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Articles tagged "Safety"

  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Multidisciplinary Transplant Rounds: A Step to Improved Team and Patient Satisfaction

    K. Sigafus,1 E. LaMura,1 M. Massimiani,1 C. Chiang,2 K. Nicoll,2 M. Yoho,3 M. Bleicher,2 S. Nazarian.2

    1Transplant, Bariatric Surgery & Orthopedic Oncology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA; 2Penn Transplant Institute, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA; 3Quality, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.

    BackgroundMultidisciplinary communication (MDC) is critical for transplant patient (TXP) safety. We hypothesized that formal, scripted multidisciplinary rounds (MDR) would yield improved MDC HCAHPS scores (Hospital…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Involvement of Additional Surgeons in Robot Assisted Kidney Transplantation Does Not Affect Surgical Outcomes, in the Context of a Structured Robotic Surgery Program. Results from a CUSUM Analysis

    F. Gheza,1 C. Di Bella,1 P. Giulianotti,1 J. Oberholzer,2 E. Benedetti,1 I. Tzvetanov.1

    1Surgery, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL; 2Surgery, University of Virginia, Virginia, VA.

    Robot assisted kidney transplant (RAKT) is a good option for obese recipients. Our group first performed this procedure in 2009 and nowadays the experience includes…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Four Eyes Are Better Than Two: Improving Laboratory Report Quality Control

    S. Dionne,2 K. Klama,2 H. Rashid,2 A. Niedzinski.2

    1Quality Assurance, LABS, Inc., Centennial, CO; 2Infectious Disease, LABS, Inc., Philadelphia, PA.

    Background: Our STAT donor-screening lab implemented a new LIMS that is used to manage patient orders, testing and reporting. We intentionally customized the LIMS to…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    The Impact of Conversion from Immediate Release Twice-Daily Tacrolimus (Prograf®) to Once-Daily Extended Release Tacrolimus (Envarsus®) in Liver Transplant Recipients

    M. Del Gaudio,1 M. Cescon,1 M. Ravaioli,1 V. Bertuzzo,1 C. Zanfi,1 M. Serenari,1 L. Maroni,1 C. Morelli,2 A. Pinna.1

    1Organ Insufficiency and Transplantation, S.Orsola Hospital General Surgery and Transplantation Unit Prof. A.D. Pinna, Bologna, Italy; 2Organ Insufficiency and Transplantation, S. Orsola Hospital Organ Insufficiency and Internal Medicine Morelli, Bologna, Italy.

    The safety and efficacy of substitution with a novel once-daily extended-release tacrolimus (LCPT;Envarsus®)to immediate-release tacrolimus (IR-Tac, Prograf®) twice daily in liver transplant patients have not…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Safety and Efficacy of Real-World Use of Everolimus for Kidney Transplant Patients: Post-Marketing Surveillance in Japan

    H. Harada,1 Y. Watarai,2 J. Uchida,3 O. Kamisawa.4

    1Sapporo City General Hospital, Sapporo, Japan; 2Nagoya Daini Red Cross Hospital, Nagaya, Japan; 3Osaka City University, Osaka, Japan; 4Novartis Pharma K.K., Tokyo, Japan.

    Background and purpose: After the approval of everolimus (EVR) in 2011 in Japan to prevent organ rejection in kidney transplant (KTx) patients, no data on…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Excellent Outcomes for HCV-Viremic Recipients of Simultaneous Liver-Kidney Transplant in the Direct Anti-Viral Era

    A. Ray, C. Klein, T. Ommert, R. Cross, R. Rubin.

    Piedmont Transplant Institute, Piedmont Healthcare, Atlanta, GA.

    Before the era of direct anti-viral agents (DAAs), outcomes for HCV-viremic recipients of simultaneous liver kidney transplant (SLKT) were inferior to HCV-negative recipients. PURPOSE: To…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Anti-Thymocyte Globulin vs. Alemtuzumab: A Comparison of Long-Term Outcomes among Renal Transplant Recipients

    E. Loncharic, A. Dodson, K. Gutierrez.

    Department of Pharmacy, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL.

    Background: Two lymphocyte depleting agents are currently available for renal transplant induction: alemtuzumab (C1H) and rabbit anti-thymocyte globulin (rATG). Studies comparing long-term outcomes between C1H…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Risk Factors for Postoperative Bleeding after Lung Transplantation

    D. Adelmann,1,2 S. Koch,1 J. Menger,1 P. Jaksch,3 M. Kurz,1 M. Mouhieddine,1 W. Klepetko,3 B. Steinlechner.1

    1Department of Anesthesia, General Intensive Care and Pain Control, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria; 2Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA; 3Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.

    Bleeding complications after lung transplantation (LuTX) are associated with increased morbidity. Risk factors for postoperative bleeding complications after LuTX have not yet been reported. In…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Alemtuzumab Induction is Effective and Safe in Elderly Kidney Transplant Recipients

    A. Toledo, K. Szempruch, P. Serrano, K. Andreoni, T. Kozlowski.

    University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

    Purpose of this study is to determine safety of Alemtuzumab (Ab) in elderly kidney recipients.MethodsThis is a retrospective single center cohort analysis concerning kidney transplant…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Water-Jet Dissection for Donor Hepatectomy during Living Donor Liver Transplantation

    K. Gotoh,1 H. Eguchi,1 Y. Iwagami,1 D. Yamada,1 T. Asaoka,1 T. Noda,1 K. Kawamoto,1 S. Kobayashi,1 K. Umeshita,2 Y. Doki,1 M. Mori.1

    1Gastroenterological Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan; 2Health Science, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan.

    Background The most important issue in living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) is donor safety. Although donor hepatectomy has evolved technically over the years, it is…
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