Articles tagged "Survival"

2021 American Transplant Congress
Low Socio-economic Status is Associated with Lower Kidney Graft Survival and Increased Risk of Graft Failure Due to Acute Rejection
W. Xie¹, G. Vrakas¹, S. H. Gray¹, A. Haririan², J. R. Scalea¹, J. S. Bromberg¹, D. G. Maluf¹, R. P. Meier¹
¹Department of Surgery, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ²Department of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: Low socio-economic status (SES) has been shown to be associated with poor kidney graft outcomes. We aimed to characterize differences in high and low…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Does High-Risk CMV Discordance Affect Elderly Kidney Transplant Recipient Survival? A Multivariable Analysis
A. Dinesh¹, S. Jackson², S. Riad³, T. L. Pruett¹
¹Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, ²Biostatistics, Analytics Consulting Services- Solid Organ Transplant, M Health Fairview, Minneapolis, MN, ³Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
*Purpose: High-risk CMV discordance (R-/D+) has often been linked to deleterious outcomes after kidney transplantation. The elderly transplant population is more susceptible to CMV infections…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Improving Liver Transplantation Outcomes for Hepatitis C Associated Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Direct-Acting Antiviral Therapy Era
K. Okumura, H. Sogawa, G. Veillette, D. John, T. Diflo, R. Bodin, D. C. Wolf, S. Nishida
Surgery, Westchester Medical Center/New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY
*Purpose: Direct-acting antiviral (DAA) therapy has transformed the outcomes of liver transplantation(LT) in patients with hepatitis C virus (HCV). The aim of this study was…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Covid-19 Infections Post-liver and Kidney Transplantation in a Southern Ca Program
M. E. de Vera¹, J. Woloszyn², S. Regmi², R. Rattanavich², M. Rakoski², M. Lin², P. Mehta², A. Kore², J. Weissman², C. Martens², T. Phan², B. Jerez-Aguilar², M. Robinson², E. Wells², R. Villicana², M. Nguyen²
¹Loma Linda University Health, San Bernardino, CA, ²Transplant Institute, Loma Linda University Health, San Bernardino, CA
*Purpose: Southern CA is at the epicenter of the Covid-19 pandemic. We reviewed outcomes of our center's liver, kidney, and pancreas transplant patients stricken with…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Acute Kidney Injury Requiring Dialysis in Heart Transplant Recipients is a Risk Factor for Graft Failure and Overall Mortality
M. A. Merzkani, H. Murad, A. Pottebaum, A. Java, A. Malone, J. Schilling, A. Itoh, R. Delos Santos, T. Alhamad
Transplant, Washington University, Saint Louis, MO
*Purpose: Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) is a frequent complication of heart transplantation. However, with recent allocation changes, we have increasingly complex patients with a higher…
2021 American Transplant Congress
The Confluence of Race, Socioeconomic Deprivation, and Waitlist Mortality for Children Awaiting Liver Transplant
S. Wadhwani¹, J. Ge¹, L. Gottlieb¹, C. Lyles¹, A. F. Beck², J. Bucuvalas³, U. Kotagal², J. C. Lai¹
¹University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ²Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ³Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY
*Purpose: Social determinants like racism, ethnocentrism, and neighborhood socioeconomic deprivation are associated with poor outcomes for children after liver transplant. We studied the relationship between…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Non-active Hepatitis B on Patient Survival After Renal Transplantation
A. Paschereit¹, K. Budde², M. Duerr², M. G. Naik²
¹Medical Department, Division of Nephrology and Internal Intensive Care Medicine, Charité University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ²Medical Department, Division of Nephrology and Internal Intensive Care Medicine, Charité, Berlin, Germany
*Purpose: Dialysis patients (pts) have an increased risk for hepatitis B (HB) infection and impaired response to HB vaccine compared to the general population. As…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes of Surgical Resection versus Liver Transplantation in Hilar Cholangiocarcinoma
M. K. White¹, F. Aucejo², A. Moro², K. Sasaki², K. Stephans³, B. Estfan⁴, C. Quintini², B. Eghtesad², K. Hashimoto², F. Masato², C. Miller², K. Menon⁵
¹Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ²General Surgery, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ³Radiation Oncology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ⁴Oncology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ⁵Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
*Purpose: To compare the outcomes of patients with hilar cholangiocarcinoma (hCCA) who underwent either surgical resection or liver transplantion (LT).*Methods: All hCCA patients who underwent…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Impact of High-Risk EBV Discordance Status on Survival Outcomes in Kidney Transplant Recipients: A Multivariable Analysis
A. Dinesh¹, S. Jackson², T. L. Pruett¹, S. Riad³
¹Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, ²Biostatistics, Analytics Consulting Services- Solid Organ Transplant, M Health Fairview, Minneapolis, MN, ³Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
*Purpose: High-risk EBV discordance has been linked to Post-Transplant Lymphoproliferative Disorder (PTLD) after kidney transplantation; however, the impact on recipient and graft survival is under-reported.…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Risk Classification Models for Kidney Graft Failure
M. G. Naik¹, K. Budde¹, D. Telmo Neves²
¹Medical Department, Division of Nephrology and Internal Intensive Care Medicine, Charité, Berlin, Germany, ²Intelligent Analytics for Massive Data, German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence, Berlin, Germany
*Purpose: Longterm graft survival after kidney transplantation is stagnant over the last decades. An individual risk assessment for graft failure is needed. In our project…