Articles tagged "Risk factors"

2021 American Transplant Congress
The Relationship Between Health Literacy and Adverse Outcomes After Kidney Transplantation
E. Lorenz, T. Petterson, C. Schinstock, W. Sanchez, K. Yost
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
*Purpose: Limited health literacy has been associated with a decreased likelihood of listing for transplant and an increased risk of waitlist mortality among kidney transplant…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Pre- and Post-transplant Outcomes on Patient-reported Outcomes in a Prospective Multicenter Trial in Kidney Transplantation
J. M. Rohan¹, J. P. Leone², E. Woodle³, D. Kaufman⁴, A. R. Shields³, A. Wiseman⁵, A. J. Matas⁶, P. West-Thielke⁷, E. King³, R. R. Alloway³
¹Children's Hospital Richmond VCU, Richmond, VA, ²Tampa General, Tampa, FL, ³U Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, ⁴U Wisconsin, Madison, WI, ⁵Centura Transplant, Denver, CO, ⁶U Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, ⁷UIC, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: BEST Trial (Belatacept-based Early Steroid-withdrawal Trial) compared belatacept (BELA)-based early steroid withdrawal (ESW) regimens with a tacrolimus (TAC)-based ESW regimen across 2years. CNI free/ESW…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Nutritional Inadequacy is an Independent Predictor of Sepsis Post-liver Transplantation
J. V. Nolte Fong, M. Elshawwaf, L. W. Moore, E. A. Graviss, D. T. Nguyen, R. Angell, A. Uosef, T. Hirase, C. M. Mobley, R. Ghobrial
Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX
*Purpose: Malnutrition is universally prevalent in liver transplant (LT) recipients in the perioperative setting. Malnutrition contributes to post-LT complications, such as sepsis. We aimed to…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Calcineurin Inhibitor Dose and Selection, Not Antiproliferatives or Steroids, Influence Development of DSA One Year Post-kidney Transplant
M. Henderson¹, G. Morris², L. Awdishu¹, K. Fabbri¹, M. Shah³, A. Khan³, J. Kerr¹
¹Pharmacy, University of California San Diego Health, San Diego, CA, ²Pathology, University of California San Diego Health, San Diego, CA, ³Nephrology, University of California San Diego Health, San Diego, CA
*Purpose: Allograft rejection is a serious complication in kidney transplantation (KT). Despite advances in immunosuppression, acute rejection remains a concern in the first year of…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Allograft Discard Risk Index for Heart Transplantation
R. M. Reul¹, A. A. Saleem¹, C. N. Keller¹, T. H. Malik¹, J. A. Goss², A. A. Rana²
¹Office of Student Affairs, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, ²Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
*Purpose: The number of patients awaiting heart transplantation (HTx) substantially exceeds the number of donor hearts transplanted each year, yet nearly 70% of consented donor…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Predicted Heart Mass Difference as a Risk Factor for Severe Primary Graft Dysfunction in the Contemporary Era of Heart Transplantation: A Report from the International Consortium on Primary Graft Dysfunction
F. Foroutan¹, L. K. Truby², Y. Moayedi¹, J. Han³, J. Guzman⁴, M. Farrero⁴, E. Baughan⁵, M. Farr⁵, H. Zafar⁶, J. Felius⁶, J. van Zyl⁷, D. Law⁸, S. Chih⁸, P. Angleitner⁹, M. Sabatino¹⁰, A. DeVore², R. J. Miller¹¹, L. Potena¹⁰, A. Zuckermann⁹, K. K. Khush³, S. A. Hall⁶, H. J. Ross¹
¹Ted Rogers Centre for Heart Research, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, ³Stanford University, Stanford, CA, ⁴Clinic Barcelona Hospital Universitari, Barcelona, Spain, ⁵Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, ⁶Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX, ⁷Dallas University Medical Center, Dallas, TX, ⁸University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada, ⁹Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, ¹⁰Bologna University Hospital, Bologna, Italy, ¹¹University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
*Purpose: Primary Graft Dysfunction (PGD) increases early mortality after heart transplant (HT). Predicted heart mass (PHM) difference may be a risk factor for PGD. Lack…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Barriers to Living Kidney Donation: A Closer Look at Declined Donors
M. Anand, S. Barhorst, S. Bumb, B. Abu Jawdeh, T. Kaur, A. Govil
University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
*Purpose: Medically complex donors are increasingly being assessed for donation. Due to concern for donor safety, there is a wide variation amongst transplant providers in…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Risk Factors for the Development of Posttransplant Lymphoproliferative Disorder (ptld) After Pancreas Transplantation- A Registry Analysis
A. Gruessner, S. Saggi, J. Renz, R. Gruessner
SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY
*Purpose: A pancreas transplant provides patients with brittle diabetes the opportunity of good long-term metabolic control. However, it requires long-term immunosuppression with its associated risks…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Liver Transplantation for COVID-19-associated Cholangiopathy
J. Blondeel¹, P. Meersseman², N. Gilbo¹, I. Jochmans¹, M. Sainz-Barriga¹, J. Pirenne¹, D. Monbaliu¹
¹Abdominal Transplantation Surgery, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, ²Medical Intensive Care Unit, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
*Purpose: The hallmark viral pneumonia of coronavirus-19-disease (COVID-19) is often accompanied by important extra-pulmonary manifestations. Liver dysfunction occurs in up to 45% of COVID-19 patients,…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Early Experience with Broad Renal Genetic Testing in an Academic Transplant Center
E. Tantisattamo¹, K. Brossart², N. Ioannou², S. McCormick², P. R. Billings², H. Tabriziani²
¹Division of Nephrology, Hypertension and Kidney Transplantation, Division of Nephrology, Hypertension and Kidney Transplantation, Department of Medicine, University of California Irvine School of Medicine, Orange, CA, ²Natera, Inc., San Carlos, CA
*Purpose: Genetic testing is an emerging tool in kidney transplantation (KT), particularly to assess risk of recurrent disease in patients with KT and for selection…

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