Transplantation Rénale, CHU Brabois, Nancy, France; ⁸Service de Néphrologie, Transplantation et Immunologie Clinique, Hôpital Edouard Herriot, Lyon, France.
Introduction: It would be useful for physicians in some specific cases to identify whom patients could not benefit of kidney transplantations.Patients and method: To answer…
2015 American Transplant Congress
A Joint Survival Longitudinal Approach to Better Assess the Etiological Role of Risk Factors of Kidney Transplant Graft Failure
M.-C. Fournier,^1,2 E. Dantan,¹ Y. Foucher,^1,2 M. Giral.²
¹EA 4275 - SPHERE - Biostatistique, Pharmacoépidémiologie et Mesures Subjectives en Santé, Université de Nantes, Nantes, France; ²INSERM CR1064 Centre pour la Recherche en Transplantation et Immunointervention (CRTI), Institut Transplantation-Urologie-Néphrologie (ITUN), Nantes, France.
Background. Although risk factors of graft failure after renal transplantation have been widely considered, it is difficult to distinguish their etiological role: a direct association…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis as Indication for Liver Transplantation in Europe. Do We Choose the Right Organs for the Right Recipients?
B. Kern,¹ P. Newsome,² V. Karam,³ R. Adam,³ G. Berlakovich,⁴ J. Fritz,⁵ W. Popp,¹ B. Feurstein,¹ A. Pascher,⁶ P. Muiesan,⁷ S. Schneeberger.¹
¹Visceral- Transplant, Thoracic Surgery, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria; ²NIHR Biomedical Research Unit and The Centre for Liver Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom; ³Hepatobiliary Center, Paul Brousse Hospital - Hôpitaux de Paris Université Paris-Sud, Villejuif, France; ⁴Transplant Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria; ⁵Medical Statistics, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria; ⁶General, Visceral, Transplant Surgery, Charite Berlin, Berlin, Germany; ⁷Liver and Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Unit, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom.
Background:Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) has emerged to become the third leading cause for liver transplantation (LT) in the US and since 2002, it has increased constantly.Methods:We…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Risk Factors for Acute Cellular Rejection for Pediatric Kidney Transplant Recipients
D. Cote,¹ I. Bobanga,¹ B. Vogt,² K. Dell,² R. Cunningham III,² K. Noon,¹ V. Humphreville,¹ E. Sanchez,¹ J. Schulak,¹ K. Woodside.¹
¹Department of Surgery, Case Western Reserve University & University Hospitals, Cleveland, OH; ²Department of Pediatrics, Case Western Reserve University & University Hospitals, Cleveland, OH.
Background: Acute cellular rejection (ACR) potentially shortens the life of a kidney allograft. We sought to determine risk factors associated with the development of ACR…