Articles tagged "Survival"

2021 American Transplant Congress
Frailty and Short-Term Outcomes in Kidney Transplant
S. Van Arsdale¹, K. Torbert¹, R. Harland², A. Turner², B. Tanriover³, V. Ariyamuthu³
¹Banner University Medical Center, Tucson, AZ, ²Surgery, Banner University Medical Center, Tucson, AZ, ³Internal Medicine, Banner University Medical Center, Tucson, AZ
*Purpose: Studies suggest worse outcomes for frail solid organ transplant recipients. We analyzed post transplant outcomes in relation to frailty.*Methods: We conducted a retrospective study…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Transplant Center Volume in High-risk Donors are Associated with Graft and Patient Survival
M. A. Merzkani, H. Murad, M. Mattu, M. Wang, V. Hu, S. Chang, T. Alhamad
Transplant, Washington University, Saint Louis, MO
*Purpose: Evaluation of high-risk kidney donors in transplant centers involves an intensive assessment of the individual risks and selection of appropriate recipients. Understandably, this requires…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Living Donor versus Deceased Donor Pediatric Liver Transplantation: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Outcomes
A. Barbetta¹, C. Butler², S. Barhouma², R. Hogen¹, B. Roque¹, H. Schillperoort³, G. Meeberg⁴, J. Shapiro⁵, Y. Kwon¹, R. Kohli⁶, J. Emamaullee¹
¹Surgery, abdominal transplat, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, ²University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, ³Norris Medical Library, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, ⁴Department of Surgery, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ⁵Department of Surgery,, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ⁶Department of Pediatrics, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: Reduced size deceased donors and living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) can help address the organ shortage for pediatric liver transplant candidates. Concerns regarding technical…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Ozone Exposure of Lung Donors and Recipients on All-Cause Mortality after Lung Transplant
T. Egan¹, S. Arunachalam², C. Chang², P. Strassle¹
¹Surgery, UNC at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, ²Institute of the Environment, UNC at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
*Purpose: A Belgian study found proximity to a motorway increased risk of bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome after lung transplant (LT). Using zip codes as a surrogate…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Distribution of High-Urgency Listing and Regional Variation before and after Implementation of the 2018 US Heart Allocation Policy
T. Cascino¹, M. Skeans², V. Patel¹, M. Colvin¹
¹University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ²SRTR, Minneapolis, MN
*Purpose: The demand for heart transplant exceeds organ availability. The Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network/United Network for Organ Sharing (OPTN/UNOS) updated heart allocation policy in…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Opioid Use Prior to Liver Transplant is Associated with Increased Risk of Death after Transplant
H. J. Braun, M. P. Schwab, C. Jin, D. Amara, T. Grace, R. Croci, C. E. Freise, J. P. Roberts, R. Hirose, N. L. Ascher
University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
*Purpose: The impact of the opioid epidemic on liver transplant (LT) candidates and recipients has not been widely studied, but pre-LT opioid use in LT…
2020 American Transplant Congress
11 Years Experience of Early Steroid Withdrawal Immunosupression Protocol in Kidney Allograft Recipient
O. Adebiyi, A. Sharfuddin, M. Yaqub, D. Mishler, T. Taber, W. Goggins
Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN
*Purpose: Early Steroid Withdrawal (ESW) Immunosuppression protocol has become a viable alternative to steroid based regimen. Our transplant program has adopted ESW protocol since 2003…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Serum Cystatin C Predicts Kidney-Related Outcomes and Transplant-Free Survival in Patients with End-Stage Liver Disease and Low Body Mass Index
N. Shankar¹, M. Garcia Saenz de Sicilia², A. Duarte-Rojo³, S. K. Asrani⁴, J. F. Trotter⁴, G. B. Klintmalm⁴, B. V. Fischbach⁵, S. A. Gonzalez⁵
¹Internal Medicine, Baylor Scott & White University Medical Center, Dallas, TX, ²University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, ³Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Center for Liver Diseases, Pittsburgh Liver Research Center, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁴Baylor Simmons Transplant Institute, Dallas, TX, ⁵Baylor Simmons Transplant Institute, Fort Worth, TX
*Purpose: Liver transplant (LT) candidates with sarcopenia are disadvantaged by creatinine-based assessment of renal function as creatinine overestimates glomerular filtration rate (GFR). Low body mass…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Timing of T Cell Mediated Rejection in the First Year after Kidney Transplantation
R. Mehta, D. Jorgensen, C. Puttarajappa, S. Hariharan, R. Mehta, P. Sood
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA
*Purpose: To evaluate the impact of timing of T-cell mediated rejection (TCMR) occurrence in the first year after kidney transplantation (KT).*Methods: Single center retrospective cohort…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Understanding the Molecular Phenotype of Kidney Injury
J. Reeve¹, P. Halloran¹, &. the INTERCOMEX Study Group²
¹University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ²., ., AB, Canada
*Purpose: The injury status of transplanted organs is a strong predictor of graft loss. We used injury-related gene expression to explore the relationship between function,…