Articles tagged "Survival"

2020 American Transplant Congress
Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation and Solid Organ Transplantation: Outcomes of Sequential Transplantation in the United States
M. Gupta¹, M. Levine², D. Porter², R. Brazauskas³, S. Bo-Subait⁴, R. Phelan³, M. Battiwalla⁵, D. Buchbinder⁶, B. Hamilton⁷, B. Shaw³, P. Abt²
¹University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, ²University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ³Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, ⁴CIBMTR, NMDP, Minneapolis, MN, ⁵Sarah Cannon Blood Cancer Network, Nashville, TN, ⁶Children's Hospital of Orange County, Orange, CA, ⁷Cleveland Clinic, Taussig Cancer Institute, Cleveland, OH
*Purpose: Survival after solid organ transplantation(SOT) and hematopoietic cell transplantation(HCT) has steadily risen. Despite these improvements, SOT recipients may develop conditions requiring HCT, and HCT…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Survival of ESRD Patients with an EPTS > 90% Listed for Kidney Transplant
M. S. Sampaio¹, E. Lum¹, P. Homkrailas¹, G. Danovitch¹, H. Gritsch², S. Bunnapradist¹
¹UCLA - Division of Nephrology, Los Angeles, CA, ²UCLA - Division of Urology, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: Mortality on the kidney transplant waitlist is high especially in candidates with a high Estimated Post Transplant Survival (EPTS) score. We examined outcomes of…
2020 American Transplant Congress
The Effects of DGF after Deceased Donor Renal Transplantation Differ by KDPI
M. Molinari¹, W. Chang¹, D. Jorgensen², C. Wu³, S. Hariharan³
¹Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Centre, Pittsburgh, PA, ²Biostatistics, University of Pittsburgh Medical Centre, Pittsburgh, PA, ³Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical Centre, Pittsburgh, PA
*Purpose: We analyzed the effects of DGF on: (1) graft survival, (2) patient survival and (3) eGFR of adult recipients of deceased donor kidney transplants…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Impact of New Onset Atrial Fibrillation on Clinical Outcomes in Liver Transplant Recipients
C. M. Anugwom¹, S. Jackson², T. Pruett³, N. Lim¹
¹Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, University of Minnesota Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN, ²Fairview Health Services., Minneapolis, MN, ³Transplant Surgery, University of Minnesota Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN
*Purpose: Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a common arrhythmia in liver transplant (LT) recipients but there continues to be a paucity of data on this topic.…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Community Affluence Impacts Patient Survival Post Liver Transplantation
D. Jorgensen, A. Humar, C. Hughes, M. Molinari, A. Ganoza, S. Ganesh, A. Duarte-Rojo, A. Tevar
Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
*Purpose: Liver transplantation is an effective treatment for patients with end stage liver disease with excellent patients and grafts long term outcomes. Many recipient disease…
2020 American Transplant Congress
The Impact of Sirolimus on Weight Gain Post Heart Transplant
S. M. Gore, C. E. Raphael, K. Mara, C. Arendt, A. L. Clavell, S. A. Bernard
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
*Purpose: Obesity is common after heart transplant (HT), resulting in increased risk of new onset diabetes, all-cause and cardiovascular mortality and graft failure. Immunosuppressants (ISN)…
2020 American Transplant Congress
High Health Literacy is Associated with Decreased Likelihood of Waitlist Mortality for Some Solid Organ Transplant Candidates
L. Dageforde¹, S. Rega², I. Feurer³
¹Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Vanderbilt Transplant Center, Nashville, TN, ³Department of Surgery, Vanderbilt Transplant Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
*Purpose: Health Literacy (HL) impacts post-transplant outcomes and listing for kidney transplant patients, but little is known about likelihood of solid organ transplant for kidney…
2020 American Transplant Congress
10-Year Experience Transplanting Very Highly Sensitized Patients with End Stage Renal Disease
J. Diaz¹, J. Kennedy², S. Chinnakotla³, P. Verghese⁴
¹Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, MN, ²University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, ³Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, ⁴Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Nephrology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
*Purpose: Very highly sensitized (VHS) individuals (calculated reactive antigen (cPRA) ≥ 95%) have increased rejection risk which negatively impacts kidney transplant outcomes. Multiple strategies have…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Hydroxychloroquine is Associated with Better Patient and Graft Survival in Kidney Transplant Patients with Lupus Nephritis as Cause of ESRD
T. Singh¹, S. Garg², S. Panzer¹
¹Nephrology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, ²Rheumatology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
*Purpose: Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) use leads to better patient and renal survival in patients with lupus nephritis (LN). Whether the clinical benefits of HCQ extends to…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Development of Self-Limited Low-Level BK Viremia/Viruria Suggests Ideal Immunosuppression to Suppress T-Cell and Antibody-Mediated Rejection and to Preserve Kidney Allograft Function
B. Näf, T. Müller, R. Wüthrich, T. Schachtner
University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
*Purpose: Polyomavirus BK (BKV) has been suggested as a surrogate marker of overimmunosuppression. Due to recent advances in monitoring strategies and pre-emptive therapy, progression to…