Articles tagged "Survival"

2021 American Transplant Congress
Variation of Liver and Kidney Transplant Practice and Outcomes During Public Holidays in the United States
M. Shamaa, T. Kitajima, T. Ivanics, A. Elsabbagh, M. Lu, K. Delvecchio, A. Mohamed, S. Yeddula, M. Rizzari, K. Collins, A. Yoshida, M. Abouljoud, S. Nagai
Transplant surgery, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI
*Purpose: The outcomes of liver transplant (LT) and kidney transplant (KT) have been shown to be unaffected by the time of transplant surgery whether done…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Kidney Transplantation in Times of Covid-19 – Decision Analysis in the Canadian Context
I. Yanev¹, M. Gagnon¹, M. Cheng², S. Paraskevas², D. Kumar³, A. Dragomir⁴, R. Sapir-Pichhadze⁴
¹McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, ²McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada, ³University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴Research Institute of McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada
*Purpose: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic significantly impacted the field of transplantation across Canada. In this study, we outline the implications of COVID-19 related…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Profound Opportunities Lost: Patients with High Priority for Ideal Donor Kidneys That are Not Placed on the Kidney Transplant Waiting List
J. Schold¹, A. Huml¹, E. Poggio¹, J. Sedor¹, S. Husain², K. L. King², S. Mohan²
¹Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, ²Columbia University, New York, NY
*Purpose: The national Kidney Allocation System(KAS) prioritizes patients with high (top 20%) Estimated Post-Transplant Survival (EPTS) with expedited access to high quality deceased donor kidneys.…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Recipient Selector for Donation After Cardiac Death Allografts
G. Handing¹, S. Ganni², S. Barrett¹, N. Galvan², C. O’Mahony², J. Goss², R. Cotton², A. Rana²
¹School of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, ²Michael E DeBakey Department of Surgery, Division of Abdominal Transplant, Houston, TX
*Purpose: Donation after cardiac death (DCD) allografts might represent one of the largest untapped sources of liver allografts. Our aim was to identify independent donor…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Survival Outcomes in Kidney Transplant Recipients Aged 18-60 Years by CMV Discordance Status: A Multivariable Analysis
A. Dinesh¹, T. Shaker¹, 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: Despite advances in CMV therapeutics, CMV infection can pose significant comorbidity after transplantation. We sought to examine the impact of high-risk CMV discordance in…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Review of 10-Year Liver Explant Pathology Impact on Outcomes in a Single Center
Y. K. Kwon¹, L. Sher¹, S. Khemichian², J. Kahn², Y. Genyk¹
¹Hepatobiliary and Abdominal Transplant Surgery, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, ²Gastrointestinal and Liver Diseases, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: Explant pathology (EP) is an important prognostic factor after liver transplantation (LT) for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). The purpose of this study was to correlate…
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
Predicting Post-transplant Death and Graft Loss Risk: Insight at Listing
N. Dzebisashvili¹, M. Schnitzler², K. Lentine², K. Venkataramani¹, S. Ghosh¹
¹CareDx, Brisbane, CA, ²Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO
*Purpose: Prognostication models for post-transplant outcomes deriving inputs from information collected on donor (DDR/LDR), candidate (TCR) and transplant recipient (TRR) registrations can provide useful information…
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…