Articles tagged "Screening"

2022 American Transplant Congress
Seeing is Believing: Efficacy of a Video-Based Intervention in Improving Skin Cancer Risk Awareness and Preventative Strategies Among Solid Organ Transplant Recipients
R. Saranath, J. Gomez, E. Shah, S. Michalak, R. Haughton, B. Fernandez, I. Ahronowitz
USC Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: Despite improvement in their overall life expectancy, solid organ transplant recipients (SOTRs) remain at elevated risk of developing non-melanoma skin cancers. Moreover, patients of…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Performance of 2021 Creatinine and Cystatin C Based Equations without Race in Living Kidney Transplant Donors
A. Liaqat, H. Sawaf, L. Cholin, S. Arrigain, A. Wee, J. Schold, J. Augustine, E. Poggio
Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
*Purpose: New 2021 Creatinine (Cr) and Cystatin C (CysC) based GFR equations without the race factor have been refitted to perform better than either 2009…
2022 American Transplant Congress
A Comparison of Vibration Controlled Transient Elastography, FAST, AGILE-3 and AGILE-4 Scores in Liver Transplant Recipients
T. Arshad¹, M. Tseng², B. Anh³, T. Syed⁴, A. Miller⁵, V. Patel⁴, A. Asgharpour⁴, I. O. Michael⁶, S. Patel⁵, M. Muthiah⁷, M. S. Siddiqui⁴
¹Department of Internal Medicine, VCU, Richmond, VA, ²Internal Medicine, VCU, Richmond, VA, ³Department of Statistical Sciences & Operations Research, VCU, Richmond, VA, ⁴Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, VCU, Richmond, VA, ⁵VCU, Richmond, VA, ⁶Department of Pathology, VCU, Richmond, VA, ⁷National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
*Purpose: Hepatic fibrosis is a strong predictor of clinical outcomes following liver transplantation (LT), however, non-invasive fibrosis assessment remains challenging. Vibration controlled transient elastography has…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Liver Transplant Recipient Social Support Network: Impact on Clinical Outcomes
M. M. French¹, R. S. Mangus², R. Holmes³, A. Krause³, J. Sumner³, C. Kubal⁴, B. Ekser⁵, P. Mihaylov⁶, J. Fridell⁷, A. Lutz⁸
¹Social Work, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN, ²Surgery, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN, ³Department of Surgery, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN, ⁴Department of Surgery, Indiana University Hospital, Indianapolis, IN, ⁵Surgery, Indiana University - Transplant Surgery, Indianapolis, IN, ⁶Department of Surgery, Indiana Univ School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, ⁷Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, ⁸Department of Surgery, Indiana University, Fishers, IN
*Purpose: Health disparities are present in transplantation, just as in other areas of medicine. This is a retrospective review of liver transplant (LT) recipients to…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Functional Status Assessment in Kidney Transplant Candidates and Recipients: A Single-Center Experience
M. Marshall, O. A. Moss, G. Friedman, O. A. Moss
UC Davis Transplant Center, Sacramento, CA
*Purpose: Functional status assessment (FSA) is important to kidney transplant (KT) candidacy evaluation; a low Fried Frailty score (FFS) is associated with poor waitlist and…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Implementation of Modified Multi-Point Screening in Selection Criteria for Kidney Transplant Candidates
M. E. Welborn, S. Thuppal, K. Delfino, R. Bounds, M. Hazelrigg, M. R. Garfinkel
Division of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, Southern Illinois University, Springfield, IL
*Purpose: In 2016, the Springfield Memorial Hospital (SMH) Transplant Program implemented a modified assessment for all renal transplant candidates undergoing evaluation in an effort to…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Glomerular Filtration Rates (GFR) Reference Values for Living Kidney Donors Using the 2021 CKD-EPI Equation without the Race Factor
A. Liaqat, L. Cholin, H. Sawaf, S. Arrigain, J. Augustine, J. Schold, E. Poggio
Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
*Purpose: Kidney function is central to donor evaluation and KDIGO guidelines recommend using estimated GFR (eGFR) for initial screening. A new creatinine-based CKD-EPI equation ('21…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Frequency of Cervical Cancer Screening in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients
C. Papastamelos¹, K. Dokus², M. Laryea³
¹Internal Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, ²Transplant Division, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, ³Gastroenterology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY
*Purpose: Human papillomavirus-related anogenital malignancies disproportionately affect solid organ transplant recipients (SOTR) compared to the general population. Proposed cervical Pap testing intervals for SOTR differ…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Developing A Tool To Assess Psychosocial Determinants Of Health And Quality Of Life In Pediatric Liver Transplant Patients
C. R. Christmann¹, S. Rath², S. Sakhuja³, N. Galvan²
¹Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, ²Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, ³Baylor College of Medicine, Sugar Land, TX
*Purpose: Psychosocial assessment prior to liver transplantation is essential to ensure that caregivers and pediatric patients are adequately prepared for this complex process. There are…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Launching a National Living Donor Registry
J. E. Milton¹, M. Cooper², B. Hippen³
¹Transplant Center, University of Texas Health San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, ²MedStar Georgetown Transplant Institute, Washington, Colombia, ³Metrolina Nephrology Associates, PA, Charlotte, NC
*Purpose: The National Donate Life Living Donor Registry launching in 2021 will allow 4000 persons a day the opportunity to become a living donor offering…