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Articles tagged "Risk factors"

  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Predicting Obstructive Coronary Artery Disease in Asymptomatic Renal Patients Undergoing Renal Transplantation

    D.-A. Moutzouris, C. Baker, A. Malaweera, M. Willicombe, R. Corbett, N. Duncan, J. Galliford, A. McLean, D. Taube.

    Imperial College Kidney and Transplant Centre, Hammersmith Hospital, London, United Kingdom.

    Almost 50% of asymptomatic patients with End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) are reported to have significant flow-limiting coronary artery disease (CAD). Our practice involves a…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Evaluation of Geographically Distant Living Kidney Donors: A Barrier to Living Donation?

    F. Weng, N. Dhillon, L. Davis, R. Goldberg, A. Patel, K. Tibaldi, M. Morgievich, S. Mulgaonkar.

    Renal & Pancreas Transplant Division, Saint Barnabas Medical Center, Livingston, NJ.

    Introduction: Living kidney donors often live far from the recovering transplant center where they donate. We sought to determine (1) characteristics of these geographically distant,…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Assessment of Hospital Readmissions After Mechanical Circulatory Support

    F. Arabia, M. Kittleson, L. Czer, J. Hajj, E. Passano, F. Liou, S. Siddiqui, D. Chang, J. Kobashigawa, J. Moriguchi.

    Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute, Los Angeles, CA.

    Purpose: Hospital readmission is viewed as one of the benchmarks for success following mechanical circulatory support (MCS) placement. It is not clear whether there is…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Dermatology Is an Essential Part of Transplant Care: Report of a Two-Year Experience from a Transplant Dermatology Center

    E. Pritchett,1 B. Miller,1 A. Colasacco,1 G. Malat,2 A. Doyle,2 S. Guy,3 C. Cusack,1 C. Chung,1 M. Abdelmalek.1

    1Department of Dermatology, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia; 2Departent of Medicine, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia; 3Department of Surgery, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia.

    Background: It is well-documented that patients who have undergone organ transplantation have a higher incidence of new skin cancers and that this risk is magnified…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Impact of Community Risk on Early Hospital Readmission Following Kidney Transplant

    E. King,1 L. Kucirka,1 M. McAdams-DeMarco,1,2 A. Massie,1,2 J. Schold,3 D. Segev.1,2

    1Surgery, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD; 2Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins University, School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD; 3Quantitative Health Sciences, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH.

    Background: Early hospital readmission (EHR) is associated with increased morbidity, mortality, and cost in kidney transplantation (KT). Community risk may be associated with EHR above…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Pretransplant Assessment of Vascular Calcification as a Risk Factor of Mortality, Graft Loss, and Cardiovascular Events in Renal Transplant Recipients

    P. Munguia, R. Caramelo, M. Rubio, L. Sahdalá, L. Arnaudas, J. Paul, á. Blasco, L. Lou, M. Aladren, A. Sanjuan, A. Gutierrez-Dalmau.

    Nephrology, Hospital Universitario Miguel Servet, Zaragoza, Spain.

    AIM: Cardiovascular events are the first cause of mortality in renal transplant recipients (RTRs), and their incidence is not only justified by the traditional CV…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Pretransplant Panniculectomy in Patients Previously Denied Access to Renal Transplantation: Addressing Disparities for Candidates With a High-Risk Abdominal Panniculus After Weight Loss

    C. Troppmann,1 C. Bailey,2 J. Kuo,2 C. Santhanakrishnan,1 R. Perez,1 M. Wong.2

    1Transplant Surgery, UC Davis, Sacramento, CA; 2Plastic Surgery, UC Davis, Sacto..

    Some patients (pts) develop a large lower abdominal panniculus following significant weight loss (worsened by age and abdominal wall laxity). CKD pts affected by this…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    The Impact of Center Volume on Simultaneous Kidney-Pancreas Transplantation Outcomes

    A. Malone,1 D. Brennan,1 J. Wellen,2 T. Alhamad.1

    1Transplantation Nephrology, Renal Division, Washington University, St Louis; 2Section of Transplant Surgery, Washington University, St Louis.

    Background: Pancreas transplantation is associated with a high incidence of surgical complications and successful outcomes require experienced surgical and post-transplant care. Prior studies have linked…
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